I'm new here but I had to sign up to share a pretty strange story.
Last fall I was having trouble sleeping. I was only getting a couple of hours of sleep at a time most nights. This went on for a good month or so and started taking it's toll on me at work. One late night as I was tossing and turning, I decided to take a drive to the nearest bar and get some take out beers, I figured I would rather go into work hungover than sleep deprived.
As I was leaving the bar with a 12 pack a woman came up to me and asked if I had a cigarette, which I did, and asked if she could have one of my beers, so I gave her one. She started to talk to me a bit and asked if I wanted to take a walk with her.
So I figured that I might as well, I was just going to go back to my apartment and drink by myself anyway. Plus, she seemed kind of cool. She didn't look like a drug addict or a prostitute, or someone who walks the streets at night, she just kind of seemed like she was bored.
We pocketed a couple of beers and walked a little way to a playground in a residential neighborhood. Her name was Gina and she asked me a lot of questions about myself. She gave vague information about herself and would often deflect by asking me even more about myself.
After a few beers and some flirting, she hit me with it. She turned to me and said "what if I told you that I was a time traveler?"
The more that I laughed it off the more serious she became. I decided to humor her, because she seemed to get upset. She was so nice that I didn't want to be rude and maybe she was one of those new age spiritual people.
So I listened to her talk about all sorts of things. Strange, weird rantings and tons of minute details about how an earthquake in the future exposes a chemical element that will be the key to time travel in the future.
I basically listened to pseudo science, fantastic stories, and new age nonsense until the sun started to come up because I was so enthralled with her delusions of time travel. Plus, she was really cute and super nice.
As we said goodbye she gave me a hug and told me to take a picture of her on my phone because I would never see her again. I asked her if she needed a ride and she didn't, so we parted ways. I got home, finished my beers, called into work sick for the day, and slept uninterrupted until I had to work the next day.
I haven't seen her since.
Obviously I don't believe she was a time traveler, but it was such a strange night and she was such a strange person, that I get a chuckle out of it every time I think about it. I always wonder what her deal was? Was she off her meds and having an episode of some sorts? Was she tripping? Was she just a weirdo that seemed normal to me due to my insomnia? I have no idea.
I notice that there are a bunch of people on here who claim to be time travelers, so if any of you run into Gina tell her I said hello.
I'm off to have a couple of beers and watch The Time Machine...
Last fall I was having trouble sleeping. I was only getting a couple of hours of sleep at a time most nights. This went on for a good month or so and started taking it's toll on me at work. One late night as I was tossing and turning, I decided to take a drive to the nearest bar and get some take out beers, I figured I would rather go into work hungover than sleep deprived.
As I was leaving the bar with a 12 pack a woman came up to me and asked if I had a cigarette, which I did, and asked if she could have one of my beers, so I gave her one. She started to talk to me a bit and asked if I wanted to take a walk with her.
So I figured that I might as well, I was just going to go back to my apartment and drink by myself anyway. Plus, she seemed kind of cool. She didn't look like a drug addict or a prostitute, or someone who walks the streets at night, she just kind of seemed like she was bored.
We pocketed a couple of beers and walked a little way to a playground in a residential neighborhood. Her name was Gina and she asked me a lot of questions about myself. She gave vague information about herself and would often deflect by asking me even more about myself.
After a few beers and some flirting, she hit me with it. She turned to me and said "what if I told you that I was a time traveler?"
The more that I laughed it off the more serious she became. I decided to humor her, because she seemed to get upset. She was so nice that I didn't want to be rude and maybe she was one of those new age spiritual people.
So I listened to her talk about all sorts of things. Strange, weird rantings and tons of minute details about how an earthquake in the future exposes a chemical element that will be the key to time travel in the future.
I basically listened to pseudo science, fantastic stories, and new age nonsense until the sun started to come up because I was so enthralled with her delusions of time travel. Plus, she was really cute and super nice.
As we said goodbye she gave me a hug and told me to take a picture of her on my phone because I would never see her again. I asked her if she needed a ride and she didn't, so we parted ways. I got home, finished my beers, called into work sick for the day, and slept uninterrupted until I had to work the next day.
I haven't seen her since.
Obviously I don't believe she was a time traveler, but it was such a strange night and she was such a strange person, that I get a chuckle out of it every time I think about it. I always wonder what her deal was? Was she off her meds and having an episode of some sorts? Was she tripping? Was she just a weirdo that seemed normal to me due to my insomnia? I have no idea.
I notice that there are a bunch of people on here who claim to be time travelers, so if any of you run into Gina tell her I said hello.
I'm off to have a couple of beers and watch The Time Machine...
