I was waiting for the bus line 40 in Athens Greece Syggrou Fix. A man approached me and claimed we met before. I said I didn’t know him, he insisted, after a while I asked him to leave me alone. He did not so I said if he continued I’d call the police. He left at first then came back and continued approaching me in already very aggressive way, saying it was actually me bothering him and I should stop looking at him etc.
I decided to move to another stop (tram stop near that bus stop) and he followed me and eventually approached me again asking to stop looking at him and when I again asked him to leave me alone he actually approached me very close and grabbed my hand which started to hurt. Thanks to the person (a young woman) sitting next to me who actually tried to protect me and whom I asked to call the police. This caused him to leave, but he said that I should not show up again there or else I’d be in big trouble. The man was bald, not too tall, shorter than I am, facial hair, trimmed. May wear a hat as he claimed that he does sometimes which is why I did not recognized him, as he claimed, because he was sure we met before.
– Anonymous
Location: Athens Greece Syggrou Fix bus stop
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