30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things

It’s not unheard of for random people on the street to say something, well… random. And whether they’re striking a conversation about something so out of context, no one would be able to crack the code, or yelling out something so inexplicable, it ought to leave everyone around noticeably perplexed, such strangers can range from somewhat amusing to downright scary.

All sorts of one-sided conversations with strangers on the street were recently discussed by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, after the user ‘izzie4563’ started a thread about such encounters. Fellow redditors had plenty to share, so if you’re interested in reading their stories, scroll down to find their answers on the list below, and see just how weird and unexpected some exchanges can be.

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Homeless guy on a bike after almost running into me rounding a corner:

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Razaelbub , Tadeu Jnr / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things A guy offered me 100 for my socks. I remained sockless for the rest of the day.

CalendarAggressive11 , Min An / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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112points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things "I'm dressed as a human today." I kept on walking by, but faster! What the hell does that mean?!

Ok-Thing-2222 , Hung Vo / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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110points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Years ago a very, very drunk man unsteadily approached my friend and I in the street. He was squinting at his watch and closing one eye to try and read it. When he finally got to us he asked "Is it 10 in the morning or 10 at night?".

Candid_Zebra1297 , Marius Mann / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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107points

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Them: “Anyone ever told you that you look like Vin Diesel?”

Me: “No” (I do not look like Vin Diesel)

Them: “ Well, you don’t.”.

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104points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things A few hours after the 2001 World Trade Center attacks: "Lovely day for the first day of the Apocalypse, isn't it?".

HawaiianShirtsOR , Axel Houmadi / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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90points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Was walking my dog when a lady approached, leaned in close, and whispered, "They're listening through the trees," then just walked away like nothing happened. Haven't looked at an oak the same since.

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83points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Many years ago while waiting outside a restaurant in New York City with my husband, his sister, and her husband, this lady came up to me and said "I love your coat, where'd you get it?"

After I told her I got it from a thrift store, she started excitedly saying stuff like "I think that coat is designer, you could probably sell it for a lot of money, I'd love a coat like this" etc., and the whole time she was grabbing different parts of the coat and examining them like she was appraising it or whatever, and then she suddenly just quit and walked off without saying another word.

I'm pretty sure she was just trying to distract me while she looked for my purse or searched my pockets or something but the joke was on her because I wasn't carrying a purse and my husband had everything in his pockets so there was nothing to take lol.

karifur , Gantas Vaičiulėnas / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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73points

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30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things I was walking my dogs, and this guy hesitantly passed us. Then he turned around and shouted, "YOUR DOGS ARE RACIST!" My dogs love everyone lol.

reallyleeryrarely , PNW Production / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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71points

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#10

"Today, more adults were spanked than children"

I kept walking.

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66points

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#11

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things In Long Beach, California when I was a teenager:
Old lady walking past: “Oh you must be a smart boy—your head’s so large you must have a lot of extra brains.”

I’m walking with a school friend down the street. A car stops in the middle of traffic and the driver, a middle aged woman, calls out, “Hey, are you two brothers?”
Both of us look at each other and wonder, even if we were, is she going home and announcing excitedly, “Hey I saw a coupla brothers today!”?

Veteranis , RepentAnd SeekChristJesus / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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65points

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#12

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Crazy homeless lady came up to me and in a deep raspy voice said "I've got bodies in my body".

syncpulse , MART PRODUCTION / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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62points

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#13

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Once I was smoking a cigarette in a designated smoking area and some random lady came up to me screaming "HOW DARE YOU SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE IN FRONT OF ME DON'T YOU KNOW I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR".

thunderball500110 , Zamaie Chinye / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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61points

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#14

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things A girl said to me very low "I found your wife cheating on you" I don't have a wife or girlfriend lol.

Mobile-Mind-5422 , Mizuno K / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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60points

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#15

I had a man come up to me and say “you smell like you’re on your period.” I was.

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59points

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#16

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things At a bus stop very early in the morning sitting next to a very old lady with—I s**t you not—a school clock hanging around her neck. She pointed it towards me and asked me what time it was.

marcosbowser , Eder Pozo Pérez / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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59points

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#17

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things “I like your left foot”.

Imperator_david , Gela delrose / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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53points

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#18

30 Times Strangers Passing By Said The Weirdest Things Once had a stranger ask if I believed in time travel.

Ravennamirac , Armin Lotfi / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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52points

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#19

I was smoking a cigarette outside of my first job when 2 guys walked by and asked if I wanted to be in a movie.

It wasn't until years later that I read between the lines on that one..

Mind you, I was 18 and caught off guard, but EW MAN WTF.

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athornedrose 5 months ago

took a shortcut through an alley i knew i really shouldn't at 3 in the morning between xmas and new years. a person with altered mental status slid out from behind a dumpster and was like "hey baby, do you need a biiiiig, stroooong, man?" i said "nah, i'm good, thanks", and he just goes "THAT'S RIGHT BABY! NO YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T! NEW YEAR, ALL YOU! YOU GOT THIS!" full volume, all enthusiasm. it made me feels so good about myself, i gave him a couple bucks and told him to keep safe out here. still makes me smile

DoubleDoubleTiredAndTuckered 5 months ago

That turned out... way more wholesome than I thought it would be. Love that story!

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Jeremy James 5 months ago (edited)

I was walking through an alley on my way home from work. It was late, no one was around, and I was loudly whistling, "If I Only Had A Brain." Suddenly, this man comes stumbling out of a parking structure and gives me his best Scarecrow dance. I gave him a few bucks for lifting my spirit.

10points

JB 5 months ago

Standing at a bus stop, roughly ~20. Guy in a BMW screeched to a halt. Got out, exclaimed, “It must be fate! Have dinner with me.” I politely replied, “Sorry, no, I have a boyfriend”. I occasionally wonder if my life would have been wonderfully changed. Mostly, when I recall the incident, I’m grateful I said, “No”.

5points

JNDauterive 4 months ago

Ever since I read about the serial killer that had a handcuff set up in his console, I’ve given major second thoughts to ever getting in a car with a stranger.

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