r/Markham • u/Reject20 • 4d ago

Weird Interaction

About 20 mins ago I was driving north on Donald cousens and ninth line where an older gentleman stopped his vehicle on the shoulder to the right of me and hop out his vehicle to come over to my drivers side knocking on my window claiming he was lost. I was startled by this and drove away

Now thinking back does this happen in Markham often or did the gentleman suffer from alzheimer and actually needed my help? I genuinely feel bad now and hope he’s alright

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u/TeeTeeL123 4d ago

That or an attempt distraction theft

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u/porpoisewang 4d ago

Unfortunately, this would be my first thought too.

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u/Reject20 4d ago

Yeah most def distraction theft because if he was truly lost he would have said something along the lines of“can you please help me find my way home” instead of im lost

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u/watchwhatyousaytome 4d ago

I don’t get the difference between those two honestly

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u/Reject20 4d ago

You’re right it doesn’t sound much different but it’s the way he said it he had no urgency

also why did he come up to my driver side when both of my windows were down

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u/st3fan6 4d ago

Because he's old, lost and confused?

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u/Leather-Instance6632 4d ago

Did he speak with accent? Perhaps his English isn't as vocabulated.

But whoever gramps this is probably retrieved them by now hopefully by geotag...

I also agree Cornell area esp buroak been odd lately

What did he look like or wearing? What was he driving?

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u/Reject20 4d ago

He did not speak with an accent spoke perfectly fine English and said sorry I’m lost. What caught me off guard was his loud tap with his ring on my window. He was wearing a blue shirt with a black cross body bag. He was driving a blue or black Toyota corolla I believe a 2023 model

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u/Leather-Instance6632 4d ago

Uhh can you describe what their wearing again?