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foreign [Music] [Music] I live in a condo in Tampa with a fairly nice gym near the leasing office that's open to Residents 24 7. it's free and less than a minute from my front door which makes it a very nice amenity to take advantage of whenever I want since I work long hours during the day shift as a nurse I tend to work out at night and typically by the time I get to the gym I'm the only person there but I wouldn't have been half as comfortable being there by myself if it wasn't for my neighbo

rs I saw in there however things didn't always pan out that way on one occasion just before I entered the gym I saw a guy through the glass door and immediately sensed that he didn't belong in there he wasn't working out and judging by how skinny he was it didn't look like he ever worked out he looked like some skinny mid-20s African-American male who wasn't wearing any sort of gym clothes only jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt he just sat hunched over the bench press without a single weight near

him not on the bar or on the ground all he did was turn his head to stare at me I automatically scanned my key fob and started to go inside but I never opened the door I stopped myself for a few seconds with my hand on the bar I had this strong feeling that I just called off to the gym while he was there and that's exactly what I did I walked away acting like I forgot something but I never went back that night I told myself that I'd be fine missing one workout if I went tomorrow the next day aft

er an exceptionally mentally taxing day of work I was looking forward to this stress relief of some physical exercise more than usual I had my fingers crossed that the guy from last night wouldn't be there but I was also telling myself that I didn't care if he was there because I wanted to blow off some steam so bad that I would override my instincts if I had to thankfully the gym was totally empty when I got there I put my headphones on and started warming up with some light cardio on the tread

mill everything was fine until I caught something out of the corner of my eye I saw the same guy from last night pressed up against the glass door there stood a man with his hands and face pressed up against the glass my heart skipped a beat as I jumped off the treadmill and turned around to look at him he was looking right at me with that same creepy look he had on his face the day before I paused my music and took out one of my headphones then Shrugged at him and mouth the words of something l

ike can I help you that's when he lifted up his weird bony hand pretending to hold on to something then swiped around at the fob reader as if to tell me he had forgotten his key fob I considered for several seconds whether I should ignore him or not I figured he had forgotten his keys in his apartment since I saw him the night before that's when I walked over and opened the door for him I then immediately resumed my workout while the man made his way in he then began pacing back and forth in one

spot it was like he was anxious about something I made sure to keep my distance as my heart began racing from being startled by the man's presence I decided to skip out on cardio and just end the night off with some weights oh I was only a few minutes into doing some curls when I started glancing over to that guy and noticed that he was again not really doing anything I had the feeling that he was watching me but I wasn't able to catch him staring I tried not to let him get in my head and to ju

st ignore him still I felt the hairs on the back of my neck start standing up as it became clear that he was getting closer at first he was just loitering but then he was wandering Meandering through all the equipment gradually making his way toward me I then made up my mind that I was going to call it a night and head upstairs as I grabbed my phone and got ready to exit the man ran up and grabbed me we immediately locked into a fight as I pushed him off while yelling for help I ran to the other

side of the gym and began Dialing for 9-1-1 when the man tackled me to the floor and tried yanking the phone out of my grass again I tried screaming for help and that's when he tried pinning me down to the ground and immobilized me that's when I knew I had to fight for my life as there was no one coming to my a he I fought back kicking and screaming and striking the man out of sheer Panic just so he would back off scrawny and out of shape and I'm built from all the time I spent at that gym so a

fter several minutes of fighting it was clear that he was getting worn out and exhausted while I still had a lot of fight left in me eventually I pushed him off one more time and managed to run off I looked over my shoulder as I went out the front door and saw that he still hadn't got back on his feet I ran straight home to my condo and locked the door before calling the police when they arrived they took hold of all the security footage saw what they needed to see then had that creeper rested t

he very next day however the story doesn't quite end there as it turns out when they did a further investigation they found that he had been stalking several young women in that gym for months he had been finding out when each of them routinely went and then started going in after them for the sole purpose of watching and waiting for them to leave just so he could follow them home this story was inspired by an incident that occurred on January 22nd at The Oaks of Woodland Park Apartment Complex

in Tampa a woman named nashali was exercising alone when she let a man into the gym who had allegedly forgotten his key fob in the surveillance footage the man could be seen approaching the victim and attempting to grab a hold of her before getting into a physical altercation at one point the man was able to pin the victim down but as the woman continued to fight she managed to break free and Escape eventually leading to the man's arrest the suspect can be seen in the mugshot alone he is current

ly facing an abundance of charges [Music] thank you foreign [Music] I've been working as a successful personal trainer for a while now I run my programs at the LA Fitness just a few minutes from my house my client base is actually pretty diverse ranging from the average person just getting into fitness to the elderly trying to stay active and even people with obesity who are trying to turn their lives around even as an exceptionally fit female it's very rare that my clients ever try to hit on me

with the exception of one person he was one of my clients who was working on his obesity for the sake of the story I'll refer to him as Chris instead of his real name I'd been training him for a couple years he started out as one of my worst cases probably the most overweight individual I'd ever seen but for as bad as his condition was when he started out he made more progress than anyone else he was incredibly motivated but unfortunately for the wrong reasons he never talked about his progress

unless it had to do with looks in reality I don't think he cared much about his health at all after a while it became clear that the real source of his motivation wasn't about bettering himself but about his obsession with me he was extremely weird around me all the time very scary and suggestive always asking me to promise him that I would let him take me out on a date if he lost another 50 pounds another hundred pounds and so on I always curb that behavior but the more weight he shed the Bold

er he became the problem however and anyone who knows anything about Extreme Weight Loss knows this was all the excess skin that started developing all over his body I see it all the time so it shouldn't have grossed me out as much as it did but then again I've never been so close to it before on one of our sessions Chris mentioned how he hit another Milestone saying hey Mindy I'm officially under 350. isn't that amazing yes I'm so proud of you Chris no no you should be proud of yourself this is

all thanks to you he got in the habit of taking me by surprise with extended Bear Hugs where he'd squeeze the life out of me it always felt like I was getting swallowed up by all of his excess skin I'll never forget the feeling of having all that flesh of another person draped over me hey Mindy why don't we celebrate with dinner Chris it a million times it would be unethical to date one of my clients yeah I guess you're right well I want to reach the end of my journey so that I'm not your clien

t anymore then we could date uh sure but I'll have to get surgery to remove all this excess skin first once I get that I'll be able to see what I'm doing in bed [Music] right Chris was my only client that gave me that kind of unwanted attention so I was able to tolerate it for a long time as annoying as he was I was genuinely proud of him and I didn't want to break his heart and send him back into whatever depression got him to be so big in the first place he then got on the treadmill and starte

d with some light jogging as I instructed with every stride forward I could see his excess skin flopping around like someone shaking out a blanket our goal was to get him under 300 pounds so he could get the skin removal that would bring him down to 250 or less then at that point he would start taking care of his own routine it was around the time he was getting very close to the 300 mark when my birthday started drawing near again Chris liked to give me things and this year was no exception I w

as spotting him doing some shoulder presses with dumbbells when he suggested that he buy me an expensive purse I told him not to spend his money on stuff like that and get something special or meaningful he seemed to take my suggestion well and carried on working out on the day of my birthday I had an appointment with Chris when I first saw I noticed issues carrying a box covered in wrapping paper but what really Drew my attention was something else entirely I couldn't pinpoint it right away but

there was definitely something different about him he looked tired but at the same time significantly Slimmer than the last time I saw him that's when he greeted me by saying happy birthday I asked him if he ended up getting the surgery to which he responded vaguely mostly beating around the question and changing the subject back to my birthday Chris then handed over the gift and asked me to open I took it and started tearing off the wrapping paper I then lifted the lid off the box and to this

day I'll never get the image of what I saw out of my head as soon as I saw it I felt so weak that I dropped the whole thing causing the contents to fall on the floor it was a bag alright but it wasn't designer any name brand that existed Chris had made it himself out of human skin his own skin that's when Chris held up his shirt showing off the fresh scar on the stomach Chris then said with a grin on his face I wanted to give you a piece of me I ran away in Terror I got to my car and threw up in

the parking lot then cancel the rest of my appointments after that I drove home and got wasted to try and erase the memory but it was pointless the traumatization was already done I texted Chris that I could no longer work with him then I blocked his number since then I haven't seen him at the LA Fitness and even though that means he's probably sitting at home and doing all the work he did I don't care I'll be thankful to never see him again [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] on the weekends I

used to go to this local gym with my boyfriend to work out and while I tried taking gym sessions in the morning and afternoon I didn't feel comfortable being around other men constantly checking me out there were too many creeps at that gym which forced me to work out at night where there were less people staring there were a lot of perks going during the night because my boyfriend and I didn't have to wait in line just to use a machine or any workout equipment for that matter at night there was

no front desk helper so we had to punch ourselves in with a key card to get inside my boyfriend was always there to spot me during my workouts or walk the treadmill next to mine however one night as I was working on my last few sets of squads a creepy older guy wearing a red Polo t-shirt and blue jeans approached me the guy didn't look like he belonged in the gym at all if anything he looked like he was the janitor of the gym as I was midway through my set the man asked if I needed a spot I sho

ok my head no lightly declining but what creeped me out was how the man remained standing there I could see his eyes scanning my body making me feel uncomfortable then moments later he said come on babe don't brush me off like that you're hurting my feelings and when my boyfriend noticed he immediately intervened by stepping in between us and confronted the man the creep didn't reply instead he smirked and walked away heading over to the lockers my boyfriend put me at ease reminding me I'd be sa

fe as long as he was around but unfortunately it was only the beginning the following night I used the treadmill while my boyfriend was lifting weights on the other side of the gym and since the treadmill section was near the windows I could see whoever went in and out of the establishment moments later I spotted a familiar face riding a bike to the front of the gym parking it there as he approached the building I caught him staring at me smiling gets he headed toward the door I tried to ignore

him hoping he wouldn't approach me however eight minutes after entering the gym and changing into his gym clothes he dashed to the treadmill area where there was no one else but him and me at night not a single staff member could be seen roaming this place so my muscles stiffened tension crawling from my neck to my feet as I saw the man's reflection through the window he was obviously checking me out since he could have chosen several other vacant treadmills I politely asked the man if he had a

problem with me however he just stood there smiling at me like he didn't hear a word I said unable to concentrate I got off the treadmill and headed over to my boyfriend not wanting to give the creep a front row C annoyed I told my boyfriend what was happening but before my boyfriend could confront him the man suddenly left the gym hopping on his bike and rode off into the street needless to say my boyfriend and I were Disturbed knowing that he literally came in just to harass me the next day my

boyfriend called me to tell me he couldn't work out with me at the gym due to the overbearing amount of school work he had he sounded worried on the phone when he asked me if I was going to the gym without him so to put him at ease I told him I would use the gym in the morning instead about an hour later I made my way to the gym and started warming up by doing some jumping jacks it had not even been five minutes since I stepped foot in the gym yet when I saw the creep from the corner of my eye

once again he then approached me asking if I needed help with anything so again I declined as calmly as I could but as I did he came closer Whispering glued things into my ear like baby I felt violated he constantly flirted as my body froze on the spot due to fear then as I was about to leave one of the most disturbing gut-wrenching things happened the man reached inside a brown bag refilling a dangerous that made me go silent he pointed it at me while simultaneously covering it with the bag I w

as stunned Frozen traumatized I didn't know what to say or do except obey this guy's every command that's when he said what's wrong honey cat got your tongue you're now coming with me he grabbed my arm squeezing it tightly as he yanked me towards the exit unlike before my boyfriend wasn't around to defend me and at that moment I realized how helpless I was as we slowly approached the exit I made eye contact with one of the workers mouthing the words me then just when I thought all hope was lost

the worker abruptly stepped forward and yelled get your hands off of her the creep was perplexed letting me go immediately as he exited the gym and left on his bike again then as we watched him leave the worker consoled me as he asked about what had happened I told him everything he quickly called the cops and reported the incident the police were able to immediately identify the suspect and find him a few hours later by a bus shelter the cops arrested him and charged him with kidnapping possess

ion of an illegal firearm and resisting arrest I have since avoided going to public gyms even if my boyfriend was around due to the trauma but despite the man being locked away another shocking Revelation dawned on me after further investigation it was found out that the man had been stalking me since I joined the gym and allegedly had around a dozen candid photos of myself and multiple younger women on his cell phone this story was inspired by a true story that happened in 2017 at World Gym loc

ated in Lehigh Acres Florida a 45 year old man named Luis was found guilty of kidnapping a woman it was alleged that the man would constantly ask the female victim if she needed help working out and when she refused his advances he would say lewd things to her which eventually led to what went down as portrayed in the animation foreign [Music]