[yasalaioqe]

When I was leaving work to go to lunch the other day (late lunch, 2:30) I noticed a teenager walking this way and that near the corner. He was just wandering back and forth. He was very bundled up, with a long down jacket that went to his knees. I thought to myself he might be homeless or having family trouble, so he'd rather be out in the cold. Teenage boys don't normally bundle up that much. I also thought he might be waiting for someone.

He yelled to me, asking if I had a cigarette. I told him "no, I don't smoke." A lady was walking up the road with her little girl and he approached them. I didn't know if he really was that hard up for a cigarette, or if he'd try to grab her purse or something. At that point I was getting into my car, so I didn't see what happened next, but I passed him as I got to the intersection. Something just seemed strange, so I recall watching him in my side mirror. As I got to the corner the school bus pulled up and the kids began getting off, so I had to sit there till it left. I saw him walk quickly toward the bus and figured he'd know a lot of kids on the bus would have cigarettes, or maybe he was meeting one of them.

I recall thinking, "I hope none of these kids turns up missing."

Late that night I heard on the news that a boy from that bus was missing. I didn't know if my feelings about the other boy were correct, but I called 911 to tell my story. The next morning I found that the missing 15-year-old had been located, that he was autistic, and for some reason he'd been wandering in a wooded area without so much as a shirt on. Luckily a woman who lived in that area spotted him and called the police. He had gone home first, then left again. He said he was on his way to meet a friend, and apparently got lost and disoriented. Of course, I have no way of knowing whether the friend was the one I had seen, but it certainly is a bizarre coincidence that I would have wondered about someone going missing!

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A very interesting experience indeed. Maybe it's possible that the guy you noticed was just there to catch your attention so that you were able to tune in to what you did... assuming he had nothing to do with the dissapearence.

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Difficult one this but all a part of learning to listen to our instincts and honing them. I had a feeling about someone and couldn't understand why others didn't see him that way. I understand now that his upbringing was rough and still would not trust him 100% but now understand that it is his brother who is accused of the crime I feel has been commited and although he has not been convicted because of conflicting unclear evidence I know that his brother and wife are drawing back from his family and are having less to do with them especially when the older relatives are adament that this man could not have done what he was accused of. Vibes we feel can be difficult to process when we are learning but when at times we get it spot on it is worth the effort. Who knows if your interest in the person was picked up by him and it made him wary and prevented a much more serious crime from being commited.

[yasalaioqe]

Oo and Tsu: Thank you both for some excellent thoughts on what happened. I, too, had no idea whether he WAS involved, yet his being there might indeed have been a sign of something else.