Creepy Craigslist Encounters (T)
Jan 7, 2016 6:53:54 GMT -8
Post by lyraalluse on Jan 7, 2016 6:53:54 GMT -8
Creepy Craigslist Encounters
© Emma Lee Downs
An essay about some creepy encounters I have had with people in Craigslist over the years.
Creepy Craigslist Encounters
I've met the weirdest people on Craigslist. One was a publisher that my mom and I worked for, for a while. My mom did the marketing, and I built the website. She had an ad on Craigslist about needing these positions filled in her company and since we both needed a job in order to move down to the Valley to escape a dangerous family member, we both took the open positions.
We were in kind of a live-in situation with the publisher until we could find our own place in the Valley. However, one night, the publisher lady we were staying with completely freaked out for no reason. She yelled, screamed, and was basically acting like she was possessed. Like her eyes were bulging out of her head and she was even slightly foaming at the mouth. She was all around acting freaky, kind of like an entity was speaking through her. That is the best way I can describe it. After her freak out session, my mom and I were thrown out of her house, literally onto the street. This left us homeless for a week until we were able to rent an apartment with another one of my mom's friends, who also turned out to be kind of a weirdo, but that is a different story.
We both were able to find other jobs from there, but would never forget the experience of living with that crazy lady. She was always doing shady things too, like finding reasons not to pay my mom and I for our services. In fact she still owes my mom a good deal of money for her marketing work, but since she is such a freak my mom and I have never wanted to go back and press the issue. And the weird thing was that she and her dog were always covered with bugs. They were always hovering around them, or clinging to their skin in droves. Like they both attracted evil or something. The both always smelled of death, like they weren’t even alive. I know that sounds weird, but it was true. I’m not sure what their deal was but I am happy we no longer have any association with that woman. It was really weird, and I am glad that we don't have to live with that lady or have any connection with her anymore.
On a similar note, when my mom and I were homeless for that week, living in a hotel that allowed pets (since our cat was with us) and putting the bill on my credit card, my mom responded to another ad. I went with her to this house that has an old man who wanted people to clean his house. It was a downgrade from what we were used to do, but hey, work was work, and we needed the money to get out on our own, so we both decided to see if it would work out. But when we went there, it became apparent pretty quick that the old guy wanted people for services we were not willing to provide.
Everything about this guy screamed creepy predator. He kept talking about all of the females who left the job because they didn’t like to be around him. He also implied that his wife had left him because he had gotten way too friendly with his daughter. He kept insisting that we could stay with him in his house until we found a place to stay and that he would be happy to give us any comfort we needed. He said this in a creepy way that implied so much more than it might have seemed on the surface. We both finished the interview, then left. We did not respond to the man again.
I hope that no one else will respond to this guy’s advertisement and if they make the same mistake we did, I hope they really question his motives. We were just lucky that the man was willing to talk about his weird behavior so we didn’t have to figure it out for ourselves. All I can say is that if you see an advertisement online posted by someone who wants a maid, make sure they have references. There are a lot of creepy people out there and not all of them are as willing to share things about themselves as that creepy man was.
© Emma Lee Downs
An essay about some creepy encounters I have had with people in Craigslist over the years.
Creepy Craigslist Encounters
I've met the weirdest people on Craigslist. One was a publisher that my mom and I worked for, for a while. My mom did the marketing, and I built the website. She had an ad on Craigslist about needing these positions filled in her company and since we both needed a job in order to move down to the Valley to escape a dangerous family member, we both took the open positions.
We were in kind of a live-in situation with the publisher until we could find our own place in the Valley. However, one night, the publisher lady we were staying with completely freaked out for no reason. She yelled, screamed, and was basically acting like she was possessed. Like her eyes were bulging out of her head and she was even slightly foaming at the mouth. She was all around acting freaky, kind of like an entity was speaking through her. That is the best way I can describe it. After her freak out session, my mom and I were thrown out of her house, literally onto the street. This left us homeless for a week until we were able to rent an apartment with another one of my mom's friends, who also turned out to be kind of a weirdo, but that is a different story.
We both were able to find other jobs from there, but would never forget the experience of living with that crazy lady. She was always doing shady things too, like finding reasons not to pay my mom and I for our services. In fact she still owes my mom a good deal of money for her marketing work, but since she is such a freak my mom and I have never wanted to go back and press the issue. And the weird thing was that she and her dog were always covered with bugs. They were always hovering around them, or clinging to their skin in droves. Like they both attracted evil or something. The both always smelled of death, like they weren’t even alive. I know that sounds weird, but it was true. I’m not sure what their deal was but I am happy we no longer have any association with that woman. It was really weird, and I am glad that we don't have to live with that lady or have any connection with her anymore.
On a similar note, when my mom and I were homeless for that week, living in a hotel that allowed pets (since our cat was with us) and putting the bill on my credit card, my mom responded to another ad. I went with her to this house that has an old man who wanted people to clean his house. It was a downgrade from what we were used to do, but hey, work was work, and we needed the money to get out on our own, so we both decided to see if it would work out. But when we went there, it became apparent pretty quick that the old guy wanted people for services we were not willing to provide.
Everything about this guy screamed creepy predator. He kept talking about all of the females who left the job because they didn’t like to be around him. He also implied that his wife had left him because he had gotten way too friendly with his daughter. He kept insisting that we could stay with him in his house until we found a place to stay and that he would be happy to give us any comfort we needed. He said this in a creepy way that implied so much more than it might have seemed on the surface. We both finished the interview, then left. We did not respond to the man again.
I hope that no one else will respond to this guy’s advertisement and if they make the same mistake we did, I hope they really question his motives. We were just lucky that the man was willing to talk about his weird behavior so we didn’t have to figure it out for ourselves. All I can say is that if you see an advertisement online posted by someone who wants a maid, make sure they have references. There are a lot of creepy people out there and not all of them are as willing to share things about themselves as that creepy man was.
