11/14 Weirdest, scariest thing happened to me as I brought something – the metal mount of our A/C unit – to our storage place tonight, about a mile away, after dark. As I opened the big roller shutter and walked into the corridors between the units, I saw a pile of boxes in front of one of the units. As I got closer, I saw that the roller shutter of that unit was also open. I looked inside, it was a bigger unit than ours and also full of boxes and other stuff. Not much light fell into it from the corridor where I was standing. As I kept looking for a second or two, I realized something like the dark silhouette of a mannequin or a scarecrow among the things, and as I kept looking it became clear that it was actually a person standing there and looking at me, silently and motionless. I could have gasped in fear but instead I said “oh wow” and continued on my way through the corridors to our unit. I would have to pass by that unit on my way out again, and I had to lean into a considerable amount of fear while doing it, although of course I had no other choice and there was nothing else I could do. I thought for a moment that taking the iron mount back out with me might have been an option, it could have worked as a weapon, but then again: come on.
André Spiegel
@drmirror