‘I was stalked by a panther’
If you were walking down the street and a man carrying a baseball bat sidled up next to you while talking about how “weirdos come out at this time of night,” you’d assume he was about to murder you, right? What about if that guy then purposely dropped a $5 bill on the ground and tried to get you to pick it up? Yeah, you’d get the heck outta there.
These are the kinds of skedaddle-worthy scenarios Redditors can’t believe they escaped, including a snake story that nightmares are made of.