[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Velvet

No. In fact, building security recommended it to me. I was a grad student studying after hours in the lobby of the library. Sunday, the library closed early. I was lost in my books and writing at the table when I heard a whistle. I looked around and although when the library closed its doors there were several people in the hallway at desks like I was, now there was nobody. There were classroom doors with alcoves around the hallway. In the shadow of one of these I saw a nude figure. He was the one whistling. I remembered the police teaching to show neither fear, nor aggression. I threw my backpack at the floor (not at him) and said, “Go pick on someone else”. Then got up and walked to the nearby elevator. The elevator doors opened immediately, I got in and went to the building lobby. The building had security cameras at all entrances but somehow this guy avoided them. Security told me that I should have pulled the fire alarm as that would have alerted them to exactly where I was.

Later, in the newspapers, I recognized the face of my intimidator. He was Paul Bernardo, the serial rapist killer. This was early in his career, he looked like an under graduate to me.

Wow