Around 4:45pm, I started my 3 1/2 mile walk home. There has been beautiful sunshine and 77° temps today, which always puts me in a great mood. Roughly a mile and a quarter into my walk is a stretch of blank space; an almost empty medical parking lot, an Asian restaurant, and a church that won't come alive again until Sunday morning.
This area is heavily trafficed by vehicles in that this is the main road through the city. I usually only pass a handful of fellow pedestrians on this route. I have been uncomfortable in this area since I was followed by teens last year.
I don't know if the teens that I encountered today were the same two, but they were equally as dangerous with the same intent I believe. I am very aware of my surroundings and did not hear the bicycle until it was upon me. I figure they must have been laying in wait for me. I heard a speeding bicycle, and felt a large thud against the back of my head. I was a bit stunned, but kept my footing. I now know that the smack to the back of my head was made by having a two or three quart Tupperware bowl filled with dirt tossed at me. The bowl and lid bounced from my head, then apart, and into the street, near the curb. As they sped off, I noticed the two teens were on one fairly small bike. The one peddling wore a white T-shirt, and asked the other "Did you get him? Did you get him?" The other wearing a black tee giggled as he looked back at me, and said "yeah, but..."
I stood for a couple seconds, and with the exception of a pounding headache, I was okay. I noticed a bus shelter across the street, but feared they might return before the next bus arrived. I continued my walk a little weepy. What an incredibly messed up world we live in?
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