Security alert: woman encounters man, nothing happens

[mekender]

http://alert.uconn.edu/

UCONN Police Reporting a Suspicious Occurrence and Safety Alert:

On 2/7/09 at approximately 6:35 PM a suspicious incident occurred at Hilltop Apartments, in the parking lot between the Beard and French buildings. A male approached a female from the opposite direction and came up within several feet of her personal space. The female turned around and left the area. The male walked away in the opposite direction. The male did not say anything or make physical contact with the female. The intention of the male is unknown. Description as follows: a white male 6’ 0” with shoulder length brown hair wearing a red or brown cloth jacket and jeans. Male described as older than college age. The male had a round face and large build.

If you have any information or witnessed the incident please call UConn Police at 486-4800. As always, you are encouraged to travel in groups at night and in well lit areas. Please notify police of any suspicious activity to police immediately.

Any bets on whether or not they would suggest she use a "rape whistle"

[randy]

...within several feet of her personal space.

WTFO?

And in breaking news, Francisco Franco is still dead...

[Fivetoes]

...within several feet of her personal space.

WTFO?

And in breaking news, Francisco Franco is still dead...

Her personal distance is the one that got me. Just how far does one's personal distance extend from one self?

[Precision]

The male walked away in the opposite direction. The male did not say anything or make physical contact with the female. The intention of the male is unknown.

Was he as scared as she was?
Perhaps he (shock) was going somewhere (shock) and that was the quickest route?
Between two buildings, I wonder how much space he had?
Perhaps he invaded her personal space seeing as the sidewalk was only SO wide?

Bets on the female was a women's studies major???

[Erik]

Her personal distance is the one that got me. Just how far does one's personal distance extend from one self?

About 12feet in a public setting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_conta ... ted_States

But this is highly subjective, and changes according to circumstances. There's a difference between shopping at Walmarts and being at a mostly empty parking lot in the evening. I've seen people get visibly worried when someone came within a 100 feet of them walking on empty streets at night.

[mekender]

Bets on the female was a women's studies major???

No bet there... my first thought was one of the feminists from PCU.

[curtiskacin]

Maybe she was in his personal space and he just got out in the nic of time.

[Flintlock Tom]

Oh, my God!
We should ban the, um...
We should definitely ban the, er...

Ban the...help me here guys.

[Steamforger]

Most designers (Landscape Architects, Architects, and Interior Designers) use 3' as the normal personal space distance.

[Aaron]

Hell he probably just wanted directions. Then ran off when he recognized the look on her face.