I can haz soul?

So I got off the subway today and I was wandering aimlessly around the station trying to find the recharge machine for my card so I could make sure I had enough money on it still…And then this woman shows up.

So the station is pretty empty, it was kinda early I think there’s like 10 people total that I can see. Remember, I’m looking around for a machine…then this woman starts walking up to me.

Now some of the older folk here really like to try and talk to me, even after I make sure they know I don’t speak Korean…they just insist that I’ll understand if they keep going. So I figure it’s going to be one of those situations, and I got good advice for those situations: keep walking and ignore them even if it makes you look like a jerk because they do NOT give up. But no, oh no.

This woman is older, she looks around mid-60s and she had something wrong with her skin so she had these big rosetia-like blotches all over…especially around her eyes….get the idea? (for anyone that worked with me, she kinda looked like an older, Korean version of Dorothy) Yeah she looks like a possessed old woman and she’s coming straight for me.

Now I didn’t really know what to do, and I start to freak out a little. Oh, but it gets better. She walks up and puts out her hand…to wave? No she’s too close for that…to point at my shirt or something…OMG NO she’s grabbing my arm and looking me straight in the eyes and trying to suck my soul out!!

So I panicked and what do I do? I start talking in English. Yup. That’s totally going to help the situation. So I said “um hi… hi…” and eventually (basically as soon as I thought “DUH KOREAN!”) She says “hi” and just walks away like nothing happened…and I’m standing in the middle of this subway station stammering and poor imitation of “hello” in Korean…although it’s kinda similar to “good bye” so maybe they think I was saying bye…

Regardless, creepy as shit and the first thing I did was to check my purse to make sure nothing was stolen. Everything was there and I just walked on…very very bizarre.