Columbus protesters followed by Scientologist stalker

Columbus, OH
12 April 2008

This is not how it was supposed to go down, or what anyone wanted but this is what happened.

I'm not denying that this did not go well, as indicated by the first sentence in my video description.

The anon who got totally freaked out and was saying things he oughtn't when in the presence of scientologists, was just freaked out. If you haven't been stalked by some creep who won't speak or stop following you, you can't know how that anon felt. Adrenalin, in combination with past experiences, can lead to strong reactions. The whole reason we had to stop and confront the guy was so I could hustle that anon with a trusted friend on down the street to his car while we prevented his being followed. This anon is an old friend, who strives to be a man of peace, give him a break.

Ugly as the scene may have been, it prevented the scientologist from silently following and goading the guy into doing something stupid which would end up on the news, probably this Scientologist's true mission.

Thanks again for your support, I'm hoping to work with some of the local anons on coming up with a way to handle this kind of situation better in the future. We didn't really expect to be followed and never even discussed how to handle it before this happened.

Camera: LocalAnon (provided me with this video)
Camera2: Unknown Anon (send me a msg man!)
Chubby guy in between talking about communication: me (aka CX)

When my group left RECONNECT, we were followed by a scientologist in a black leather jacket and dark glasses concealing his OT Death Stare®. He followed us for a couple blocks, then we stopped (sending our more excitable friends on to the car while those of us with cameras and/or cooler heads kept the scilon occupied).

An UnknownAnon (dude you are always there at the right moment) showed up with a camera for moar documentation and incredibly well informed banter with our stalker.

I believe the scilon was under orders not to communicate with us, he never said a word and the closest he came to completing a "com cycle" was a half a head nod at one point.

After a few minutes, another scilon approached from the direction of the basestar, this one did speak and suggested we had a "misunderstood" in our reading of PTS/SP tech. This guy I would not have minded speaking to a bit longer, he was friendly, and reminded me of Billy Sheehan, a friendly public scientologist.

Immediately after the battery died, a friendly pair of Columbus's finest arrived and kept the scilons occupied while we made our way to a safe extraction point.

Hope everyone made it to their vehicles/home without too much trouble losing their tails.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• scientology
• cult
• stalker
• anonymous
• columbus
• ohio
• lulz

[frankenstien006]

You should have kicked him in the nuts or popped him in the nose while he had his hands in his pants playing pocket pool.

[prototype21]

I am a OT7 Scientologist, if non believers keep this up, XENU WILL PUNISH YOU WITH VOLCANOES AND H-BOMBS.

[LordZacknafien]

NICE JOB GUYS NICE JOB!!.

IN THE WORDS OF 3DOG FROM FALLOUT 3 KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT!!!.

[prototype21]

@miami33158 The only thing you got right was "has a computer" quite a accomplishment for people like you to make this assumption, you are correct. Monkey gets a banana :)

[miami33158]

@prototype21 Actually you're a retard loser that has a computer. Most of them are child molesters.

[inconsistanttruth]

@prototype21 fuck not the h bombs!

[cdoftx]

I really feel sorry for these Scientologists. I couldn't get angry at them personally. Deep down they think they're doing good, they're just really misguided. Even if they wanted to quit, they're probably looking at losing at everything they know.

[ShroomFuu86]

he just grabbed his dick at the end lol

[starwarsnerdable]

non talking guy new meme?

FOLLOW ANONYMOUS

ACT LIKE A DICK

[1who2what3where4when]

I would have got him to follow me into a dark alleyway with no witnesses.

[rubberneck39]

He is an ugly little spud...isn't he.

[1teknique]

should let it follow you to a back ally and just fuck his shit up lol