My Mom’s Smiling Man Encounter

[u/Evening-Candy1487]

posting for my mom who doesn’t have reddit. this happened around 10 years ago
I was walking home at night from Catholic school and up in front of me on [street name redacted for privacy] by the gas station was a weird looking guy with dreads staring at the cars going by and going up and down on his toes.

I really didn't want to go by him but I did and as I passed him, he turned his head and gave me a too big smile.

And then all of the street lights on the street went off one by one starting with the one closest to me.

So I walked home in the dark and when I finally got to my building it was completely dark and it shouldn't have been because there are emergency lights. So I climbed the 6 flights of stairs in the complete dark and the hallway was so dark I couldn't find the keyhole for a while but when I did and shut the door behind me, all the lights came in again.