I was a goth-y kid, though we didn't yet have the term "goth". Sometimes, I would walk around wearing a black hooded cloak my mom made me for Halloween, just because.
One day, I think around when I was 12 or 13, call it 1980, I decided to go for such a walk in the woodlet closest to my house. It was a pretty small patch of woodland, but if you walked down the central path, and didn't look to the sides, you could just ignore the houses visible through the trees, and imagine you were in a proper forest.
On my way home, walking down the main street sidewalk, a police car pulled up next to the sidewalk. I figured it couldn't have anything to do with me, so I kept walking. I hear "Hey!", but, again, figure it can't mean me. Then I hear "Hey! You in the cape!"
"Yes, officer?"
"We got a call from some terrified lady saying Darth Vader was walking through her backyard."
I explained that I was clearly not Darth Vader (I'm not close to that tall *now*, and was much shorter then), and that I hadn't been in anyone's backyard. Nonetheless, I was scolded, and told to not do it again.
Re: twentysomethings
I was a goth-y kid, though we didn't yet have the term "goth". Sometimes, I would walk around wearing a black hooded cloak my mom made me for Halloween, just because.
One day, I think around when I was 12 or 13, call it 1980, I decided to go for such a walk in the woodlet closest to my house. It was a pretty small patch of woodland, but if you walked down the central path, and didn't look to the sides, you could just ignore the houses visible through the trees, and imagine you were in a proper forest.
On my way home, walking down the main street sidewalk, a police car pulled up next to the sidewalk. I figured it couldn't have anything to do with me, so I kept walking. I hear "Hey!", but, again, figure it can't mean me. Then I hear "Hey! You in the cape!"
"Yes, officer?"
"We got a call from some terrified lady saying Darth Vader was walking through her backyard."
I explained that I was clearly not Darth Vader (I'm not close to that tall *now*, and was much shorter then), and that I hadn't been in anyone's backyard. Nonetheless, I was scolded, and told to not do it again.