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It\u2019s not uncommon to find yourself in unpredictable situations when you\u2019re walking through the streets of New York City (NYC), like the time a woman somehow became an accessory to theft<\/a> just when she moved to The Big Apple. For one woman, however, what was supposed to be a simple wait on the sidewalk unexpectedly turned into a public spectacle when she was accused of stalking another woman she didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n \u201cReminder not to believe everything that you see on the internet.\u201d That\u2019s the advice Caroline (@tinystar.world) told viewers in a video<\/a> that has since gained over 17,800 views on TikTok. According to Caroline, the incident happened a couple of months before she recorded her TikTok video.<\/p>\n Caroline said she had been standing on a street corner, simply minding her business and scrolling through her phone when a woman suddenly appeared in front of her before allegedly pointing a camera in her face. \u201cI was standing on a corner, like, in the city, waiting for my boyfriend, minding my business, scrolling on my phone,\u201d Caroline recalled. \u201cA woman comes up to me and sticks her phone in my face.\u201d<\/p>\n The NYC crowd was watching <\/p>\n While getting a phone shoved in your face by a complete stranger isn\u2019t exactly an ideal scenario, Caroline said she initially didn\u2019t think much of it, believing the woman might be a content creator filming street interviews<\/a>, which is a rather common occurrence in New York. \u201cI look up and smile cause I think she\u2019s gonna be like, \u2018What are you wearing?\u2019\u201d Caroline said.<\/p>\n The situation, however, quickly took a turn when the woman allegedly began screaming in her face and accused her of stalking on camera\u2014a far cry from asking what designer she\u2019s wearing. The woman supposedly went on a tirade, yelling, \u201cThis girl\u2019s been stalking me all day! She\u2019s following me\u2026 she won\u2019t stop following me! She keeps stalking me! I\u2019m just trying to get on the bus! I\u2019m just like a woman trying to get on the bus, and this girl is stalking me!\u201d<\/p>\n Understandably, Caroline was left speechless by the sudden outburst and was afraid of aggravating the situation. \u201cI was like, \u2018What?\u2019 And then I was really scared, so I just stayed where I was and, like, didn\u2019t respond,\u201d the New Yorker said.<\/p>\n Caroline felt relief when the woman left after that. But her peace only lasted for a short moment when the woman returned and allegedly treated the bewildered crowd on the sidewalk with an encore of her stalking accusation: \u201cOh my god, please! Like, I\u2019m just an innocent woman, like, trying to get on the bus! This girl won\u2019t stop stalking me!\u201d<\/p>\n Caroline says she nearly believed the woman\u2019s convincing outburst <\/p>\n Caroline admitted that the woman\u2019s tirade was so convincing it made her second-guess her own actions. \u201cThis was so believable that I was, like, starting to question. Like, \u2018Wait. Have I been stalking her?\u2019 I don\u2019t know,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Some viewers found the incident amusing, saying, \u201cgirl this is funny asf omg.\u201d Another shared their own experience of getting accused: \u201cI was FaceTiming my mom and this huge guy starting filming and me saying I was filming him.\u201d One viewer, however, thinks that the woman might be experiencing psychosis and paranoia.<\/p>\n According to NYC Health<\/a>, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that one in four of the six million New Yorkers in 2024 experienced a mental health disorder each year, with 34% of those unable to receive treatment for various reasons. Among those who have been checked, 1% of them were diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder or psychosis, while 3% had bipolar disorder, mania, or manic depression. While nothing is confirmed based on Caroline\u2019s video, it\u2019s a possibility that shouldn\u2019t be ruled out.<\/p>\n While Caroline recalled the incident with a bit of humor in her video, she claimed the encounter left her feeling off-kilter for a while, wondering when the video and the accusation would be made public online. \u201cI lost so much sleep waiting for this footage to be released online somewhere,\u201d she said in her caption. With videos going viral in an instant in today\u2019s digital age, it\u2019s only natural to worry about suddenly becoming infamous overnight.<\/p>\n Have a tip we should know? [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n