Pretty odd indeed

God bless long driveways

I heard dat

Thanks for sharing, OP! Can you post the pamphlet that they gave you?

She didn't give me it, she was holding it up and reading from it like she was a kindergarten teacher reading a book to a class, ya know? It was incredibly basic though, she never showed me the front either so I couldn't see what organization they were supposedly with.

Obvious cover story haha

Can you tell me how the woman was dressed? I have family in both proselytizing cults so I can spot them from a mile away.

She was wearing a very long skirt, so most likely jehovas witnesses. I couldn't tell if he was wearing a tie, because he had a trench coat on.

The one thing that makes me doubt that is how many internal alarms were going off. And I am also a part of a church, and I know what the fundys are like, and they seemed way more strange.

Okay, then, that definitely makes me think JWs. I'm not trying to dismiss your concern, but Jws are super strange! JWs are more than fundies; they're in a high mind control cult that literally dictates and controls every single aspect of their lives. They're not allowed to socialize with people outside the cult, so they tend to be isolated, unsocialized weirdos.

I've actually heard your exact story (people initially thinking JWs at their door were spooks, ICE, undercover detectives, casing the joint, etc). Jws freak a lot of people out because of how they dress, act and how aggressive they are on other people's turfs. If you're still worried, pop into one of their local kingdom halls, and you'll probably realize that the people you ran into are carbon copies of the people inside. Wish you well, hope you figure it out.

Not all JWs are weird, at least in my country. Persuasive maybe, but they are so accustomed to being rejected that they'll take the hint instantly. The JWs that I sometimes see doing rounds at my area are super nice old ladies with a fun sense of humor, and all JWs I know of also dress in normal everyday clothes too. They don't pester me anymore (they do say hi and give me the magazines as I actually read them for fun) because I told them my brother and his wife are JWs and I'm extremely familiar with their "thing" and need to lecturing.

she was holding it up and reading from it like she was a kindergarten teacher reading a book to a class, ya know?

distraction. what was the fella doing? check around your car.

Certainly strange, but what could the intentions be? It's extremely easy to have all the information in the world about you without showing up in person to investigate. I'd be wary of ever taking your eyes off the woman to watch the overly menacing man OP. Learned that the hard way in my long career. Sometimes shes the diversion, sometimes she's the one packing.

but what could the intentions be?

They could have been casing out the house, as my neighbors have been robbed during the same time of day. Also, if they really were spooks then maybe me? And me not being in the house and in my car ready to drive away was to sketchy for their original plan?

I'd be wary of ever taking your eyes off the woman to watch the overly menacing man OP. Learned that the hard way in my long career.

Yea, I feel ya. He was such a weird/interesting looking figure, I couldn't help it. It's like if a description of a spy in a dan brown novel came to life and was staring at me from six feet away.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but don't church people usually come in pairs not in threes? don't they usually wait for you to come out of the car in order to talk to you? And dont they usually try to give you the pamphlet regardless of the level of your interest? Definitely sketchy. And the fact that they drove all the way to the last house slowly, makes me think they were hoping you'd drive into one of the earlier houses and leave them alone and when they seen you enter behind them they were like fuck it let's just give him/her our church cover so he/she won't call the police to report suspicious behaviour.

Thats craxy, man. Reminds me of the other day, I was buying a cheese pizza and this guy with a hoody that said "deep state" came up to me and asked me if I'd like to play dominoes.

Needless to say I'm going that grocery store strapped with 3 pistols next time.

I'd check my car for ticks. And by ticks I mean small metal objects that could have been placed by raising one's shoe against the underside edge/wheel well, etc.

Glad you're okay. That is really creepy.

After they left I tried to follow them, but they made me after about 2 miles when I had no choice but to pull up right beside them at a spotlight, so that was awkward.

Haha, shit.

Don't go to Haiti bro...

I'd be betraying my personal principles if I didn't. Plus, who else is going to find out what happened to Monica Petersen?? ;)

Stay safe and have a plan to regularly communicate. Maybe a few diff innocent-sounding safewords. Ensure you have a plan to have witnesses back home that you're not suicidal.

Pictures of the pamphlet or bullshit

... I already said she would not give it to me.