Every time I enter the gym, I’ve always felt uncomfortable
when going to use equipment where this strange man goes. But what makes me more
uncomfortable about him is not how he would lurk around being a fearful, tough
figure towards people but how he doesn’t connect with people; how nobody knows
what he sounds like because he never speaks to anyone and how he’s always
alone, practically he’s a ghost because nobody who has ever seen him knows
anything about him. No one knows his name, his past or any indication of where
he might. But people like to make gossip and make their own theories on who
this loner is from time to time.
Over time I’ve listened and spoken to people that have said
they overheard rumours and stories, all with their different versions to others
even if they are either true or false. Most said that his name is Carson and
that he was a soldier, scarred in battle, either physically or mentally which
could explain how he doesn’t talk to people or how we have never seen him make
friends; an informant who could as well as be undercover right at this moment
or that he was. Some even said that he was a mob boss or a crook who might have
shady connections or has a dark past that he would like to forget went wrong.
People have also said that when they have spotted him
changing, they have noticed scarring all over his back. My thoughts on would
indicate that if the stories I’ve heard relate, that he was injured in battle
or tortured when things. They’ve even said that they heard him express sounds
of pain when he moved in the wrong motion when he’s changing his cloths. This
would indicate that some of the scarring or all of the major ones are recent.
On one occasion, I tried to talk to the man. Saying the most
common things that people would say when they first meet like ‘hello’, ‘how are
you’ or ‘how come I’ve never seen you around here before’? But all what I got
responded was grunts and stares of disinterest of talking to anybody. This made
me feel uncomfortable but also sad and curious to know why he’s like this.
Eventually, things started to get ugly when one of gym
members got to the point of becoming fed up with the disinterest attitude and making
everyone uneasy to his presence. I was there on the day and saw the exchange
between the two men. This was a mistake that the angry gymnast did towards
Carson. As I saw that this man is someone not to be fooled around with. This
was in terms of his cringing, muted silence but clearly most of all is his
brute strength that he possesses that could put the gymnast in his place.
All the angry gymnast said was ‘hey, I’m getting sick and
tired of you making everyone extremely uncomfortable, I feel that you don’t
belong here. So why don’t you get lost before you make people further uneasy’.
What I saw next was more shocking. Carson didn’t exchange any words but instead
exchanged with his fists and knocked the other man onto the floor with blood
pouring from his nose with clear and quick signs of deep bruises on his face.
The fight was broken up as soon as it began with two other men picking up the
angry gymnast from the floor but do not dare to restrain Carson out of fear.
All we knew he just walked away, carried on with his usual exercising routine
in silence and then left through the door after an hour of the violent exchange.
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