Wierd Real-Life Sightings

[Malthus]

I saw something yesterday that I found more than a trifle freaky.

I work in an office tower (First Canadian Place) right downtown in Toronto, at Bay & King. Here, all the towers are connected by an underground shopping-mall-walkway, which is always incredibly crowded during the work-day, with business types in suits.

Anyway, I was trudging to work from the subway, when I saw a business-suited fellow greet another old dude in a business suit in the most bizzare manner, hard to describe - he did a sort of dance, rearing his body up in the air and his head back and making cat-pawing motions with his hands, while bobbing his head up and down . The other guy reacted by doing the same dance in return, and then they walked off in opposite directions. Not a word said by either of them.

I was thinking "wtf?" but of course had no opportunity to find out.

The wierd thing is that, at lunch, I say *another* pair of suited types greeting each other in this manner - totally different guys.

Frat ritual? Secret society? Why two on the same day? Just inexplicable.

Any other examples of unexplained wierdness you've seen lately?

[The Larch]

It's obviously a masonic greeting.



It opens doors, I tell you!

[DisturbedPervert]

Frat ritual? Secret society? Why two on the same day? Just inexplicable.

Furry convention

[Grey Fox]

Crazy city Toronto is.

I blame the Pakis.

[Admiral Yi]

Pod people.

[Josquius]

Back in May I saw a storm trooper just casually walking down the street for no reason.

[Malthus]

It's obviously a masonic greeting.



It opens doors, I tell you!

I was thinking it was something of the sort, but what good is a "secret greeting" that has everyone in the vicinity staring at you (and thinking you are nuts)?

[Bluebook]

Street performers? Some new art performance? Commercial campaign?

[Malthus]

Street performers? Some new art performance? Commercial campaign?

Could be. That sort of thing at least would make some sort of sense. 

[Admiral Yi]

Movie shoot?

[Martinus]

Sounds like an Improv Everywhere (IE) kind of thing.

http://improveverywhere.com/

[Malthus]

Movie shoot?

Unlikely - middle of a crowded underground walkway at rush hour, no movie cameras.

maybe something like Candid Camera, but it simply wasn't prolonged enough for any amusing reactions from passers-by.

[The Larch]

Next time you witness it, you have the duty to ask them.

[KRonn]

Was it Obama, maybe visiting Toronto that day and mixing up Canadian and Native American greeting customs?   

[Darth Wagtaros]

Not Masonic.