I'm a girl and I've never felt afraid of men, until last night

So last night, it's 3am and I'm walking home from a party. No big deal, I've done it a million times before, it's like... 1.5 km distance and I always take the same route. I'm not drunk, just a little tipsy to feel more at ease, but not much.<br><br>As I'm walking down the street, I notice a guy walking ahead of me, maybe 20 meters ahead of me. That's fine, I've been walking for 5 mins now and seen many people, but this guy stops suddenly and turns around. Then, he starts walking towards me. <br><br>He was 185ish cm tall, very skinny, and had messy short black hair. He walked up to me and said «Hey, do you have 5 euros?». That's fine, I'm not a dick, I can give this guy 5 euros, whatever. I tell him I'm not broke, but I only have a 10 euro bill, so if he gives me a 5 euro bill, I'll give him the 10 euro bill. I was trying to see if he had a 5 euro bill on him because I didn't want to give away the little money I had.<br><br>He's like «No, no, I don't have a 5 euro bill». Alright, I thought nothing more of it and continued walking. <br><br>As I continued walking, I heard him walking behind me. I turned around and saw him, and he was following me. I didn't want to show him where I lived, so I kept walking in circles. I left the main road and took a side road, but he followed. He was walking very slowly, so I couldn't leave him behind. <br><br>I tried to call my boyfriend, but he didn't answer. I tried calling again and again, but he didn't answer. I sent him a text saying «Creepy guy following me, please call». He doesn't check his texts often and I didn't want to text «Call me, it's an emergency» just in case it wasn't, you know? <br><br>I kept walking and walking until the road turned into a forest. There were no houses around, just a forest. I turned around and walked into another road, and then he started walking faster. I turned around and he was walking at a normal pace again. It was as though he didn't want me to know he was following. <br><br>I was shaking and I didn't know what to do, I was so so so scared. I was shaking so bad I was having trouble holding onto my phone. I decided to call the police. <br><br>As I started calling the police, I saw a house and ran towards them, thinking I could knock on their door for help. I reached the door and tried to open it, but it was locked. I looked around, and the guy had followed. He wasn't trying to be subtle anymore, he was outright following me. <br><br>I started knocking on doors and windows, I was banging on them as loud as I could, and I was calling the police, but no one answered. A car pulled up and the guy ran away, and I asked the people in the car for help. They said I could come with them and they would take me to my house. <br><br>They were an older couple, they were really nice, and I felt safe. I thanked them a million times and they were really sweet. They asked what happened and I explained, and the lady was like «That's so creepy». <br><br>I thanked them a million times and the lady was like «Don't thank us, you're 20 and a little girl out at this time, we would want someone to do the same for our daughters too». <br><br>I got home safely, called my boyfriend, scolded him (even though it wasn't his fault lol), and wrote this. I'm just still so scared and I don't know, it felt so supernatural how that guy was following me everywhere. I've never felt afraid of men, and I still don't, but last night was different. <br><br>I don't know, maybe I shouldn't have left the main road, but at the time it didn't even cross my mind, my main thought was «I need to get away from him but I don't want to show him my house». <br><br>Anyway, crep guy following me, let's not meet again.