Breathe, Wade. Calm down. Don't make any hasty decisions.

One:
It's probably a coincidence about the merchandise. There are only a couple hundred members on this site (and an unknown number of lurkers), and there are a LOT of Gatchaman fansites out there. There are also some more generalized anime sites. Which means that it's unlikely that you coming here to talk about your latest acquisition (or even to ask about whether Item X is worth buying) is causing significant numbers of fans to run out and bid themselves silly.

If anything is happening, it's that tendency of people to get stupid. In the physical world, people will stand in a line just because it's there, and if asked, will say that there must be something worthwhile going on, or there would not be a line.

So, some folks go to a site, show an interest in something, and others think, "I have to get in on this!" and participate. Thus affecting the prices. (To the delight of sellers, and to the buyers' dismay.)

Two:
As for Jennifer -- I doubt this was someone's idea of a joke, sick or otherwise. There are enough people in the United States that it's entirely possible to run across someone who has a freakish resemblance to a character from a favorite television show, comic book, or movie. (I have a book somewhere on ancient Celtic warriors, and one of the illustrations bears a remarkable resemblance to a former co-worker of mine. He could have posed for it -- except for the warrior moustache. Since the book was written and illustrated in England, and my co-worker and I were stationed at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia, I can safely say he did not.)

If someone were playing a joke, she would have had her act much more together and not been so freaky. (Even if it were a sick joke, I think. After all, you could easily have decided to call the police on her. They might not have been able to do much, but their presence would have removed any 'fun' for the jokester -- and definitely for her.) But, the way you describe things, you could easily have not been there that particular day. For a prank to work, the prankster has to know the 'victim' will be at a specific place at a specific time.

I STRONGLY advise that you make sure your girlfriends' neighbors know about this young woman (omitting any Gatch references), so that they can keep their eyes open and their own children out of harm's way. If she shows up again, wanting to see your girlfriend's son, you might be well within your rights to call the police, but I'm not sure. I know they have certain restrictions on what they can do. (If they did not, idiots would be swamping them with even more stupid calls than they get now.)

By your description of Jennifer's behavior, she could have been off her medication, having an adverse reaction to medication, or have been using some illicit pharmaceuticals. Or using alcohol or illegal drugs while taking her meds. Some people are stupid that way. (Others are stupid enough to mix medications, ignoring package warnings.)

That still doesn't explain how she knew about your girlfriend and her son. (You did warn him, I presume.)

BTW, we don't know anything about you except what you put on your profile and in your posts. So nobody could have decided to mess with you based on what you wrote here. Not unless they had some mad skillz to track you down. And I'm not certain that someone with those skills would do all that just to send out a woman dressed like G3 to spook you and your lady.

You have her license number. You might be able to track her down and find out what's going on. She asked to see your girlfriend's son, but your girlfriend didn't know her. To me, that sounds like it has nothing to do with your 'visits' to us, and everything to do with a disturbed mind.

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Good subsequent advice, Amethyst. I don't have children, so I didn't think of school programs.

Wade, if this is a combination of a boy's indiscretion and a woman's mental problems, you and your girlfriend need to be extra vigilant for quite a while. Not only with the boy (who might not have known he was giving information to a disturbed adult), but in general. Depending on her delusion, she might be readying Plan B or Plan C.

I still think you should check her out. She might transfer her attentions to some other child. There doesn't seem to be much you can do unless she becomes violent, but I'm not a lawyer. If you know one, you could ask what actions you can legally take. Given her apparent age, she might have relatives who can help. Unless they are total assholes, you might be able to tell them what happened and they can get her the help she needs.

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