u/phoebefknbridgers

Hello, today I was driving down Bootham at around 10pm-10.10pm towards city centre and am a hundred percent sure I saw a man frozen in time. This has really disturbed me so I wanted to know if anyone else has experience the same thing. I’m hoping it’s just some kind of street performance or something of that kind. Here is what I saw:

Everyone around him was walking completely normally, seemingly not acknowledging him at all. He had brown hair, would maybe be thirties or middle aged, was wearing a navy blue polo, tan trousers and was carrying a plastic shopping bag, the cheap, thin old fashioned kind I rarely see anymore. He was mid step, completely frozen. I thought it was just some kind of prank so kept looking as long as I could, expecting him to snap out of it, but he never did. A second later I looked in my rearview mirror and saw him still there. Like I said, nobody else on the path even seemed to see him.

I wish I could’ve looked for longer, but it was difficult due to driving. I’m worried I’m seeing things so hoping someone can offer some reassuring insight.

Thanks

Hi, I began receiving PIP in 2024 and was due a review this year. I sped it up by reporting a change in circumstances as my conditions have worsened significantly, meaning I can no longer safely leave the house alone. I have Autism Spectrum Disorder, Anxiety and Depression, and am having chronic fatigue investigated. The result of my review was still standard mobility, and my daily living points actually decreased despite my worsening condition (how does that even work?). I was awarded 10 points in the 'planning and following the route of a journey', basically meaning I only need someone with me to follow an unfamiliar journey. I challenged this in a mandatory reconsideration, as I need someone with me even for familiar journeys. I've just had the outcome of the mandatory reconsideration and have once again been awarded 10 points for the planning and following journeys question. Do I appeal?

This was the one section I asked them to look at in the reconsideration, but the only reference to it in the 'my decision' section reads 'The activity of going out does not cover your physical ability to walk, it considers your mental or sensory ability to plan and follow a route and how much distress going out would cause.' I feel completely ignored. Has anyone had a similar experience to me? Did going to tribunal help?

TIA