20 women share the weirdest thing they’ve done to get a creep to leave them alone.

An often terrifying byproduct of inhabiting a female body is having to deal with "creepers" (usually men) who try to approach us when we're minding our own business in public. Unfortunately, a simple "no thank you" is often not enough to make them go away.

Most women, in an attempt to protect our safety, have done some really weird and creative things to protect ourselves (or other women) against the unwanted advances of a creepy dude. Someone asked women of Reddit: "What is the weirdest thing you've done to someone who was being a creeper to you?

These 20 resourceful women share stories of the weird, creative, and even hilarious tactics they've used to repel a creeper:

1.) From ConnieC60:

I was in the pub one night with friends and a guy who must’ve been at least 40 years older than me sent me a rose across the bar, and was leering at me. I made eye contact with him and ate the rose in big chomps. He looked aghast and left the pub.