Male passenger slips woman ‘creepy’ note with hidden prize

She had a bad air day.

A woman perplexed viewers after sharing how a man slipped her a “creepy” note on a plane — but not all was as it seemed.

“I feel like it was weird,” the passenger, who goes by @EYEamLRBY on X, wrote while describing the bizarre incident.

In the X post, which boasts 1.6 million views, she recalled how a male stranger sitting behind her handed her a “piece of paper and said, “Take this and read it later. It’s not creepy.”


Woman on a plane.
A woman perplexed viewers after sharing how a man slipped her a “creepy” note on a plane — but not all was as it seemed. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Traveler writing.
A woman perplexed viewers after sharing how a man slipped her a “creepy” note on a plane — but not all was as it seemed. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Despite the ominous-seeming ask, the X poster said she obliged and perused the letter, whose contents were allegedly shocking, to say the least.

“It was a handwritten note complimenting my hair at length … and [a] $100 bill,” exclaimed the flabbergasted gal.

Naturally, this gesture might seem unsettling.

However, the passenger explained in a follow-up post how she didn’t find it creepy because her mile-high admirer “didn’t leave a number and there was clearly no expectation or hope that we would interact again.”

The X commentariat begged to differ.

“I think that’s creepy,” declared one, while another wrote, “He totally stole your hair and has some voodoo priestess making a doll.”

“Yeah, not to weird you out, but that dude definitely has some of your hair,” theorized a third.

Others found the move equal parts creepy and endearing.

One wrote, “Poor guy was so overcome he was like ‘I cannot stop myself from being weird about this but at least I can try to do it without being scary. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, have 100 dollars, sorry.’”