I started noticing them before I went away. Every time I went to the shops, I'd see one or two of them. Now they're everywhere. GIANT white people. And I don't mean obese; I don't think I've seen one of them yet that's even remotely over weight. What I mean is that the women are all at least six feet tall and the men are all at least 6'6". There's one girl, who looks about 14, who has to be at least 5'11"; maybe 5'10" when you take into account her masses of frizzy red hair. It's almost surreal, when you see them wading through groups of tiny Asians at the supermarket. It's like looking at a Great Dane playing with a Fox Terrier, and marvelling at the fact that they're the same species.
Who they are and where they came from—and why—is still a mystery. At first, I just thought that a family of freakishly big people had moved into the neighbourhood; but there's too many of them for that to be the case. My first clue came a week or so ago, when I heard one of them speaking for the first time. Definitely an accent, but not enough for me to pick up on what it was. Then I noticed that a few of the men were wearing singlets that were a particular shade of orange. "I know that shade of orange", I thought. It's what the national sporting teams of Holland wear. Okay, so why would a whole bunch of Dutch people be moving into my neighbourhood all of a sudden? So I did a search for Afrikaner flags and symbols, and sure enough, they almost all prominently featured that particular "Dutch Orange" colour.
So, assuming they are Afrikaners, why so many so suddenly? Are they South African refugees? I've talked before about how creepy I find it when I talk about something on the blog and then it manifests itself in real life. I think Squib described the feeling you get when these kinds of things happen as being like experiencing a "glitch" in The Matrix. On the other hand, I suppose I would have actually noticed these people cropping up before I started talking about white-minorities, so maybe it subconsciously pushed me in that direction? Or maybe the fact that I'm talking about it is leading me to jump to conclusions? I mean, I don't know for absolute certain that that's what they are. But what else could they be?
Any thoughts?
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Okay, so I had to go into the chemist's this arvo to stock up on vitamin-D. There were two young giantesses in there (late teens, early twenties) looking at contraceptives. I didn't hear much of their conversation, but they were definitely speaking in a foreign language, and if you'd asked me to try to pick it, my first guess would have been German.
I came home and looked up "Afrikaans language" on YouTube, and it sounded similar - I guess - but I'm still not sure. The mystery continues.
Are you sure they weren't actually Dutch? They are generally tall and blondish. Afrikaans is related to Dutch. There may be a hostel near you, or they are there for fruit picking or - depending on where you live - they might be there for a training camp for a sport or something.
And then there's the fact that our kids have never eaten better. My best friend is 5'9". Her oldest child, a girl is 14 and is already taller than her. She's strong, slim and athletic, and very smart. She's eaten well all her life - her family are well-off and her mother is mostly a stay-at-home who ensured the kids had everything they needed.
No, I'm not sure they're not Dutch, I just can't think of a good reason why whole families of people from the Netherlands would suddenly turn up, and then stay for months on end. How many married, middle-aged Dutchmen take their kids on overseas holidays to pick fruit? How long do sporting camps usually last?
There's no hostels per se in my immediate vicinity (that I know of) but 80% of the houses in the neighbourhood have been knocked down and replaced with units in the last 10 years, so there's plenty of cheap, shitty housing.
A lot of the women seem to have red or reddish-brown hair. A lot more of the men are blonde/light-brown, which is probably a better indicator, since men are less likely to colour their hair.
And yeah, locally grown kids are getting bigger, but they don't just spring up overnight.
Walked past a group of them on my way to the shops the other day. Woman roughly in her 50s (Nan?), woman roughly in her 30s (daughter?), and 4 kids, roughly between ages of 4 and 12 (grand-kids?). All long and lean. Not an ounce of fat on any of them.
The older woman was doing all the talking, in English, and it definitely sounded like your stereotypical "Sarth Efrikan" accent. Unfortunately, she didn't say anything interesting. All grocery/budget talk.
Okay now I'm disturbed. From whence did these mutants come?
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