'That is insane': Houston woman pulls over to eat her Chick-fil-A sandwich. Then she starts getting chased

A quiet parking lot, a locked car, and a few minutes to eat a sandwich before a doctor’s appointment; that’s all a Houston woman was looking for. What she says happened next left her screaming and speeding away.

In a viral TikTok post, creator Avery (@whateveraveryisdoing) recounts the recent unpleasant scene that unfolded around her and her car. Trying to avoid a homeless person who was having an episode near her parked car, she said the sound and motion created by backing out startled the onlooker and caused them to try to urinate on the vehicle.

“I think my car moving, like, called his attention or, like, he noticed me, and this man…he pulls out his…” she said in the clip that’s been viewed more than 4,300 times. “Starts peeing and chasing me with his, like, pelvis thrusted forward and, like, screaming and is, like, trying to get the stream on my car.”
In the video, Avery explains that she stopped at what she described as a quiet, higher-end commercial strip before heading to a routine rheumatology appointment. She had picked up a Chick-fil-A sandwich on the way and wanted a moment to decompress, she said, without worrying about dripping Polynesian sauce on a white sweater. She noted that only a few businesses were open nearby and that a UPS driver was in the lot at the time, a detail she mentioned to emphasize that the area did not initially feel unsafe.

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Houston has one of the largest unhoused populations in Texas. However, the region has also been recognized nationally for reducing homelessness through its Housing First collaborative model. Still, the Greater Houston area has seen an increase in reports of public disturbances concentrated along commercial corridors, according to data from local law enforcement agencies and the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County.

While Avery said the man near her wasn’t interacting with her at first and was yelling toward the street, she decided to leave as a precaution. That, she told viewers, is when the situation escalated.

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‘I Just Can’t Believe That Happened’

As she backed her car out of the parking spot, she said the man suddenly turned toward her, pulled down his clothing, and began yelling while pursuing her vehicle. Startled, she sped out of the lot, saying she screamed the entire time. “I get out of there, but I just can’t believe that happened,” she said in the post.

While the video describes a frightening and chaotic moment, the reaction online struck a different note, combining sympathy, dark humor, and a distinctly Houston brand of resignation.

“Sounds like a normal day in Houston lol,” one viewer wrote. Another echoed the sentiment: “Just another Tuesday in Houston.”

Avery joked back at the responses: “I’ve been here for a bit — just the first time I was chased with a weenie.”

The lighthearted tone in the comments mirrors similar reactions that often surface under videos capturing unpredictable or unsettling encounters around the city. Some viewers also complimented Avery’s composure even as she recounted the ordeal. One person commented, “I can’t hear you over how long and luscious your hair is,” prompting an amused response from the creator.

Issue for Houston’s Commercial Areas

Though her TikTok was centered on a single frightening moment, it touches on issues Houston continues to wrestle with: homelessness, behavioral health crises, and the uneven availability of services.

According to the most recent Point-in-Time Count conducted in Harris County, the number of unsheltered individuals has fluctuated since the pandemic, with outreach teams reporting increases in mental-health-related calls near freeway underpasses and retail districts. Advocates stress that episodes like the one Avery described are typically rooted in untreated mental illness, substance-use crises, or lack of access to support networks.

Avery told viewers she attempted to leave the area as soon as she sensed the situation shifting.
For many Houstonians, the story resonated not just because of the bizarre details but because of how quickly an everyday moment can veer into the unexpected. Houston’s sheer size, car-dependent design, and patchwork of commercial districts mean residents regularly encounter situations that combine humor, chaos, and unease, a blend reflected in the video’s comment section.

By the time she filmed her TikTok, Avery said she had already collected herself and made it to her appointment safely, though she still seemed stunned. “I just can’t believe that happened,” she told her followers again at the end, shaking her head.

Still, the final note of the story belongs to the commenters, and the particular way Houstonians seem to shrug off the city’s stranger moments.

“You never know what you’re gonna get in Houston these days,” one viewer wrote.

Avery agreed: “You never do.”

Patch reached out to Avery via email and direct message.