Sighting

We met at about 6:30 PM PT (and first noticed each other at about 6:20 PM) on a Thursday. That night was seven days before a massive snowstorm which hit the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It brought several inches of snow and ice. You reached the transit center from a TriMet MAX train (probably one arriving from Portland, but maybe one from west of the transit center). I know that because I was being observant to see if any interesting woman would be exiting a MAX train and walking to a bus stop. [I am single and not dating anyone.] I initially saw you from a distance. When you were near to where I was standing (near a bus shelter) and still walking you saw me looking at your face. Then you briefly raised your right hand to alongside your face, while you were looking at my face. That gesture to me gave me the impression that you were attracted to me, but at that moment I couldn’t clearly see your face nor discern your age, because it was very dark outside, and my vision was somewhat blurry. But I did notice that your hair is wonderful. Largely because of your gesture, after several minutes I finally made the decision to walk over to where you ended up waiting for the bus. In order to approach you I had to walk through a crowd of about ten men (who were waiting for a bus). This required some boldness since many people saw me walk straight to you and begin talking to you.

Where you were standing, near the tablet device displaying TriMet bus arrival times, there was much better lighting than where I first saw you. When I reached that area I then clearly saw your face and then clearly noticed that you are beautiful. Your face is somewhat rounded. Your smile is very beautiful. You have tan colored skin. Your eyes are black or dark brown. You appear to be of generation Y (Millennial). You are a Latina with very long hair that reaches down to a few inches below the top of your hips. Wow! Your hair style, besides its length, is very distinctive and unique, and is as follows. The top two thirds (or the top half) of your hair is black, but the bottom portion is multi-colored. The bottom portion has some locks of hair colored dark yellow (or dark goldenrod), some colored brownish orange, and some colored dark brown. [But maybe, though unlikely, the bottom portion was simply a mixture of various hues of blond color.] The coloration is very beautiful (and the upper hair is also very beautiful). The upper portion of hair is straight, and the bottom portion is curly, with the locks of colored hair slightly crossing adjacent locks. The bottom of the multi-colored section has a straight horizonal edge, as does the top of that section where it meets the black colored section. Your hair has lots of body (fullness). Wow! Your hair was placed in front of the left side of your front side. Because of the horizontal edges (instead of some other shape to the edges) when your hair is in front of you, I think that you normally wear your hair with it in front of you instead of behind you. You were wearing a black colored thick coat. (It looked like a winter coat, since it is puffy.) I think the length of the coat was such that it covered the top of your hips. Your leg coverings were black in color and very probably were leggings, but maybe they were skinny jeans, or opaque tights. You did not have a backpack with you. You were not carrying a bag at all, nor a purse. You were not wearing gloves. I think you were wearing athletic shoes. I did not detect a ring nor any other jewelry on you.

My racial mix is primarily white, but I am also of the black race, and I have some Native American ancestry. I thus have tan colored skin all the time (but my sister looks white). I had a great grandfather who had some Spaniard ancestry. My face is oval shaped. I have straight hair, except it tends to get wavey or curly when it gets longer. My hair color is black, except that many of the hairs on my head have turned grey. I have a full beard, and it has some grey hair (primarily on the center of the chin and on the mustache). My hair is short. I was wearing super skinny blue jeans. I was also wearing athletic shoes, gloves, a cap, and a dark blue or dark green coat. I had a black colored backpack with me.

When I approached you (after you had walked past me and stopped walking) it was nearly 6:30 PM, and I surprisingly discovered that my bus was then due to arrive in only two minutes. By then I thus had little time to talk to you. [I wished I had made up my mind much sooner to walk over to you (instead of over thinking matters)]. I said to you that it looks like everyone was waiting for the #88 bus and you said you agreed. I then asked what bus you were waiting for, and you said you were waiting for the #76 bus. I told you I was waiting for the #88 bus. I then looked behind me (to see if the crowd of men were paying attention to my socializing with you [since you are beautiful]). Then I turned towards to you and tried to think of what to say next. I then brought up the topic of the weather. You said it had been forecast for the area to receive a lot of snow for the prior day (the 5th) but that instead it snowed for only about 5 minutes. I then told you that people said in Hillsboro it also snowed for only about five minutes, and that I noticed that in Beaverton that it snowed for about five minutes, and that when I got off a bus in Portland (near Providence St. Vincent Hospital) it also snowed for only about five minutes. I then told you I think this means that the snowstorm was fast moving and that such is the reason why the snow only fell for a short while in each area. You then said something which indicated to me that you were impressed with my idea. I think you also smiled at that point. I then got the impression that you are intelligent (a good thing). [Later in the evening of the 6th, I listened to the local TV news, and it also said the snowstorm was fast moving, thus confirming that my idea was correct.] I think I also asked if you think there will be more snow within the next several days.

After I paused again in talking (to think of what to say next) and after I likely turned around again to see if some of the men in the crowd of men behind me were paying attention to our conversation [since they are possible competition to me and you are beautiful], I turned towards you again and said to you “My name is Gavin”. In response to me introducing myself, you very enthusiastically (and with very impressive gestures) said “Pleased to meet you” to me. That time, your gestures were that you simultaneously raised your right hand to along the right side of your face and you raised your left hand to along the left side of your face, and while doing that you also did a wiggle of your hips. Wow! [At that point a man in the crowd of men said “Wow!” I then turned backwards to see which man said it. I then again turned towards you. I then worried and wondered why you didn’t then mention your name, but my mind was over thinking the matter. But, after I had left, I recalled that in a Spanish language college course I took years ago, that the phrase “Pleased to meet you” is an English translation of a common Spanish language greeting, and I later recalled what the appropriate reply is to such a greeting. I thus should have said “likewise” or “the pleasure is mine” to you. I wish I had done such and I wish I had then asked what your name is.] I got the impression that you are a nice friendly lady who is outgoing. I thought there wasn’t enough time to ask for your phone number and to also write it down (or type it into my phone) and to tell you my phone number, but before I walked away to board the #88 bus I enthusiastically said “Have a great night” to you. You enthusiastically replied. [I think you either said “Thank you” or “You have a great night also”, or something similar.] I wish I had told you that I like you and that you are pretty. I wish I had asked for your phone number and told you my phone number. In retrospect, I now know there was enough time to exchange contact information. I also probably should have decided to skip my bus and board the #76 instead, (though it would mean I would have to walk for about 7 minutes after getting off the bus), in order to have more time to talk with you. I very much hope to see you again. You are a wonderful woman!

I don’t work Fridays and I had hoped that my final enthusiastic comment to you would have conveyed to you that I like you and I had hoped it would have motivated you to come to the transit center on another day, especially on the following Thursday, to look for me. I was thus deeply saddened that seven days later a massive snowstorm hit and that weather conditions were thus extremely hazardous that day at about 6:30 PM. I thus did not go to the transit center that day, but I was at the location on the prior three days. I later looked for you on numerous days and at various times at the location. I frequently use public transportation and that location to travel to and from home and work, but I eventually ended up getting the impression that you typically drive and rarely use public transportation. Many times, I ride the same bus line you rode. I have asked my friends and several of my coworkers if they know of (or at least have seen) any woman with the same distinctive style of hair as yours, and they say they never saw such a woman. I have also asked some of them to ask their friends if their friends know such a woman. I have also asked strangers (both men and women) in Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, Portland, and Happy Valley if they have ever seen a woman with the above-described hair style, and they also said no. A few of those strangers I have asked were ones working in a shopping mall, including people working in a hair salon. I have attended large public gatherings (in the above-mentioned cities) including ones playing Latin American music and I did not see you at those gatherings. The gatherings included Farmer’s Market events, outdoor music concerts, dance socials at a dance school, and a New Year’s Eve party at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland. I have visited shopping malls in Beaverton, Tigard, Portland, and the Clackamas Town Center (in Happy Valley). [From February 2025 through December 2025 I did see about five tan colored Latina women who had black straight hair as long as your hair, but none of those had a mixed colored section, and their face did not match yours.] Prior to making this post I made a much shorter post about you on the Portland Craigslist in the Washington County section, but that site kept deleting it (for reasons I never figured out). I also posted a flyer (with wording the same as the original wording of this post) on the community board of the Beaverton Fred Meyer and on the community board of a Beaverton Safeway, but within a few days those stores removed them because they were not business flyers (even though before I posted them they told me my flyer would be fine to post there). I have thus diligently done my part to try to find you, and I am still trying to find you. That is because I like you very much and I strongly instinctively feel you are the best match for me for true love. Please contact me so we can meet again and learn more about each other.

If anyone reading this ad recognizes the lady mentioned in the ad, please help the lady and I to find each other. Thanks. Since her hairstyle (at least at the time I met her) is truly unique, if you know of a woman who has that style (or know of one who used to have it) then that woman is almost definitely the one I met. [Her hairstyle identifies her like Cinderella’s glass slipper identified Cinderella.] One way you can help is by asking your friends if they recognize her, and by asking your friends to ask their friends if they know her, etc. If enough people are included in the network of those asked, then likely someone will identify as knowing her. The person who knows her can then invite her to contact me through this website.