This space invader took stranger danger to new heights — literally.

Sure, it’s hard getting comfy at 30,000 feet. But one impolite, elderly plane passenger terrorized her seatmate during a 14-hour Qatar Airways flight, leaning and stretching out across the woman’s body, poking her with bare feet and pointing a knife in her direction after being reprimanded by cabin crew members. 4

“This flight turned into a horror movie!” Essie, a travel influencer, captioned the first vid in a viral TikTok trilogy, featuring scenes from her nightmarish encounter with the intrusive nuisance.

“PSA,” Essie warned her more than 48.2 million viewers, “If you lean on strangers mid-flight … don’t.”

It’s sage advice that seems like common sense. Still, janky jet-setters commonly commit the senseless

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