New video shows holding hands with strangers doesn't always go well

7/24/2012

Last time Andrew Hales pulled his holding-hands-with-strangers stunt, he did it from the relative safety of a hallway at a college. In fact, we even suggested he not try this on a sidewalk in a busy city. But that's exactly where Andrew and his sister Jacqueline took their project for the follow-up to their first video. In Lake George Village, N.Y., people seemed much less at ease with a stranger sauntering up and grabbing a hand. In fact, several couples get downright aggressive with the brother-sister pair; one guy tells Andrew, "Get the f**k away from me," after he tried to hold his girlfriend's hand. Maybe for the sake of safety it's time to put this experiment to rest.

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How would you react if someone tried to hold your hand?