Become the "Invisible" Man

While you are traveling in a potentially risky area you want to make sure that you blend in and don’t stand out. Here are some tips to staying undetected.

Determine a BASELEINE

A baseline is the norm in the environment that you are in. How do “normal” people in that culture talk, walk, dress, and act?

Avoid Creating “STIMULUS”
We live in a world that seems to be begging for attention, but trying to get attention in a high risk area can be deadly. A stimulus is anything that may cause someone to notice you or cause a person to form an impression about you.

BE BORING
1. Eye contact creates a stimulus - avoid it.
2. Noise creates a stimulus - avoid it.
3. Unique smells create a stimulus - be scentless.
4. Arrogant demeanor create stimulus - be casual

BE BLAND
1. Loud Clothing creates stimulus- dress bland.
2. Provocative clothing creates a stimulus - dress bland.
3. Words, logos, sport teams on clothing creates a stimulus - dress bland.
4. Political or military clothing creates stimulus - dress bland.
5. Expensive shoes, watches, and clothing creates a stimulus - dress bland
6. Wearing earphones or looking at an iphone creates a stimulus - avoid it
6. Dressing like the locals may create a stimulus if you are of a different skin tone.

Wearing gray or earth tones are usually the best colors to stay bland.

Be so bland that no one even remembers seeing you