Can't a troll walk down the boardwalk in peace just once? Yeesh.

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and BFF Deena Nicole Cortese were just minding their own business in Seaside Heights, N.J., when Snooki was encountered by a native.

Proving that everyone wants a piece of the Jersey Shore stars, or that when you see an oompa loompa in person, you can't help but try to communicate with it, the older gentleman followed her around in hopes of getting on camera.

Maybe he heard about her breakup with Emilio Masella ...

JUST KIDDING! It's actually just Snooki's dad, visiting his pride and joy down in the Garden State! Come on, it was a lot funnier before you knew that, right?

Everyone gets a little homesick now and then. It's nice to see he made the trip down from Poughkeepsie. Also nice to see he's got the shirt-before-the-shirt thing goin' ...

source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/08/spotted-area-man-creepin-on-oompa-loompa/