To call the police about a note put through my door tonight

[Anenome]

I am freaked out because this evening, I at around 6.30pm I saw a screwed up piece of notepaper on my doormat. Because I had swept and tidied the hall I know it was not there ten minutes prior to that. I looked at it and got a bad feeling because it is weird ramblings....which to my untrained eye appear to be the thoughts/fears of someone with manic depression or paranoia...my close cousin was dagnosed with both some years ago and I was with her a lot in the time she spiralled down.

Here's what the note says.

HELP!" Dr Atttisfield Cambridge 2 Dr Paul Grant University f Sandiego California "Condence (sic) Matter Physics" Involved in something similar to 97 incident very little chance of me see c6oh Finished. "Apologize" please send Away From Chester Tell people the truth

Now...this is weird to me. The words HeLP APOLOGZE and AWAY are highlighted and certain words are written in red whilst others are in black.

I feel scared because my husband is working abroad and I am alone with 2 small kids.

This WOULD happend just as night is drawing in! I live in a cul-de-sac...it's impossible to just wander to my house by accident...I am scared incase some nutter has been watching me or something...what do I do??

I googled C6oh and it IS somethng to do with manic depression...some chemical their brains are short of...I live in chester by the way ...so it must be a local person.

SHould I call the cops or not?

phone the police. if you just explain you are scared or worried they will be nice to you. i called the police after two guys in a van asked my neighbour where we were as they had been told by the landlord to paint the house. (we own the house) they said its a young couple with a baby. and apparently they waited outside our house for over an hour. i was terrified and phoned the police. they were so nice to me and said that if anyone comes to the door to phone them immediately. they even rang back a few days later to check up on it.

I'm really pleased that you raised it with the police, because dh's experience of mental health support in the north west a few years ago was, frankly, that it was thin to non-existent- nothing like as good as where we are now. So it sounds like someone is having a really bad time and needs help - police involvement is much more likely to make it happen. I hope so, anyway.

Glad you raised it with the Police - they obviously start a reference and any follow up will have a thread, saving you having to explain everything later if it happens again. Could just be random.

Hope you're feeling safer.

Rather sounds like a "Cry for help".

I wander whether plod will let you know the identity of the other individuals; you may be able discern if there's a pattern. The person may be selecting people they perceive as potentially supportive.

glad your feeling safer.