To not barricade us in the house over this.

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I received a letter today addressed to "The Occupier".

Basically it says that someone has recently moved/purchased a property in the area and this person (male) has "caused considerable upset by his creepy actions and highly questionable behaviour towards women folk and minors' in their community. It is signed "a concerned parent".

I've spoken to the police who told me they have had a few of these handed in earlier today and its being dealt with by the Community Officer and the LA. Nothing else for me to do and I can bin the letter.

My 3 DDs are 6, 4 and 2 and I don't leave them to play outside unsupervised anyway. And I will as a result of this letter, be more vigilant and have another talk with them about "stranger danger"(including adults they may actually know) .

My neighbour feels I'm not taking it seriously enough. What else should I do?

Send around another letter from 'a concerned resident' telling everyone that

"It had recently come to my notice that a rumour-mongering shit-stirrer has been posting anonymous letters to local people to sew concern and irritation in the community. I urge you to bin said letters asap"

it sounds like a horrible hoax to me

I am quick that your neighbour is going around finding out who has had these letters. So if it is just your street.... and presumably not the target..... then is she trying to find out by elimination who the person referred to is?

This sounds like a massive witch-hunt. Personally, if it were me and it became clear who it was, I would try to make neighbourly overtures and then judge his behaviour for myself. The chances are he is a totally harmless person with some mild eccentricity, or maybe a slightly irritating neighbour who has sparked a vendetta with some nutjob in his previous home.

I mean, seriously - you obviously haven't noticed this guy doing anything unusual, or you would know who the writer meant - so who seems crazier, the supposed womenfolkpredator or someone writing letters to an entire STREET of people they don't know to spread rumours???

christ. it may be from someone with genuine motivations of being concerned that some awful person is inflicting himself on a new community. or it could be a mentalist with a grudge, or a bizarre hoax. you've all done the right thing in passing the letters to the police, who will be investigating who sent them, not 'creepy guy' but other than that, i'd forget it. you have to assume that there's always a 'creepy guy' living nearby anyway. i wouldnt be doing anything different to what you've done. your neighbour sounds like they're getting off on a bitter of drama, which is creepy in itself!

RevoltingPeasant the neighbour was trying to work out if it was specifically our street or the whole area (which is only 3 streets anyway) and she also said she presumes the person to be English or at least not Scottish. I told her its not unheard of for Scottish people to leave, live somewhere for a number of years and then come back. I did!

They were having quite the tea party to discuss it all when I left earlier. Not much happens here so it must be a bit exciting for them all

It could be one of those loopy groups who track charities like Stonham, find out where they have just acquired a new property, and then write to the surrounding street(s) in a manner designed to raise the temperature of the neighbourhood.

[Stonham is one of charities that houses and gives a fresh start to ex-offenders.]

I wonder if that is why you were told that the Police AND the LA were involved with the reponse. Otherwise what would anonymous letters have to do with the council?

Just a thought.

I think you're doing the right thing, HE. What else can you do, really?

IME, anonymous letters are generally not worth the paper they're written on.

Cautious eye out of course, but you can't put your life on hold for that.

You've done the right thing already by giving it to the police.