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Bit weird or not?

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Foxysoxy01 · 20/12/2017 18:10

I'm not sure if I'm being a bit ridiculous so could do with some advice or a good talking too!

Bit of background needed but this may be quite long, sorry Blush

Where I live it is quite rural. I have a dog I walk morning and night around the same time each day but not same time on the dot. I sometimes walk on my own (with dog) sometimes with someone else (more often than not in the evenings)

There are two walks both rural with no street lights and nothing other than the odd tractor, walker, horse rider etc etc. Just to add neither of these walks lead anywhere other than one to a house that then branches off to a longer walk.

So the track I went down today has a house at the top, one a bit further down then nothing till the big house at the end where it branches off.

The middle house (although closer to top of track than middle) goes garden, house, gateway, garden, shed, fence, big tree with the track running along side.

So that's the background now what happened.

I have walked past the middle house, down to big house and am on my way back. I see someone coming and get dog back on lead. The person notices me and moves quickly from right hand side of track to under the big tree (just off left hand side of track) just behind shed of house. Person lights a fag and turns around facing tree.

I find this bit odd but carry on as I get next to him he is still just off track under tree and facing the actual tree. I'm getting a bit on edge as this is clearly a bit strange behaviour.

I say good evening (admittedly I might have sounded a bit nervous) the person turns round while lifting their hood up so I cannot see their face.

I walk past quite briskly! (I'm not sure if IABU but something about the person did frighten me)

As I get nearer the middle house gates I see they are not in as car is not on drive (there is a mid 30's woman on her own living there) I stop and turn to look thinking I wouldn't actually hear if the person ran up behind me. They are still under tree looking straight ahead (not at me, but across the track into side with hedge)

I carry on and as I get to the next house I look again but can't see him and I was not about to walk back and see if he was still there.

Now the whole behaviour of this person was off. They very clearly did not want me to see their face. They were either an incredibly burly woman or a man, fairly thickset about 6ft obviously in black and just quite terrifying.

I am home alone tonight and just a bit worried I suppose that he was either waiting for a person walking (maybe not with good intentions!) or to break into the middle house? Or the thought did cross my mind if was he waiting for my but chicken'd out.

The woman that lived on her own is I suppose fairly vulnerable as her house is a bit away from any others and she is on her own (the house is quite large and obviously worth a fair bit of money so you would presume there could be antiques etc)

This all happened about an hour ago now so it was dark.

I'm not sure if I'm just being silly or should o go and check if he is still there? Phone someone? Or just ignore it all.

Writing it all down makes me think I am over reacting and the bloke maybe just wanted a walk but it really didn't feel like that at the time. His behaviour seemed odd and his body language was quite menacing tbh.

What do the collective of MN think?

Sorry it was so long!

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DiseasesOfTheSheep · 22/12/2017 14:36

Ok. The whole agricultural community is lying

You speak for the whole agricultural community? Who decided that?!

The entire agricultural community most certainly does not believe in suspicious markings, with tenuous coded directions for their accomplices.

froshiechipandbrickie · 22/12/2017 14:44

Also, the men with Irish accents in the white vans often mark houses with dogs that go in the garden. I've been told that by the people who do it so I'm likely to believe them.

What does this even mean? Are they pretending to have Irish accents? And why do you know people that do that?

Confused
threehoursin · 22/12/2017 15:50

Enough of the Irish in white van talk. This thread will inevitably go pop if that carries on and I want to see how things turn out Xmas Grin

FoxtrotSkarloey · 22/12/2017 16:02

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JeremyCorbynsBeard · 22/12/2017 16:04

Do you live on a ley line, or anywhere that has any kind of significance in any way? Just wondering because it was the solstice yesterday, so maybe the placing of the drawing was only significant because of that.

froshiechipandbrickie · 22/12/2017 16:06

three I agree.

Whatever it is, it’s super weird. But it could be something ‘woo’ (and nit particularly sinister) couldn’t it?

user1466690252 · 22/12/2017 16:24

is your dog an expensive breed? maybe they are hanging around to get used to the scent? whistling to see if he barks alot?

Foxysoxy01 · 22/12/2017 16:41

DH has been home all day with me popping in and out.

I haven't seen or heard anything odd but apparently he has.

He took the dog earlier and went on the other walk. Bit of background to make it easy to understand. You go through a couple of trees to begin with then it opens out and is just fields. It is on a hill so sort of rolling views. If you walk about 1/2 a mile you then get a clump of trees then it opens out again.
He walked to the clump of trees and there was a trail of heart baubles just to the left of the track. The trees are not big enough to be a woods but more than just a couple of trees. He saw 3 spaced out but in a line. He didn't go further to see if there was anymore.

DH might be called a wimp but he turned round and came straight home. I asked if he took a photo and he just gave me a withering look. It has obviously shaken him a bit and in his own words 'he wasn't prepared to prat about'

I spoke to our other neighbours and they haven't seen anything but just said they think it's the local kids messing about.

I have phoned 101 and logged it all. They have noted it and will drive past a couple of times tonight and see if they can see anything. They haven't had any other reports and didn't have anything else to tell me really other than the standard lock doors, outdoor lights on etc.

Will see what tonight brings. Shock

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Pandoraphile · 22/12/2017 16:42

Blimey OP! This totally reminds me of the Blair Witch Project Shock You'll be finding a human heart wrapped in a dishcloth next

Foxysoxy01 · 22/12/2017 16:45

Sorry I missed the questions.

TBH I wouldn't have a clue if we were on leylines. We do live in the SW but not near Glastonbury/Stonehenge.

The dog is a pedigree working dog although no good for breeding (but I suppose people wouldn't know that) but the whistling was like a tune rather than calling a dog IYSWIM.

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Jesterstolehisthornycrown1 · 22/12/2017 16:49

Jesus OP I really wish you were faking this is freaking me out. Hope it is just local kids messing around.

ShoesHaveSouls · 22/12/2017 16:57

I just googled leylines (to see if we're on one Grin - we're not Sad ) and this came up. Not in Wiltshire are you?

Paths of the Ancients

Looks a bit like your diagram. What with it being the solstice as well...

FoxtrotSkarloey · 22/12/2017 17:12

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threehoursin · 22/12/2017 17:39

Definitely need a diagram.

brizzledrizzle · 22/12/2017 17:46

Not sure if this helps or not OP, but we have a bird that often whistles in the garden at night time.

Clearly the bird is well trained by burglars to give the appropriate signal if the op is making half of MN paranoid whilst making the other half into conspiracy theorists.

Foxysoxy01 · 22/12/2017 18:08

I tried to do a diagram but for it to make sense I would have to make it huge! I just can't fit it all in without making people even less likely to see what I'm talking about.

I will try and explain better (if I have to do a diagram I will just have to do 3 separate ones or something)

The second track it about 1/4 of a mile up from the first track with the dodgy bloke.
The copse from the middle house must be a mile or so? From mine a bit further as we are down the road from the track with middle house.

I know that's as clear as mud.

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Whereisthegin1978 · 22/12/2017 18:16

Maybe contact the other house, if you have their details to make them aware. I'd also call non emergency no and explain about empty house/ vulnerable neighbour etc. I always stand out of the way of dogs as I'm a bit nervous around them but not so it's obvious - he sounds as though he was trying to hide himself from you.

Whereisthegin1978 · 22/12/2017 18:19

Sorry have seen your update now. Page wasn't loading properly.

threehoursin · 22/12/2017 18:48

Don't worry about scale, OP. Any old diagram will do Xmas Grin

TheWhyteRoseShallRiseAgain · 22/12/2017 19:35

Ok that sounds really weird wonder why hearts?

froshiechipandbrickie · 22/12/2017 19:51

Ooh, I do love a good - or even a ‘notsogood’ - diagram Xmas Wink

brizzledrizzle · 22/12/2017 19:54

The second track it about 1/4 of a mile up from the first track with the dodgy bloke.
The copse from the middle house must be a mile or so?

I must be overthinking this, I read it as the 'corpse' from the middle house.

What did the police say?

Sassenach85 · 22/12/2017 19:55

This would really freak me out. Could be nothing or could be a proper psycho ... that's not helpful I know. But man this thread is giving me the goosebumps!!

Janetjanetjanet · 22/12/2017 19:58

Did they decide that at the last Burglar Conference?

Laughed out loud at this one.

Brilliant thread op.

StrawberryMummy90 · 22/12/2017 19:58

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