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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!

OP posts:
savingyourlife · 06/01/2018 21:38

Oh fucking hell, I missed the update.

But more importantly, I hope you are ok OP and things improve v soon Thanks

SM2132 · 06/01/2018 21:41

Same, I missed the update! Hope all is well

Snuper · 06/01/2018 21:44

Missed update too, but get the gist that all not been well. Hope you're out of it soon.

Ryloken · 06/01/2018 22:07

Missed your update @Foxy but please don't risk putting yourself in any difficulty on account of keeping us MNers up to date. Good luck with your move when it comes & I hope you will update us when you're out of there and safe in your new home Thanks

Barbie1 · 06/01/2018 22:08

Damn missed the the update. Was kind of hoping that there wasn’t one and things had calmed down for you all.

asprinklingofsugar · 06/01/2018 22:17

Ahh, I missed the update too! Envy From the other comments it doesn't sound like the situation has improved at all - I too was hoping that no update meant no further developments. I hope the move goes okay - Foxy maybe you could come back after you've moved and settled in your new place, and let us all know that you managed to get away safely, hopefully without any further incidents. Good luck Flowers

Motoko · 06/01/2018 22:24

Gah, I've been sucked into the time stealer that is Pinterest today and only just saw the thread notification, so missed the update.

I hope the sale of your house goes through ok and you can move out soon.

MadMags · 06/01/2018 22:29

Nooooo I missed the update!

Can anyone PM or even post a shortened version?

Potteryprincess30 · 06/01/2018 22:31

@MadMags dito! I missed it by a 5 minutes though hadn't checked for a few days. I need to know Blush

jpclarke · 06/01/2018 22:34

I didn't see the update but I hope you are ok op, my heart goes out to you. I hope you managed to enjoy your Christmas and I hope you move soon.

skippykips · 06/01/2018 22:42

I have been checking this thread so many times a day! I go to sleep early once and miss the update!
Op, the fact you are hiding updates on mumsnet shows that things are still not good. I hope once you are moved you will be safe and free and able to update again

rainbowstardrops · 06/01/2018 22:58

I missed the update too and would really appreciate a Dm.
I’m here on my own with the kids and just a tiny bit freaked out reading this! I always thought it would be so lovely to live rurally.....

ShoesHaveSouls · 06/01/2018 23:06

Goddammit - I missed the update too. Been following this from the start - and I take it things are still freaky OP Sad

Hope you're ok - this sounds really horrible for you. I'm feeling rather thankful for my nice neighbours now.

teenybean · 06/01/2018 23:15

Shit, missed the update too! (If anyone would like to pm it to me, I'd be appreciative) I'm guessing you're still having problems OP, please keep yourselves safe x

GammaDelta · 06/01/2018 23:19

Oh no I missed the update though I check this thread like 10 times a day for an update.

Hope it all goes well for you op

JessieJams · 06/01/2018 23:24

Blooming heck ... missed the update and have been wondering what’s been happening so would also love a pm if anyone has the time please!

Good luck with your move op - bet it can’t come soon enough.

undertheradarplease · 06/01/2018 23:31

I'd be eternally grateful for a dm update if anyone would be so kind.

Stay safe OP, hoping your move goes well Flowers

Cornettoninja · 06/01/2018 23:32

I hope things resolve quickly for you Foxy (gutted I missed the update - wouldn't mind a pm but will hope it comes out on a very far in the future 'whatever happened to...' thread) From what I can glean though your surrounded by dicks.

Good luck with your move and I hope your new house is awesome Flowers

(Alongside which I'm very impressed with the function which hides the original post mnhq)

clippedcasuals · 06/01/2018 23:34

Oh was Op's update deleted. Sad I hope this means you have moved safely OP. If anyone could PM I would be grateful.

HunkyDory69 · 06/01/2018 23:38

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BringMeTea · 06/01/2018 23:38

Why was there a namechange for the update and subsequent posts? Help me someone!! Grin

Barbie1 · 06/01/2018 23:39

IF anyone has time could you pls pm me the deleted post.

I’ve recently returned home to the uk after years of living overseas... we chose a beautiful little village thinking it would be a friendly place to be.how wrong were we! I can totally relate to foxy and how the locals have been treating her Sad

Cornettoninja · 06/01/2018 23:42

However keen people may be, it's probably not the best idea to share update details as no-one knows who anyone else is on the internet

Very true and worth quoting.

Despite my incredibly nosy tendencies, I wouldn't want anyone to risk their real life situation getting worse for the sake of satisfying curiosity.

Motoko · 07/01/2018 00:39

I always thought it would be so lovely to live rurally

It is lovely to live in a rural area! What Foxy is experiencing is not representative of every village.
It would be like dismissing living in a city because someone got murdered there. Bad things can happen anywhere, for a multitude of reasons. You can continue to dream/hope to live rurally, in the knowledge that it would be more likely that nothing like Foxy is going through will happen to you.

Mumek · 07/01/2018 00:55

Gutted to have missed the update even though I was checking in morning,noon and night.

Stay safe OP and the very best for your move. Look forward to hearing that you have settled down to peace and quiet in your new home