I have a lovely local pub that, being a spinster, I take my dog to of an evening quite often. It's gettin darker now obviously so I am quite aware of my surroundings while I walk (it's about 8 minutes away) up a dark road.
Last night I was walking to said pub, with dog and dog kept staring to the left hand side of the road where there's a couple of houses, and a drive behind. I looked to see what ddog waas looking at and saw a weird shadow but couldnt' make it out, and carried on walking. I looked behind some seconds later and shadow had moved and dog began barking.
A man emerged and said very nervously 'sorry love, I've just come off my bike that's all'
I told him he'd scared the hell out of me lurking about like that, he apologised, I asked did he want some help and he said no. My (thankfully huge) dog barked at him again which I am glad of whatever people's opinions of dogs are, and then I carried on.
I looked behind again a few seconds later and man ran across the road, too fast I thought for someone who's just fallen off a bike, looked up and saw a car approaching from the road opposite and ran back in the direction he originally came from.
The incident shook me up a fair bit, although I don't think he meant me any harm I can't be sure-perhaps Ddog put him off.
Perhaps he was hiding from someone or someone is after him or... ?
I don't know. What would you think?