Frightened

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Just been into the local cemetery walking my dog, and felt uneasy about a man who seemed to be watching me.
He went to one grave down the bottom of the hill, went to another all while watching me, he didn't have any flowers or nothing for anyones grave. He appeared to be talking to himself.
He slowly made his way up towards the hill towards me, at this point my back where to him. I felt really uneasy, so faced towards him and he was staring at me and I felt really intimidated he stopped at another grave and then faced me again staring. I felt is was not quite right and my gut instincted was going, so I decided to abandon my walk with the dog and run back to the car. Got in the car and locked myself in and come back home.

Yeah, good job she wasn't raped. It would've been her own bloody fault for being so close to the bloke.

It may have been entirely innocent, but listening to your instincts is important, and no harm has been done by that and getting away.

I run a lot, often off-road and generally feel completely comfortable about it. Once I was on one of my running routes on my bike and there was a starey man with a hard expression. I checked over my shoulder a few times and he still stayed there staring. I never knew I could pedal so hard up a steep hill and I remember feeling relief that I was cycling not on foot for a faster getaway and speed advantage. No one else has ever provoked that instinct in me. Not even on the drug-runner cycle route through town. I just wanted to get away from him ASAP.

There was one young man in a university social club that none of the females warmed to. Guess whose hands I found in my pants when I woke up after a party...

Our instincts are there for a reason and they can help to protect us as an early warning when we pick up hostile body language cues.

a new walking route! You dog (and probably you!) will love the change!!

no more industrial estate…. this has turned out to be a good thing Op. It’s giving you another walk route that doesn’t involve an industrial estate and a cemetery

That's not what I said and what I implied so quit with the implied accusation of victim blaming.

I'm wondering why if she was only there for five minutes she ended up able to monitor the behaviour of someone so closely in a massive cemetery.

If your instincts told you danger, would you not move away?

Be it from men, cars or bears!

I reckon it was a ghost who couldn't remember which was his headstone.

Maybe you looked like his deceased wife or somebody.

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Can I ask if you have ever tried putting the muzzle on your dog whilst it is already unhappy? So baring teeth/snapping? Because IF your collie did decide to do that again, however small the possibility in your mind, you yourself may be bitten.
Also, if this cemetery is used by dog walkers, is there not a chance you may encounter a cyclist? Or someone with a leaf blower or a lawn mower?
As for your encounter with a man today, I can't say if he was having nefarious thoughts but recommend trusting your instincts.
I probably wouldn't have phoned the police though.

It just sounds like he was keeping an eye on the dog. He didn't try to approach you. He stopped when you stopped. That's something people who are scared of dogs do. When they know a dog nearby, they become hypervigilant and keep their distance.

exactly

what route did you do this morning OP?!

Always trust your instinct. Better to feel silly or embarrassed than be dead.

I was once out with my dog in a wooded bridleway, he stopped suddenly, his hackles went up and he started growling, there didn't seem to be anyone or anything else about but nevertheless we were out of there sharpish, always trust your spidey senses.

Trust your instincts: don't go to the cemetary alone again.

Hi 101. There was a man at the cemetery earlier today who didn't seem to be visiting any particular grave, but kept looking at me and my dog

Do you realise how stupid this sounds?

Could of just been the kind of ' man' that gets his kicks from intimidating lone women. You were right to trust your gut.

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Oh don't be so silly. I bet most of the people buried in the cemetary loved dogs and most of their relatives love dogs. How do you know the dogs don't bring great comfort? (Possibly not a slightly aggressive border collie I concede.)

As long as they don't leave poo that is. But that's the case everywhere it seems.

Trust your instincts though OP.

I was walking my dogs once and a white van pulled up beside us. Not sure why, but my instincts told me to run so without even stopping to think I ran back down the road. The van reversed after me and I ended up running into someone's back garden to hide. I still don't know whether I over-reacted and the driver thought he'd have fun scaring me.

Why would anyone think walking a dog through a cemetery was a good idea?!

It's like the kids in films running upstairs when someone comes into the house with a knife - you don't do it!

Therefore, calling BS.

@nootcoffee Me & my friend went to park today not cemetary.

@nootcoffee took the dog park as well.

a new route nailed!

So all worked out in the end. No more industrial estate day in, day out