weird or more sinister?

[pamelat]

I was out running today whilst DD slept (DH was obviously home!)

I ran along a river near our house. On the other side of the river was a man weeing in to the river, at least seeminly doing this??

I noticed this but went to just ignore him and carry on (the other side of a river is a family park/lake. There are toilets over there but you could be caught out around the lake, maybe).

Anyway, as I was running past he coughed very loudly (or maybe the wind was blowing my way??). I couldn't help but look back up and then he started waving at me.

I did not know him and he still had his pants down. Obviously I couldnt see any detail, he was a whole river width away.

I did not think much of this and just ignored him. However my DH thinks its very odd and that maybe this man was a flasher?

The thing is it was broad daylight (lunch time), he was across the river, I was not scared and maybe he was just embarassed when I looked over so waved .. ??

Am I being naive or was it just weird/accidental?

Don't feel bad about your reaction, we instinctively minimise "assaults" of this nature. And you have since reacted totally appropriately, to question the whole situation. Do your public duty...and next time, whip the phone out and take a picture!

Dirty rotten flasher, report it to the police as this is what 'some' men do before committing a more serious assault, they take it in steps.

I reported this on Monday. The police did not seem very interested but at least it is now logged. I felt it became my "responsibility" in case anything more serious happened to anyone. Thanks all for giving me the necessary push to do this. I can not understand why I was not scared, I am sure I would have felt differently if the river had not been there

Pamelat you didn't feel scared because he wasn't a threat (the other side of the river) and because you didn't think of him being a flasher, just having a wee. You are a grown woman who has seen (at least) one willy before now, so nothing too scary - but his behaviour will get more exteme as time goes on!

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest, I'd just be a bit and at the time wouldn't have thought anymore of it. However, like you would have reported it, because many children and some other women would be scared by it and who knows how much further he would go to get the attention he is clearly seeking!!

Hopefully the police were more interested than they appeared