Scary incident

[usernamenew34]

Hello! Just wanting someone’s opinion on this and if anyone asks yes I have contacted the police and they said it wasn’t a crime nothing they can do! Around half 6 this evening I took my self and my 3 year old for a walk to the shop it’s a 10 min walk up a lit busyish road not a bad area either by the way. There was a man walking quite far up from us walking in front. Anyway as he disappeared I come up to this bush area where there’s a wall a man dressed chavvy comes out of it walking in front of us, almost swaying around I got that uncomfortable feeling he turns around and is wearing a balaclava stood still he puts his hand out for me and my son to walk past i kind of froze for a second and stupidly did I can’t forgive my self for it . He was then walking behind us for a couple of seconds I felt incredibly uncomfortable I stopped and pretended to get something out the pram he then stops (not a small path) he could have walked past us as I’ve stopped and he’s stopped a car that was parked comes over and pulls up and communicates to this man some way not by voices but you know looking at each other luckily there was an oldish gentleman walking his dog a bit further up I ran to him but it all just feels like a blur. Am I been dramatic or does this seem like it was something ? I just can’t forgive my self for going in the first place , actually waking in front of him and all sorts of scenarios are going through my head .

Whilst this does sound unnerving it's not a crime. I hope you feel better soon.

No harm in ringing 101 to report a man acting suspiciously, seemingly intoxicated and wearing a balaclaver (it's cold but not exactly bobblehat weather yet) but as he's not actually done anything to you it will probably just be logged.

So what exactly happened.

and how did a parked car come over and pull up,
do you mean an idling car came over and pulled over or do you mean a parked car started up and then came over and pulled up.

There's no harm in reporting as if something happens to someone else its on record. I can understand why you felt scared. But the bottom line is he hasn't committed a crime so nothing can be done.

It's a little hard to follow. But it could have been that the person in the balaclava was coming out to meet the person in the car for some sort of 'deal', he waited till the first man left the area, before stepping out on the path, then was surprised to see you, but waved you past hoping you'd keep walking, but then you stopped so he beckoned the car over anyway and went over to it?

It sounds like you inadvertently interrupted something rather than they were targeting you, pretty suss behaviour either way.

Hi thanks for the comments. I understand it isn’t a crime but the whole thing was very weird. So when he let me go past and I stopped and he stopped the car pulled up in front of us if that makes sense and the man in the car was looking at the man behind me and was what looked like saying something to him but miming. I have been on the phone to a friend that recons it was to do with drugs eg he was picking drug’s up but the thing is the road is a busy road it was just quiet at that second I don’t see why you would deal drugs on that road just feel confused maybe I am over reacting and need to switch off from it .

Yeh i agree with the above, he wanted you out of the way so he could discreetly interact with the car driver. Sounds like a horrible experience, these things are always scarier too when we have our children with us

Yes I meant a parked car started up and came over to where we was the exact moment he was behind me

No idea why you reported that to the police tbh. Do you live in a very quiet area where nothing ever happens? Living in London I’m not sure this would even have registered with me.

Dramatic.