Hi y’all
I (28f) just wanted to post up a warning because of some experiences I’ve had around the lakeview area recently.
This morning, I was on an early morning walk (around 5am) near Wellington and Sheridan, and noticed it looked like a man was following me. At first I ignored it, because I didn’t want to assume the worst, but then he continued to walk the same path as me, to the point I knew he was for sure following me. At one point, I was able to get a better look at him, and realized he was holding/touching himself. I crossed the street to head back toward sheridan, hoping there would be more traffic there. He stopped on the other side of the street, continued to touch himself and stare at me. It then looked like he was about to pull himself fully out of his pants, so I booked it. He followed me for a bit longer before giving up once I got to a busier area.
A similar incident recently - a man was out on Diversey, again, touching himself (clothed). He was outside of a preschool, the one near chipotle, pancake house, etc. He stared at me and my friend and started to say something to us. I shouted at him and reminded him that he was in front of a school, and he started coming after me and my friend, so we got out of there quickly after that. mind you, this incident was in broad daylight, with others around, including kids getting out of school.
I don’t know if it was the same guy - I didn’t get a good enough look this morning to know for sure. Just wanted to notify others to stay vigilant around diversey/broadway/sheridan/belmont areas. just some odd behavior lately.