Pedo Creep in South Charlotte or Harmless Nutsack?

Living in South Charlotte isn't what it used to be.

Of course NextDoor is a treasure trove of odd. Beyond the what kind of snake is this and has anyone seen my lost cat? There are endless tales of crime or at least strange goings on.

Case in point this post by Madison Schott:

"Does anyone know this man? Incident happened in a neighborhood off providence road, between Arboretum and Waverly shopping center" says Madison in the online post.

Keep in mind Arboretum is about 4 miles from Waverly.

Madison continues: 

"Never once did he try to introduce himself, assure me he meant no harm, or that he lived near by, etc."

Keep in mind that Madison's NextDoor Profile say BridgeHampton which is on the other side of Johnston Road off Ardrey Kell.

Then she added this follow-up.

"He seemed to be enticing my small children out into the street with what was a so called “wand”. I told my kids to get inside, loud enough so that he could hear me and he started walking closer. I finally had to start yelling for him to back up and to leave the property (at this point he was in the yard) and he took off." 

At this point most of the comments have gone off the rails. 

Mac Trausneck - Cureton

"I think he's one of the Commissioners who voted to not put Fluoride in the drinking water."

Sam W. Anklin Forrest Waxhaw, NC

"Careful!   Hopefully he doesn’t see this and sue you for targeted online harassment or public defamation.  Cases settle for hundreds of thousands of dollars!  You can’t just post pics of people without their consent."

Geri Cruickshank Raintree

"He’s just a guy holding what looks like a small kids catapult…..is that a crime these days? A snapshot without  the background story can make anyone look suspicious unless you have more. Information? Trial by internet? Fine line."

But Madison stays focused:

"He made it very clear he was avoiding me while incessantly trying to keep the attention of my children and then proceeded to climb up a very steep hill and onto our property behind my 2 yr old after I made it clear I was taking them inside. Say what you will but I hope you’re never in charge of the safety of any children putting them at risk of people like this. I don’t know if it were substance use, mental illness or what, but this was far from your typical neighborly interaction. He certainly doesn’t live in any of the 5 houses in our single street/ cold e sac. So where he came from, I don’t know"

Finally she says:

"Also, in no way am I saying that he did, but he very well could have had a “van to abduct my children” waiting just around the corner. Who’s to say he didn’t? I surely wasn’t waiting around any longer to find out."