Lunabridges
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- March 2024
I was walking on this part of the trail at around 8 am this morning. I noticed some strange materials along the path (some condoms, a pornographic picture, a pair of male underwear). The path is sometimes littered with this kind of stuff but today my gut instinct told me to get my knife out and be ready.
Sure enough, a few hundred meters later, I came upon abandoned building and a man was there waiting for me. He had his pants down and was holding a women’s bra and masterbating. He started to come out of the house quickly after me. I started hurrying to get past the building so he would not block me into the forest, and then turned around to face him. I took out my knife and growled at him waving the knife at him menacingly. I supposed this scared him, because he retreated into the house and I was able to get to a safe spot to call the police.
The police took over 30 minutes to get there, which was quite ridiculous since I was in an isolated area with a man who had just threatened me. When they (finally) arrived, they said this was very common in this part of the trail. They had never caught the person who keeps assaulting females here. I asked them if they had ever posted signs warning women, and they shrugged it off. They even jokingly said “He usually starts in the summer, he must be getting an early start this year.”
So since it is obvious the Portuguese police do not really care about finding this person, I thought I should let any solo women planning to walk through this area to avoid it and go by means of the more populated city streets.
What a shame that pathetic, powerless men like this try to ruin the ability for solo women to walk the trail like any other human being. And that the policemen who are paid to protect us laugh about these kind of sexual assaults. I am sure if it was someone who they loved who had thought they might be raped or killed, they would not find it as funny.
Sure enough, a few hundred meters later, I came upon abandoned building and a man was there waiting for me. He had his pants down and was holding a women’s bra and masterbating. He started to come out of the house quickly after me. I started hurrying to get past the building so he would not block me into the forest, and then turned around to face him. I took out my knife and growled at him waving the knife at him menacingly. I supposed this scared him, because he retreated into the house and I was able to get to a safe spot to call the police.
The police took over 30 minutes to get there, which was quite ridiculous since I was in an isolated area with a man who had just threatened me. When they (finally) arrived, they said this was very common in this part of the trail. They had never caught the person who keeps assaulting females here. I asked them if they had ever posted signs warning women, and they shrugged it off. They even jokingly said “He usually starts in the summer, he must be getting an early start this year.”
So since it is obvious the Portuguese police do not really care about finding this person, I thought I should let any solo women planning to walk through this area to avoid it and go by means of the more populated city streets.
What a shame that pathetic, powerless men like this try to ruin the ability for solo women to walk the trail like any other human being. And that the policemen who are paid to protect us laugh about these kind of sexual assaults. I am sure if it was someone who they loved who had thought they might be raped or killed, they would not find it as funny.