Stella Kim
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances 2017
Camino Portuguese (2020)
I've been walking the Camino with a friend and so far it's been a great experience. But this morning, around 10, it was slightly ruined by an unpleasant experience with a man who approached us in an alley after we passed the Leon Cathedral, following the yellow arrows. He looked at us as we walked past him, then quickly stepped up behind us, tapped me on my shoulder, and started saying something in Spanish. When I stopped and said, "Excuse me?" he switched to English and pointed to me and my friend, and said "You f**k me." I didn't hear him right the first time but he repeated it a second time. Flustered, we said no and started walking faster and thankfully he didn't follow us. We then ran into a policewoman nearby so we explained the situation a bit.
The man was about 5'7 ish, was wearing glasses, short blond brownish hair, and on the skinny side. He seemed to be targetting female pilgrims, as there seemed to have been others who talked to the police.
I know there are crazy people everywhere and our encounter woth the man was more or less harmless, but I would have felt more scared and unsafe had I been alone.
So hope he stops harassing women and buen camino to all the pilgrims out there.
The man was about 5'7 ish, was wearing glasses, short blond brownish hair, and on the skinny side. He seemed to be targetting female pilgrims, as there seemed to have been others who talked to the police.
I know there are crazy people everywhere and our encounter woth the man was more or less harmless, but I would have felt more scared and unsafe had I been alone.
So hope he stops harassing women and buen camino to all the pilgrims out there.
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