Dear all,
I was sent this the other day and wanted to share. This happened about 10 days ago.
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I was walking between Belorado and Tosantos on the French route at 4p. The town of Tosantos was within sight, it couldn't have been more than 1.5 to 2km away. I had my headphones in and was listening to music loud enough that I couldn't hear the traffic on the adjacent road past the field. There were no pilgrims within my sight on the same trail, although I had passed a few on my way to Tosantos. I don't know what compelled me to do so, but I turned around and saw about 100 meters from me, a naked but masked man, masturbating. He was walking towards me touching himself; I began to run down the trail and he began chasing behind me. I ran, and then turned around to see that he had stopped chasing me, and was putting on a pair of black shorts. When I tried to take a picture of him, he began chasing me once more, touching himself. I ran once again. At some point, a bicyclist appeared from the Belorado direction towards Tosantos. The masked man (now with shorts on) ran towards a white car that was parked closer to the main road (N-120.) I was in hysterics by the time the cyclist reached me and repeatedly asked if he had seen the man. The cyclist said he had and asked if I needed help or anything. In my shock, I said I was okay. I should have asked him to chase after the man, or asked him for his contact information. After making sure I was okay, the cyclist carried on towards Tosantos. I don't know, but I feel that I owe my life to this cyclist. I don't know how to, but if possible I would like to send a million thanks to him. I believe the man would have continued chasing me if the cyclist did not ride past, as there was no one else in sight.
The owner of the albergue at Tosantos called the police, and I made a statement with them. They informed me that this kind of altercation has only happened once before, and only nearer to Burgos. I don't know if or how they will be able to catch the man as all I have to provide in terms of description is that the offender was white/pink skinned and overweight, and was wearing a black robbers mask with white circles around the eyes. He put on what looked to be black basketball shorts at some point.
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As I responded to this pilgrim in my e-mail, it was great that she was able to report this to the police, so that there is a record of this in case it happens again in the future.
Greetings from Santiago,
Ivar
I was sent this the other day and wanted to share. This happened about 10 days ago.
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I was walking between Belorado and Tosantos on the French route at 4p. The town of Tosantos was within sight, it couldn't have been more than 1.5 to 2km away. I had my headphones in and was listening to music loud enough that I couldn't hear the traffic on the adjacent road past the field. There were no pilgrims within my sight on the same trail, although I had passed a few on my way to Tosantos. I don't know what compelled me to do so, but I turned around and saw about 100 meters from me, a naked but masked man, masturbating. He was walking towards me touching himself; I began to run down the trail and he began chasing behind me. I ran, and then turned around to see that he had stopped chasing me, and was putting on a pair of black shorts. When I tried to take a picture of him, he began chasing me once more, touching himself. I ran once again. At some point, a bicyclist appeared from the Belorado direction towards Tosantos. The masked man (now with shorts on) ran towards a white car that was parked closer to the main road (N-120.) I was in hysterics by the time the cyclist reached me and repeatedly asked if he had seen the man. The cyclist said he had and asked if I needed help or anything. In my shock, I said I was okay. I should have asked him to chase after the man, or asked him for his contact information. After making sure I was okay, the cyclist carried on towards Tosantos. I don't know, but I feel that I owe my life to this cyclist. I don't know how to, but if possible I would like to send a million thanks to him. I believe the man would have continued chasing me if the cyclist did not ride past, as there was no one else in sight.
The owner of the albergue at Tosantos called the police, and I made a statement with them. They informed me that this kind of altercation has only happened once before, and only nearer to Burgos. I don't know if or how they will be able to catch the man as all I have to provide in terms of description is that the offender was white/pink skinned and overweight, and was wearing a black robbers mask with white circles around the eyes. He put on what looked to be black basketball shorts at some point.
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As I responded to this pilgrim in my e-mail, it was great that she was able to report this to the police, so that there is a record of this in case it happens again in the future.
Greetings from Santiago,
Ivar