Police launch woodland creep probe after boys were approached by man who 'screamed like girl'
dailyrecord.co.ukPolice are probing claims that a creep put on a young girl’s voice to try to lure a group of young boys onto a woodland path in Callander.
The parent of one of the boys took to social media to detail the bizarre incident which took place at around 7.30pm on Sunday evening near to McLaren Leisure centre.In a Facebook post, the concerned parent said: “Please watch your kids if they are out in Callander, my boy and his friends have just been approached by a man who was in the woods at the side of the McLaren Centre screaming help in a girl’s voice.“When the boys ran off he then told them to come and see what he had...hand in pocket and they think it was a knife.”The youngsters described the man as being around six feet tall, possibly bald and had a strong Scottish accent.
He’s estimated to be in his mid-30s and was wearing a tracksuit with an orange zip.A Police Scotland spokesperson told the Observer: “We received a report of a man acting suspiciously near McLaren Community Leisure Centre in Callander at around 7.30pm on Sunday, January 23.“Enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.It’s the latest in a string of incidents in woodlands in rural Stirling.Last month, we told how police were probing “suspicious incidents” in Callander after a woman and her daughter were followed by a man “lurking” behind them on a cycle track.Officers were looking into the claims that left the pair “spooked” and say that two separate incidents have been reported.The woman took to social media to detail the incident.
She posted: ‘I took a walk with my daughter tonight and walking along Keltie Bridge direction past the greenhouses and done the loop back along the forest track.
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