Was visiting my parents tonight, they told me that about 5 weeks ago when Scotland was enjoying some better weather that they were outside sunbathing.
Their garden is a communal garden which looks onto a rectangle smallish field.
Anyway this guy turns up in the field with a little boy of about 8, the man has with him some serious photography equipment, huge lense, light reflector and an external light source.
The kid has a ball but that gets left to the side, at first the man didn't notice my parents and got the boy to stand behind a large hedge. The guy then takes photo's of the kid with this huge lense and getting the boy to pose with his hands up to his mouth. This went on for 10 mins or so, at which point the guy notices my parents but then continues. For another 20 mins he made the boy stand in the exact same pose, in the exact same location.
This made my parents feel very uncomfortable so my Dad confronted the guy and asked what he was doing and if the boy was his son. Apparently he didn't say much and just confirmed it was his son and continued to take photo's with the boy posing exactly the same, hands to his face, no movment and same place, against a tall hedge. So my dad told him again that he wasn't happy and felt something wasn't right. The guy didn't speak back or explain anything but a few minutes later he left.
My mum took a photo of the guy and it bothered them so much that my dad went to the local police station in the morning to report what he had seen and gave them the picture.
I kind of had a laugh about it with them, asking if they were sure they were not getting into a frenzy due to the media etc but to be fair it does sound a little weird.
So are my parents raving mad Daily Mail lunatics or was there a genuine cause for concern here?
Their garden is a communal garden which looks onto a rectangle smallish field.
Anyway this guy turns up in the field with a little boy of about 8, the man has with him some serious photography equipment, huge lense, light reflector and an external light source.
The kid has a ball but that gets left to the side, at first the man didn't notice my parents and got the boy to stand behind a large hedge. The guy then takes photo's of the kid with this huge lense and getting the boy to pose with his hands up to his mouth. This went on for 10 mins or so, at which point the guy notices my parents but then continues. For another 20 mins he made the boy stand in the exact same pose, in the exact same location.
This made my parents feel very uncomfortable so my Dad confronted the guy and asked what he was doing and if the boy was his son. Apparently he didn't say much and just confirmed it was his son and continued to take photo's with the boy posing exactly the same, hands to his face, no movment and same place, against a tall hedge. So my dad told him again that he wasn't happy and felt something wasn't right. The guy didn't speak back or explain anything but a few minutes later he left.
My mum took a photo of the guy and it bothered them so much that my dad went to the local police station in the morning to report what he had seen and gave them the picture.
I kind of had a laugh about it with them, asking if they were sure they were not getting into a frenzy due to the media etc but to be fair it does sound a little weird.
So are my parents raving mad Daily Mail lunatics or was there a genuine cause for concern here?
