INC NEWS - FW: [cwneighbors] Re: Mystery Man Appears
Pat Carstensen
pats1717 at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 18 23:59:08 EDT 2008
I seem to recall one or more Durham neighborhoods with someone with Sears brochure coming door to door with a story about selling something. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, pat
> To: cwneighbors at yahoogroups.com
> From: robby at biovarg.com
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:14:35 +0000
> Subject: [cwneighbors] Re: Mystery Man Appears
>
> Hey Everybody,
>
> This fellow is still in the neighborhood, I saw him across the street around 6pm, and he
> just walked by around 8pm headed in the direction of Ephesus Church Rd. I wonder why
> he's in the neighborhood for so long? Anyone else get his story?
>
> --Robby
>
>
> --- In cwneighbors at yahoogroups.com, "Robby Poore" <robby at ...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone--
> >
> > This is Lynne (and Robby -- 405 Colony Woods Dr).
> >
> > The same fellow came to our door about 4pm. I am home with our daughter today and
> > we were playing in the living room when the doorbell rang. I answered it and
> immediately knew what was up. It was one young man (description below). He did the
> whole "how are you today? good, that's wonderful, ma'm" thing. Then he said that he was
> going to be doing some work around the corner on Fountain Ridge in the next few
> weeks. He never introduced himself by name nor did he say who he worked for. He had a
> clipboard with a Sears brochure on it, I suppose to imply that he works for Sears. I told
> him that we didn't need any siding or anything. This may have tipped him off because he
> hadn't mentioned siding. Anyway, he said that he just wanted to give some information
> on cabinets in case I want to do some renovations in the future. He showed me the one
> brochure from a distance of like 5 feet (not up close like a real salesman). He didn't
> appear to have any additional brochures with him - odd if you actually plan to give out
> information! It just felt wrong and I think he knew that I was on to him. I told him "no
> thanks" and he left by running down my driveway and turning left toward Fountain Ridge.
> I didn't see exactly where he went at that point but it didn't seem like he was drudging
> along to the next house like real door-to-door people do.
> >
> > I wish I had remembered to ask for his permit but I didn't think of it. But because of the
> > recent activity on the listserve about all this, I went ahead and called 911 and described
> > everything to them. At least then they will know what time of day and where exactly
> these things have been happening. I certainly hope they call Sears to verify with them
> that this is NOT their doing.
> >
> > Here is a description:
> >
> > Age 20-25
> > Short - maybe 5'6"
> > African-American - fairly dark skin
> > Slim, nice looking
> > Wearing a short sleeve button down shirt (bright mustard gold) with a striped tie (maybe
> > black and green)
> > Slacks (I can't recall the color - gray maybe)
> >
> > I am so thankful for this list serve. I never used to have any safety concerns in this
> > neighborhood but now that things seem to be changing, I am very glad that we are
> > keeping each other in the loop.
> >
> > --Lynne
> >
> >
> > --- In cwneighbors at yahoogroups.com, "Diane McArthur" <dmcarthur003@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > The mystery man (Jay's description) just appeared at my door. Having just read all the
> > emails, I didn't answer the door until he had left and was down the street. He looked
> back,
> > saw me and waved me off---kind of an "i'm not going to walk back again" gesture.
> > > I closed the door and called 911. The police are here now--took about 10 minutes-
> and
> > are riding around the neighborhood to check it out.
> > >
> > > I'll keep you posted.
> > >
> > > Diane McArthur.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Juniusd@
> > > To: cwneighbors at yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:15 PM
> > > Subject: [cwneighbors] Mystery Man Appears
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 5:50 PM today (Wednesday, June 18) a young man came to the door and rang the
> > bell. When I answered, he was in the process of leaving, but came back to say that he
> > wanted to alert us to work "they" were doing down the street." I asked where down the
> > street, and he said "on Landerwood" and waved down the street west. I asked what kind
> of
> > work, and he produced a Sears sale brochure but failed to answer my question. I asked
> if
> > he had a Chapel Hill permit, and he began moving away -- fast, saying "You don't have
> to
> > worry -- I'm not selling anything." In a flash he was gone, moving north on Colony
> Woods
> > Drive..
> > >
> > > I reported the incident immediately to 911. They asked for a description: I told
> them a
> > black light-skinned male, 25-30 years of age, thinning hair, casual clothes.
> > >
> > > This is obviously the same person reported by Lisa in her Digest Message of
> > 6/18/2008 7:13:11 AM EDT. I agree that his behavior was highly suspicious.
> > >
> > > Jay Davis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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