u/LieMaleficent2942

Hi guys, it sucks I have to write this but I wanted to make people aware of what happened to me today.

Around 1 PM in Hackensack , Johnson park on the Hackensack river pathway, I was walking back from the FDU campus part of the park while I was on the phone with a friend.

I was at the part of the trail where you’re parallel to the building that has the holy name offices inside, as well as Bergen’s promise social work.

While there, I noticed a young man around 27-31 , light skin, black, with joggers on ( I want to say they were light ish colored), with a bucket hat on and a white muscle shirt. He had high cheekbones and some facial hair and his features strongly reminded me of the actor Lakeith Stanfield from Atlanta (obviously it wasn’t him but I want to give people a reference point), who came out of his car and walked straight onto the trail.

I tend to be a very cautious woman around men in public (thanks paranoid Puerto Rican mom) and I decided to walk along the parking lot, instead of walking along the trail.

I made my way further into the parking lot when I noticed that the young man I had seen earlier was standing there, looking through the tree with his penis out.

I started screaming because I didn’t know what to do and obviously there’s a stranger with his penis out. This guy was NOT peeing. He was looking straight ahead with his penis out and when he heard me screaming, he simply turned towards me and reached his hand out and said “wait.”

I continued to make a scene and booked it towards the soccer field, where some very kind bystanders were asking me if I was ok, and called the police for me.

A report was filed but I wanted to make people aware, ESPECIALLY because this is a park that so many children frequent.

Many times I see parents letting their kids ride their bikes ahead of them or run in front of them, and I would hate to have this man victimize a child or anyone else.

Please know that if you see a man fitting this description lingering around this park, to be cautious and know that he is not a safe person. Women, please be careful. I love this park I frequent it often, and have never had an issue. I’ve walked there alone, but knowing this man may come back has changed my relationship with a space that I used to enjoy going to.

I am so grateful for all the bystanders who helped me today and I am especially grateful for the 2 women who were able to corroborate this man’s appearance , and take pictures of his vehicle as he sped away.

Not even here yet, but feeling its effects today. It’s my first one without my dad , who died in march. It was sudden. I was 26 one day. And then I turned 27 and my dad was gone. I tend to be more practical/ logical but there are days where I legitimately forget he died or that I sit with the fact that he really is gone and he won’t be coming back. Is anyone else a part of the dead dad’s club? What was your relationship like with your father? How are you guys feeling about Father’s Day ?

I’ve had a pixie before but was much leaner (am now a thick Latina instead of a slim thick one). Kinda nervous to pull the trigger bc I feel like a pixie better complements sharp features , but I recently lost my dad and feel very called to chop off my hair after all the stress and stuff.