u/SchmoneyBills

At approximately 8:30 a.m. this morning in Hickory Ridge, a man (Caucasian, approximately in his 50s who was barefoot) and I (I'm a woman of color in my mid-30s) had a frightening encounter while walking our dogs. I had one medium size dog and he had a small dog and a larger dog. He made a rude comment to me, and I told him he was an a-hole before continuing to walk away.

I got around ten feet away from him before he turned around and started following me. He said, "You shouldn't be rude to strangers because people are crazy. You don't know who you're messing with, and you don't know what I'm capable of." He then bent down and picked up a glass mug that was lying by a bush in the grass (it's been there for a min so I knew it wasn't his) and started walking toward me with it cupped in his hand. I believed he was about to hit me with it, so I yelled for help. I specifically yelled "This man is following me, help!" as I was backing up while he continued to move towards me with the cup in his hand.

An Amazon Flex driver (DR are his initials) stopped, got between us, and stayed with me while I called the police. Another woman also stopped to help. The man left with his dogs before the police arrived since more people were stopping to help.

I called Amazon Flex/Amazon and emailed them to recognize DR's actions because he put himself between me and someone I believed was about to hurt me and my dog. He had no way of knowing what that man was capable of, and I'm incredibly grateful he stopped. I'm trying to figure out another nice thing I can do for DR too because he was so kind and helpful and deserves some type of recognition for being a good Samaritan.

I'm posting this as a heads-up for anyone walking in the area. Please stay aware of your surroundings. The incident has already been reported to the police. I was able to record most of the incident showing his face clearly so the police are aware of him. I'm sharing this so other people know to stay safe in the area.