Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 10, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > Jay Wrote: > I haven't shared this story yet, but last August while I was in > Weymouth, a resort town in Dorset, southern UK, I was accosted by the > beach lifeguards with a threat to call the police on me if I didn't > cease and desist taking "illegal" pictures of "children". > Apparently, some child's mother told them I was taking pictures as I > walked along the beach. > =================================== > > I had a similar thing happen here in Albuquerque a few years ago. I was in > the city park across the street from my house, fooling around with a > film-less CL that I had dropped and was testing for damage. The only other > folks in the park were a woman and 2-3 small children. I was around 20 > feet from the woman and aiming my camera in the opposite direction when she > yelled at me to stop shooting her kids. I responded as civilly as I could > and then decided to leave the park, so I went back to my house across the > street. At that point she apparently called the police, and when they > arrived, pointed out my house as the place where the pervert was lurking. > By then, two other people had come to the park and the police asked if > they had witnessed anything. After hearing my description, they told the > police "oh we know that guy. He's a camera freak but no way is he a > pervert," Luckily for me, the cops never came to the door. I got the last > part of the story from the couple, who happened to be friends of mine. spine chilling s > > So it's not a UK thing. > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information