Scary dog walk!

qwert2 · 09-04-2008 12:43am #1

Hi, I brought my dog for a walk tonight in a park in South Dublin. Tymon park to be precise. It was around midnight and the park was deserted. I was standing on a bridge that goes over a small stream while watching the dog splash about below. Then about 50 metres away I spot a spotlight or strong torch through a small forest. Then the light shines directly at me for about q0 seconds, then shines around again before focusing back on me. This freaked me out. I then seen a second light, a yellow one. So I figured out there were two people in the forest. I thought it was probably park security but this seems unlikely to me. I then thought it could be anything from criminals to murderers, and for all I knew where aiming a gun at me. This freaked me out. They were between me and the exit of the park, so I took a detour through a forest to head for another exit. This freaked me out big time. Anyone any ideas of what this could have been? Was this simply park security?

Fremen · 09-04-2008 12:49am

Sounds like gardai to me.
What the hell were you doing in a park at midnight? Bit dangerous, no?

TestTransmission · 09-04-2008 12:54am

Fremen wrote: »

Sounds like gardai to me.
What the hell were you doing in a park at midnight? Bit dangerous, no?

How big is your dog?

qwert2 · 09-04-2008 12:58am

jackncoke wrote: »

How big is your dog?

7 months old - Labrador, medium size. Yeah, I took a risk. I can look after myself though, but nearly wet myself when that torched focused on me. Possibly were Gardai.

NukeD4 · 09-04-2008 1:04am

Scary alright, sounds like people out lamping, or hunting probably be with dogs like lurchers, your own dog may have been in danger, if the dogs were loose,
a warden or the gards probably would have called out or something, bring a torch yourself or just go out earlier

iguana · 09-04-2008 1:11am

When I have had to take my dogs to the park after dark. (It happened a lot in February while I was selling my house and viewings were usually at 6.30pm which was dark). I always bring a flashlight with me so I can shine it in the direction of any noise I hear.

JavaBear · 09-04-2008 1:36am

Tymon Park is a kip.

admiralofthefleet · 09-04-2008 1:48am

NukeD4 wrote: »

sounds like people out lamping

really? lamping is a whole different ball game compared to what the op has described

Glowing · 09-04-2008 8:22am

qwert2 wrote: »

Yeah, I took a risk. I can look after myself though,

So if you were attacked by two adult men, you'd be fine, yeah?

chopperbyrne · 09-04-2008 8:45am

Doesn't Tymon Park close its gates at eleven?

Dave! · 09-04-2008 8:49am

It was Gardaí....... or aliens.......

humanji · 09-04-2008 8:49am

qwert2 wrote: »

7 months old - Labrador, medium size. Yeah, I took a risk. I can look after myself though, but nearly wet myself when that torched focused on me. Possibly were Gardai.

You can look after yourself, but almost wet yourself when a light was shone on you? How the hell are you going to react if someone pulled a gun on you?

faceman · 09-04-2008 9:06am

It was 2 lesser known demons from the 11th level of hell that often frequent tymon park at night, Dutchgoldener and Bulmersion

SantryRed · 09-04-2008 9:19am

JavaBear wrote: »

Tymon Park is a kip.

+1:D

But seriously, what were you doing going for a walk through there at midnight

chopperbyrne · 09-04-2008 9:21am

Tymon Park isn't a kip, especially compared to lots of other parks.

Tymon on the other hand is a right kip!

Can you tell I'm from Kilnamanagh?

MarkR · 09-04-2008 9:23am

Sounds like the lizard people to me.

kev_s88 · 09-04-2008 9:26am

faceman wrote: »

It was 2 lesser known demons from the 11th level of hell that often frequent tymon park at night, Dutchgoldener and Bulmersion

ROFL

tolosenc · 09-04-2008 9:43am

aliens ftw

Gran Hermano · 09-04-2008 9:55am

The old "I was bringing the dog for a walk" story.

OP, what do you expect if you go dogging in dodgy areas
after dark.

Jigsaw · 09-04-2008 10:00am

Gran Hermano wrote: »

The old "I was bringing the dog for a walk" story.

OP, what do you expect if you go dogging in dodgy areas
after dark.

Exactly what I was thinking.

Huggles · 09-04-2008 10:27am

qwert2 wrote: »

I took a risk. I can look after myself though, but nearly wet myself when that torched focused on me

Something doesn't quite add up there.

AnonoBoy · 09-04-2008 10:37am

qwert2 wrote: »

I then thought it could be anything from criminals to murderers, and for all I knew where aiming a gun at me.

Anything from criminals to murderers!!!!!! :eek:

Don't murderers fall into the criminal category these days?

I'd say they were aiming a gun at you. I bet they wanted your dog. Gun-wielding alien dog thieves. That's what they were alright.

Scary stuff - but obviously not for someone as brave as yourself. Nothing could scare you, except maybe a torch!

ScumLord · 09-04-2008 10:38am

That wasn't even remotely scary. :rolleyes:

Dinter · 09-04-2008 10:53am

You should go back up now with a shovel and dig around where you saw the lights.

It was probably pirates burying treasure or the Gardai. One or the other.

It wasn't me! · 09-04-2008 12:50pm

Garda treasure! \o/

MarkR · 09-04-2008 1:04pm

Buried Pirates! \0/

Or possibly *Dum dum duuuuum*

http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/4/9/spacedogs128522201265335000.jpg

slumped · 09-04-2008 1:05pm

qwert2 wrote: »

7 months old - Labrador, medium size. .

you may as well have your granny with you - labs are notoriously bad as guard dogs.

my lab rolls over on his back when strangers come into our house/garden...

slumped · 09-04-2008 1:06pm

they could have thought you were dogging??

wil · 09-04-2008 1:37pm

If it is just normal selaphobia then this might help.
http://www.changethatsrightnow.com/problem_detail.asp?SDID=5996:1838
However if it is more of a nosferatu syndrome you are suffering from then maybe this
http://help.com/post/131939-i-am-a-vampire-i-need-a-cure

board om · 09-04-2008 2:25pm

tbh i would have been more worried that if it was the gardai they might have thought you were in the park looking for a bit of male on male action. if they asked you what you were doing wandering around a closed park on your own at that time of night, there is no way they would believe that you were innocently walking your dog. its just too honest to be believable. you would nearly be better off telling them you are waiting to mug someone, at least that is believable.

sure look at poor old kevin spacey, 'innocently' out walking his dog in the middle of the night in a park in london and he gets mugged, the next thing he knows he is being accused of picking up rent boys. come to think of it i cant reacall ever seeing him with a woman, hmmmm..........