Bit of a weird one, and I’m still trying to process it properly.

Tonight around 9:30pm, I was dropping my girlfriend off at her flat in the center. Just before we turned onto her street, we saw this guy who was topless, absolutely covered in tattoos head to toe, just walking. We glanced over briefly (as you do), but didn’t say or do anything.

As I turned the corner onto her street, my girlfriend suddenly says, “Oh my god babe, he’s chasing us.” I looked in the mirror and no joke, he’s sprinting at us like Usain Bolt, straight towards my car, and fast. Not shouting, not saying anything, just full-speed, out of nowhere.

Instinct kicked in and I drove off quickly, turned a few corners, and did a few laps around the area to make sure he wasn’t following. Ended up picking up my brother who lives around the corner and heading back to drop her off safely. Luckily he was gone by then, but I haven’t stopped thinking about it, as she's seen him before around the town center.

I’m not used to stuff like this. I grew up in a small town in another country where everyone knows each other, looks out for one another, and things like this just don’t happen. So I’m not sure whether I overreacted or underreacted.

Would you have reported it? What would you have done differently?

Keen to hear what others would’ve done in the same situation.