'It was the scariest moment of my life': Vancouver woman describes being chased by a stranger
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A Vancouver woman is speaking out about her terrifying experience of being chased by a stranger downtown.
A Vancouver woman is speaking out about her terrifying experience of being chased by a stranger downtown.
Myriam Denis said she was walking her dog in Yaletown just before 3 p.m. on Monday. She had headphones on and was listening to a podcast, but said she could hear screaming and loud noises behind her.
“I look around and I see a man that seemed very crazy, very angry, just very mad and he was yelling very loudly,” Denis said. “He keeps yelling and he’s yelling and looking at me.”
Denis said she avoided eye contact and walked faster but the man started running toward her, while yelling.
“It was all a bunch of sentences that were disjointed … at one point he said, 'You’re going to remember me,'” she said. “It was super scary because you never know what is going on in someone's head. At this point I was just feeling really uneasy and was thinking about the recent stabbings that have happened downtown.”
Denis started to run while screaming, “Help, help I need help, there’s a man after me.” Another woman on the sidewalk started running with her and they both went inside a nail salon for safety, but the man followed them inside. Two men who happened to be there blocked the suspect from reaching Denis while staff called 911. The man then took off.
“It was the scariest moment of my life and it’s the first time something like that happened to me,” Denis said. “My heart was definitely racing. My hands were shaking.”
