Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. So it's not a UK thing. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085