Story #1 -. How my running and hiking adventures turned out? A few years ago I lived in a tiny condo right next to a few trails in San Diego. I was on a pretty strict running & hiking routine. One night it got dark faster than expected. A man who appeared to be about 6'3" approached me as I was nearing the end of my hike. He told me; with a smirk on his face, to be careful as there are many things that could hurt me when the sun goes down. The next day as I'm exiting my back gate he's standing there as if he's waiting for me. He introduced himself and admitted he's been watching me for awhile. I decided to pretend like I was grabbing something from my car and went back into my house. For the next few days I see this guy circling my condo, he was always walking around day and night. I checked the Megan's law website and surprise, there he was. Multiple charges including rape by force or fear and child pornography. I decided to contact his parole officer and he immediately returned my call and stated me to use extreme caution. He said he would do what he could to get him out of the neighborhood. After that call I thankfully never saw him again. Story #2 -. Sitting at the red light at the edge of the town ! I was 19 driving back home from my then boyfriend's house and stopped at a red light on the very edge of town, like city lights behind me but corn fields and shelter belts ahead of me, because it's like 2 in the morning I'm the only one sitting at the red light. No other car stopped near me, everyone just passed the light. Few seconds later, I saw something moving in my peripherals and because of my location I thought it was gonna be a deer, I didn't look back and waited for the light to turn green. I felt that someone was watching me and running towards me, so I turned my head and locked eyes with a man maybe in his 50s creeping towards my car. When he saw that I saw him he froze and it was then then that I noticed he had a tire iron. I ran the red light and sped out of there. Happened another time, on the same road but this was around 12 midnight, except I didn't see him until he attempted to open the door, which was thankfully locked. Ran that light so fast! Now I avoid going out at night at less crowded place and now it's my habit to lock the doors whenever I sit in a car.