Close encounter on the AR

[ryanv829]

Headed over to the watt Ave access to swing for a bit after dropping my kids off at school this morning. I'm always on high alert these days after having my car broken into recently at Sarah Court, so I parked where I could see my car while I fished the riffle about 100 yards upstream of the bridge. The first thing I noticed was this russian guy walking up and down the access road where my car was parked, over and over. I didn't think anything of it until russian guy #2 decides to stand right next to my car while watching me fish. I started to feel uncomfortable with that so I got out of the water, picked up a rock and started to make my way towards my car. At this point he starts trying to make small talk with me about what im fishing for etc. Not wanting a physical confrontation if it could be avoided, I humor him until he finally leaves. I probably should have left at this point too, but my fishing time is limited these days so I headed back down to the water. Like 10 mins later i notice a car pull up and park right next to mine, but it's turned so that it's facing the exit, presumably for a quick getaway. I exit the water yet again and get close enough to snap a pic of the license plate. After that he drives off and I decide to call it a day. I pack my stuff up and when I finally go to leave I notice the first russian guy still walking up and down the parking lot. I decide to pull up on him and snap a picture. As soon as I do that he gets on his phone and starts texting, doesn't say a word. I head towards the exit, and just as I'm pulling out of the parking lot the car that I noticed parked next to mine earlier pulls back in, and the driver is staring at me hard. Unfortunately the picture I took of the guy walking in the parking lot didn't come out, but I did get a pic of the car and it's license plate. Just a reminder to be careful out there. Probably best to fish with a friend as well. It's too bad we have to deal with this BS. Really takes away from the experience.

On a side note, when i had my car broken into at Sarah Court there was a tweaker looking russian guy trying to make small talk with me while I was gearing up in the parking lot as well. Nothing against Russians, just trying to be descriptive. I remember getting the feeling that he was trying to get a look inside my car to see if there was anything worth taking. Against my better judgment I went and fished anyways and got a broken window as a result. The guys today did not look like tweakers tho, and they were working as a team.