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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Crime Police Investigate Flasher in Discovery Park

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM

Seattle police were called to Discovery Park to last Tuesday after two female joggers were accosted by a man masturbating along a trail in the park.

According to a police report, two women were jogging in the south end of the park around 8:00 PM when they spotted a man running on the trail about 20 yards ahead of them. The women "thought he looked like a child because of the clothes he was wearing," the report says, although it does not describe what the man was wearing.

The man ran into the bushes and when the women reached the spot where he had disappeared, they found the man standing near the edge of the trail with his shorts around his ankles. "He was staring at them while masturbating," the report says.

The women started yelling at the man, but he continued masturbating, the report says, even after one of the women threw a water bottle at him. The women then found another person in the park and used their cell phone to call 911.

Witnesses then saw the man fleeing the park in a red Subaru, which police were able to link to a 28-year-old man who matched a description given by the women. The report does not indicate that police made an arrest.

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You can't beat the heat, but you can always beat your...

Posted by Ackham on July 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM

The police should check Maple Leaf neighborhood for the suspect. I hear that if you buy a Subaru, you have to live in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood. The homeowners associations there mandate it.

Posted by Keister Button on July 29, 2009 at 5:56 PM

my pants are around my ankles too, but it's more to cool things off than to get off

Posted by playswithknives on July 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM

Yes, because when I see a man beating off in the woods, I approach him, engage him by yelling and throwing items at him. Sounds safe.

He's probably into voyeurism (and wouldn't try to physically harm anyone), but the women should have kept running.. away from him.

Posted by Shelby on July 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM

I agree with shelby... just keep running on. Why provoke the man with his penis in his hands in the middle of a park??

Posted by anthony990

on July 29, 2009 at 6:30 PM

Shorter 4 and 5: "Yeah, let him beat off in public!"

I would have kicked that fucker so hard in the balls he'd never be able to beat off in public again.

Posted by Jeff on July 29, 2009 at 6:54 PM

@1: What? Children? Dog? High score at Donkey Kong?

Posted by Andrew Cole on July 29, 2009 at 7:02 PM

Sounds like the women were the ones accosting him.

Posted by idaho on July 29, 2009 at 11:11 PM

@7: Feet. You can beat your feet. On down the road. Like jogging.

What were YOU thinking?

Posted by Ackham on July 29, 2009 at 11:22 PM

Has anyone seen Gov. Sanford lately?

Posted by The Amazing Jim

on July 30, 2009 at 8:23 AM

Jerking off in public-who does it hurt? It's unsanitary, and can be disturbing to watch, but if there's no physical interaction you can just walk away and forget about it.
I can see that it's not a behavior we want to encourage, but throwing things at someone who isn't hurting you isn't the answer.
This reminds me of the old farts who claimed that they were emotionally harmed by the local library owning a copy of a book they disapproved of.

Posted by BakerB on July 30, 2009 at 8:34 AM