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Hello, I've not posted here before and hopefully I won't have any further issues but two incidents have occurred four years apart. In isolation I wasn't majorly concerned with either incident but something I discovered later makes me believe that the two incidents may be linked. I am looking for a bit of general advice please.
Incident 1 - Summer 2016. I was walking along the street and turned a corner. A man and woman were driving past in a brand new van (I have reasonable description of the van but unfortunately didn't take the full registration number) as the van was going past a woman clearly pointed at me the van slowed down and went in front of me. It slowly drove down the street and pulled in to the nearest parking space up the road. I got a reasonable look at the woman but not a great view of the man who was driving and Im pretty sure they are not people I know. At the same time as I walked past the van the engine was turned off. As I turned the corner I heard someone get out of the van. I believe the man followed me along the next couple of streets from a distance of about 30 to 40 yards behind me but I managed to lose him quite easily. I looked as I went around the corner but again didn't get a great view of him.
Not long after this I saw a similar van registered the same year also parked outside a house near the area where the incident took place and saw it quite a few times over the next few years both parked and driven past me each time by a man only. I wasn't certain this was the same van but after incident 2 you'll now see why I think it is.
Incident 2 - I was walking along a path at the other end of town. I went down a street and there was guy half way along looking for something in the boot of his car. As I was approaching he pulled out a camera and walked accross a grass verge onto the path in front of me and pointed the camera towards me so I'm fairly certain he took a photo of me. The guy did this very casually and walked back to his car as If nothing had happened and put the camera back in the boot. I'm not one for confrontation so carried on walking but took note of vehicle including registration number as I was suspicious. Again I dont know who this person was.
Yesterday I was near the house where i would regularly see a similar van to incident 1 (there is no van there now) but this time I see the guy from incident 2 get out of the same car I had seen him in previously and he parked outside the house where I usually saw the van. He then took something out if the boot and went into his house. He seemed to do this casually even though he likely saw me so doesn't seem to have an issue with me seeing his registration number and where he lives.
I can't think of any reasons why anyone would want to follow me or take a picture of me in not involved in any criminal activities, don't own a business, don't claim benefits etc. And I really can't think of anybody who has any issues with me. I don't think I want to report the guy to the police as he is unlikely to be charged with anything and this could escalate things if they go and speak to him and living in not a particully large town I am likely to see the guy again.
Is there any advice you can give me with regards to this? I presume it makes sense to have a written record of the two incidents in case anything further occurs.
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