paedophile, pervert, or strange man?

okay. so yesterday i was getting a train from stevenage to peterborough, like i do every week or so when i go to visit my dad.
so when i was on the platform i saw this man. he was black and wearing all white. he was obviously following me about the platform, and kept trying to get my attention by waving and knocking on the waiting room door.
when i got on the train he sat near me, and kept looking over. i felt uncomfortable so i moved to the next carraige. he then did the same. he was on the phone a lot, but he had two different phones, which i thought was strange.
i then got really scared and locked myself in the toilet for a bit.
when i got off at peterborough he was still following me, and asked me for my number. i said no, but was polite. and i thought he might have left..
then as i got to peterborough i was like trying to get him to go away by like meandering about. but he was following me and followed me right into the shops that i went into in the shopping center, and he was now with another man.
at this point i totally broke down and started crying.. i was really scared. and this other man asked if he could help me, get me a taxi home etc.. and took me to like the police people to talk to them a bit.
i mean i was really shaken up by this, and i know i was scared at the time. but now im not sure if i was overreacting.. like was he out to get me, or just wanted my number? or just a strange, maybe mentally ill person? i mean i don't know if he knew how old i am, but even if not i don't look anywhere near old enough for him.. am i just being a bit paranoid because he had two phones, was black, and didn't speak english?

No ,I mean that man who couldn't speak English but still chose to follow you, how did he ask for your number btw?

How old are you OP? You sound a bit young to be getting the train on your own.

The first time she mentioned he was black, fair enough. Like you said she was just describing him. But then at the end when she summed up everything that was not right about him, she also menioned the fact he was black, again.. giving me (and im assuming other people) the impression she was shook of him not only because of the two phones, the stalking etc (which is reason enough by the way) but also becuase he was black.

i'm 17.

okay. so yesterday i was getting a train from stevenage to peterborough, like i do every week or so when i go to visit my dad.
so when i was on the platform i saw this man. he was black and wearing all white. he was obviously following me about the platform, and kept trying to get my attention by waving and knocking on the waiting room door.
when i got on the train he sat near me, and kept looking over. i felt uncomfortable so i moved to the next carraige. he then did the same. he was on the phone a lot, but he had two different phones, which i thought was strange.
i then got really scared and locked myself in the toilet for a bit.
when i got off at peterborough he was still following me, and asked me for my number. i said no, but was polite. and i thought he might have left..
then as i got to peterborough i was like trying to get him to go away by like meandering about. but he was following me and followed me right into the shops that i went into in the shopping center, and he was now with another man.
at this point i totally broke down and started crying.. i was really scared. and this other man asked if he could help me, get me a taxi home etc.. and took me to like the police people to talk to them a bit.
i mean i was really shaken up by this, and i know i was scared at the time. but now im not sure if i was overreacting.. like was he out to get me, or just wanted my number? or just a strange, maybe mentally ill person? i mean i don't know if he knew how old i am, but even if not i don't look anywhere near old enough for him.. am i just being a bit paranoid because he had two phones, was black, and didn't speak english?

She also said that him being black made her paranoid.

To be honest, after he had asked for your number and you rejected him he should have known this was the point to stop following you. Although he shouldn't be following you anyway...unless of course you were a similar age but if there was a big age difference then its a bit creepy.

If this happens again on the train, try and sit next to some people so your not sat on your own / can pretend there your friends [I'm sure old people / other teenagers wouldn't mind if you explained to them why you needed to sit with them] Also, while out in town don't walk alone down side streets. I think you handled the situation pretty well OP.

okay. so yesterday i was getting a train from stevenage to peterborough, like i do every week or so when i go to visit my dad.
so when i was on the platform i saw this man. he was black and wearing all white. he was obviously following me about the platform, and kept trying to get my attention by waving and knocking on the waiting room door.
when i got on the train he sat near me, and kept looking over. i felt uncomfortable so i moved to the next carraige. he then did the same. he was on the phone a lot, but he had two different phones, which i thought was strange.
i then got really scared and locked myself in the toilet for a bit.
when i got off at peterborough he was still following me, and asked me for my number. i said no, but was polite. and i thought he might have left..
then as i got to peterborough i was like trying to get him to go away by like meandering about. but he was following me and followed me right into the shops that i went into in the shopping center, and he was now with another man.
at this point i totally broke down and started crying.. i was really scared. and this other man asked if he could help me, get me a taxi home etc.. and took me to like the police people to talk to them a bit.
i mean i was really shaken up by this, and i know i was scared at the time. but now im not sure if i was overreacting.. like was he out to get me, or just wanted my number? or just a strange, maybe mentally ill person? i mean i don't know if he knew how old i am, but even if not i don't look anywhere near old enough for him.. am i just being a bit paranoid because he had two phones, was black, and didn't speak english?

And? It's no different to saying there was some dodgy shaved headed massively built white bloke following her which made her paranoid. Or any other generic description of a dodgy person.

Someone gets stalked by some weirdo on the train and all people can do is jump on silly little things about being PC. Priorities?

he was black

okay. so yesterday i was getting a train from stevenage to peterborough, like i do every week or so when i go to visit my dad.
so when i was on the platform i saw this man. he was black and wearing all white. he was obviously following me about the platform, and kept trying to get my attention by waving and knocking on the waiting room door.
when i got on the train he sat near me, and kept looking over. i felt uncomfortable so i moved to the next carraige. he then did the same. he was on the phone a lot, but he had two different phones, which i thought was strange.
i then got really scared and locked myself in the toilet for a bit.
when i got off at peterborough he was still following me, and asked me for my number. i said no, but was polite. and i thought he might have left..
then as i got to peterborough i was like trying to get him to go away by like meandering about. but he was following me and followed me right into the shops that i went into in the shopping center, and he was now with another man.
at this point i totally broke down and started crying.. i was really scared. and this other man asked if he could help me, get me a taxi home etc.. and took me to like the police people to talk to them a bit.
i mean i was really shaken up by this, and i know i was scared at the time. but now im not sure if i was overreacting.. like was he out to get me, or just wanted my number? or just a strange, maybe mentally ill person? i mean i don't know if he knew how old i am, but even if not i don't look anywhere near old enough for him.. am i just being a bit paranoid because he had two phones, was black, and didn't speak english?

op on second thoughts he couldve been having a laugh, some girl thought i was following her after we got off the bus so i thought it would be funny to keep pace verytime she sped up eventually she started running and i loled. Idiot girl she lived across the road from me and went to the same college and thought i would take a different bus and route home? Paranoid people are so fun to **** with.