Disturbing Run

I usually always run on the W&OD trail – which means I have to cut off the main road and cut over to the trail on a small path. I’m always a little leery of running on the trail early in the morning when it’s still dark – I know we’re in a safe area, but you just never know. I even stopped running with my iPod so I can instead be in tune with everything around me. This morning as I was cutting over on my usual path, I noticed some items lying in the grass near the trail. As I got closer, I realized it was a belt, children’s clothing, a backpack, and a baseball mitt. Immediately freaked out, I started looking around and didn’t notice anyone and made a mental note to be extra aware of my surroundings and call the police when I got home if everything was still there on my way back. Well, when I returned, about an hour later, everything was still there – along with four police cars and numerous police canvassing the ‘scene’. As I passed, I let them know that I had seen the stuff there on my way out on the trail, and they said they were trying to figure out what happened. I hope and pray that a little kid did not get abducted on his/her way home from baseball practice or something – Trying to look at this optimistically, I’d like to think that the bag was on the back of someone’s bike and it fell off without their knowing. This is a good reminder to me to be extra careful when I’m out and about by myself before sun rises, or at any time, for that matter! I’ve been scouring the internet this morning trying to find a story that relates to what I saw this morning, but haven’t come across anything yet. I’ll keep you posted – Hopefully it’s nothing.