Wow! They have this post on him here!? Ha! So glad I searched for this here. I'm not alone then.

I had an encounter with the described man this evening in Van Vorst Park.I guess I'm describing my encounter here because after what happened, I was upset the whole evening/night. Plus, instead of listening to me, my friend is giving me shit that I'm getting upset over such a little matter. Well, then I can't help it if I'm upset & he shouldn't be my friend in the first place.

I was walking my dog in the area between the trash cans & 'employees only door" of the gazebo. Frazzled & lost, he "bumped" straight into me. No sorry, no excuse me, just pointing at his watch, saying words like friend, ear, blood, operation, help. I said it's 5.58pm & thought I should call 911 for help.

Everything happened so quickly in a few moments. He didn't stop to give me a chance to respond/speak & said a few English words like God bless you, take care, beautiful smile, hindi songs, homophobic stuff. Then all of a sudden hugged me really tight & touched my lower waist/hip area with one hand with his other hand was on my shoulder blade. WTF? just wtf? who the #OOPS# does he think he is & how does he think he have the right to touch me like that. He tried this 3 times even after I pushed him away. I should have pushed harder to make him fall down. I walked off quickly I don't remember what I said but it was something along the lines, sorry I have to go. Last words he said were god bless you, sorry, emotional, art.

I took my phone out to call this asshole friend & it was 5.59 pm. Everything happened in a minute? wtf was I doing & wtf was I thinking. I should have just punched him in the nuts instead of listening to his bull shit. I was so fucking stupid & didn't use my presence of mind to stop a male passer by saying HELP & walking away with him or in his direction. He did this on purpose. The whole running into me & his bullshit lie about his bloody friend, asking for the time was a fucking lie. I don't even remember showing my teeth or smiling at me wtf is he talking about. bastard

I hope I never see him again & I think I should leave the park with other people in the dog run like dog walkers or other dog owners. I hope I never run into him again but if I do, then god better give me the guts to show him the middle finger or throw a bagful of dog poop at him.

Thank you & good night.

Hello,

Please check your jclist email inbox.

Agreed. This would be an interesting quiz topic for city cops/officials. What will happen in the spring when the flowers bloom? What if one day I walk in the garden & all of the flowers are gone? (but the plants still remain rooted only so that the flower thief can steal the flowers again) It will be sad.

From now, I'll always have my cell with me & I'll definitely ask the flower thieves to stop picking flowers or smile for my phone camera/video.

I saw this the flower thief right now on Mercer St (the section closest to dixon mills). I was in on my way in a car & on the phone with a friend & he was on the phone standing young mother with a baby.

Hello,

I saw a flower thief today in Van Vorst Park next to the front of the dog run today (November 11th 2014) between 9.45 am & 9.55 am.

Description: Old white man wearing a cap & a large cloth/plastic bag. Not sure about exact height but he was between 5'6 & 5'8. Will recognize this person again if I see him. At first I thought he was a new park volunteer, then I thought he was a homeless man from the cookies & crepe area or the painter who paints in VVP sometimes. If either of them are reading this right now & aren't the flower thief, please accept my apologies for comparing the thieve's physical description to yours. I don't mean to insult or defame you.

I was in the area next to the gazebo where the park divides into the dog run & the restricted lawn area when I saw him lingering next to the flowers, smelling them & trying to reach out for specific ones. At first I thought he could be a park volunteer but then we saw & stared at each other non stop for a good 5 mins till he left the park. I didn't have a clear realization or confirmation that he was a flower thief but I don't know why or what felt extremely weird/fishy to me.

Went in the dog run to play w my dog. Heard some sounds from the beautiful area behind the dog run. Saw a lot of the plants & flowers are moving??? Then the thief came out of that area & left VVP with a bag that was POURING of flowers (roses & others) & plant stems/branches.

Found a park volunteer & let him know about this. I don't know what else I should do other post it on jclist or directly confront the person (I feel hesitant to the latter because I usually don't like confrontations plus I feel I can't make my point when I'm trying to talk to the person) Maybe I should have just said something short like flower picking is banned in the park instead of staring for 5 mins -_-

Thank you for reading.

G

Hello Parkman,

Thank you very much for this detailed information. Appreciate it. Decided against planting next to the tree. On the hunt for good affordable planters and maybe a deep pot too.

Thank you for the free bulbs.

Gutloo

Hi Meow,

Wondering if you or the shelter people were able to find out the owner of this cat.

Thanks,

G

I was looking into this yesterday. Found an atlas in the JC public library with a map. But found a better version on google maps. I just googled downtown jersey city in google maps & all the neighborhoods came up. Printed it at postnet.

Hello Parkman,

Hope you're doing well. I got 50 bulbs on Sunday & I wanted to know if I can get any help or advice on planting them. I saw the info & video in the BIGDIG email & googled about daffodils but given the plethora of info & options, I'm confused about where I should plant the bulbs.

I wanted to plant them next a tree outside the apartment but I'm unsure if that's a good idea. Will continuous dog pee kill the bulbs & flowers? How can I determine if the soil will be a good match for the daffodil bulbs? I'm afraid I'm running out of time & so I was just thinking of buying pots for the bulbs but then again I'm unsure about the pot dimensions, material,soil type, fertilizer, number of bulbs in each pot. But then I'm concerned that if I pot them then they won't "bloom for years" & maybe there's a better chance of them blooming if I plant them in the ground?

I'm sorry if my questions sound really stupid. I just want to do this right. Can't wait to plant the bulbs & see them bloom into flowers!

Hi Meow,

If you could post this on facebook on the following pages, that'd be great. These pages are pretty active.

https://www.facebook.com/houndabouttown

https://www.facebook.com/JerseyCityCatsLostAndFound?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jersey- ... 2639690315?ref=ts&fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/FussyFriends?fref=ts