A terrifying masked stranger allegedly spent nearly 30 minutes chasing and threatening people through Philadelphia — but one woman decided she wasn’t going to keep running.
Police say the young man, who was wearing a creepy Chucky-style mask, targeted at least six people during a bizarre spree last week.
One of those victims, Jameka Wilson, said she initially tried to get away before making a split-second decision to turn around and confront him.
“I figured it was smart to turn around and face him,” Wilson told CBS News. “I was like, ‘OK, well, let’s fight.’ I put my hands up. I covered my face.”
Then she fought back.
Wilson said she kicked the masked man squarely in the chest, causing him to stumble backward.
That apparently caught him off guard.
Instead of continuing after her, Wilson said the man turned and ran away.
Police described the suspect as being between 16 and 25 years old.
Another woman, Luanda Marinho, said she encountered the same bizarre stranger while meeting up with a friend.
According to Marinho, the masked man repeatedly challenged them to a race.
“He starts asking, ‘Do you guys want to race me? I bet I am faster than you. Want to race me?’” she recalled.
The women ignored him, but Marinho said the encounter immediately felt strange.
“Very weird,” she said.
But another alleged encounter was far more frightening.
Police said a woman was out for an early-morning jog when the masked suspect allegedly approached her and asked a chilling question.
“Are you ready to die?”
Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith said the suspect allegedly repeated the threat before chasing the woman.
“He chases her, gets in front of her. ‘Are you ready to die?’ He makes that statement twice,” Smith said.
The frightened jogger ran away and injured herself while trying to escape, according to police.
Authorities have not said that the masked man physically attacked any of the victims.
Still, police made it clear they are not treating the strange series of encounters as some harmless prank.
“Some people may find this situation to be funny. Rest assured, we do not,” Smith said. “We’re taking this very seriously. We are going to find this individual.”
If caught, the suspect could potentially face charges including terroristic threats, harassment and intimidation.
For now, Philadelphia police are still trying to identify the man behind the mask — while Wilson’s decision to turn around and fight may have given him one surprise he wasn’t expecting.
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They should say no but are you and then shoot his ass