EDMONDS -- A school in Edmonds sent a warning letter to parents after a man reportedly tried to get a group of kids to follow him in to the woods to help him find a dog Saturday, police said.
According to the Edmonds Police Department, a middle-aged white man who was slightly overweight asked a group of kids playing soccer to go into the woods with him near the Madrona School in the 9300 block of 236th Street SW. Police said the man told the children he had lost his dog, and needed help searching for it.
A parent scared the man off, police said, and the man ran into the woods. The man is described as having brown, shaggy hair and he was wearing a blue jacket and jeans.
The incident was reported to police Monday. The Edmonds School District sent out a letter to parents following the incident: