{"id":820,"date":"2025-01-09T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:10:47","slug":"man-ridiculed-for-calling-police-on-stranger-dressed-in-yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/man-ridiculed-for-calling-police-on-stranger-dressed-in-yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Man ridiculed for calling police on stranger dressed in yellow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Social media<\/a> users are mocking a man who called the police on a stranger dressed in yellow in Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footage filmed from a passing car shows a figure wearing a long and heavy yellow coat, with yellow trousers and boots to match, walking along a road at night in the Kilrea area of Co Derry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The man was also reportedly wearing a white mask and black wig, although these can\u2019t be seen in the December 27 video.<\/p>\n

\u2018Excuse me mate, excuse me sir, what are you doing\u2019, Gerard McFerran shouts from the window. \u2018What\u2019s going on here? Why are you wearing a mask and all?\u2019<\/p>\n

He continued: \u2018You need to explain something here. This isn\u2019t f***ing right\u2026 Why are you in this town for? Tell me, why are you in this town for?\u2019<\/p>\n

The \u2018yellow man\u2019 explained he was trying to get back to his friend\u2019s place after travelling by train to visit that day.<\/p>\n

But that didn\u2019t seem to satisfy McFerran, who replied: \u2018We\u2019re going to ring the cops on you, alright.\u2019<\/p>\n

There have also been sightings reported in the Rasharkin and Dunloy areas.<\/p>\n

Police said: \u2018We take all reports very seriously and I hope that the visibility of our officers today, alongside our commitment to continue to patrol shared public spaces, provides reassurance and boosts confidence that we are committed to doing everything we can to make areas safe.<\/p>\n

\u2018If you are out and about and notice anything suspicious or perhaps you are concerned about the welfare of an individual, please report your concerns.\u2019<\/p>\n

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There is no indication any crime has been committed, and the saga has prompted ridicule on social media.<\/p>\n

Responding to initial reports in Belfast Live<\/a>, Ghost of Sid Vicious said: \u2018Headline should say \u201cMan out for evening stroll gets accosted by paranoid weirdo Gerard McFerran\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

One person on Reddit wrote: \u2018What is is scary about a man wearing yellow walking down a road , seen the clip , the fella could have just liked yellow , been going home from a party, freezing cold.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Another said: \u2018By the looks of the video it\u2019s someone out in rain gear\u2026\u2026. Doesn\u2019t seem like he\u2019s doing much harm.\u2019<\/p>\n

Writing on X, Joe Soap said: \u2018I heard he was just lost and was heading to the old Lammas fair in Ballycastle.\u2019<\/p>\n

Peter said: \u2018And then he gets knocked down by a Submarine.\u2019<\/p>\n

Liam O\u2019Grady said: \u2018There\u2019s a fetish going on there somewhere, but I\u2019m damned if I can name it.\u2019<\/p>\n

Discussing the incident on TikTok, a user called Costa said: \u2018Maybe he is looking for his yellow woman.<\/p>\n

\u2018Just be careful out there because the yellow man might be walking beside you, and it\u2019s up to you if you want to give him a lift home or not.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Explaining his version of events to Belfast Live, McFerran said: \u2018\u00a0was driving down the Vow Road when I saw the man wearing in all yellow walking down the road and it seemed very strange.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was asking him why he was dressed like that and he mostly ignored me and just kept walking.<\/p>\n

\u2018All he said was that \u201cit wasn\u2019t him\u201d and that he couldn\u2019t get the mask off and that he had been staying with a friend after getting a train up here.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was all very strange and made no sense at all.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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