Not a One-Off
One of the residents at my apartment complex will point a high-lumen flashlight as they pass you or you pass them. He does this to vehicles too.
My first encounter with him made me think it was a one-off incident. I got home from work around 10:30 pm with a friend (it’s almost pitch black outside) and I noticed him walking his dogs because he had a strobing light. I slowed down and got far over on the street.
As I passed, however, he switched to a blinding light and pointed it directly into my car’s cabin, blinding me and my occupant. As I mentioned, I thought this was a weird, one-off incident. Well, it soon turned much worse than that.
Tonight I was walking my dog and saw him point his high-powered flashlight at other vehicles as they passed. He was walking on the grass adjacent to the road.
We walked past each other and in passing he would periodically point the flashlight directly at my face, going as far as to turn around and continue to do it. Definitely not a one-off thing.
I eventually told our office about this and the main lady said, “Is he doing it again?!?” So they know about him from previous experience.