Strange man caught creeping into family's back garden and 'smelling children's underwear' in disturbing CCTV
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A man has been accused of creeping into a family's back garden and smelling children's underwear hanging on a clothes line.
The man, wearing a white vest, is spotted wandering into the yard and lowering his head close to the clothes horse in confusing and disturbing CCTV footage.
He appears to be inspecting and feeling the clothing items hung on the airer outside the home in Lurnea, south west Sydney, at about 2.30am yesterday.
Just a couple of minutes later, the man allegedly strolled back out of the driveway, carrying a pair of girl's underwear, the Daily Mail reports.
(Image: Facebook/Mary Issa)
(Image: Facebook/Mary Issa)
A woman who posted about the incident on Facebook wrote: "Captured last night on our home surveillance a man in our backyard.
"Went through the kids cloths on the line and took underwear nothing else.
"We found our daughters undies in the front yard and the police have taken them for DNA testing, they are treating it seriously.(sic)."
(Image: Facebook/Mary Issa)
(Image: Facebook/Mary Issa)
(Image: Facebook/Mary Issa)
Her post has been shared 4,627 times so far by people who are outraged and saying how "disgusting" and "scary" it is.
The incident is being investigated by police.
A spokesman for NSW Police told Daily Mail Australia: "Police are investigating an incident in which a person allegedly entered the backyard of a residence in Lurnea overnight."
The spokesman reportedly said the man allegedly touched clothes on the clothes line and peered inside a window at the home.
He added: "The man left the backyard after a resident yelled at him."