“When our eldest was five or six, he said he wanted to see [some local] baby swans... before everyone else got there,” Redditor u/franki-pinks shared with r/AskUK. But though the child, who went with his dad before sunrise, had a “great time,” the poster’s husband mentioned that a woman “kept driving past them”.Later, images of the boy and his father went small-town viral on a local neighbourhood watch page. Many were “speculating” about what was going on, even going so far as to assume that the gym bag containing the father and son’s breakfast was a body bag. The comments were filled with similar experiences. A woman’s husband, doing a tree survey for the parish council, was described as a “dodgy looking guy” peering into gardens; the owner of a three-legged cat was accused of animal abuse.A page called Angry People In Local Facebook Groups shares irate, unwarranted ramblings from suspicious posters, too.So, we spoke to experts about what they think is going on.