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Guelph police want to identify man seen talking to children on tobogganing hill

Guelph police are looking to speak with a man. Matt Carty / Global Guelph

Guelph police say they are trying to identify a man who was seen talking with children at a tobogganing hill on Wednesday evening.

A concerned parent who was at the hill with her children called police to report the interaction at Pine Ridge Park in the city’s south end at around 7 p.m.

“While the caller was making her way up the hill, an adult male approached the children waiting at the top, saying he was looking for his son,” police said.

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“The male then said he would check at home and went to sit in his vehicle, but did not leave the area.”

Police said he was driving a grey SUV similar to a GMC Acadian or GMC Terrain.

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The man is described as caucasian, 35 to 40 years of age, wearing a dark blue or black toque with a stripe and a long dark-coloured wool coat.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 519-824-1212.

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