On New Zealand train, a young woman was being recorded by a ‘creepy’ man on a train

A ‘creepy’ man on a train boldly recorded a young woman, who only stopped after she began recording him back.

Shinae, 21, from New Zealand’s North Island’s Waikato district, was on her way to see a friend when she observed a man seated across from her.

He took out his phone and began filming her, which lasted for 20 minutes despite Shinae’s obvious discomfort.

They exchanged glances while he continued to photograph her, and he eventually left after she pulled out her phone and began filming him back.

‘I was really uncomfortable! It’s not nice knowing you aren’t safe in the day time on public transport. It’s really disappointing this still happens,’ Shinae told Daily Mail Australia.

‘You never know if he could be filming and telling someone what station you are getting off at. Or what they can be doing with the video.’

Shinae said the man never made any attempt to speak to her, but was more than comfortable filming and even staring at her.

She boarded the train at a quiet Waikato station, where the man was also waiting to board.

Shinae claims he began photographing her almost immediately because there were no other individuals in their carriage.

‘I was just scrolling on my phone when I noticed there was a man staring at me. I didn’t pay attention but when I looked up again because I notice he looked away,’ she said.

‘I saw his phone pointed right and me with him sometimes looking my way. This went on for about 20 minutes, and he saw me look in his direction but he continued to film.’

Shinae said at first she thought she was ‘overreacting’, but being the only people on the carriage had her spooked.

‘I was alone and it was an empty train so I was a bit anxious already,’ she said.

‘I didn’t know how he would react if I told him to stop or even delete what he could possibly be recording. So I decided just to do the same to him. I figured if I do the same and he doesn’t react then I might just be over reacting.’

As soon as she pulled out her phone and started filming the man back, he casually stood up and left the train, getting out at the next stop.

Shinae said when she got to her destination she immediately called her friend to tell them where she was in fear he may still be around.

She initially posted the video to her TikTok page, but had to delete it after receiving a series of disgusting comments from men.

‘It’s so disappointing how scared and unsafe women can feel just in public, living day to day,’ she said.

‘If we keep ignoring this and letting it happen it’s just going to get worse. It’s sad that as women we have to be conditioned to put up with such degrading things.

‘As soon as this happens I think the best solution is to vocalise it and make it aware that we are not ok with this and it’s not ok. The more we ignore it, the more it happens.’

Shinae sent the video to the train station where the man got on, in the hope he may be identified by local staff.