A woman has been left "creeped out" after her mother received an unusual phone call at 3am from a child.
After picking up the phone in the "dead of night", she heard an "older primary school age boy" tell her he was lost in a local wood and asked her to pick him up.
The woman's daughter took to popular parenting forum Mumsnet to share the full conversation between her mum and the young boy after being concerned that somebody was attempting to "lure" her into the woods.
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She wrote: "My mum received a phone call on the landline in the dead of night, around 3am. She rushed downstairs to answer thinking one of the family had been in an accident.
"When she answered there was a child on the line (she thinks older primary school age boy) saying they were lost in a popular local wooded area, could she come and pick them up?
"Apparently they didn’t sound scared and were very matter of fact about it but my mum was really worried about a child being lost and alone in the middle of the night and says against her better judgment she would have left to look for them had her car not been in for repairs."
She continued: "According to my mum, this is a transcript of the call, from what she can remember.
"Child- I’m lost down local wooded area, can you come and pick me up?
"Mum- thinking this was grandson, (Grandson’s name) is that you, are you ok? How did you get down there? Where are your mum and dad?
"Child -I don’t know, I’m lost. Can you pick me up?
"Mum- realising it’s not grandson. What’s your name? Are you hurt? What’s happened? Where are your mum and dad?
"Child- repeats I’m lost and stuck down local wooded area. Can you come and get me.
"Mum- why didn’t you phone your mum and dad or the police? How did you get my number? I think I’d be better to call the police to come and help look for you.
"Child- hangs up."
She added: "She phoned the police immediately who came round within 30mins and they took a statement the went and had a good look round the woods. No one was there.
"The police came back to my mums after checking and asked if anyone would play a prank on her. If she’d fallen out with my one recently or if anyone would have a reason to make a phone call like that. My mum couldn’t think of anyone/or any reason.
"They tried to call 1471 and trace the number but it was withheld. Also the weird thing is my mum's number is ex-directory so unless they dialled a random number they would have had to know it.
"My mum doesn’t seemed to phased by it and has written it off as a prank call but I can’t help being very creeped out by it. I think someone was either trying to lure her down the woods or was checking if she was home. What do you think?"
Before long, the post had received dozens of responses from fellow Mumsnet users. There was a range of opinions on the unusual incident, but many found it "worrying".
One commented: "That sounds like a scam call, very worrying. It could be a prank too I suppose but I would tell your mum to never, ever go somewhere alone on the back of something like this."
A second said: "Well it’s certainly unusual and I would be unnerved by it too. I’m glad she called the police and had it logged and looked at formally."
"Argh I got the creeps even reading this," a third stated, while a fourth agreed: "That is so creepy! Sounds like a horrible and not so funny prank! Nasty!"
Meanwhile, a fifth shared: "It definitely feels quite sinister to me, and what is worrying is if they are trying it on other people as well. To what end? Maybe to get the person out of their house and then attempt a burglary whilst they are out."
Others, however, were not so shaken by the unusual phone call. One stated: "What’s with all the dramatic theories on here. It was a prank call. Just ignore it."
A second posted: "Bored kid, prank call. I wouldn't give it a second thought."
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