MCDOWELL COUNTY (WVVA) -
Phone calls, emails and Facebook messages were sent to us here, at WVVA by parents concerned for their children's safety.
People reported seeing a man and woman traveling through McDowell County this week, snapping photographs as they drove through each town. And those people wanted to know why.
"I received a call that there was a suspicious vehicle, a light brown Volvo station wagon, Massachusetts plate, and there was a male and female in the Raysal area taking pictures of some children," says Chief Deputy, Roger Deel.
Jennifer Adkins, the mother of three kids, and a resident of Raysal, is the one who contacted Chief Deputy Deel. She also confronted the photographers, with a group of others.
Audio recording captured the encounter.You hear a McDowell resident say, "And there are no pictures of any children on there??
?No. And you can check it, not of your kids. I can show you. Jesus Christ. We didn't stop and approach like, yeah; you guys are making us out to be like crazy pedophiles. You guys are making us out to be people that we are not,? says Marisha and Jesse Camp ?Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? You all don't look like upstanding citizens," says Jennifer Adkins.
Adkins says she did it as a concerned parent, stating, "The way they are approaching it is discouraging. Their appearance is not of a documentary part. They were only asking adults that we seen, but our kids were photographed without consent."
A statement that Jesse and Marisha Camp say is far from the truth. Jesse says, "How dare she accuse me of having malicious intent. How dare this woman accuse me of wanting to hurt children? I mean is she out of her freaking mind?"
More of the audio recording reveals a McDowell resident saying, "Y'all get in whatever the (expletive) you're riding." While Adkins says, ?No they're not leaving until I see a camera and the pictures on there.?
Marisha responds by saying, ?We're not taking pictures of kids.? Followed by a man saying, ?The man says you're not leaving, you're not leaving."
The brother and sister duo says McDowell County is just one of their many stops on a nationwide trip. Marisha is a portrait photographer working on a documentary."
Jesse says, "We were working on an online show where we go to different parts of the country that interests us."
"We were in this area because we genuinely love this area and these people and we were only trying to do well," says Marisha.
In the recording, you can hear Marisha clicking through her photos. "Here's a lady at the church,? she says.
A man says, ?There's just too much going on with kids getting hurt and Y'all might be cool, I'm not saying you're not.? ?And this is back at the church," she finishes.
The Camps say a WV State Trooper did arrive and escorted them away from the scene. They are no longer in West Virginia and are now finishing up their nationwide tour.
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