Wagner Park — Attraction in Royal Oak

I’ve never had an issue at any royal oak parks at all until I went to Wagner park. The energy was off and literally every where I turned or walked in that park the same group of men kept following me which was extremely weird. We were not on a particular path or a bike route so it made it more uncomfortable. If I turned left they turned left and were close to me if I went down to a certain point in the valley of the park they moved there. I left the downhill area and stood near a tree to play a game on my phone and then the same group of men walked and stood by the very next tree and threw their plastic darts and frisbees at it. I decided to move to another tree and literally a frisbee and a dart hit my tree.

After that I said ok this is weird and I’m going back to my car. I head back to my car and I’m purposely parked further way from other cars because I like to have space in between vehicles. There were no other cars parked in front or behind me (which was nice).

As I head towards my car I saw a young white man wearing all black , his face was halfway covered and he was on som kind of motorcycle parked behind my vehicle. He was still sitting on his bike and kept staring at my car. I did not say anything because obviously it’s a free country you can park anywhere. Instead I decide to purposely drive further up and move my car five spaces ahead of his motorcycle for some breathing room. I finished moving my car and I kid you not I had an overwhelming “gut feeling” to look up into my rear view mirror.

I looked at my mirror and this guy was literally staring at me without a flinch. I’m thinking what the hell is going on? This whole thing was weird. He kept looking so I roll my window down to ask “can I help you?” As soon as I said that he pulls off and drives up the street.

I don’t know it was just creepy! I’ve never had an experience like that in my whole life, I don’t think every weird experience is always race related or racist. Sometimes people are just jerks and weird. I’ve never had an issue at all in royal oak but just going to that park earlier was odd and I was not feeling the vibes there so I left and this was during the daytime...

Wagner park is a beautiful, well-cared for park just inside Royal Oak and hosts a playground as well as an 18 hole public disc golf course. I visit primarily for the disc golf and find it to be the most interesting public course in the area. Just last year, brand new baskets were put in. There are in my mind, only 2 detractors. First, holes 9 and 18 come very close to Rochester Rd and errant shots can be nerve-wracking for players and drivers alike. Second, the teepads are very short and more often than not, you'll see folks driving from off to the side to get more space. Still, Wagner is beautiful, with some elevation change shots. You can see deer, rabbit, and the occasional hawk during a round. Definitely...

This is a good park, and a good disc golf course. I really enjoyed throwing here. However a few of the holes are pretty close to the surrounding streets so you need to be careful not to hit any cars or throw your disc across the street. Also the layout of the holes is a bit confusing and it took me almost the whole time I was there to figure it out. I don't mean to deter anyone from coming to this park though. This is the type of course you want to go to if you don't want to lose your discs because it's very open. I recommend this place for novices and intermediates. P.S. don't worry about coming alone. You'll have company because of the huge squirrel...