That is weird. I would have felt uncomfortable also.
The other day when we went to the movies I was walking Suri across the street to potty and this lady ran up behind me...I got so scared I picked Suri up and started walking back. She then came up and said that she was picking up her yorkie pup the next night. Some people get so excited to see a yorkie that don't realize that they can be a bit scary.
My neighbors don't know I have Suri for the reason that I don't need people snooping around.