Mother's horror as son nearly abducted A Sydney mother has outlined in terrifying detail how her six-year-old son was almost abducted in Centennial Park on Easter Monday, as she called on parents to be hyper-vigilant over not only their own children but others as well. Eastern Beaches detectives have launched an investigation into the attempted abduction on Monday afternoon, asking anyone who may have experienced something similar or seen the suspected attacker to contact them urgently. The six-year-old boy was in the park with his parents and younger sister about 4.30pm when he raced ahead of them on his bike, becoming lost for a short time. His father located him a short time later, pushing his bike and crying hysterically. "As he was reunited with his parents, a man described as Caucasian in appearance, aged 20-25 with pasty white skin and curly thick brown hair with a heavy set overweight frame, was seen to be running away from the vicinity," police said in a statement. In an email sent to her friends, which also urges them to forward the message on, the boy's mother recounted how her son had come into contact with the stranger. [Our son] said that when he went riding his bike at first some guy ran next to him and said, 'Do you want a race?' Of course [he] said yes! "The police now believe that this jogger may have been a part of the attempt to get [our son] away from his parents' view..." the boy's mother recounts in her email, obtained by Fairfax Media. The jogger stopped the race and said he needed to get into his car, at which stage [our son] didn't know where we were, or where he was for that matter... he continued riding hoping to catch up with us ... at this stage a man approached him and started chatting. The man apparently told the six-year-old he knew the child's parents and that "I should take you to them." He even apparently said he would give the child lollies on the way. What is the scariest thing about this is that when [my husband] found him he was walking with his bike, hysterically crying, with a 25ish, overweight, dungeons and dragons looking kind of guy next to him... [My husband] shouted [our son's] name at which point the guy ran under the fence at the park," she wrote. The distressed mother said parents needed to take note of children around them, because there had been possibly up to 200 people in the park who could have seen her son and did nothing. Most of all, we ask that if you ever see a child who looks uncomfortable, or ill at ease, ASK THEM IF THIS IS YOUR MUMMY OR DADDY ... I think we have to stop being concerned about 'interfering' and start being concerned about who could possibly interefere with our children," she wrote. Considering the very close call we had today, and realising that we possibly had a minute or two before a potential tragedy, makes us realise that we are all too complacent in coming forward. In a statement, police said the man was wearing black cargo pants and a faded T-shirt with a print on the front, and was seen to slide under the park fence and leave the area. Detectives are urging anyone who may have had a similar incident in Centennial Park recently, or who may have seen a man matching that description loitering in the park, to contact them at Maroubra Police Station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. The woman's email is being circulated widely, including by child care centres in the area.