A man is alleged to have pulled a knife on a female Wanganui Chronicle staff member today.
The staff member, who did not want to be named, said she had returned from lunch but chose to wait in her car while a man in a hoodie picked up cigarette butts in the St Hill St carpark.
"I think I gave him a fright - he was very fixed on the cigarettes," the staff member said.
"He swung his backpack around and pulled out a large knife. He came up to the car window and said he was going to 'f***' stab me."
She said the knife was scary - about 30cm long with a serated edge and a black tip.