FARGO — A post from a Fargo-Moorhead area mother warning others of a strange encounter in a south Fargo gym parking lot has been shared over 2,000 times on Facebook.

The mother says her 17-year-old son was leaving Family Wellness, 2960 Seter Parkway, Wednesday, Feb. 26, when he was approached by two people around 5 p.m.

A man and woman knocked on the driver's side window, and the teen rolled it down slightly.

According to the post, the teen was then asked to get out of the car and "join in telling the world that God had a wife" and other evangelical messages. The two asked the teen to share contact information and encouraged him to meet with their group at a specific location.

The teen told his mother, who then called Family Wellness. Staff at the gym then called police a short while later.

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Fargo Police Department spokesperson Jessica Schindeldecker said this is the only report regarding this pair, but added that incidents like these are not uncommon in the area. She added that it's important for parents to teach their kids to be aware of their surroundings when approached by strangers.

Schindeldecker said that while it's not illegal to approach someone in public to talk, encounters like the one at Family Wellness are still worrisome. Officers who responded searched for the preachers' vehicle but were unable to find them.

"We want to know who they are," she said. "We need to know what they're doing and why they're here in our community because we want to keep our citizens and the people visiting our community safe."

Schindeldecker said a response that's timely is an important factor in investigating incidents like the one outside Family Wellness.

"It's really important to tell our youth (to) call police right away so we can come and cut our response time down," she said. "(With a) 30-minute delay ... the likelihood of locating that person and finding out what they're doing is not going to be very high."