“You can see it in his face — ‘Well, what do I do next?’” Vancil said.

The man hit the doorbell and took off running. Vancil heard the ring and went to the door, but the man was gone.

The next day the Vancils found out their cameras also caught him following their neighbor and grabbing her around the waist as she was entering her home about 9:30 a.m. She pushed him off and he fled.

The Vancils handed over footage to the police and say they’ve heard from others who’ve had similar encounters with what appears to be the same man.

“My wife is freaked out,” Chad Vancil said. “With it happening again next door to another woman, it’s kind of concerning.”

He said the family, including their daughter, 9, has been living in Soulard for a little more than a year.

“The neighborhood is generally pretty safe,” he said. “There are always a lot of eyes around.”

No incidents prompted the family to put up the cameras — it was just for added security, Chad Vancil said. The family installed eight security cameras — four outside, four inside — when they built their home. The system cost about $1,000.