Two Stoney Nakoda mothers have launched an online neighbourhood watch group to keep the community abreast of suspicious activity, after a few recent reports of attempted child luring and abductions on the reserve west of Calgary.

"It's our community, it's our people taking a stand, letting others know that we won't tolerate this kind of activity on our reserve, in our homes," said Jennice Clarke, who helped form the Minithni Protectors Facebook page.

Mini Thni means cold river in the Stoney Nakoda language and is another name for the First Nation community.

RCMP are investigating three separate, alarming incidents between June 13 and June 22, in which young people walking near the Ozada Flats and Chiniki Lake Road were approached by strangers.

Police say they are still speaking to the families, searching for any security video, and trying to determine exactly what happened.

Girls being chased

One woman from the reserve, who CBC has agreed not to identify because she is afraid for her family's safety, describes what happened to her daughter on Saturday, June 15.

The woman says her 10-year-old daughter was driving a quad, with two other girls on the back, through a field on the south side of the Trans-Canada Highway, when a white SUV came off the highway and started driving alongside them near Ozada Flats.

She says the girls told her two men were inside the SUV. They rolled down the window and waved them over, even going into the ditch to try to reach them.

The terrified girls sped up, got away and then and pulled into a nearby yard. They told their families that none of them had recognized the men.

"If she had stopped, oh my god, if she had stopped I wouldn't be here today I would be going nuts, looking for my daughter, that's a scary situation," said the mother of one of the three young girls.

The woman says one of the girls' fathers ran out and saw the vehicle turn around and head back to the highway.

"My daughter was just shaking — 'Mommy, who could be chasing us, why do they do that?' — like, they have questions, they are only kids," the woman said.

The concerned mother reported the incident to police.

Jennice Clarke, who helped form the Minithni Protectors Facebook page on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Three separate incidents of children being approached have the community concerned about child abduction. (Colleen Underwood/CBC)

RCMP say it's too early to know if this truly was an attempted child luring or abduction.

"We're not dismissing that claim, we're not dismissing it as just a suspicious person," said Constable Jennifer Brewer with the Cochrane RCMP. "But at this point in time, we don't want to scare the public... until we know for sure 100 per cent that's what it was."

Brewer says they don't know if the three incidents are connected.

Community watch

Clarke says the reserve gets lots of trespassers passing through, sleeping in tents or makeshift camps and causing problems, but she can't recall anything as disturbing as this happening in the area.

"It is a little scary and it is a little frustrating that we have to worry about our children playing outside in our own backyard," said Clarke.

The Trans-Canada highway runs alongside the Stoney Nakoda reserve west of Calgary. (Colleen Underwood/CBC)

Clarke says she keeps in contact with RCMP and local security on the reserve. She posts any updates she receives from officials and community members.

"It's our community, it's our people taking a stand, letting others know that we won't tolerate this kind of activity on our reserve, in our homes," said Clarke.

But Clarke encourages people to report incidents to police first, or local security, before the group.

RCMP say this is also a good reminder for the community to always be mindful of their surroundings.

"We we want to make sure everyone is practising their safety when they are out in the community, walking together in pairs, making sure if they are approached to really take note what is making it suspicious, why is it alarming to you," said Brewer.