A woman was sexually assaulted at approximately 9 p.m. Sept. 22 while walking alone on the 1100 block of Northwest 57th Street, according to the Seattle Police Department.

The victim said she is scared the suspect will assault another woman if he is not caught, and she wants to share her story with people to remind them to be aware.

"I'm usually a really careful and watchful person," the victim said in an email. "If this could happen while I am stone sober at nine at night in a relatively safe area, it could happen to anyone."

While she was walking, a man ran up behind her and put a hand over her mouth and one on her chest and dragged her into a nearby yard, the victim said.

"I screamed several times, but he was covering my mouth and told me if I screamed again, he would 'pull something out of his pocket,'" she said.

The suspect asked her for cash and made her shake out her purse, but the victim said he did not seem genuinely interested in robbing her as he didn't take her iPhone or checkbook or even look in her wallet.

The victim said the suspect then made her touch his genitals and repeatedly asked if she was a virgin. She said she advises others to say no because it seemed like the suspect wanted her to say yes.

She said she tried to struggled and escape but was thrown to the ground several times and dragged back. The suspect told her he would kill her, she said.

The victim said the suspect took off her shirt and was unzipping her pants when the owner of the home whose yard they were in opened the front door, scaring off the suspect.

"I am so grateful that the guy was home and checked his yard out when he heard screaming," the victim said. "If he had ignored it, I have no doubt I would have been raped despite my best efforts to fight back."

The Seattle Police Department describe the suspect as a white male in his 20s who is approximately 6 feet tall with a stocky build. The victim described the suspect as a "football player, frat boy" type with a buzz cut.