One way a crazed woman out in the early morning driving around in her robe could approach me without me being alarmed is if I knew her or if she was asking if I'd seen her lost cat/dog/kid/hitandrundriver/burglar etc.
I can't get past the clothing - what to me looks like a robe/dressing gown type of early morning, right out of bed look. This, to me, indicates the action was on some impulse, early in the morning. She didn't even put her hair back. Looks like she raced out of her house, hopped in her car and came down the street.
Or maybe she slipped out of bed to commit the act and hoped to sneak back into her own house so her family wouldn't notice she left.
I have a few different thoughts. This case is so bizarre that it could go either way though.
I think Elizabeth may not have been caught off guard because of the garage sale. If she didn't know the person, I'm thinking she just assumed they were there to shop. Whoever it was walked up to her a normal pace, I'm guessing so she wouldn't be alarmed. We all know of the early bird garage sale people that get going before set-up is completed.
The jog back to the truck seems like a man's stride, but the mannerisms of walking up to Elizabeth appeared more feminine. Still very lost on that part.