December 1st, 2015: Chained Bats

[xoxoxoBruce]

Thanksgiving morning, in San Francisco, either the police found or somebody reported, a baseball bat with nails, chained to a parking meter.

...a bat attached to a pole meter as if it were a sleeping dog.

Then they found another one, and another, and another, and at 4:45 PM they found the 27th bat... on Nov 26th.

(Sgt. Michael) Andraychak said there are no indications currently of who placed the bats or why. Police are investigating various aspects of what Andraychak described as a "very strange" episode.
Police said possession could be considered a probhibited deadly weapon with a felony charge.

No shit.

27 wood baseball bats, nails, and 27 lengths of chain ain't exactly pocket change, even at scrap prices, although the second picture looks like it's pieced together with plastic wire ties. So somebody spent a couple bucks or went to the trouble to steal all that stuff... must have been on a mission.
Maybe it was 27 places they planned to shop on black Friday, the 27th, and planned to smash the meters with the bats to save parking fees? Well I haven't heard a better reason.

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