Blow Dart Attacks in Delaware
August 12th, 2009 3:56 pm · 9 comments
Like most cyclists, I’ve been yelled at, cut-off, spat at, had trash and drinks thrown at me and, this time last year, was stuck with an overripe peach. But, I’ve never been speared with a blow dart.
Three cyclists and a jogger in the Wilmington suburbs of New Castle County, Del. have not been so lucky. According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report, the cyclists and the jogger have each been stuck with four-and-a-half-inch long blow darts, apparently fired at them by a passing motorist. Delaware State Police are treating the incidents as a serial attack by one individual or a group of individuals.
The first attack was on Monday evening when a 27-year-old woman was struck in the back with a dart. A second cyclist, a 17-year-old boy, was struck in the left hand about two hours later. On Tuesday morning, a third cyclist, Dan Wilson, was struck. According to a WGAL report, Wilson said he felt something like a bee sting on his right thigh and looked down to see the dart protruding from his leg.
“I pulled it out and I kept pulling it and pulling it and it was a good two inches, two-and-a-half inches logged in there,” said Wilson.
The jogger was struck in the leg later Tuesday.
Delaware police are looking for two men in a pickup truck believed to be the perpetrators.
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There are currently 9 comments on this blog postView Topic | Comment on this blogLisa Armellino
8/12/09
4:46 PM | That is absolutely sick and disgusting. I hope that the people responsible are found and that someone decides to press charges. |
WinstonTheLastHuman
8/12/09
5:02 PM | QUOTE (Straight From the Article) According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report, the cyclists and the jogger have each been stuck with four-and-a-half-inch long blow darts, apparently fired at them by a passing motorist.
think about the physics: a blow gun from a moving car hitting a moving target.
the perp has a one in a billion skill!
from the right context, it is an honor to get hit by him (versus the lanc city acid bandit which took no skill nor demonstrated any artistry).
it's like standing in the gallery and getting pounded by a john daly drive.
(and my luck only materializes in the form of powerball winnings......go figure) |
A1
8/12/09
5:10 PM | I hope this was caught on camera so they can catch the perps. |
Lisa Armellino
8/12/09
5:34 PM | the perp has a one in a billion skill!
from the right context, it is an honor to get hit by him (versus the lanc city acid bandit which took no skill nor demonstrated any artistry).
That is an impressive feat. But, what if we find out that it's some person with a dart sprayer, and all they had to do was drive past and hold the release device?
Check out this guy and his needle dart gun: http://www.break.com/index/how-to-build-a-dart-gun.html
On a side note, I sure hope this next round of rain that is about to fall cools everything off. I have every window wide open and every ceiling fan on in here! Come on rain!!!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5c7fj_st...n-dance-off_fun
(the end is the best part) |
WinstonTheLastHuman
8/12/09
5:42 PM | That is an impressive feat. But, what if we find out that it's some person with a dart sprayer, and all they had to do was drive past and hold the release device?
oh yeah.
that is a good point and much more likely.
let's tar and feather the bastard. |
spaylady
8/12/09
6:15 PM | Seriously sick! Have to agree w/Winston! |
reese
8/12/09
7:47 PM | think about the physics: a blow gun from a moving car hitting a moving target.
the perp has a one in a billion skill!
from the right context, it is an honor to get hit by him (versus the lanc city acid bandit which took no skill nor demonstrated any artistry).
it's like standing in the gallery and getting pounded by a john daly drive.
(and my luck only materializes in the form of powerball winnings......go figure)
About that "honor" thing? You first. |
ceejay
8/12/09
7:57 PM | think about the physics: a blow gun from a moving car hitting a moving target.
the perp has a one in a billion skill!
from the right context, it is an honor to get hit by him (versus the lanc city acid bandit which took no skill nor demonstrated any artistry).
it's like standing in the gallery and getting pounded by a john daly drive.
(and my luck only materializes in the form of powerball winnings......go figure)
Personally? I am thinking pygmy. One who has been trained at a pygmy terrorist training school. |
citydweller
8/12/09
8:02 PM | Apparently in Thailand there are "certain" women who can fire these darts rather accurately from "certain" parts of their anatomy. Some folks I know went on a trip there and brought back a dart from a "show" at a "club". As they were passing it around and regaling us with tales of balloons popping from 15 feet, the dart came to me.
Without accepting it I said "Um, did anyone wash this?". At which point 1/3 of the bar immediately ran for the bathrooms. |
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