A Sellwood family is still puzzling over why a man, unseen at the time but caught on video surveillance, seemed to target them specifically – by damaging the tires on both of their cars parked on S.E. Linn Street, at about 9 p.m. on Sunday evening, May 25th.
At first, in the light of the following day, the family thought that they’d just run over a nail – but when they found flat tires on both of their vehicles, they realized this wasn’t a coincidence. Resident Renee Hayes said that she felt “really violated” when they reviewed surveillance video from the night before – and beheld the tire-slasher himself, caught in the act. Unfortunately the video was of insufficient resolution to reveal any of the man’s features.
The family watched as a vehicle – with doors that didn’t match the rest of the car – drove down the street, backed up, did a three-point turn, and slowly drove up to Hayes’ car…