Random attacks propagated by strangers is a fear that most people share—unless you happen to be 6’5″ or a Spartan (or a shark). The reason this fear is so universal is because you can’t prepare for a random attack, or guard against it. When such an attack happens—when a man is killed by a stranger with a hatchet—it is simply horrifying.
But there is a spectrum to the horror—that is to say, some attacks are gruesome, others are simply bizarre (though at the time, no less fear inducing). According to a police report, on Sunday, November 21nd, a man and his mother were walking down the 900 Block of Denny Way (near the Whole Foods market) at 1:35 p.m. when, out-of-the-fucking-blue, a woman approached the couple and started screaming at them, “in what appeared to sound like an Asian language,” the police report states. Before the couple could react, the woman allegedly “picked up dirt from the planting strip and threw it” at the mother and son, striking them in the face and head. In horror, the victims tried to avoid the woman, but the suspect allegedly “continued to throw dirt at them, striking them with it,” even hitting the mother on the head and giving her a headache.
The suspect then fled the scene as suddenly as she’d appeared. The victims contacted the police, who saw “clods of dirt on the sidewalk,” somewhat corroborating their story. Both victims refused medical treatment—the son had dirt in his eyes, but said he was otherwise fine, and the mother’s headache dissipated rapidly.
Interestingly, the police report states that the suspect “matches the description of the suspect in several recent assaults which have taken place in the area, the most recent of which happened yesterday.” The victims noted that they’d be willing to “cooperate in a prosecution of [the suspect] if she’s apprehended.”
The suspect remains at large. Pedestrians along Denny Way beware.
I’m 6’3″, and I’ve been punched in the head by a stranger for no apparent reason. Do you think if I wear two-inch platforms, I’ll be safe?
I know what they mean by it, but the phrase “appeared to sound like” is funny to me.
@1, “UI Aphorism 32.2” does not promise if you’re tall enough you won’t get punched in the head – just that if you’re tall enough (or Spartan/shark enough) you won’t fear it.
So platforms would definitely free you from fear, and that’s the main thing, isn’t it?
Wow, the Stranger’s dream city has come full circle, where pychos, drunks, illegals, knife and hatchet carrying bums (sorry,….’artists’) roam free. Enjoy!
If that’s an assault, then I was assaulted weekly back when I lived in what is now called “The Pike/Pine Corridor”
Not that I’m complaining: What I wouldn’t give to be able to go play pool at Squid Row again, or show up for dynasty night at the old RPlace,
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go polish my GAR medals……
I’m 6’3″ and I sometimes walk to the train station at 63rd and Cottage Grove at one in the morning, alone. Come at me bro.
The humanity! The dirty, filthy humanity!
Besides just being tall, or Spartan, or sharklike, the key to avoiding the wrath of the predator is to not look like a victim. A smaller dude who walks with authority is much less likely to be a target than a taller dude who hunches over and looks like he’s waiting to get hit. again.
Although speaking as a six foot five Spartan shark, all this is purely academic.
They will take my dirt from me when they pry my cold, dead fingers out of my garden!
That is better than an axe.
Did you just compare being KILLED with a hatchet to having DIRT thrown at you?!?! Are you serious???!!