Random attacks propagated by strangers is a fear that most people shareâunless 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 happensâwhen a man is killed by a stranger with a hatchetâit is simply horrifying.
But there is a spectrum to the horrorâthat 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, âin what appeared to sound like an Asian language,â the police report states. Before the couple could react, the woman allegedly âpicked up dirt from the planting strip and threw itâ 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 âcontinued to throw dirt at them, striking them with it,â 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 âclods of dirt on the sidewalk,â somewhat corroborating their story. Both victims refused medical treatmentâthe 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.