Mailbox full of Mayo and BBQ Sauce on the Car

I like local news because it covers stories like this, good old fashioned pranks. My hunch, based on the use of marshmallows is this is the work of women.

Picnic pranksters leave trails of eggs, BBQ sauce
By KOMO Staff | www.komonews.com | Aug 17, 2007

CAMANO ISLAND, Wash. — Barbecue sauce, salad dressing and marshmallows – it sounds like the makings of a picnic. But it’s been no picnic for several residents who’ve had these items smeared all over their cars.

“I was ticked off this morning after having to clean the mess up,” said Mark Johnson.

Johnson was so ticked off that he posted a reward sign – $700 to catch the pantry pranksters vandalizing homes and cars on Camano Island.

“They put barbecue sauce and salad dressing,” he said. “It was all over the steering wheel, dashboard and seats.”

Across the street from Johnson’s home, the vandals left their messy mark on a Mustang.

The neighbor’s car was hit twice with a sticky white substance. The mess cost owner time spent cleaning off the mess and his sense of security.

The pranksters hit Barbara Anderson’s boat and garage door with Elmer’s glue. And a few nights back, she got a heaping of mayonnaise in her mailbox.

“Who knows if they’ll get tired of doing what they’re doing and try to get in the house?” she said.

The vandals have hit at least seven homes on Anderson’s street alone, leaving their sticky signature on the windshield, dashboard and car seats.

“It’s been about three times,” said Courtney Collins, whose car has been hit several times. “One time was enough but this is annoying.”

Island County deputies assume the pranksters are young, unsupervised kids under the age of 11, who raid their parents’ pantry then have a heyday with eggs, Elmer’s glue and toilet paper at their neighbors’ expense.

Deputies say it’s not uncommon to see so much malicious mischief in this quiet community.

If caught, the vandals could be convicted of a felony since they’ve done more than $250 damage. But if they’re under 12, prosecutors would have to prove the young pranksters knew they were breaking the law.