Whose behind these bizarre bats, and what is their purpose? That’s what San Francisco Police want to know, and they are asking for help leading to those chaining up spiked baseball bats to poles throughout the city.
San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak says officers first received reports of wooden or metal baseball bats appearing on poles and parking meters in the city on Thanksgiving morning.
Andraychak says 27 bats with spikes running through them have been found since then. The latest discovery was Friday in the Fishermen’s Wharf area.
Andraychak says the spikes on the objects allow them to be considered a prohibited or deadly weapon, which is a felony.
Investigators ask anyone with more information to call them.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Cool! Look like those midevil weapons.
Just a thought, might be a gang sign in SF.
Just like gangs use certain colors of clothing there are other signatures as well.
Repairing theft recovered cars for years, certain signature damage was done by gangs.
The driver’s seat backrest was always broken by one gang. Hieroglyphics may be burned into the headliner from another gang.
From the damage, we could determine the gang, the general recovery location etc.
They’re for Charlie-work.
Sign of Times to Come? SF has so many kooks walking around who knows the origin of these weapons… whatever they portend isn’t going to be safe for sure… just who in SF has the guts or ability to ward off any conflict? Zoned out stoners, prancing gays or lack luster wimpy government officials?
Missing guns? Thought mooney made all gun shops close? Where are guns being stolen from? I bet there is more to the story. Course Pigloise would not want a black mark on her town. sarc
I’m less concerned with the who or why than I am with the classification of “prohibited weapon.” Sure, I wouldn’t want to cross paths with some jack wielding one, but to count it as a prohibited weapon either requires an awful lot of descriptions of specific prohibited weapons, or one dangerously vague one. That’s at least as scary as those clubs.
Movie props for Dirty Harry movie??
Bam-Bam grew up to be a Crip.