Vancouver, British Columbia — If British Columbians didn’t have enough on their plates over the past few weeks, Comox Valley RCMP finally managed to track down an axe-wielding Nova Scotian who has been mistaking Vancouver Island traffic for trees recently.
In late October, police received reports of a man driving a Nova Scotia-registered Honda Civic getting out of his car to hack at other cars with an axe.
“The driver got out really quickly with something in his hand, and he ran between the cars to a commercial cube truck in the far lane,” said Tara Matheson, a woman who was in the area when one of the incidents allegedly happened. “I was already past the scene when I heard a smash, so I didn’t see exactly what occurred.”
Two days later, police near Courtenay received a similar report of a man hacking at cars in a parking lot. The man was located and arrested.
Police believe the suspect to also be responsible for throwing eggs at the employees of a Telus store earlier in October.
