Drivers in Bedford have been targeted by a unique and anonymous vandal who has been putting stickers on car wing mirrors.
The stickers, which feature hand-written religious content in red ball-point pen, have been reported on cars on Waterloo Road, Foster Hill Road, Landsdowne Road, Castle Road and Bower Street.
They are reported to be highly adhesive and very difficult to remove.
One resident took to their local Facebook group to ask if anyone else had been targeted.
She said: “It’s one of those stickers that doesn’t peel off properly, so will need scraping off. Anyone else? Or was I the only one that needs saving by the Lord and Saviour?”
Gavin Kendal, who was parked near Bedford Park on Foster Hill Road said he was targeted on either Monday or Tuesday this week.
He shared a photo of the sticker on the Black Tom Facebook group, saying: “I wouldn’t normally care but the sticker won’t come off.
“Anyone else’s car been vandalised by the big man’s chosen ones?”
Pauline Reece of Bower Street has been targeted twice.
“The first was on 30 June and I only noticed after returning from a weekend in Galstonbury. I thought the comments were directed to me.
“The second one was on Monday (10 July) – pretty much every car on my street had one on,” she said.
“I peeled off the sticker and scrubbed the wing mirror with window cleaner.”
Advice on how to remove the stickers has included soaking the area in WD-40 or using olive oil.
Bedfordshire Police told the Bedford Independent that although the stickers’ content would be classed as “unoffensive”, they would like residents to report them “in case this leads to something further.”
“If the letters are stuck onto the glass and there is damage when removing, then it would need recording with our Crime Bureau and an officer to investigate it,” said a police spokesperson.
Residents can report this online via https://www.beds.police.uk/ro/report/.
