AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 27, 1999 Late night Mighty Moe attack part of a pattern, say police MIGHTY MOE endured a S night of terror Oct. 17 when unknown assailants altacked his vehicle while he was sleeping in it, Moe, a_ well-known local eccentric and senior citizen, frequently camps in his unique. canopied pickup truck at a highway pullout just west of town, where he sets up as a mini tourist attraction. In the middle of the night, he says, his attack- ers threw rocks and boul- ders al his truck and ram- med it repeatedly with their vehicle, seemingly in an attempt to force his truck over the embank- ment that overlooks the Skeena River. “They had it up on two wheels at one point,” he says, “They almost had it right over.” Moe says he remained heled up in his camper in the back of the pickup and didn’t come out.— despite a HERE’S A PROMISE | IF ELECTED, L INDA HAWES WILL: e Support our forest industry. 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He was inside at the time and says the attackers wanted to do physi- ae | me to come out,” ke said. cal harm to him. Police suspect a connection to another recent attack. : “They wanted to kick the : pe in cath Py abe bap “ hell out of me.” The assailants left and came back a couple of times with more rocks, he added, before leaving him alone. RCMP Const. Carole Raymond says the incident matches a similar one at the east end of town, in which vandals also threw tocks or boulders at a ve- hicle, “I think they’re related _ but I can’t prove it,” Ray- mond said Friday, adding she suspects it’s a new ac- tivily for a group of van- dals. “They’re poing aut at night and they think it’s Grimms { fun to wreck cars.” "ys Anyone with any infar- a Hawkins B it Cough Dr ops : mation connected to the Mainstay Cheezies Urritos 75 ‘ Mighty Moe attack or any ' D Oo F 00 d Beef & Bean, Br en aed similar incident is asked to § . 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