Skip to content

Incomprehensible act of vandalism

Editor: Six years ago my husband and I moved to the Sunshine Coast. We live in an isolated off-the-grid cabin in the bush. Dirt logging roads are the only option to boat access. I own a collector vehicle – a Citroen 2CV.

Editor:

Six years ago my husband and I moved to the Sunshine Coast. We live in an isolated off-the-grid cabin in the bush. Dirt logging roads are the only option to boat access. I own a collector vehicle – a Citroen 2CV. Not as crazy an option as one might think for logging roads. The 2CV has good clearance and a suspension system designed for French farms and country roads. 

Sometime during the night of July 1 and the early morning hours of July 2, one or more individuals came to our remote location and destroyed my car. A large rock was thrown through front and back windows, doors kicked in, headlight broken off, and as a finishing touch, a nearby hose was stuck through the broken front window. The car was trashed.

Vandalism: “willful or malicious damage or destruction of the property of another.”

Anger, sorrow, shock – I feel all of these emotions. But more than anything I’m stunned. Why would anyone choose to destroy something that exists in beauty? Was it some kind of backward Canada Day celebration (the car is red and white), or possibly the vandal(s) really wanted to steal it but couldn’t figure out how to drive it (it has an unusual stick shift system). There were six other vehicles parked close by. None of them was touched. To steal for money I would understand; to steal to joy ride – infuriating, but it happens. But to destroy something that is obviously cherished, that stands out because of its beauty and charm – for the sake of destruction – I do not understand.

If you have any information on this senseless act, please contact the police. The event is currently under investigation.

Sheenah Main, Sechelt