Today’s News Journal has this odd item:
Two bicyclists have reported being hit by darts while riding on New Castle County roads this week.
The first incident came Tuesday when a 36-year-old man riding north on Limestone Road in Pike Creek felt a twinge of pain in his right thigh.
He looked to the area where he felt the pain and saw a blowdart protruding from his leg, state police said.
When the victim pulled it out, he saw the dart was about 4 inches long and three-quarters of it had been impaled in his leg, state police Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh said.
After reading about that incident on Delawareonline.com, a 27-year-old Bear woman reported that she had been riding her bicycle Monday night with a friend on Del. 71 near Red Lion Christian Academy in preparation for a triathlon and said she, too, had been struck with a blowdart the night before — in the back.
Blowdarts at bicyclists? That is really, really strange. I just hope this person(s) doesn’t escalate his or her grudge to more violent methods. If you’re a bicyclist, be careful out there!