Sunday, June 05, 2005

Angry Woman Attacks Erin in Park

MAPLE RIDGE Patrons at a local park had an unwelcome visit from a woman yesterday.

At aproximately noon, people paying their respects to Canadian war dead at the local cenotaph were attacked by an angry woman who claimed to have served many years in the military. "She just came out of nowhere and started yelling and swearing at us," Abby said, "I don't know, she was weird."

The woman quickly got into an argument with a local resident when she yelled that he should join the military. She continued to harass park patrons for about three minutes before stalking off.

"I used to think that that kind of stuff only happened in the city," Erin said, "It's nice to hear that exciting things are finally happening in the 'burbs."

The woman may have been one of the many local homeless and drug addicted people known to live in the area, but at this time authorities are not able to verify this.