I've had the engine wiring harness on my car cut in my previous apartment parking lot. No reason. Only because rednecks suck.

Lovely display. It makes me really angry that someone was so disrespectful of your beautiful decorations on YOUR property.

She was in an "Oh, Well" place until I showed her the clean cuts.
Then, she was pissed! It's fixed now, so she's past it.

But what if the person comes back?

Not really, but...
I've got a jar of crystal violet.
Just laying it on the lawn will have them tracking it everywhere. Won't hurt the wild beasties out there.
Hopefully it will stain the carpets in the home, or if they're driving, the car floor.
We've had displays in the yard for almost 40 years. I'm hoping this was a one off.
Somebody mentioned rabbits, which we have around here, but these cuts were so clean & straight.
I guess we'll just see what happens.

Yeah, likely some dirtbag.

I'd use it myself. I'll have to go look this stuff up. LOL

Good luck!

Pat Vincent on the head for me.

He's laying on the floor right by my feet. So, he got his pat in a hurry.

Vincent is such a good boy...

Just for the sake of conversation, how long would this chemical continue to leave tracks? A few feet, a block, or..???

TYIA!

Maybe more if moisture made it sink into the crevices of a gym shoe.
We used it in the lab, back in the day.
Get some on your fingers, you'd have purple fingers for a week!

Ty!

...in a dead straight line across both strands.
That's why I didn't go animal.
But, I suppose it's possible.

That just can't be!

in all white. That is a darn shame that someone would do that.

If it becomes a thing, we may have to.
I don't want to be splicing cords every day.

Said somebody cut the cord to one of her outdoor lighted Christmas figures.

What kind of person does such a thing? Do we all need cameras on our homes now? It’s depressing.

"People suck."

Sorry about your display. It looks nice.

One person posted to our FB community page about her cut wires on her outdoor decorations, and others said it had happened to them, as well.

is it supposed to be funny? WTF

But, I've had this attitude about such pranks my whole life.
Never got why vandalism (anonymously) was ever cool or funny.

it's CRIMINAL!

What kind of person wastes their time on that? It's a very beautiful display, so beautiful it probably reminded the prankster how miserable their own existence is. Pity them.

I'm glad that you were able to repair your beautiful display.

Some US techbro will see the demise of TT as an opportunity.
They might even import influencers to grab an instant viewer base.
Then, that platform will energize this behavior.