A very popular outdoor sports ( hunting,fishing, boating ) columnist supposedly received heavy duty threats from an animal rights group.Then the tires on his car were flattened, and something was put into his radiator, which caused it to boil over with a brown, syrupy foam.
My relative happened to be working in the writer's office, and heard him discussing the matter on the phone. He told the other party he had just received a telephone threat, saying " You're next. "
A few days after this, the writer was dead. Police surmised he had lost his house key, and was reaching up, over the mantle, to get his spare; lost his balance, and fell head-first off the 2nd floor balcony,breaking his neck.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND , I don't even know who the writer is/was; don't know whether he was reporting an actual threat to somebody, and most assuredly don't know the truth of his death. My relative did NOT contact the police-or anyone else about this-mostly because she felt the circumstances were too "shaky" to justify making a report this late in the day.
I mention it only in view of reports some of the "activists" have begun using violence against persons; and to caution those who may be exposed to harm. Do NOT Under-rate These Groups !