PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Alex Van Duyn has found himself squarely in the middle of a mystery. A urine mystery, if you will.
“It’s like, why should we have to deal with this?” Van Duyn pondered.
He’s talking about jugs, a lot of them now – of urine. Dropped into recycling bins at his home and others nearby.
“If I can get that license plate number, then, you know, we’ve got a game,” said Van Duyn.
If you saw KATU’s first story in April, you know that Van Duyn has video of the man, pulling up in a black car, getting out, and dumping the urine-filled jugs in recycling bins.
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He has better video now, and the man is clearly wearing a mask.
“And as you’re probably going to see, he not only hit my house, he also went down the street and laid his eggs at somebody else’s doorstep, that somebody else has to deal with,” he said.
The garbage company won’t take the jugs. They’re considered a biohazard.
So, who is this mystery man and why is this continuing, every month or so?
Like everybody else, Jessica Walden is mystified. She moved here in November from San Diego. In January, she too had jugs of urine dropped in her blue bins.
“Yes, well, one of the things was, is it sort of like a trafficking situation? But then you just wonder, where’s the other part of the where’s the poop? Another thought was maybe it’s sort of a delusional thing. Maybe someone is getting a message from their own delusion that it’s important to drop these off in the blue bin. It’s always the blue bin,” said Walden.
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So, what happens now? Portland Police have been notified. They confirm it IS illegal dumping, and tell us, “We understand how unsettling this could be. We’d ask that folks living in this area be vigilant and check their home security cameras for anything suspicious.”
Van Duyn has done that. And he hopes to beef up his video camera presence soon to capture that elusive license plate.
“But at this point, it’s just a matter of timing and waiting to see,” said Van Duyn.
Across the street, Walden isn’t regretting her move from Southern California, despite the bizarre welcome to the neighborhood.
“I mean, I love this neighborhood, and this is one of life’s interesting mysteries that I hope together, and with, you know, thanks to you guys to help solve this case. What is it?” she said.
