PB Woman's Car Vandalized With Burned Cat, Fish Guts

SAN DIEGO -- A Pacific Beach woman woke up to find her car vandalized -- covered in fish guts, onions and a decapitated burned cat, 10News' Evy Ramos reported.

"Sometimes I think I still smell it," said Maria Pirotte.

Pirotte was on her porch on Everts Street in Pacific Beach Wednesday morning, when she noticed something on her car.

"I was sitting here drinking my tea. There's the tree that my car was parked underneath. There was muck on it. It basically looked like a giant monster puked on my car," said Pirotte.

When Pirotte got closer to her car, she said she realized what the muck was.

"It was a decapitated burned cat. It was fish and onions," said Pirotte.

10News spoke with others who live on Everts Street near Grand, and they said vandalism is a growing problem.

Donald Williams has lived along Everts Street since the 1960s, and recently had his driver's side mirror ripped out.

"This street has a constant stream of drunks who are often loud. There is vandalism from these intoxicated individuals. After my mirror was damaged, I started parking it back in my driveway," said Williams.

Others said their windows had been smashed in.

Pirotte can't help but think her case is different.

"There was no evidence of anything happening to anybody else on the street. So you think it's personal. Besides that, it wasn't just a random brick or a slashing of a tire," said Pirotte.

Pirotte said she does not have enemies, and fears that the incident stems from something more sinister.

"Certain types of witchcraft, brujeria, what have you; they use animals, they sacrifice animals. They cut their heads off and they bleed them," said Pirotte.

Pirotte filed a police report, but she said it doesn't help the way she now feels.

"I still feel a little scared. At night I'm making sure my door is locked three times," said Pirotte.

10News spoke to a representative of the Pacific Beach Neighborhood Watch Program who said since they introduced the program several years ago, vandalism has decreased.

However, she said this particular block in Pacific Beach does not belong to the program.

For more information on how you can get a neighborhood watch program started where you live, visit the city of San Diego's Web site.