Police in West Cape May, New Jersey, are investigating mysterious knitted cozies that are appearing on on trees in the town during the night:
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But not everyone is keen to stop the mysterious knitter - and the mayor and many residents admit they have been enthralled by the rainbow of colours.
Susan Longacre takes a walk each morning in Wilbraham Park, where several tree branches have been covered in the handiwork of the Midnight Knitter.
"I think it's wonderful" she told the newspaper.
Link | Photo: US Department of Homeland Security
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitta
http://www.magdasayeg.com/about_knitta_please_magda_sayeg.html
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html
(Someone was doing that in Baltimore around the Maryland Institute College of Art campus about a year or two ago. It's a Thing.)