Door Knock Prank ‘Frenzy’ Damages Multiple Properties in BC, RCMP Says

The RCMP has launched an investigation into a social-media inspired “frenzy” of door knock pranks that has escalated into property damage in two southern B.C. communities. Multiple homes in Newton and South Surrey have sustained damage after a “decades-old prank” known as ‘nicky nicky nine doors’ or ‘ding dong ditch,’ “devolved into cases of harassment and mischief,” Surrey RCMP said in a July 17 press release. The ongoing investigation has led to some of the alleged teenage “pranksters” being identified, and police are now considering criminal charges, the RCMP said. “While this type of behaviour may not have started with malicious intent, the observed behaviour of these individuals speaks to a complete lack of regard for the prank recipients and their property,” RCMP Sgt. James Mason said in the press release. “If the goal is to make yourself known, you may get more than you bargained for.”...