Newspaper Clipping of the Day

Via Newspapers.com

This tale of…Fortean food throwing? appeared in “The Guardian,” November 11, 1978:

Police are seeking a phantom food hurler who has issued a fusillade of black puddings, eggs, bacon and other groceries at four old people's bungalows at Castleton, Derbyshire. 

The night attacks began a year ago when everything from eggs to legs of mutton hit the bungalow walls and doors and landed in the gardens. The local constable gave up free time to try to catch the thrower, and the events temporarily stopped.

Councillor Charlie Lewes, who has raised the matter with the High Peak Council, said: "It's annoying. The occupants of these four bungalows wake up to find the face of their homes strewn with food. The culprits are either raiding a deep freeze or have got a supply to be able to do it." 

Mrs. Ethel Bramley, whose home has been battered by flying food, said: “It's unreal, weird. If people want to give us food why not wrap it in a parcel and leave it on the doorstep?"

Why not, indeed?  I wasn’t able to find if the mystery of these unorthodox Door Dash deliveries was ever solved.