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Mysterious fliers asking people if they "Need Heroin?" are popping up in Hopkinton, and police want to find whoever is responsible for posting them.Watch the report | Images: Before and after heroin takes its toll "Bizarre. It is a totally bizarre situation," a reaction reaction from more than one Hopkinton resident to the fliers, posted by the dozens all around town Wednesday and Thursday.The poster reads, "Need heroin? Call me, I'll get you hooked."It then lists a local young man's name, number and location. Whoever posted them put up more than 50 of them."That would be the first time in 27 years that someone was stupid enough to try to sell heroin through a flier," Detective Tim Brennan told NewsCenter 5, noting he doesn't think that's what is happening.Instead, Hopkinton police believe two young women have been posting the fliers -- as retribution against that young man.NewsCenter 5 has chosen not to identify the individual, but he does have a lengthy list of former charges against him, including assault and battery, armed robbery and drug possession.Police believe it's possible that one of those young women, spotted by a witness, either dated the man or became hooked on drugs while with him."I've been here 31 or 32 years, and have not encountered anything like this," resident Mary Jo LaFreniere told NewsCenter 5. She's a resident of Walcott Valley, where a lot of the fliers were posted. They also were posted at Colellas grocery store and Price Chopper, and the community wants to know who did it."They need to be held accountable for something, because they hurt a lot of people," LaFreniere said. "Even if it's retribution for one person here, it hurts the whole complex."And what makes this all the more concerning for residents: It comes amid a resurgence in heroin across the country, including here in Hopkinton."We have had what we suspect to be a couple of heroin overdoses in town," Brennan said, noting the toxicology results in those deaths have not been completed."What I think has made heroin such a predominant drug is that, one, it's cheap. And two, when people are taking the opioid prescription drugs -- when they no longer get them high, they ramp it up to heroin," Brennan said.