Since Thanksgiving morning, 27 bats have appeared throughout the city chained to poles and parking meters

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San Francisco police are asking for help leading to the discovery of a mystery individual or individuals responsible for chaining spiked baseball bats to poles throughout the city.

San Francisco police sergeant Michael Andraychak said officers first received reports of wooden or metal baseball bats appearing attached to poles and parking meters in the city on Thanksgiving morning.

Andraychak said 27 bats with spikes running through them had been found since then. The latest discovery was on Friday in the Fishermen’s Wharf area.

Andraychak said the spikes on the objects allowed them to be considered a prohibited or deadly weapon, which is linked to a felony.

Investigators asked anyone with more information to call them.