If so, you may not be surprised to learn that a significant proportion of these incidents are hoaxes.
Incidents involving physical injury or damage to property are statistically rare.
A single hoaxer can inflate these statistics considerably. Because real incidents are so uncommon, and because they are so useful to manipulate people and institutions when they do occur, the temptation to fabricate them is strong. Police officers who investigate these incidents privately report that perhaps as many as 25 per cent of them are hoaxes. Incidents which are ruthlessly exploited by the victims to attain victim celebrity status, or to pursue a social or political agenda, or to obtain financial benefits. These reports bring him much attention.