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Yucaipa, California – A string of bizarre late-night deliveries has a Yucaipa neighborhood rattled, after masked visitors were caught on camera slipping Christmas cards filled with threats onto residents’ porches.
The unsettling spree began Monday, when home security footage captured a masked man walking up to a house, placing a card near the front door, then blowing a kiss toward the camera before disappearing into the night. Within hours, several homes across the San Bernardino County community discovered similar envelopes—each containing messages residents described as vulgar, political, and, at times, violent.
“They were in Christmas cards, but all of the stuff inside sounded like the Antifa stuff you hear about,” resident Scott Ungar said. He added that every card carried a different message, and one contained an outright warning paired with a date. “They said, ‘You’ve been warned,’ like something was supposed to happen.”
One street over, Jaret McComas found a card addressed not to him, but to Santa. “It said, ‘Dear Santa, I want the head of a Nazi under my tree for Christmas,’” he recalled. “I was like… that is a little weird.”
McComas said he and his fiancé don’t display political signs and couldn’t understand why their home was targeted. “I’m gay, engaged, not conservative. I just kept thinking—what did I do?” He wondered whether the American flag outside his home may have caught someone’s eye, but other houses that received cards didn’t have flags, adding to the confusion.
Neighbors contacted the Yucaipa Police Department immediately. According to residents, officers reviewed security footage and determined that two masked individuals were responsible for the deliveries.
“When you have people roaming your neighborhood in black face masks, leaving violent notes and warnings, it’s kind of disturbing,” Ungar said.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees Yucaipa police, confirmed that patrols have been increased in the neighborhood as investigators work to identify the individuals behind the messages.
Residents say they’re now installing additional cameras and tightening home security—trying to fend off the uneasy feeling that someone is watching and promising more to come.
