Wild ‘Ice Pick Bandit’ Rumors Hit Scene of Helene Devastation

Worse than the fear that no immediate help was coming was a rumor that relief trucks were being sabotaged to keep them from reaching stricken Asheville, North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

“People started crying because it felt like almost a terrorist attack,” 20-year-old Jordan Lanning told The Daily Beast on Monday night. “I guess that’s the word because it was just like people were terrified.”

After Lanning’s hometown had been destroyed, along with his residence and the Walmart where he worked stacking shelves, he posted a video of the ruined store on a TikTok page that he otherwise devotes to Nascar.

Read more at The Daily Beast.