Post by compeateropeator on Feb 14, 2024 11:55:20 GMT
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone. Do you have a city/area that has a Valentine Bandit…An anonymous person/persons that puts up printed hearts for Valentine’s Day?
The Valentine Phantom, often referred to as the Valentine Bandit in media reports, refers to an unidentified individual or group who each Valentine's Day secretly decorate the downtown area of a city in the United States with a series of red hearts printed on sheets of letter-sized paper.
It started in Portland Maine in the late 70s, I think. The idea has since grown and there are now other cities who have the people that do the same thing. We have had one in Montpelier (our capital) since around 2002. Each year everyone looks forward to seeing if the Bandit will hit Montpelier again. I think there was only one year that they didn’t show up and people were really disappointed. So much so that a group of highschool kids went around and put up the hearts that day. The bandit was back the next year.
ETA - 😆 I truly thought it was more of a “thing” around the US. Tells you how small our little bubbles can be sometimes. 😆
The Valentine Phantom, often referred to as the Valentine Bandit in media reports, refers to an unidentified individual or group who each Valentine's Day secretly decorate the downtown area of a city in the United States with a series of red hearts printed on sheets of letter-sized paper.
It started in Portland Maine in the late 70s, I think. The idea has since grown and there are now other cities who have the people that do the same thing. We have had one in Montpelier (our capital) since around 2002. Each year everyone looks forward to seeing if the Bandit will hit Montpelier again. I think there was only one year that they didn’t show up and people were really disappointed. So much so that a group of highschool kids went around and put up the hearts that day. The bandit was back the next year.
ETA - 😆 I truly thought it was more of a “thing” around the US. Tells you how small our little bubbles can be sometimes. 😆
