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5th Wheel Trailer & Truck Vandalized in Colorado Springs While Couple Slept Inside

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MMD

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Location
AZ
RV Year
2021
RV Make
Keystone Montana
RV Model
3120RL
RV Length
35'
Fulltimer
No
Nearing the end of our two-week vacation traveling across Colorado, my wife and I stayed 3-nights in an RV Campground off-the-beaten-path, in Colorado Springs. On Friday, August 1st, after the previous night’s heavy thunderstorm, I was up early and went outside and I was shocked to see that someone had vandalized our 5th wheel trailer and our pickup truck.

Our 5th wheel trailer had large swastikas spray painted red, one on each side and one on the back. Walking around the trailer I was horrified to see they had also painted one huge swastika on each of both sides of my pickup truck; they covered both doors and windows on each side.

No other vehicles or trailers in the campground were vandalized. There was no mistaking that our vehicles were targeted because of a small “Team Trump” sticker on the back window of our pickup truck. This was the third of three days in the campground, and someone believed it was their right to vandalize two strangers’ vehicles. Early in the morning, while we were sleeping inside our trailer, they brought their spray paint can to our vehicles so they could visibly demonstrate their Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), by vandalizing our property.

After calling and meeting with the Sheriff’s Deputy (he took pictures and wrote a report), and meeting with the campground owner and staff, we started our drive home. We had planned on leaving that morning and driving to a campground in New Mexico on the way home to Arizona. Rather than stay at another campground in vehicles covered in swastikas, we drove 12-hours straight home.

Looking back on this I’m glad I didn’t catch them in the act as the confrontation could have ended badly for me and/or them. And, in hindsight, their actions could have been worse as my wife, myself, and our dog could have been harmed and the damage to our vehicles could have been far worse.

One thing is clear, we won’t be visiting Colorado again except to drive through the state to other, more hospitable locations. And yes, I could have not had a sticker on my truck, but this is America where we all should value and respect our freedoms. It’s not the America I grew up in, but I don’t live in the past so things will change for us going forward (cameras, more lighting, security, etc.).

Wishing you all safe travels!

Pics:
  • Trailer - right side and rear:
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  • Trailer – left side:
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  • Trailer – left side and rear:
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  • Truck – left side and rear window with Trump sticker:
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  • Truck – right side:
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  • Trailer – rear with blue painters tape message I added before driving home:
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Where and when: Colorado Springs, CO. Friday, August 1, 2025
 
Have you been able to get it off?
 
Have you been able to get it off?
The trailer is at the dealership. They did remove the spray paint and they're replacing a decal on the side.

The truck is at the dealership. They did remove the spray paint but a number of parts have to be replaced as the paint could not be removed and/or it flowed to places that required replacement.

I'm waiting on both vehicles. And I'm on the hook for deductibles.
 
If that had happened to me, I don’t know if I’d have handled it as calmly as you did.

Really sorry you had to go through that.
 
Sorry that happened to you and that you have the expense with the clean up.
 
Send the bill to the campground. ask for half for renting to vandals.

Get a list of all the names of every camper who was there that day. Give it to the police. Have them research who used a credit card to buy spray paint.

Oh wait, they are too busy to care most likely....

Sucks man, people suck. The party of tolerance showing their true colors once again.
 
I suspected this was going downhill fast. Third grade name calling is no different from spray painting graffiti on someone's property.
 
I suspected this was going downhill fast. Third grade name calling is no different from spray painting graffiti on someone's property.

Really?! Name calling is the same as vandalizing vehicles while people slept in them?!

Guess the name calling hit too close to home.
 
I suspected this was going downhill fast. Third grade name calling is no different from spray painting graffiti on someone's property.
Disagree! Although the energy coming from one's voice is powerful (in spiritual context), according to the constitution of our great republic. Doing harm, or causing harm to a being is the only way to break the law, but then, that is law of the land, not maritime law you may be familiar with
 
FN cowards
 
As a resident of Colorado I can tell you our state is ruined. The thing is that could have happened anywhere . I used to have an NRA stickers on my trucks. It occurred to me one day that driving through some states that could trigger a traffic stop by law enforcement. No more of those on my vehicles.
 
As a resident of Colorado I can tell you our state is ruined. The thing is that could have happened anywhere . I used to have an NRA stickers on my trucks. It occurred to me one day that driving through some states that could trigger a traffic stop by law enforcement. No more of those on my vehicles.
You are right. It can happen anywhere. Sad.
 
Well folks. You all really handled yourself well here. This thread is done and I'm deleting several of the recent posts. Time for several here to do your homework, read the terms of use for the site.

 
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