An unfortunate incident played out between two men in Utah when one of them attacked the other’s car charger with an axe. The victim, Treyson Walton, shared a video of the incident on Instagram. Walton walked into an RV park and plugged his Tesla to charge by 11:46 a.m. He then went inside the building and paid the $45 charging fee by 11:54 a.m. Unknown to him, a man had attacked his car by 11:49 a.m., barely three minutes after he plugged it in.
The video, recorded by the victim’s Tesla’s dashcam, showed the moment the boomer walked up to the car while it was charging and disconnected it. Dressed in a cowboy hat, black shirt, and a pair of jeans, he wielded an axe as he angrily threw the charger to the ground.
Next, the attacker used the axe to repeatedly chop the victim’s car charger into pieces before walking away. He also said, “Get a gas car and get out of here.”
Walton later uploaded a video saying that the man who attacked his car was indeed the owner of the RV spot, and he didn’t realize it till he checked the footage. Despite charging him $45 to charge his car, he still harassed him, destroyed his charger, and kept his money.
The video of the incident went viral on social media, and users in the comment section shared divided opinions. Some sided with Walton and labelled him as the victim in the situation, while others wrote that the boomer had every right to act the way he did.
One user wrote that Walton pulled into the campsite and didn’t pay before plugging his vehicle, and therefore was wrong. “Let me get this straight, you pulled into a campsite you didn’t pay for and plugged your car in, and now you’re mad at the camp host?” Another user replied, “First I trespassed, then I stole, then I played victim.”
Someone pointed out that Walton looked like he was “stealing” power, and another wrote that he was looking for free power and so deserved what happened to him. One person wrote that the victim paid 10 minutes after plugging his vehicle, only because he got caught. “…I don’t think he should’ve cut the cord, but unplugging was 110% justified, and one could argue that you only paid after getting caught in order to have this receipt.”
On the other hand, one user defended Walton. The user wrote that there was “nothing wrong” with plugging the car before going inside to pay. Another user wrote that chopping the cord is just a “blatant destruction of property and completely unnecessary.”
Walton reported the incident to the police but has yet to provide an update.
