Witchy craft shop owner battered in hate attack

A Fort Wayne witch shop boss was left battered and concussed after a fluorescent-clad yob stormed his mystical emporium and screamed that all witches must die.

Fae’s Cabinet owner, Travis Tribolet-Ward, said the man wandered into his shop on 6 September looking like trouble in a hi-vis yellow sweatshirt and red trousers.

“I was in our shop when a gentleman entered,” Tribolet-Ward told The Wild Hunt. “He asked if I was a Satanist. I said no, I was a practising Witch.”

The creep loitered until the customers had cleared off, then barged behind the counter. That’s when it kicked off. “He stomped on my back for about five minutes,” Tribolet-Ward said. “He threw me on the floor twice, actually broke one of our birdcages, and then he was kneeing me in the face at that point.”

All the while he was shouting “Kill all the witches” and “All witches must die,” as if he had just stepped out of a dodgy Hammer Horror flick.

Tribolet-Ward tried to fight back with a bottle of bleach, but the bloke slapped it out of his hands. The scrap spilt outside until a passerby broke it up. By the time police rocked up at 6.15 p.m., the attacker had scarpered, though the shop owner did manage to grab his licence plate.

A protective order is now in place, and the suspect has been identified, but he’s still at large. Tribolet-Ward has been left with bruises, a bad back and a concussion. He admits he’s shaken but insists he’s not about to hide his broomstick away.

He added: “We have to bring awareness to it, and we have to realise it’s not okay.” Still, he was cheered by the support he got from punters and neighbours. “It helps me remember that while one person may bring hate, so many others bring kindness.”

Pagan and occult shops across the US have been targeted by Bible-bashers waving scripture about “not suffering a witch to live.” This year, Christian Nationalists have turned up outside shops in Orlando to heckle. A Portland bookshop went up in flames, and someone lobbed a bomb at the Satanic Temple in Salem, which thankfully didn’t go off.

This is mainly because Christian Nationalists don't really understand what all this Jesus stuff is about and just love violence.

The yob may have left him bruised, but he’s still standing behind the counter of his witchy shop: candles, crystals and a big middle finger to the haters.

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