Footage has revealed the moment a woman keyed a stranger’s Tesla at a train station carpark in Brisbane’s north.
Footage from the electric vehicle’s built-in security showed a woman approaching the car, which was parked at the carpark in Petrie Station about 9.40pm on Saturday.
As she walked past the black car with her hand in her bag, she stopped and appeared to scrape the side of the vehicle with a set of keys.
Nine minutes after the incident, the car owner Lindsey returned to her car but didn’t notice the damage until she viewed the security footage.
Lindsey initially thought the woman had fallen down but said she was “utterly shocked” once she realised what happened.
“I couldn’t believe anyone would have the audacity to key anyone’s property,” she told 9News.
“We actually thought she had fallen on the car, so I zoomed in and realised she was actually keying the car.”
The Brisbane woman was parked in a disability spot as she has children with special needs and said she had no idea why her car was targeted in the attack.
“Everyone’s got their hypothesis – does she not like Teslas? Just why? Why would you do this?” she asked.
Speaking to Sunrise, Lindsey said she had “never crossed paths” with the woman before.
“She was already parked when I arrived, and she’d left by the time I got back, so I have no idea,” she said.
“It just seems really quite random that she decided to key my car.”
The culprit appeared to be wearing a uniform for Suncorp Stadium, where the Brisbane Broncos and the Dolphins had faced off earlier that evening.
Lindsey urged the Tesla attacker to come forward.
“Hopefully, the lady will come forward and I can submit the claim to her instead of the insurance company,” she said.
Queensland Police told NewsWire they were investigating the report of “wilful damage” to the car and have encouraged anyone with information or footage to contact police.
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