Rio Rancho Police are asking the public for help in solving a string of tire-slashing episodes in a Rio Rancho Cabezon neighborhood.

KRQE News reports over one recent 24-hour period, 38 victims awoke to find at least one of their tires slashed.

“Initially, we were just thinking, ‘oh, we have a flat tire; that’s a nuisance,’ and then you realize, ‘oh no, it was an act of vandalism,'" Mike McDonald told KRQE. “One of my friends, who also had their tires slashed, was describing how he ended up just driving around the neighborhood when he realized that it wasn’t just him. He was talking about a surreal scene because on every street you turned on, there were guys who had cars jacked up, and they were changing tires.”

While RRPD officials admit they have no idea who may be responsible, investigators add they believe all the vandalism took place between a Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

“It’s just been a headache and a hassle. I know when I went to get my tire changed on Monday morning, the guy at Discount (Tire) said, ‘yeah, we have seen at least five or six people already who have been here because of that same issue,'" McDonald added. “We have been in this neighborhood for almost 10 years, nothing even remotely compares to this. You’ll have petty theft or things of that nature that go on, but this is a whole different level, a whole different scale of anything we’ve seen.”

McDonald said his early-morning routine now also includes checking his and his family’s tires, adding that the only positive from the situation is the way the community has rallied together.

“(I) would rather not have the tire slashed and have to deal with it, but thankful for neighbors that look out for one another and are helping to care and serve each other,” he said.