The number of vandalism reports in South-Central Indiana are growing after someone spray painted a transgender woman's barn with derogatory messages in Oolitic.
Evelyn Olivia Stier says she looked out her window Thursday and saw neighbors pointing at her barn. When she walked outside, she saw swastikas, a burning cross, an anti-LGBTQ slur and a pro-Donald Trump message spray painted on the barn's side.
"Just your basic pile of hate spewed out from someone who was in a rushed job I suppose," Stier says.
It's not the first case of vandalism Indiana police have responded to over the past week. Police are investigating similar cases involving the B-Line Trail, a Bean Blossom Church and a sidewalk near Highland Park Elementary. While the sentiments of some of the messages are similar, police believe they are all isolated.
Stier says her property's been vandalized before. It happened a little more than a year ago.
"Honestly a sad reality for most trans people in this country and people who are not the main minorities," Stier says. "It's a sad, new normal that we've come to accept."
Stier says she's hoping to leave the area and move to a place where she won't be bothered.
"This area's not too friendly to me," Stier says.