Moment real-life Scrooge 'slashes' inflatable Santa Claus - leaving little girl 'heartbroken'
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This is the moment a real-life Scrooge starting 'slashing' at a giant inflatable Santa outside a family home. Michael Cook, 40, was at a carol service with his eight-year-old daughter Scarlett in Lowestoft, Suffolk, when the perpretator pounced. The little girl was left 'heartbroken' following the Grinch-like incident, and heartbreakingly even asked her father if she had done something to deserve it.
![[CCTV showed the man slashing the decoration before walking away as it deflates]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/14/93457891-14224463-image-a-16_1735051453087.jpg)
CCTV shows the man 'slashing' the decoration before calmly walking away as it deflates. Mr Cook said: 'Santa is quite an innocent symbol of Christmas, I just don't understand why someone would do it. Scarlett is heartbroken.'. A neighbour witnessed the incident but was too scared to confront the man directly.
![[Emergency medical technician Michael Cook, 40, was at a carol service with his eight-year-old daughter Scarlett in Lowestoft, Suffolk, when the attacker pounced. Suffolk Police said the owner has reported a crime and they will be liaising with him]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/14/93457915-14224463-image-a-17_1735051477051.jpg)
Instead he called Mr Cook, who was able to check his video camera footage when he returned home. Mr Cook, who works as an emergency medical technician for the East of England Ambulance Service, said: 'It's annoying, because you're trying to teach your child right from wrong and something like that happens.
Video footage captured the moment a real-life Scrooge stabbed and deflated a giant inflatable Santa outside a family home. CCTV showed the man slashing the decoration before walking away as it deflates. Emergency medical technician Michael Cook, 40, was at a carol service with his eight-year-old daughter Scarlett in Lowestoft, Suffolk, when the attacker pounced. Suffolk Police said the owner has reported a crime and they will be liaising with him.
