Smoking battle is poopy

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Someone's got it in for a Vancouver Island smoker's smelly habit.

Michelle Schille takes her smoke breaks near Lochside Trail in Saanich, but someone is trying to send her a message.

The mystery antagonist has dumped manure, shellfish, motor oil and even paint on her preferred puffing perch in a months-long battle of wills.

"I come out around two o'clock and have a cigarette break and read my book for 15 minutes," Schille told CTV.

But, about six months ago, the anti-smoking campaign began.

"A few days would go by, and it would just keep happening," she said. "Sometimes it was every three or four days."

Schille has tried to identify the vandal by planting a hidden camera, but only managed to catch a pair of legs, but isn't interested in a confrontation. She just wants to puff in peace.

Police say there's little they can do unless there's a threat to her safety.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island