Some residents of Colusa awoke on Oct. 12 to find antisemitic flyers left on their doorsteps, cars and mailboxes distributed by unknown individuals overnight.

According to Lt. Sara Martin with the Colusa Police Department, the incident began with reports of a suspicious individual on the evening of Oct. 11. The next morning, Colusa Police received more calls regarding flyers displaying hate speech rhetoric against Jewish people.

The Jewish advocacy group StopAntisemitism has been tracking the activities of those responsible - the Goyim Defense League’ or ‘GDL’ for nearly five years and state they vilify Jews with their premeditated hate campaigns.

Martin said that around the time Colusa Police first received calls regarding a suspicious person, flyers were also seen in the Valley Ranch Road area of Williams.

Police have been unable to identify or locate any individuals involved in distributing these flyers as of press time on Tuesday.

“We’re a small, rural town. It’s not often that you see something like this,” Martin said.