You can't hate the media enough: Daily Mail Edition

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Local business owners in one city have deployed a controversial new tactic to deter homeless encampments.

A shopping mall in San Bernardino, California, has begun blasting hissing, screeching, and yowling cat noises through the night.

Owners say they resorted to the measure after the parking lot became overrun with encampments and earlier attempts at deterrence failed.

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The Sterling Plaza mall has become the latest battleground in what locals are calling ‘sound warfare’ - bizarre noise campaigns aimed at driving the homeless from public spaces.

Some say the tactic has worked. ‘We used to have them all here with their shopping carts,’ one worker told Fox 11, adding the noise prevents people from sleeping outside the storefronts.

Others argue those living on the streets have simply adapted. ‘The homeless at this point have gotten used to it,’ resident Justin Zamore told Fox 11.

And some residents find the tactic disturbing and 'borderline demonic', according to CBS. ‘They’re sicker than the ones out here,’ said resident Ryan Balterra. ‘It’s like some Halloween, Michael Myers type of stuff.’

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