Is it bad timing or the world's most stupid vandal?
Queenstown police want to speak to this man, seen staring into a CCTV camera moments before it was vandalised.
The man spent almost a minute glaring at the digital eye in Shotover St early on Sunday.
It stopped working seconds after he disappeared from view.
''The cameras belong to the community and expensive damage resulted,'' a Queenstown police Facebook post reads.
Police have since fingerprinted the damaged camera.
Four of the 17 cameras watching over the resort's CBD have been vandalised since the system went live during Queenstown Winter Fest 2012 and two of the vandals have been caught.
Queenstown police are in talks with the district council about increasing the number of cameras.