Instead, Bruce met up with the seller and made him an offer: "You can wait here for the police (...) or you can get out of here." The thief went with option B. And thus, Bike Batman was born.
The anonymous vigilante now scours Craigslist, OfferUp, and other dens of villainy for suspicious bikes, then cross-references them with ones reported stolen on Bike Index. It's a time-consuming task, since Seattle has tons of bikes, tons of drugs, and therefore tons of bike theft. Once he gets a match, he asks the seller to meet up ... which doesn't always go so well. One time, the thief recognized him from a previous incident and brought four pals, forcing Bike Batman to flee the scene. That episode probably explains why the two-wheeled crusader has started coordinating his stings with the police beforehand.
He's not alone. Snow removal worker Floyd Hall devotes four to six hours a day to snooping Facebook pages on stolen cars and digging through his tip-inundated inbox.
FacebookWe're already in awe of him for spending that much time on that site without losing his mind.
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