Pickpocketing Caught Live in Lyon France

My wife and I were in Lyon in front of St Jean Baptiste Cathedral and we accidentally caught two girls pickpocketing right in front of us.

If you plan on visiting Lyon in the near future, or any eurotrip for that matter, be on guard for the tactics that they use.

#lyon #france #pickpocket #pickpocketers

[gcalebmedia]

For those who think this may have been staged, I have an entire walkthrough video (part 1) and you can see we were exploring old town for quite a while before even getting to the cathedral. The pickpocketing is also seen in that video. You also see us talking to him to check to see if anything was taken (nothing was). It was my wife’s idea to make this short version to capture people’s attention and get to the point as most viewers would probably miss this portion of the tour in our 30 minute video. Thanks for those who were supportive, and pickpocketers are of all race and genders (just look at what’s going on in London).

[alexadey]

The finest example of European culture... Romanian lifters

[jimmyvargas]

I travel through Europe n when someone get too close walk away. Keep your distance from anybody.

[fantomas]

I am just waiting for such girls. This pocket of my backpack, which I don't use at all, is full of fixed fishing hooks, so she will stay with me for a while and I will walk faster and faster.

[robertcarter]

Thanks!
Wish you hundreds of thousands of views.

[zealousideal]

Use backpack with hidden zippers or wear on front when in big crowds.

[tomanderson]

Crazy because they seemed to notice you recording them from close behind.

[phillipwatson]

Wear the backpack as a frontpack when visiting any large city

[steelcom]

You should have alerted the victim as soon as you saw it happening to interrupt the potential theft. It seems like you were more focused on your video.

[SK-ltso]

Distraction is also very common.
I had someone ask me to take a picture of them in Florence, Italy.
Someone tried to pickpocket me from behind.
A tourist guide shouted a warning, I gave the guy his camera back and he just smiled.

[ButcherBird-FWD]

I travel with a cheap, fake wallet with notes the size of the local currency, with very "bad" words written on them. I also carry a shopping bag with sealed ziploc bags containing dog droppings.

[ameurus]

The YT just removed my comment.Their ethnicity stars with letter G.

[PROGAMING-yuef]

You did not really catch them, just watched them.

[mountblanc]

Saudi guy : " pickpocket? Never heard before"

[Lesloi]

You did a good job identifying what was going to happen.

[JoSantz]

Why don't you warn him instead of just recording it happening?

[gewyJacqueline]

4-digit Combination PADLOCK on your Bag how do hide your combination if someone looking

[AlcoholiCSurfeR]

exactly like the politicians in portugal

[ducnguyen-ivpx]

Mostly they are young girls and if the police catch them then they will be on streets again!

[JosephMcGinley-neni]

There a game where you must get a hoop to the other side of the wire, and if you touch the wire you get an electric shock. Now imagine if we could adapt this into some sort of security device, and place with in your bag.

So the pickpocket, sneakily open the zip on your bag-pack, and now puts her finger in the 👜 and ⚡💢