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).

The finest example of European culture... Romanian lifters

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

@gcalebmedia

23 күн бұрын

This makes a lot of sense!

Thanks! Wish you hundreds of thousands of views.

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.

Wear the backpack as a frontpack when visiting any large city

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

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

@vickikay54

28 күн бұрын

They don't care. The police will do nothing.

@tomanderson1942

27 күн бұрын

@@vickikay54True, no deterrent. I did see videos where they are just called out loudly as pickpockets and they scurry away. Good idea to have lookouts in popular places to announce their presence.

@jasmine1380

20 күн бұрын

Wife here (I was the one who suggested making this video). They had no idea they were being filmed - my husband was wearing his travel camera, which is a small black box that faces the front, attached to his backpack strap

Roma girls

@Shauma_llama

Ай бұрын

Figures

@t.d.186

19 күн бұрын

racist vid man

@Kate-qq3ez

15 күн бұрын

@@t.d.186unfortunately this is not racist it is the truth. There are gangs of Romanian people using young girls ( sometimes boys but rarely) for begging, pickpocketing all over touristic places and in subways, queues, etc… it is a fact.

@robin00795

9 күн бұрын

they are bosnians I think

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.

@gcalebmedia

23 күн бұрын

Wow that’s really elaborate…yeah it’s really jarring in the middle of it all

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.

@gcalebmedia

Ай бұрын

We didn’t realized until we were inside and then we told the gentleman, we just didn’t include our conversation as that wasn’t the point of the convo

@steelcom5976

Ай бұрын

@@gcalebmedia Your defense makes no sense. Outside you were recording the 3 women suspects as they were walking away from the Church and then continued to record them as 2 of them moved quickly towards the building where a line was forming, following the victim. You had the camera squarely on those women during the whole process. You even did a close up of the woman sticking her fingers inside the backpack (???). A better explanation is that you wanted a video of a robbery as it was happening to pretend to help KZreadrs avoid being pickpocketed, when really you wanted a clean video of a successful robbery with no intervention by yourselves and more YT clics. The best explanation shows you being completely immoral.

@jasmine1380

20 күн бұрын

@@steelcom5976hello, wife here (who came up with the idea of making this video). My husband had his travel camera on (a small black box that just attaches to his backpack strap in the front) our whole trip to capture our trip. I was the one who saw what the girl was doing, but only right before getting into the cathedral. Right after I saw, we got in the building and alerted the tourist. In this video, you see this whole thing taking place as if in slow motion, but this all happened very quickly. Based on what I saw right before entering the cathedral, I asked my husband to show me everything he captured, and lo and behold, the pickpocketers were in his film from the very beginning and we caught the whole operation. Hence I thought we should make this video. Hope that clarifies!

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.

@zealousideal

Ай бұрын

Yeah I do similar things too to mess with them back. Fake wallets. Fake money. Fake cards. Bags of poop. lol 😂. May as well have fun with them

@alexadey3413

Ай бұрын

@@zealousideal need to disguise the poo as something edible....lol 🤣😆

Backpacks should be locked

Always Romanian. Welcome to Europe.

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

@blueabattoir

Ай бұрын

Is it Gypsie?

@ameurus

Ай бұрын

@@blueabattoir Yes, who else?...I don't like YT policy of protecting criminals and encouraging such behaviors.

@fmcm7715

26 күн бұрын

@@blueabattoirit’s gypsy. Plural gypsies. We have them in Dublin too. They’re all over Europe.

@adavanja5682

21 күн бұрын

You mean 'R'.

You did not really catch them, just watched them.

So did you notify him? Crazy not to

@gcalebmedia

Ай бұрын

Of course! If you see the last frame we're talking to him letting him know to check his bag to see if anything was taken

Saudi guy : " pickpocket? Never heard before"

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

@gcalebmedia

Ай бұрын

It was my wife! I had no idea..

exactly like the politicians in portugal

It is getting worse unfortunately.

Put some snake in your back pack!

Staged or not - this is a good lesson for travelers: keep your head on a swivel among the masses. And always beware of the SCARF. A classic ruse.

@gcalebmedia

23 күн бұрын

Absolutely!!!

Sacré Bleu! Thieving witches 🧙‍♀️🧙

Hey dude with camera how about yelling attention pickpockets and warn people

Pickpocket will be greatly reduced if the locals and cops take action instead of letting the tourists fend for themselves. They want tourists money but do nothing about the pickpockets. Shame on you!

And you just happen to be right on theirs backs videoing? And they didn't even appear to notice you? I've traveled extensively in Europe and I know pickpocketing does occur. But this looks staged for the camera.

@vickikay54

27 күн бұрын

Definitely not staged....they simply don't care. They know nothing will happen to them. ☹️

Isn’t multiculturalism great !

@cam0mute

Ай бұрын

Naww, li'l gassy. So cute 😂

@peterframtid5168

Ай бұрын

They’re white though

@Mike-dn7ut

Ай бұрын

@@peterframtid5168 how racist are you?

300 years of tolerance in Europe

Smells like Sarmale and cooking oil.

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