The Internet > You

So the owner of a Skyline works a specialized dealership. In walks a guy who appears to be pretty serious about purchasing it. He comes in a second day and the owner allows a solo test drive. A ten minute test drive then turns into grand theft auto.

The (former) owner then posts on a local Canadian automotive forum, with pictures of the car and a description of the thief. Soon, half of the damn forum is on a bounty hunt mission to catch this guy.

Update: Video of the perp and the arrest after the jump

The thief was spotted by one of the members and pictures were quickly snapped and the police were called, but "claw boy" got away. The nickname claw boy came from the fact that the thief had supposedly lost two fingers when a car he was a passenger in rolled over.

Fast forward a couple days, another forum member spots the car in front of the perp's house, and blocks it in. The police (likely on horses) and the owner respond. Turns out claw boy is wanted for various other crimes. Arrest, celebration, and Molson surely follow. Pictures of the escapade are posted in the thread.

Kind of awesome how these forum members look out for one another. However, it does kind of dash my hopes of a career in Internet larceny.

Here's "The Claw" getting taken in to custody: