Welcome back to Inform Overload, Im your Bacon King Johnny Rogers and if you happen to be
new here we take the most interesting news stories on the internet and then make them
more entertaining.
So to never miss another story click that subscribe button, plus you can follow us on
instagram, twitter, facebook we got it all.
Also make sure you stay all the way until the end because thats where I pick some of
your comments and read em out.
Just like the story we covered on the door knobs with rubber bands used to keep your
home now unprotected and vulnerable to criminals, theres a new trick thats being used on car
owners as well.
After a rise in car theft officials are warning the public to perhaps do a once over around
the outside of your car before unlocking it, starting the engine and singing off key to
top 40 songs.
The trick is rather simple, but largely effective on most people who are largely paying as much
attention to their surroundings as they are to that check engine light thats been blinking
for 2 months.
In order to catch you off guard and make you step out of your already conveniently unlocked
vehicle, criminals will wedge an empty plastic bottle on top of the cars right tire.
With the water bottle being on the passengers side of the car, most drivers will never even
catch a glimpse of it, that is until they try to drive off.
The twisting of an empty water bottle compresses the air inside which then causes the plastic
lid to pop off and make a very loud noise.
This is the moment thieves are waiting patiently for.
Because the moment you throw your car into park and jump out to inspect whats just happened
its already too late.
Criminals use this moment of opportunity to rush you in this surprised state and either
steal your valuables from the car or if the key is still in the ignition and they feel
lucky you could lose your car all together.
A Spanish youtuber recently uploaded a tutorial of how criminals do this called Nueva Manera
de Robar Carros Con Una Botaya which loosely translates to new way to steal cars with a
bottle.
The video has been viewed over 6 million times and demonstrates just how easy it can be to
fall victim to this crime.
Although in this video the bottle doesnt pop, but rather makes a crunching noise which still
would alert the driver that something is wrong with the car and in both cases would prompt
them to get out to inspect.
The youtuber believed it was important to help spread this warning so that more people
can be the ones catching the criminals off guard.
He says even if a single person doesnt get fooled, than its worth it.
This isnt the first time that criminals have been crafty when it comes to car theft.
A 19-year-old woman in Flint, Michigan warned to be careful if you see an article of clothing
thrown on your window.
The womans name is Ashley Hardacre and after a closing shift at the mall where she worked,
Ashley walked out to find a blue flannel shirt tossed on her windshield and even tucked under
the wiper.
Ashley explains on facebook by posting - As some of you know, I work at a store in the
Mall out in Flint.
I worked a closing shift tonight so me and the girls I work with always walk out together
to make sure we are safe in the parking lot.
I got to my car and locked the doors behind me immediately as I always do and noticed
that there was a blue flannel shirt on my windshield.
There were two cars near me and one was running so I immediately felt uneasy and knew I couldnt
get out to get it off.
At first I thought maybe someone has just thrown it on my car for some odd reason.-
However when Ashley turned on her wipers to brush the shirt off the car it just wouldnt
budge.
She goes on to say - I used my windshield wipers to try to get them off but the shirt
was completely wrapped around my wiper blade.
I had seen posts lately about people finding things under their windshield wipers in the
Burton Flint area as an attempt to get girls out of their cars and distracted.
Luckily I knew better than to remove the shirt with cars around me so I drove over to a place
where I was safe and quickly rolled down my window and got the shirt off.- This incident
was brought to the attention of the Flint Township Police Department after being shared
more than 100,000 times on Facebook.
Now the police must review surveillance footage in the area to locate the person responsible.
However with something like a water bottle the crime may seem less obvious to CCTV cameras.
Whatever you do, whether its your home or your vehicle make sure that you are always
taking a glance of your surroundings.
You dont need to be paranoid, just more aware.
We want to hear your thoughts on this story though so comment down below if you or anyone
you know has ever had this bottle trick done to them.
Now lets check out some of your comments from the video titled - Destiny 2 Fans have explanation
for unexplained anomaly on the moon
Hannah Fiedtkou says - Wait! Wait!
Did anyone noticed the shirt!?
I LOVEEEEE IT LETSSSSSS Go RAPTORS -Alexa play we are the champions
What is this says - Its just the transformers -For some reason that doesnt make me feel
better
Benicio flores says - I think it’s an Alien Spaceship
-Probably the transformers like the comment before just said
Marcus says - It is a large monolith on the moon, and Danger Zone was sung by Kenny Loggins.
-Kenny Loggins!
I cant believe my own father would lie to me like that.
Wizard Plays says - Im never getting featured -Not with that attitude!
Oh wait, I guess it did get you a feature.
Thank you for watching Inform Overload and if you enjoyed this video then show us some
love here by tapping that like and subscribe button.
If you find any new stories that you want us to cover, make sure to send the link in
a DM to our instagram page -at inform overload- and if we like it you may just see your story
on our channel.
For more videos like this one just click that playlist on the screen.
From Inform Overload, Im Johnny Rogers and until next time, take care.