- I shaved my head because I wanted to win.
I knew if I committed myself and I went balls deep on this,
that he would not catch me.
And he did not catch me,
so I'm gonna run.
(rock music)
Hi, I'm Mike.
- And I'm Sako, the bounty hunter Mike hired to chase him.
- If you haven't seen me escape this bounty hunter,
you can watch that video here.
Today, I'm going to be riding along with Sako
to see what a bounty hunter does, day to day.
And we're gonna be answering fan questions.
So what is the first thing you do in the morning?
- I come down to the bail office
and I check all the paperwork,
follow up with all the people from last week,
make sure they went to court.
If they didn't go to court,
then I tried to lie to 'em,
trap 'em in here
and like convince them, "Oh, just come in,
you only need a signature, you're off the bond,"
and that's how we get 'em.
- So if you're really friendly on the phone,
"Hey, I'd love to talk to you, get a little signature,
maybe hang out, have a donut."
Then they're likely to come over?
- Something like that would definitely work, yeah.
- Do you like arresting people?
- It's fun.
- Do you feel powerful?
- It's not that I feel powerful about it,
it's just, you're taking criminals into jail
that the police are too busy for
and the government will not care for or anything,
so we're putting bad guys away regardless for you,
the community.
- And if you arrest someone, you get paid.
- Correct.
- This is a fan question, Angela Minakhom asked:
How much do bounty hunters get paid?
- Usually what we charge
is anywhere from five percent to 10 percent
of the actual bond.
It could be from 500 dollars
all the way up to 50 thousand dollars on one night.
- What was the most money you ever made on an arrest?
- Don't wanna disclose that information.
- The All Powerful Meme Lord wrote:
How was the dinner?
At the end of this six hour chase, if you don't have me
in handcuffs, I win.
- And I'll buy you dinner.
- We haven't had it yet, so we're about to go.
- We gotta get Korean barbecue.
- Yup.
As promised, I owe Mike Korean barbecue.
- Thank you very much.
This looks great.
- Pick it up, dip your meat in the soy sauce
and then the sesame oil.
- Both of them?
- Yeah.
- Oh my god, this is gonna be a flavor explosion.
- Now wrap it around that and eat it.
- This is the bounty hunter special?
- Yup.
- Here we go, baby.
- [Sako] My little twist to it.
- It's good.
- [Sako] You like it?
- [Mike] It's juicy, it's sweet,
it's a little piece of heaven.
Sophia Brotons asks:
Have you ever come close to death yourself?
- Yeah, it definitely comes with this job.
I've came close to death many times,
but after the first time, you just learn to accept it
and this is just what comes with what you're deciding to do.
- A question from Ashley Aultman:
What do you like about being a bounty hunter?
- Well, Ashley, I get to travel all across California,
and every day is different for me,
so it's the unexpected.
So I love waking up and not knowing
what I'm gonna get myself into today.
- I'm curious, what was the scariest case of your life?
- We had a guy with basic charges,
we thought it was gonna be a simple pick up,
it wasn't even anything close to a felony, what he did.
And I remember getting out of the car,
walking towards the house,
and as soon as my foot touched the front porch step,
I just heard three shots fired, immediately.
We didn't know what direction it was coming from.
I literally ran, got covered,
pulled my gun out,
just waiting to see what happens,
looking around, looking around,
making sure my partners are safe.
- The next question is from Ria Chhabra:
Did you feel it was unfair that Mike had many resources
during this video that most people would not have
while escaping a bounty hunter?
That question is ridiculous because anyone who knows
that they're going to skip their court date
has as much time as they want to plan their escape.
I had about two weeks.
Most people know their court date well in advance
of two months.
All right, so now I'm gonna have Sako put me in handcuffs
so I can see what it feels like.
What do you need me to do?
Okay, these are quite cold handcuffs.
- Well, they're not meant to be comfortable or hot.
- All right, yeah.
- So we got a fan question for you over here, Mike.
It's from LOL What Is Even Life:
How nervous were you when you were face-to-face
with the bounty hunter?
- Sako was talking quite a bit of game at the beginning,
saying how sure he was that he was gonna catch me,
but I knew my plan was going to work
so I wasn't nervous at all.
I didn't get the nervous poops.
- How hard was it not being able to tell close friends
what you were doing?
- It was really difficult not to be able to communicate
with my friends,
I couldn't tell my girlfriend what I was doing
because I didn't want anyone to ruin my plan.
- So we got another question from fan
- I'm not telling the fans anything.
- Reed Parmelee
- I'm not telling them anything.
- Don't tell them anything.
I'm just gonna state the question just for them.
What made you decide to shave everything and go bald
for that video?
Why not just put on a wig, fake nose, etc.
Or just wear a bald cap?
- I knew if I bought a 10 dollar wig at the store,
he would recognize me in a heart beat.
I shaved my head because I wanted to win
and he did not catch me, so I'm gonna run.
I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
- Dude, you have no idea,
I was gonna throw you on the floor.
- Now I'm gonna read one of my favorite comments
from the original video of me escaping you.
Patti Wight wrote:
Is anyone else going to mention how freaking beautiful
the ones bounty hunter's eyes are, like oh my god.
There's a lot of love for those lashes.
- These are my real long lashes
and my real colored eyes.
Yeah, and when I was actually younger,
my mom used to put me in beauty pageants, believe it or not,
I'll send you guys a picture so you can see that.
(nostalgic music)
I've never lost one, I always won.
- The next question is from Mercy:
What's the process of becoming a bounty hunter?
- You have to get a couple of certifications at first.
- So am I logging on to a website
and taking online classes for a year?
- No, definitely not.
This is something you would have to learn hands on
and in person,
so for me personally, I went to two different schools for it
to get my certification and my licensing for it.
Definitely if you want to be a bounty hunter,
you better train at least twice a month minimum
with weapons because you wanna grow that muscle memory
and just in case (beep) hits the fan,
you know what to do.
- Here's a question from Vixenthevoid:
If you could change your job for any job in da world,
would you change it?
I'll answer that for me, I would love to be a country singer
and dancer.
- What I'm doing right now is suited for me
and it's meant for me.
I've done many other jobs in the past
and loved 'em.
I've had jobs that make more money way easier
than putting your life on the line,
but I get more satisfaction from doing this,
coming home from this, than I would any other job
I've done in the past.
- I am Pirate Jack and I Wear a Pirate Hat,
their question is:
What does the fox say?
- (Beep) you.
- So originally we were gonna do a double date
with our girlfriends,
but my girlfriend's afraid of you,
so I don't think she wanted to come.
- [Sako] That's fine.
My girlfriend didn't wanna come either.
She actually wanted to come for the Korean barbecue
but she just didn't wanna be involved with the video
because she thinks you are a little bit of a trickster.
- I am a trickster.
- You are.