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- [Mark] These guys just broke into my car in San Francisco,
車内のリュックを盗まれた
and stole my backpack.
実は中にキラキラ爆弾と オナラスプレーが
But what they'll soon find out
特製リュックだ
is that thanks to some high-tech glitter
誰か漏らした?
and fart spray delivery mechanisms,
また車上荒らしだ
that's no ordinary backpack.
でも この窓…
- [Thief] Ain't nobody (beep) back here, right?
実は防弾ガラス
- And this guy's also trying to break into my car,
笑えるね
but what he doesn't realize
サンフランシスコで毎年 2万台に被害が
is those are bulletproof windows 'cause that's just funny.
黒幕がいるのか
(beep)
組織犯罪か個人の犯行か?
Every year, 20,000 cars are broken into
盗品の行き先も謎だ
in the city of San Francisco,
キラキラ爆弾で
but who's behind all these break-ins?
電話詐欺会社を 閉鎖させた時みたいに
Like, is it organized crime, or gangs,
ベテラン記者と組んだ
or just random individuals?
8か月でおとりの車が 25回 襲われたから
And then what happens to all the stuff that they steal?
犯行映像が撮れたし 防ぐ方法も見つかるかも
Well, just like when we used the power of glitter
キラキラ爆弾は今回が最後だ
to infiltrate and shut down
本当にね
those terrible scam call centers in India,
オナラスプレーへの いいリアクションも撮れた
I'm happy to report that having teamed up
安全だけど強烈だ
with a veteran investigative reporter,
M・カルキン並みの反応を期待して
and gotten our bay car broken into 25 separate occasions
発明のきっかけは
over the past eight months,
5年前に来た置き配泥棒だ
we now have a much clearer picture of what's going on,
エンジニアの技術と 映画のアイデアを融合させて
and even some thoughts on how to stop it.
キラキラ爆弾は進化してきた
And as this video is the conclusive finale
回転 スプレー 点滅 粘着 パンチ 飛行
to the whole glitter bomb series, this time for reals,
インドの電話詐欺会社に送り込み
I'm so happy to report that we finally got
業務停止にしたことも
some really good reactions to that perfectly harmless,
去年で最後じゃなかったかって?
yet wretchedly abhorrent fart spray,
その予定だった
including one that's not too far off
でも今年 車上荒らしに遭って
from Macaulay Caulkin's here.
爆弾をやめるって考えを 改めることに
(Macaulay coughs)
窓がない
Now, if you haven't seen any
ひどいぞ サンフランシスコ
of my other glitter bomb videos,
去年もおとりの荷物で実験したけど
the 15 second recap is that five years ago,
犯罪の裏を暴くような 映像は撮れなかった
these two took a package from my porch,
だからもう一度だけ 爆弾を設計することに
which inspired me to combine my engineering skills
車上荒らし向けの特別仕様だ
with my Christmas time affinity for Kevin McCallister.
キラキラは遠心力じゃなく
- Yes.
6.2メガパスカルの 圧縮ガスでまく
- And that not only led to different versions
自転車ボンベをパイプにつなぎ
of glitter bomb bait packages that would spin,
高速モーターで操作
spray, flash, stick, punch, or fly,
これを2つ重ねたら
but it eventually led us over to India
中に生分解性のキラキラと
where we ended up infiltrating, then shutting down
オナラスプレーを詰める
five of those terrible scam call centers.
モーターでボンベが作動し 中身をまく仕組みだ
But Mark, you object, you said last year
中心の特製回路で動きを制御
was the final glitter bomb,
会話もできるようにした
and that was true until earlier this year.
クラクションもつけて
I had the unfortunate realization
特製のリュックに全てを入れる
that glitter and fart spray
噴射口はここだ
hadn't solved all forms of crime worldwide
今まで同様 側面のスマホで 撮影できる
when my own car was broken into.
GPS追跡や カウントダウンも可能だ
I'm missing a window.
盗まれた荷物の行き先は不明
Not cool, San Francisco.
回収できないかも
Not cool.
Tモバイルに頼んで
That also made me realize
映像はクラウド上に アップされるようにした
our 11th hour cobbled together car package last year
通信速度は検証済みだ
never got enough footage to uncover
最後に回路のカバーと
who was actually behind all the San Francisco car break-ins.
噴射口を隠す ストッパーを取り付けた
So 10 months ago, for one final time,
目くらましに
we completely redesigned the glitter bomb
服と壊れたパソコンを入れて完了
from the ground up.
スーツケース版も作ったから
Only this time, it would be custom built just for cars.
ウワサが広まっても大丈夫
For starters, instead of using centrifugal force
車内の8台のカメラを 大容量電源につないだ
to fire the glitter, this year we'd be using
リュックも電源につなぐ
900 PSI of compressed gas
1本はモーターやスマホの充電用だ
because if you take a CO2 bike tire inflator
もう1本は安全ピン
and attach a pipe to the outlet,
抜けたら装置が起動する仕組みだ
then connect the high torque servo motor
おとりの車も準備した 窓はポリカーボネート製
to the opening valve, and then repeat that configuration
防弾ガラスの素材だ
and stack them on top of each other,
トランクに装置がある
well then when you load those pipes
衝撃を感知すると
with copious amounts of biodegradable glitter and fart spray
タンクのガスが出て ピストンを動かし
and then trigger the servo motors,
犯人を驚かす
that highly compressed CO2 is gonna very quickly
最後にパソコンのファンを外し
push out anything in the pipe that gets in its way.
バッテリーで充電する GPS装置をセットした
At the core, we still have a custom printed circuit board
データを消されても追跡できる
that will make all the decisions for the device,
パソコンは爆弾なしで リュックに入れ 盗ませる
in addition to talking to us
ABC7のベテラン記者 ダン・ノイズに協力してもらい
via a two-way cellular connection.
パソコンの行方を追跡しよう
Then we slap on a car horn for good measure,
数か月かけて装置は完成 現場に送り出したら待つだけ…
and place that whole compact form factor
さほど待たなかった
into the base of a custom sewn backpack
でも作品を割られる前に
with external access to the outlet nozzles.
自分のを割ろうかな
Like in years past, we'll still capture footage
3 2 1…
using a pair of phones that get tucked into the sides,
うまいよ
with the added benefit of serving as the backpack GPS
僕が長年動画を作ってきたのは
and the speakers for the countdown time.
エンジニアの考え方を伝えるため
And once these backpacks are stolen,
どういう意味か?
they'll of course be on the move all over the place,
頼むよ
and since there's no guarantee we're gonna get 'em back,
おっと
for the third year in a row,
どう?
we turn to my friends at T-Mobile
触媒の量を変える
to make sure no matter what,
いいね
we get the footage from the cloud
失敗も大事だ 学びがある
given the complete coverage
それが分かれば サッカーやピアノも
and crazy speeds of their network
できるまで挑戦できるようになる
that I've actually gone out and benchmarked myself before.
違う解決策を思いつくかも
Finally, we lock up the bottom compartment
エンジニアの考え方で 見方も変わり
to prevent tampering,
楽しむ方法が見えてくる
then use a rubber stopper glue to a patch
だからこのビルドボックスを作った
to plug and conceal the outlets.
毎月おもちゃが届くよ
Then as a decoy to divert suspicion,
ありがとう
we got some clothes and a bunch
楽しんで
of old non-functional laptops to place in each bag.
また来月
We also created a second version
僕と一緒に作ったら 仕組みも学べる
with a suitcase form factor and identical guts
遊びながら脳を鍛えて
in case word got out about the backpacks.
世界を理解したいなら…
Then the car itself has eight hidden dash cams,
クランチラボ・ドットコムから
all powered by a 2,000 watt hour
申し込んで
camping battery in the trunk
成功だ
that also plugs into the backpack with two barrel jacks.
最初に気づいた
One to keep the entire device
僕らは黒幕を暴こうと必死だが
and both phones at 100% charge until stolen,
犯人も必死で正体を隠してる
and the other to serves sort of as a digital trip wire
でもこっちには エミー賞受賞の記者がいる
so the backpack knows exactly when it was stolen
やがて犯人の車がカメラに映った
to initiate the stolen bag protocol.
ダンなら持ち主を特定できるが
We also served up two more surprises this year
ナンバーが外されてた
by first creating a bait car
3度目でチャンスが
with impossible to break polycarbonate windows,
ナンバーがついてた
which is the same stuff bulletproof glass is made of.
ところが調べたら驚きの結果に
That car also has the added benefit
持ち主は サンフランシスコの大学教授で
of a microphone in the trunk
チャータースクールの理事だった
for detecting when someone's trying to break the window,
ダンが住所を調べ 自宅を訪ねてみると
which will of course release the air in this tank,
とてもいい人だった
triggering this pneumatic piston
数週間前にナンバーを 盗まれたそうだ
with a special surprise on the end.
ダンが調べた結果 分かったことがある
And as a final idea, we took an actual gaming laptop,
犯人が狙うナンバーは…
removed the extra fan, and in its place,
ジョージアだ
added a GPS tracker that would continuously stay charged
バレにくい 自分のと似た車の物だった
by using the laptop battery.
犯人は僕らの捜査の手を逃れたけど
That way we'd always know where it was,
キラキラ爆弾からは逃れられる?
even if they wiped the hard drive.
ネタバレ!
The thought here was to put that laptop in a backpack
無理だ
to actually get stolen with no glitter involved,
何だ?
and then with the help of Dan Noyes,
爆弾とかじゃないよな?
who spent 30 years as the chief investigative journalist
追跡装置か?
for the San Francisco ABC7 news team,
何だよ
we could trace the laptop's footsteps
追跡装置だ
to try and get some answers.
これが装置?
So after a couple of months
早く捨てろ
of designing, testing, and building,
ああ
we put them out in a few different cars, and we waited,
早くしろ
and we didn't have to wait long.
捨てた
But before I subject you
4 3 2…
to gratuitous amounts of broken glass,
こいつは後部座席を剥がし
I'm gonna start off with a little broken glass of my own.
電源を盗もうとしてる
Three, two, one.
トランクの中の荷物も 危険ってことだ
(glass shatters)
15 14 13…
Nice shot, Eloise.
犯人はリュックを取ったが…
I'm Mark Rober, and for over a decade,
パソコンを捨てた
I've been making YouTube videos to showcase what it means
4 3 2…
to think like an engineer.
次はいい反応が撮れたよ
But what exactly does that mean?
泥棒って盗みは簡単にやるのに
You ready?
責任は負わないみたいだ
(liquid explodes)
今回は映像をそのまま流すから
(liquid splatters)
犯人とのドライブを味わって
Whoa.
進んで
Thoughts?
でも…
- Probably less catalyst.
まだだ 駐車場に行って
- Good call.
バレないさ
It means you know failure's part of the process.
道は分かる
It's how you learn, and thinking this way
そう
makes you a better soccer player, or piano practicer
道は分かる
because you're resilient and you keep tweaking and trying
あの駐車場?
until you get it right.
他にもある
Or, you can just come up with a totally different solution.
通り沿いにあと2つ
(piano playing rapidly)
もう1つ欲しい
Because if you think like an engineer,
ごめん
you think differently,
漏らした?
and that unlocks creative new ways to have fun,
違う
and that's exactly why I created CrunchLabs,
臭いけど
where you get a super fun toy
におうな
that gets delivered to your porch every month.
何だ?
- Thanks, Mark Rober.
後ろが臭い
- You're gonna love that one, Sarah.
何なんだ
See you next month.
漏らした?
And then you put it together with me
いいから行って
as I teach you all the juicy physics that make 'em work.
用心してよ
So if you wanna train your brain,
別の車を
to see the world in a whole new light
そのまま待て
while having a ton of fun at the same time.
よし
(liquids exploding)
早く
Just go to CrunchLabs.com right now and reserve yours.
こっちだ
You nailed it, Gabe.
前に寄せて
Outta the gate, it was pretty clear
床を見て
if our goal was to find out
ダメ
who was behind all these car break-ins,
取ったぞ
they were gonna do everything in their power
開けてくれ
to not be found out.
渡して
(glass shatters)
ゲットした
But the advantage of teaming up
前に乗りな 早く
with an 18 time Emmy award-winning investigative journalist,
待って
is that when one of our eight cameras
早く乗れ
catches these guys nearly causing an accident,
中に戻って
we can play it back so Dan can run their license plate,
前に乗りな
which must be precisely why
分かったから
they'd removed their license plate.
なぜ後ろに?
Thankfully, on our third break-in, our luck improved.
彼を前に乗せる
And this time, we struck pay dirt
急いで
because once Dan ran the license plate,
前に乗りな
he made a shocking discovery.
ドアを開けて
Turns out, this car belonged to a longtime
心配ない
SF State College professor who also sits on the board
出して
of a prestigious Oakland Charter School,
よし
and so like any good investigative journalist,
次を探そう
Dan found his home address and showed up to confront him,
前の車の所に…
except he turned out to be a really nice guy who informed us
今のは? 何の音だ?
that his license plate was stolen from his car
15 14 13 12 11…
a few weeks prior.
出せ
And what Dan would eventually learn
8 7 6…
on nearly all the other license plates
意外にも半数以上が 車以外で盗みに来た
he would run over the course of our operation,
それぞれの手口があったよ
is that not only do the thieves commonly drive around
この犯人はリュックを狙ってる
with stolen license plates.
でも人目につくから
- [Thief] We got Georgia plates.
バスで隠れた瞬間 犯行に及んだ
- [Mark] But they tend to steal
この男は作業員のベスト姿で
from a similar color and model as their own vehicle
歩いてきた
to avoid an obvious mismatch.
すぐ自分の車に戻り
So the car thieves showed that they could handle our cameras
中身を確認する手口らしい
and investigative techniques, but now the question was
いつもは成功するんだろうが
how would they handle a little bit of harmless glitter?
今回は通用しなかったね
Spoiler alert, not very well.
15 14 13…
- [Thief] A safe?
結局リュックは捨てた
(beep) this ain't no (beep) safe.
キラキラを盗んだだけだ
This is like a bomb or something.
犯人の共通点は窓を割る素早さ
- [Thief] That looks like a tracker, yo.
どの窓も強化ガラスだから
Oh, it's on.
割るにはコツがいる
Oh, that's a tracker, T.
強化ガラスは工学技術の結晶だ
Come on, T.
割れにくい上に
Y'all see that's a tracker.
割れても粉々になりケガしにくい
Throw that (beep) dude.
でも弱点がある
- [T] I'm trying to, man.
点での衝撃にかなり弱いんだ
- [Thief] Dumb (beep), throw that (beep) out right here.
この通りサッカーボールも
- [Automated Voice] Five, four, three, two.
野球ボールもスパナも平気
(glass shatters)
でも点火プラグから取り出した 鋭くて固い部品は?
- [Mark] Notice how the first thing he does
窓の1点に衝撃を受けるから
is check the trunk by pulling down the seat,
すぐに割れる
trying to unsuccessfully steal our strapped down battery.
だから犯人はこんな工具を持ってる
This is pretty common for them to do,
先端がセラミックや鋼製で
and it's why leaving valuables in your trunk
軽い力で割れる
isn't really a great option.
バッテリーの不具合で ピエロは不発だったけど
(fart spray whirring)
ガラスに手こずる様子が撮れた
- [Automated Voice] 14, 13, 12.
荷物が目の前にあるのに
- [Mark] In the end, he changes his mind,
手に入れられず
not just about our backpack, but our laptop too.
イラ立ってる
- [Automated Voice] Five, four, three, two.
ちなみに単独犯が多くて
- [Mark] This next one is truly
プロの犯行とは思えなかった
one of my favorite reactions ever
彼はバーナーを使ってる
because one of the guys proves
割れるわけない
there actually is honor among thieves
結局ドライバーで割ったけど
as he takes the full blame for the fart spray stench.
窓が小さくて荷物が出せない
And I'm just gonna let the tape roll
カギに手を伸ばすと アラームが起動
to give you an exclusive first person viewpoint
何も盗めないまま 逃げるしかなくなった
of what it's like to ride along
彼は1時間ほど周りをうろつき
with some of these smash and grab thieves.
計画を練って勇気を震い立たせた
- To the next spot.
ようやく盗んだけど
Keep going. - I'm not going.
大事な教訓を得たね
- Not yet. To the next.
何だこれ どんどん臭くなる
To that parking lot.
手についた
(beep) that, Money.
キラキラ爆弾シリーズの 締めくくりに
We got Georgia plates.
過去最高のリアクションを 見せようと思う
I got a route for us, Money.
でもその前に
- [Money] Okay.
最初に掲げた疑問に戻ろう
- I got a route for us.
犯行の黒幕と目的だ
- [Money] If you talking about this parking lot.
ニュースで見るのは 大半がこういう組織犯罪だ
- Yes, and there's two more and yes,
ところが今回の実験では
and there's two more parking lots
80%以上が単独犯だった
going down the street that we gotta hit.
裏にギャングがいるわけじゃない
- [Money] I deserve another bag.
さらに単独犯の多くが
Sorry, baby.
盗み慣れてない様子だった
(fart spray whooshes)
なら動機は?
- [Thief] Ain't nobody (beep) back here, right?
糸口となったのが
- [Stang] There shouldn't be.
パソコンに仕込んだGPSだ
- [Money] I smell it now.
パソコンはここに運ばれた後
- {Stang] Me too, I'm smelling something.
別の通りに移動して動きが止まった
I claim whatever though.
実はダンがこの場所を知ってた
- [Thief] It smells like (beep) back here.
以前リポートしたらしい
- [Stang] I claim whatever.
ある人が盗まれた機材を追跡したら
Is there (beep) back there?
盗品売買をしてる この場所にあったそうだ
- [Money] Go. It don't matter.
警察に連絡を入れました
Just go.
機材がここに着いたと 分かったからです
- [Thief] He can't bip it, he can't bip it.
盗品売買で有名な場所らしい
- [Money] Do the other one.
皆 知ってるんだ
(glass tapping)
ここで盗品を買ってもらえると
Oh, they got that.
車上荒らしに遭う車は年間2万台
Stay, baby. Stay now.
犯行の背景はさまざまだ
Shut up. Come on.
問題の根は複雑で
- Babe. - Pull up, pull up.
社会政策も必要だと思う
Pull up, pull up in front of them.
でもまずは 盗品が売られることが問題だ
- [Money] No, Stang
盗品にも需要がある
Look at the (beep) floor.
だから市場を閉鎖し 売買を禁止すれば
- [Thief] No!
車上荒らしの防止につながるだろう
I got it.
店で大量の日用品を 盗む人がいるのも同じ理由だ
I got it, open the door
泥棒が使うわけじゃない
Lemme get it, lemme get it.
簡単に売れるから盗むんだ
Will you...
防犯対策する店や
- [Stang] I got it, I got it.
閉店に追い込まれる店も
- [Thief] Go in the front, in the front.
行政も状況は知ってるだろう
No, stay.
でもニュースで 有名な盗品の市場が報道された後
- [Stang] Get in the car, you're the driver.
僕のパソコンが 同じ場所で売られたとなると
- [Thief] Get in the car, Money.
もっと対策できるはず
(alarm blaring)
車上荒らしや窃盗の受け皿を なくすべきだ
Get in the front seat.
これからが大事だね
- [Money] It's okay. Get it.
それからオナラスプレーは
It's okay.
体に害はない
Why'd you get in the back?
ただものすごく臭いだけだ
- [Thief] No, let him get in the front.
この犯人は窓を2枚割った上に
Let him get in the front so it's quick, bruh.
近くの人に暴言を吐いて去った
- [Money] Get in the front.
黙ってな!
Open your door.
因果応報とはまさにこのこと
No, that suitcase not gonna fit through my (beep) yo.
2分後には吐き気に襲われた
Let's go.
今のは?
(alarm blaring)
何?
Good luck. Keep searching.
スーツケースだ
- [Stang] We going back to the cars.
捨てろ
(glitter and fart spray whirring)
うわ
- [Money] Hold on, oh you heard that sound?
捨てろよ
- [Automated Voice] 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10,
捨てる
nine, eight, seven, six. - Go! Go!
運転中だ
- [Mark] And we were surprised to learn
やれよ
that more than half of the steals
回収シーケンス 作動
weren't from thieves traveling in cars,
爆弾シリーズはこれで終わり
but that still leads them
攻撃したのは
to developing their own strategies.
置き配泥棒167人と
For example, this guy here has already scoped out
車上荒らし29人
and wants to steal our backpack.
5万ドルを詐欺被害者に返金
The problem is, all these people over here would see him.
詐欺会社を5つ閉鎖
That is unless, he just waits
53人を逮捕させた
for the perfectly timed obstruction.
心温まる動画を 見てくれてありがとう
(glass shatters)
この2人にも感謝を
This guy not only has
彼らのおかげで企画が生まれた
an official construction worker type vest on,
何だ? 最悪
but his technique is to break it on foot.
キラキラ?
(glass shatters)
ええ
Then walk his newfound treasures back to his car
ウソでしょ
where he can now discreetly lean in through the window
最悪
to see what he got, which probably works out
何なの
really well 99% of the time.
何これ
But it's hilariously the worst possible strategy
何だ?
in this case.
どうも
(glitter whirring)
うわ 臭い
- [Automated Voice] 15, 14, 13.
においが
- [Mark] Because in the end, he leaves the backpack behind,
くせえ
and drives off having stolen
もう分かったよ
just our fart spray and glitter.
マジで臭い
Now one thing all the thieves had in common
これ 爆弾だ
was how quickly they could break the glass,
クソったれ
which is actually surprisingly difficult to do
やった!
if you don't have the right technique
クリスマスの朝に
because all car windows are made from tempered glass,
こんな声が聞きたい人はこれ
which, by the way, as far as inventions go,
ビルドボックス
is an incredible feat of engineering
エンジニアみたいな 考え方が身につくよ
because it not only makes the glass much harder to break,
作った僕がエンジニアだ
but if it does break, it shatters into harmless pebbles
元NASA職員 今は動画で
that aren't going to leave deep cuts.
子どもに科学の楽しさを伝えてる
The one Achilles heel to tempered glass, however,
でも動画を見るだけでなく
is it's extremely vulnerable
手を動かすのが大事なんだ
to highly concentrated points of stress.
僕と一緒に作りながら 仕組みも学べる
So while this window can easily withstand my soccer ball.
もう何百万箱も出荷してる
(soccer ball thuds)
その人気の理由を説明しよう
Baseball.
87%の子どもが 10点中8~10点と評価
(baseball thuds)
4人中3人以上の親が
And even wrench. (wrench thuds)
“子どもが工学好きになった”と 答えてる
If I take a simple spark plug
毎月プラチナチケットが 当たるチャンスもある
and harvest just the ceramic insulating part,
ラボの一日体験ができるよ
the sharp ultra hard aluminum oxide is able to create
クリスマスに 子どもを喜ばせたい人は…
a tiny localized stress point on the window,
やった
and that's all it takes.
ウソだろ
(glass shatters)
やった!
And that's why in every case,
概要欄にあるリンクから飛んでね
they're using some form of this spark plug in a handle form
ホリデー・キャンペーンで 今なら2か月無料
where the tip is a really sharp piece of ceramic,
ご視聴ありがとう
or hardened steel, at which point,
it doesn't take much force at all.
(glass shatters)
And since it's typically so easy for them,
while the pop-up face didn't activate
because of a dead battery issue.
(glass tapping)
It was still really heartwarming to see them
deal with our bulletproof window.
(glass tapping)
When a juicy piece of luggage
was just sitting right in plain sight
only to eventually leave in frustration
totally empty handed.
And to be fair, quite a few of the break-ins
were from individuals it would be a stretch to classify
as seasoned professionals.
For example, this guy tried to use a blowtorch
to break the window, which definitely isn't a thing.
He eventually finds a screwdriver
to snap the edge of the glass,
but then realizes he broke the wrong window,
and the backpack won't fit out.
So he goes to unlock and open the door,
but now he's set off the alarm.
So he has to ride off to avoid suspicion
with mission unaccomplished.
Or there's this guy who spends about an hour
tracking the car, pacing back and forth
to come up with a plan, and work up the courage
to make the steal.
(glass tapping) (glass shatters)
Only to eventually learn this hopeful life lesson
on taking stuff that isn't yours.
(fart spray whirring)
- [Thief] (beep) smell just keeps getting
stronger and stronger.
It's on my hands. Look.
- Now before I end this video,
and the whole glitter bomb series for that matter,
with hands down the best reaction
to the fart spray we've ever got in six years,
I wanna revisit the question Dan and I hoped to answer
through all these break-ins in the first place,
with regards to who's behind these and why.
And I'll start by saying, typically on the news,
you'll see organized groups like this
because that just looks really intimidating,
but that was much more of a rare occurrence
in our experience.
More than 80% of our steals were just individuals
acting on their own.
So like, not some kind of organized gang operation.
And a majority of the 80% that were individuals
honestly didn't seem like they even did this very often.
So then why are they doing it?
Well, as we were trying to figure that out ourselves,
we sort of hit a breakthrough on our GPS tracking laptop
because after it was stolen,
it came to this location for about a half a day.
But then after that, it made its way over
to this neighborhood, and that's where it's been ever since.
But the thing is, Dan recognized that first spot
because he did a news report
more than a month and a half earlier
when he told the story of a video producer
who tracked his stolen gear there
because the thieves knew it was a fencing operation
where they could quickly exchange the gear for money.
- [Reporter] He's on the phone
with the San Francisco police officer
when he sees his camera gear arrive at this location
in the 300 block of Leavenworth.
- And he goes, "Oh yeah, that's a known
major fencing operation.
Everybody in the Bay Area knows
that they can bring their stolen goods
and offload them there."
- And look, there's a whole host of things
that leads to 20,000 cars per year getting broken into
and people taking stuff that isn't theirs,
and some of the core issues down here are super complicated
and require nuance and public policy to address.
But right below people stealing from cars
are these fencing markets.
There's a demand for these stolen goods
so it feels like shutting down these markets,
and not having a place to exchange stolen goods
for money so incredibly easily would go a long ways
to stopping car break-ins.
This is also why you see people stealing things
like soap and toiletries from a place like Walgreens.
The thief doesn't need that much soap,
but when he knows he can easily turn it into real money
in less than an hour, you eventually get stores
that look like this, or just permanently
have to shut down altogether.
And I can't imagine I'm telling the city
something they don't already know,
but when you have a public news report about a spot
apparently everyone knows you can go to
to sell stolen items, and then one and a half months later,
my laptop goes to the exact same spot to be sold,
it certainly feels like more could be done here
to remove the incentive for the break-ins
and store thefts to occur in the first place.
And so with that, I'll leave you with this,
and I feel it's very important to point out here
that this fart spray is perfectly harmless to breathe.
It just truly smells really, really bad.
(glass shatters)
Because after breaking not one, but two of our windows,
he yells out a racial slur ostensibly
at an innocent bystander.
- [Thief] Konnichiwa (beep)!
- [Mark] And in the most perfect definition
of instant karma ever, two minutes later,
the dry heaving ensues.
(glitter and fart spray whirring)
- [Thief] Oh, what's that
Dude, I think it's in the suitcase.
- [Thief] Toss it? Toss it?
Toss it?
(thief gagging)
I'ma toss it.
I'm driving.
I'm driving.
(thief gagging)
(case clattering)
- [Automated Voice] Recovery sequence initiated.
- So that's it, my official final wrap on the whole series,
and if you've been keeping score at home,
we've had 167 porch pirates glitter bomb themselves,
as well as 29 car thieves,
we've returned $50,000 to elderly scam victims,
and had five scam call centers shut down
with 53 of those scammers arrested.
So thanks for watching and sharing
these heartwarming videos over the years, and of course,
a final thank you farewell to these two,
without which none of this would've ever happened.
(dramatic operatic music) (people screaming)
(person laughing)
- {Speaker] Whoa!
(dramatic operatic music)
- [Speaker] That (beep).
(dramatic operatic music)
- What came out of it, glitter?
- Yeah.
- Oh my God!
What the (beep)?
- What the (beep)?
- [Speaker] What the (beep)?
- What the (beep)?
(dramatic operatic music)
(person sniffing)
- Oh!
- [Speaker] Ew, I smell it.
- [Speaker] What the (beep) is that smell?
- Smells like (beep).
- All right, we (beep) get it, okay.
Smells like (beep) in here.
(dramatic operatic music) (person laughs)
(alarm blaring) (gunshots popping)
- It's a (beep) scam.
(beep) you, YouTubers.
(children screaming)
- Yes! Look!
- If you want a Christmas morning reaction like that,
well, I got great news for you
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It's called the CrunchLabs Build Box,
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'cause I myself am an engineer.
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The real learning occurs in the trenches
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And our secret as to why we've delivered
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- Yes.
- On top of that, each month your box has a chance
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(child screaming)
- [Child] What'd you have?
- Well, then you're coming out to CrunchLabs
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- Yes!
- Oh my gosh!
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Thanks for watching.
(graphics pops)