{"id":1028,"date":"2024-02-21T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2024-02-21T20:19:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:19:23","slug":"video-fed-up-moms-encounter-with-porch-pirate-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Fed-Up Mom\u2019s Encounter With Porch Pirate Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When one fed-up mom caught a porch pirate red-handed, she decided enough was enough. The California woman frightened the thief so badly that he instantly did something unexpected.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>A mother in Glendale, California, became furiously angry and took action after witnessing a porch pirate taking goods from her neighbor. According to Shannon Brandon, she was eating breakfast with her 21-year-old son when she saw a car parked in front of their house.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2795\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2795\" src=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859199592492-550x296-1-300x161.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859199592492-550x296-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859199592492-550x296-1.jpg 550w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Brandon (Credit: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two males emerged from the backseat of the vehicle and reportedly started to visit several neighbors\u2019 porches as a man and woman sat in the front seat. \u201cThey both had hoodies on,\u201d Shannon told NBC Los Angeles. \u201cWe just thought they were going to visit the neighbors, but then they got out and went to opposite homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2794\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2794\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2794\" src=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859201645421-550x296-1-300x161.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859201645421-550x296-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859201645421-550x296-1.jpg 550w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two suspects began strolling down the street together and then split up. (Credit: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, it was Shannon Brandon\u2019s son, Derek Brandon, who witnessed one of the men pick up a package. \u201cI told her, \u2018I saw that guy just reach down and take the package,\u2019\u201d he recalled. \u201c\u2018Mom! That guy is stealing the package!\u2019\u201d The California mother then acted quickly as her son got out his phone and began recording. \u201cI started filming, and she ran out, and I started hearing her scream, and I\u2019m like, \u2018What\u2019s going on,\u2019\u201d Derek said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2793\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2793\" src=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859204389820-550x314-1-300x171.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859204389820-550x314-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/composite_16859204389820-550x314-1.jpg 550w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Brandon causes the porch pirate to stop dead in his tracks (left). He then makes an about-face (right). (Credit: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the footage, Shannon can be heard yelling at a would-be thief as he flees her neighbor\u2019s house with a package under his arm. \u201cStop! Go put that back,\u201d she is heard yelling. \u201cRight now. Put it back!\u201d With his tail between his legs, the would-be thief did as he was instructed and put the package right back where he found it. \u201cI just reacted because I was so mad that somebody would just do that,\u201d Shannon explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n<p>Shannon wrote the vehicle\u2019s license plate and called the police. Officers responded to her call and searched the neighborhood. \u201cI thought it was great, she just scared off these people,\u201d James Farr-Jones, whose package was returned, said. \u201cI thought it was really funny, honestly, that they came back and did it instead of running or dropping the package. It\u2019s the best ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Glendale Mom Shames Would-Be Porch Pirate Into Returning Package\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eK_pLkLm_zg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"100%\" data-origheight=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Shannon Brandon wasn\u2019t the only mom who had grown tired of porch pirates. Christine Hyatt from Colorado Springs had been the victim of package thieves when she decided to give them a taste of their own medicine by putting trash-filled Amazon packages outside her front door.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/amazontrashpp-550x329-1-300x179.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/amazontrashpp-550x329-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ziraatkredileri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/amazontrashpp-550x329-1.jpg 550w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Hyatt puts trash in an Amazon box to trick porch pirates. (Photo Credit: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hyatt told KKTV in Colorado Springs that at least 20 packages had been taken from her porch and that she had managed to deceive the thieves into taking her rubbish off the property for free for a third time. \u201cWe forgot to set our trash out\u2026so we were overflowing with trash,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve had packages stolen and I went, \u2018You know what? I have extra boxes \u2014 let\u2019s see if someone will take our trash!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The thefts, according to Hyatt, were more than simply a hassle. Her daughter\u2019s diabetes medication was one of the stolen goods. \u201cShe can\u2019t afford to have her own medication stolen just because people are jerks,\u201d Hyatt said. \u201cThis is my way of fighting back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>In her next decoy package, Hyatt said she planned to include cigarette butts, kitty litter, and fast-food wrappers, KKTV reported. \u201cMy daughter told me that it was gross,\u201d Hyatt said. \u201cBut they deserve it.\u201d According to SafeWise, an online guide to security and safety products, over a 12-month period, an estimated 260 million delivered packages were stolen, CNBC reported.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Family fights porch pirates with garbage, cat litter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k_P0zFKJ6BM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"100%\" data-origheight=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPackage thefts unfortunately are on the rise, perhaps in part because of the increase in online shopping that started with the pandemic in 2020,\u201d said Teresa Murray, a consumer watchdog for U.S. PIRG, a nonprofit consumer advocacy research group. However, women like Shannon Brandon and Christine Hyatt demonstrate that there is a way to fight back against porch pirates. All it takes are a few assertive actions from no-nonsense moms who are teaching these thieves a lesson they won\u2019t soon forget.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one fed-up mom caught a porch pirate red-handed, she decided enough was enough. 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