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Woman Outsmarts Wannabe Thief

Civilians 1, Criminals 0.

Doug Patterson
By Doug PattersonJun 10, 2015
Doug Patterson
Doug is a writer and producer from Ohio. After taking films to Sundance and SXSW as an associate producer, he helped develop and produce Amazon's "Transparent." He joined GOOD in 2015 to write and produce content.
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When this woman in Argentina noticed a would-be thief coming at her, she displayed admirable presence of mind by throwing her bags over the fence she was walking next to. With nothing left to steal, the assailant runs off, and all he got was this YouTube video making him look stupid.

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