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Thieves Steal KTM Bike in Most Unusual Fashion, With Help From a Horse

They do say that being able to learn as you go is key to a successful career. Two young thieves from the UK have become something like viral stars after they used a horse to steal a bike.
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Moped crime remains a concerning phenomenon in the U.K. but this here doesn’t exactly qualify for this type of incident because the thieves didn’t arrive at the scene on a bike or a scooter. Instead, they probably got there on a horse, which they then used to pull the bike that they were sitting on. And which wasn’t theirs, it goes without saying.

It happened this week in Dartford, Kent, the Daily Mail says. The entire thing was captured on a security camera and would probably be very funny if another man’s property hadn’t been unlawfully taken.

When the video starts, the two thieves, one young and one older, are already working on freeing the parked bike. Only the head of the horse is visible and, as the animal begins to pull away, the sight is worthy of any decent comedy flick: the two thieves are perched atop the bike, but they’re not riding it. Instead, the horse is pulling them.

The older thief is holding the reins, while the other is leaning forward on the bike, perhaps to keep it from toppling over. As they approach an intersection, the horse goes at a trot and the curious ensemble disappears from the frame.

According to the same publication, the owner is hoping to be reunited with his still-quite-new bike.

“I have owned it for 2 months and I was doing a private job painting a bedroom for a friend at half 3 I went to get some lunch and came back and it had gone,” the owner says. “It's a KTM Duke 125 and I have never seen these people before."

Even if the bike never gets back to the owner, there is something else that could help him find his bike: horses could be more easily tracked down than stolen mopeds. Just a thought.

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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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