Outside of novels, you never really hear about the criminal with a heart of gold actually being a thing – probably because it’s typically not.
In this case, though, it seems as if a thief actually felt some empathy for the hardships of the person he stole from, inspiring him to set things more than right.
@anthonylopez78381 We left this car out to die and it came back to us With new tires new rims new shift nob and a kill switch, oh and they cleaned the car inside out, Even the engine Bay was cleaned too. #why #honda #stolen #rentonwashington #seattle
The story was posted on TikTok by Anthony Lopez (@anthonylopez7838) and after you read it, you’ll be hard pressed to not feel at least a little bit better about people in general.
Lopez recently had his (truly crappy) car stolen and instead of selling it for scrap or parts, the thief returned it – completely detailed, with new rims and tires, and a kill switch to prevent someone else from stealing it in the future.
They also left a note, along with a promise to never steal (from this guy) again.
@anthonylopez78381
“Look my guy, I got to say I have never in my life ever dropped a car back after I took it and I take a lot of cars. So the one and only reason I’m droppin’ your whip back off on fresh a$$ rims with all matching tires that are brans new is ’cause 1. I got a flat and 2. is I can see you bust your ass and work on real shit deep down, I can respect that full-hearted. Do keep up the hard work and your head up cause if you don’t I’ll come back for it.
1 last thing is for you to open your hood and open up the fuse box under the hood and plug the fuse in, in order to start your whip. And I strongly mean it when I say you need to pull that same fuse out every f**king time you park your car, ’cause bro, I got your car in 9 seconds flat and I did it all from the right of where you sit. So please, if you want to keep your car, pull that fuse. 9 out of 10 car thiefs don’t know that trick yet and you have my word as a man, I won’t take your car. For the fuse under the hood, I wired a kill switch, it’s your job to hide it. I am a pro car thief, I want you to know this is against everything I do, but I saw you work and shit. I truly am sorry, if only you knew my life. Again, sorry.”
Look, we’re not praising car thieves here, but at least one thing he said is true – you really never do know another person’s life unless you’ve lived it yourself.
He’s done a good deed, so let’s just celebrate that.
