Craigslist user vows to track down bike thief

A Craigslist user whose bike allegedly got stolen is not messing around.

The user took to the classified advertisement website to send a colourful message to the unidentified bike thief.

“Someone broke into my house and stole my bike,” the ad reads. “If I find you I will mame [sic] you for life.”

In an attempt to instill fear into the culprit, the poster added: “I was in the military for 9 years and got paid to kill people.”

“You return my bike to Jones and Gerrard and I won’t kill you.”

Yikes.

So far there is no word of the poster getting his bike back, but since the ads inception, a Reddit user posted it under the title ‘Craigslist bike theft victim is not messing around’ and it has has since gained over 450 ‘upvotes.’

Redditor ‘GreasyBreakfast’ admitted to trying something similar years ago.

“I tried the revenge route on Craiglist when my bike was stolen,” the user wrote. “Even going as far to meet up with several people with listings that described what could be my bike. I realized eventually that it was a futile mission.”

“This guy needs to accept that his bike is gone and move on with his life.”

But mostly, the Reddit thread is riddled with users who are under the impression that the Craigslist user’s threats are empty.

“Is this guy Liam Neeson?” Redditor ‘sunnycuts’ joked, referencing the actor’s popular ‘Taken’ movies.

It might be in the thief’s best interest to return the bike, just in case the previous owner is as deadly as he claims.