He looks like a generic bearded middle-aged nature-goer (hunter, birder, fisherman etc.). Unless you knew him personally you would have to use these pics as a field guide all day long as you pass by other people (and likely get beaten up). And it is possible that this is a deliberate disguise (in order to look inconspicious within a generic bearded middle-aged nature-goer flock at the event) of someone who will shave, change clothes and go away with money he got from selling the item. I think the better option is to look for particular binoculars; if they are so costly there aren't likely to be many of them around.
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rollingthunder
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As somebody pointed out on the video link he was probably in collusion with the guy interested in possibly buying the optics and also they probably had a car (stolen?) and that might be on CCTV.....
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Another reason to doubt him not being a birder is his appalling observation skills, not noticing a CCTV camera inches away from him.
Peter
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Don't expect you'll see him out birding with those, but maybe down a racetrack...
I'd be quite surprised if he isn't a birder (or has been). When people try to dress in the style of a subculture they don't belong to they almost always make mistakes which they aren't aware of, but everyone in that subculture is. (Think of any subculture you've ever been part of, such as punk, or metal, or mod or whatever applies to you, and think of how costume designers for TV who do it for a living make mistakes with dressing those characters)
This chappy looks pretty birdery to me
This chappy looks pretty birdery to me
Helsinki Birder
Stealth Birder
If you saw him walking down the road dressed like that (walking a dog perhaps) you wouldn't think "I bet he's a birder". He hasn't got a pair of bins round his neck for a start!
dave123
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lewis20126
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Those display binoculars are always worth avoiding, covered in grease, normally been dropped a few times. I can't see them being worth the headline price and I'll be amazed if he can see anything through them.
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birdboybowley
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I reckon that the tea leaf didn't give a hoot about the camera as he and his 'friend' were just gonna disappear....[so not birders in my opinion].
I say him and 'his friend' as it would seem a tad coincidental that, after a finger on his right cheek...[a signal]...his cohort in crime then lurches forwards with arm outstretched obscuring the spectacled guys view of the actual theft...
They 'seem' well practiced...pro's in fact.
I could be wrong of course...
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I say him and 'his friend' as it would seem a tad coincidental that, after a finger on his right cheek...[a signal]...his cohort in crime then lurches forwards with arm outstretched obscuring the spectacled guys view of the actual theft...
They 'seem' well practiced...pro's in fact.
I could be wrong of course...
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SimonC
Still listing - I'll capsize one day
I was just about to say something along these same lines. There's a definite step-over distraction going on there!
petemorris
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or maybe Robin? (or perhaps that's his accomplice)
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Cheshire Birder
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I know of a couple of other birders who have also seen him but don't know who he is. He seems to be quite recognisable, so keep your eyes peeled!!
CB
It depends, to me it looks more like the blond youth is the accomplice. He first desperately tries to get the middle guy's attention so he wouldn't look to the right and get a good view of the bearded guy. Then the bearded guy gets into field of view just briefly, out of main focus, so the middle guy is striving to turn left again to continue talking to the youth. The bearded guy looks through the first pair of bins and moves out of focus again, so the middle guy now gets his bins back and is no longer cautious about the bearded guy. We do not see the video just before the bearded guy walks to the scene, maybe the two of them were just rushing forward to do their trick before the small children seen in background squizzed into the space necessary to perform the scheme.
Round up the usual suspects.
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