A pedophile hunter who has exposed more than 1,000 predators on social media has revealed how he carries out his stings.
The unnamed man appeared in the Channel 4 documentary series Ask The Mask, in an episode titled Pedophile Hunter.
In the episode, which aired last year but recently resurfaced on social media, the man kept his face hidden behind a pig mask as he revealed how his “team” lures child predators with photos of real children donated by followers on line.
The Ask The Mask panel questioned the pedophile hunter, whose voice was distorted to protect his identity, challenging him on his ethics of live-streaming a sting operation before someone is found guilty.
The man, known as “Pig”, revealed how he and his team eliminate predators seeking to sexually abuse children by acting as “decoys.”
“In the beginning it’s the decoy talking to the predator up to 16 hours a day, possibly every day on social media, doing all the hard work,” he said.
A pedophile hunter who caught more than 1,000 predators before exposing them on social media reveals how he carries out his stings
He admitted that his team sometimes uses as bait photographs of real children, which have been “donated” to them by followers of their own children.
However, other times decoys can use AI to transform into children online.
Speaking about how he feels about talking to pedophiles online, he said: “You have to switch off, you have to be as professional as possible, we have to be very calm and polite.”
‘The more you get agitated with the predator, the angrier he becomes, you have to ask him certain leading questions.
‘There was one occasion when I went to meet a predator very early in the morning, I arrived at the scene and we stopped it. We were discussing why we were there and then this predator just said that he raped his daughter, and that made us all break down.
He revealed that he could be talking to a predator for a long time because the decoys try to get as much evidence as possible to pass to the police in hopes of putting the predator away.
Speaking of the dangers of the job, he said: “Wmy face There are altercations all the time, we have been attacked with knives, hammers, crossbows, screwdrivers, furniture. There have been people who have had their fingers bitten off.
In the episode, Ask The Mask panel Chrissie, Holly and Kayden grilled the pedophile hunter, challenging him on his ethics of live-streaming a sting operation before anyone is proven guilty.
‘Pig’ said his team has a good relationship with 90 percent of the police forces they deal with, but some treat them like criminals.
He said: ’90 percent Give us good feedback and thank us for what we are doing.
‘Some people call us vigilantes, which I can understand, but we are far from being vigilantes. We do everything by the rules, we are 100 per cent strict with everything and the police are very happy with our work.’
‘Pig’ revealed that although his team has never had the wrong person, it has happened to other teams.
He explained: “Obviously we have to follow rules, so we can’t just do what we think we should do, but there are some groups that make their own rules.”
Although some decoy groups occasionally arrest the wrong person, the stings are broadcast live on social media.
He added: “When you broadcast a live video, everyone knows it’s a predator that people should be aware of.”
‘You may live next door to a predator or your friend may be a predator, everyone should know that.
“But we cannot afford to align choose the wrong person because it’s obvious For these reasons, we wouldn’t take a 1 percent chance on our team.
However, the panel questioned the pedophile hunter about the ethics of publicly denouncing alleged predators.
The panel asked: “If there is a margin of error, why would you still choose to livestream on a social media platform instead of simply recording?”
The ‘pig’ said: ‘We don’t livestream all the cases we do, but the ones we do are to raise awareness, to expose that particular person.’
The panel responded: “Don’t you think it would be better to have it pre-recorded in case something went wrong and then be able to release it?”
To which the ‘pig’ agreed that it is something his team could start investigating but that they would consider it on a case-by-case basis.
Reiterating its point, the panel said that by livestreaming to expose alleged predators, hunters are almost creating a “public stoning” scenario, which could potentially influence others to also take the law into their own hands.
Elsewhere, “pig” said he wished there was “help” for pedophiles, claiming the entire system is a “disaster.”
He added: “They need help, there are no two ways about it, but the sentences they receive are not dissuasive, for example, two to five years is normal for a sentence, there should be a limit, they give you five years.” immediately.
‘Four times they give you 10 years, five times they give you 15 to 20 years or whatever. “That will make them think a little more.”
The panel revealed that they spoke to a virtuous pedophile, who is someone who admits to having a sexual attraction to children but wants to live a normal, productive life without abusing children, in another episode.
One panel member said: “I actually felt very sorry for him, the problem is that it is something that arises spontaneously, the attraction itself is involuntary, something that is involuntary is not a choice.”
“I find it difficult because I don’t think they should be around children, but on the other hand, this is probably something that is programmed into the brain.”
‘Pig’ admitted that he had seen the episode and also felt a little sorry for the man, but believes that Virtuous Pedophile will eventually act on his wishes.