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So-called Creep Catchers have been attracting a lot of attention this summer. And it’s not all good.

Mainly loose-knit groups of young men in 15 chapters across the country, Creep Catchers pose online as underage children and then ensnare men trying to set up sexual liaisons with them.

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The “creep,” thinking he is about to meet a young person, is then cornered on video and confronted by a “catcher” who posts the video on websites, along with often disturbing text records and chat logs.

These encounters are damning — enough to warm the hearts of vigilantes everywhere — and, at an inner primal level, make for delicious public shaming.

Last month on a Swift Current street, local Creep Catchers president Dave Swanson confronted a man named Aaron Francis, resulting in an altercation where Francis has since pleaded guilty to assault and causing a disturbance, while Swanson will stand trial for causing a disturbance.

But video of the Swift Current incident and many others underscores one of the creepy things about Creep Catchers.

Far from being polished investigative journalism “gotcha” pieces, Creep Catchers videos often feature a cameraman snarling and screaming profanities at the alleged “creep” who looks alternatively frightened, confused or really angry.