We all know that New York City has some colorful culture, but one man is taking it to a whole new level. In this video, you can see a man using a net to capture pigeons and shove them into his van!

That's right, he was stealing pigeons.

As the reporter says, trapping pigeons in NYC is illegal without a permit. Granted, there's no way of knowing whether this man's behavior was sanctioned or not, but assuming it wasn't, we can only imagine the unsavory plans he might have for those poor little flying rats.

You know what they say: a bird in the van is worth two in the bush. 

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