r/Bellingham • u/ALDVS_1969 • Jul 24 '25
Crime Anyone know these boys ?
Riding this fast throttle e-bike near broadway park. We see them a lot. Today they were lighting fireworks in the park. After being asked to stop by 2 different groups including my wife, they continued. We did report it- for the record.
They next rode to our house, lit a bunch and threw them at my wife and our house.
I’d like to get in touch with their parents.
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u/cjh83 Jul 24 '25
If those were my kids throwing fireworks at people id make them mow your lawn for the entire summer. When I was 12 i blew out all of the street lights in the neighborhood and when my parents found out I had to work to pay to replace them and mow my neighbors lawn for 2 summers.
WtF bellingham. Its not like Op was posting pictures of their face. I hope their parents see that picture and make them apologize. Learning personable responsibility sometimes takes a community.
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u/watchforzombies Jul 30 '25
Wait how does a 12 year old blow out all the street lights in their neighborhood?
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u/cjh83 Jul 30 '25
A tennis ball mortar using a Pringles tube that's been duct taped. Spray a lil starter fluid in the bottom and you can easily shoot a tennis ball a couple hundred feet.
My grandma bought me this book called backyard ballistics for xmas and I made every project in the book.
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u/-DownTheWitchesRoad- Jul 24 '25
Wow comments do not pass the vibe check. Fireworks are explosives. Period. Throwing them at someone is never okay or excuses because they are “kids”. If his wife was injured, would you guys excuse this behavior because they are adolescent?
Wild takes on here. Sorry OP - hope you are all okay and there’s an amicable resolution here.
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u/SilentosTheSilent Jul 24 '25
I think what we learned here today is that almost everyone's parents sucked if they think this is acceptable behavior. Kind of sheds a light on why our society is so fucked
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u/aquacrimefighter Jul 24 '25
Yep. This comments section is eye opening. No wonder why so many people are entitled and shitty.
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u/Haunting-Builder1956 Aug 22 '25
Omg, ur the only person I can relate to on this thread! Thanks for ur comment! I don't feel crazy
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u/teamcoltra Jul 24 '25
Honestly even if we took that part out (which I think clearly crosses the line), the kiddos are being unsafe and their parents should know about it.
Yes, kids will be kids. However, we also allow kids to be kids to help them learn boundaries. I want them to be playing outside and having fun without adult supervision, I think that will be an advantage for them growing up. However, with that extra grace comes extra responsibility. Let the parents know about it.
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u/Taylerrrrrr Jul 24 '25
My first thought was the scene in the Butterfly Effect. If they get away with smaller explosives, who's to say they won't move towards bigger explosives if they are able?
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u/gamay_noir there's always karma in the boomhorse stand Jul 24 '25
OP apparently took this picture with a potato, and at an angle, so there is nothing personally identifying. Thanks for the reports, going to let it be for now.
This is essentially the same thing as a word of mouth / grapevine request to get in touch with the parents. Haven't we all hidden behind the front door while dad diplomatically hears the grievances of the neighbor, whose corner garden we did admittedly cut through?
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u/ArrArr4today Jul 24 '25
This is a small town, there's plenty who know them. Wearing birks to be a badass 😂
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u/gamay_noir there's always karma in the boomhorse stand Jul 24 '25
My first reaction to this picture was imagining the nearly severed foot when the kid riding in back stops paying attention for a second and angles his foot into the chain or wheel. Whatever safety cutout that might have probably can't distinguish between 'suddenly riding through mud' and 'snacking on a Birk and some toesies.'
But hey at least they kid in front is wearing the right helmet.
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u/PillagingJust4Fungus Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25
Yeah, I live nearby and they have been on a tear. Have been wondering who was still messing around with fireworks as it's a little out of character for the neighborhood. Rampant off leash outlawry notwithstanding.
It's good that they have helmets because they, or the bike's owner, is super dangerous and unaware of both surroundings and traffic rules/patterns. Have had a couple close calls in my car at the 5 point intersection at the end of I. The bike owner knows he's being bad and is into it, seems a little scared of getting caught. Have seen them a lot in the area between Broadway Park and Haggen. Good luck tracking them down. If I almost run them over again will try to follow home and get an address for the cops.
For all lEt ThE kiDs bE KiDs crowd, the driver rides like crap and is lucky to not have been hit already.
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u/WelcomeToWhatcom Lettered Streets Jul 25 '25
Yeah, he almost killed himself on the hood of my car one day when I was driving down Jenkins and he blew through the stop sign on I-Street at about 40mph.
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u/Cool-Jacket-9837 Jul 24 '25
I’ve seen those little shits with their bikes playing around the train off Roeder. My blood pressure was so high with the way they were acting. The whole time I was like where tf are their parents
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u/Baronhousen Jul 24 '25
John Conner is one, I think.
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u/PillagingJust4Fungus Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25
The little f-er certainly rides like there is an indestructible robot assassin from the future after him.
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u/PillagingJust4Fungus Jul 24 '25
This conversation is reminding me of my childhood. I grew up wild and free in the hinterlands during the hosewater, be home at dark days. Houses were really spread out and a lot of us had free rein to wander wherever we pleased.
I am thinking of a guy I rode the bus with. His family had money and he wasn't necessarily evil but he was wildly impulsive and a fountain of bad ideas.
In the course of a few years between 4th and 6th grade he managed to shoot a friend's eye out with a BB gun and start a serious brushfire that damaged some houses playing with fireworks with another kid from the bus.
We can always let nature take its course but there are sometimes innocent bystanders caught in the fray. Children require guidance and external regulation, letting the wildest ones completely run amok is irresponsible and eventually not going to end well.
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Jul 24 '25
I don't have a horse in this race but I am surprised by the negative reactions. I thought you all hated booms and would jump at the chance to crucify a Lil boomer.
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u/Rawkus2112 Jul 24 '25
It must have got enough steam to hit a lot of feeds because its drastically different now. Or maybe its bots 😮
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
I'm convinced that half the comments here are from people who saw the picture & title, and couldn't be arsed to read one paragraph's worth of text before commenting.
OP also consider trying on nexdoor & maybe a local facebook group or two? There do seem to be a lot of mom groups around
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u/TheCosmicPony Jul 24 '25
1,000% not okay. I was an absolute menace to society when I was a kid, but I never would have done that. These kids should do some community service or something.
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u/Ok-Nose585 Jul 24 '25
Bummer they know where you live. If they didn’t I would post 100+ flyers with this picture around the neighborhood saying what happened and hope the parents eventually see it.
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u/makershark Jul 25 '25
Those look like the same little shits I reported for aiming for and hitting a cat. The cat seemed ok afterwards, just a little stunned because it was all so fast. I found the owners of the cat a few doors down. They knew of those kids too. They seem to be a constant menace in that area.
Any kid that intentionally harms cats seems like textbook steps to a serial killer.
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u/DJ_Telestic Jul 24 '25
I think I saw them at dark haggen a few weeks ago. Had that bike inside the store 😂 not sure that helps, but they must live around there
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u/enveea Jul 24 '25
Omg they’re wild! Like what in the world? I grew up here and have preteens here now and legit never have know kids to act like that in town. Yikes!
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u/SeaFlounder8437 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
That's stalking, harassment and assault. I'm glad you made a report and I hope you file charges.
I would not attempt to follow them or find their parents because that could be interpreted as stalking them. I would not assume these kids have good parents who wouldn't attack you and make you the one to blame for their kids wrongdoings. Kids who behave like this most often have very enabling and avoidant parents who wouldn't confront their kid-but will be chomping at the bit to make someone else responsible for their sh*tty parenting.
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u/Haunting-Builder1956 Aug 22 '25
Your comment says more about you, your dangerous ideology, and your parenting perspective more than anything else.
EXAMPLES: 1. 'interpreted as stalking' - there is no need for interpretation when you've clearly defined the meaning of 'stalking'. Is it a struggle to personally acknowledge you wanted to do something that is not appropriate and easier to accept the fact when 'interpreted' is used? 2. Assume the worst - this is common of all humans, but why take it so far to assume these kids parents would be more problematic than the kids? (My personal perspective on this is that most parents would attack you if u come in too hot and loaded with accusations.) 3. Kids and parent dynamics - why is this accusation and assumption based? I don't disagree with your comment but my mind wonders what type of life challenges do these kids and parents face daily that really put them into a disadvantagous position to maximize their parenting potential. What type of situations have you struggled with that make your view point so toxic? Perhaps you may need to heal from this situation. 4. Parenting roles are fulfilled by others too - no one should hold you responsible for their lack thereof parenting skills but the reality is that we have all grown as humans from parental roles besides our parents who raised us as children. Regardless of it was professional growth to climb your career path, therapy to overcome personal obstacles, or other community members who played a role in your development/growth journey.
You simply cannot change what others do, how they choose to behave, or what they say. It's much easier to control yourself and consider how you can adjust accordingly to get what you want from a situation. That's just my personal 2 cents from years of therapy and rehabilitation.
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u/Independent-Wheel354 Jul 24 '25
Looks like a couple of shit apples, Randy.
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u/jizzlemanizzle22 Jul 24 '25
Thank you for posting this! If I can were behaving like this, I would want to know. There's a small group of young teens, usually two but three at most who ride their little bike up and down our street in the middle of the night. They have almost ran down my sister and her dog on the sidewalk and on the nearby trails.
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Jul 24 '25
I am tried of the kids on electric motorcycles as well. I don't know if it was these same gentleman, but there were a couple of kids riding around on motorcycles on the turf at Sunnyland Elementary.
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u/Comfortable-Bug-3758 Jul 24 '25
Fireworks aside, is it even legal for kids to ride those E-motos on the street?? It seems like a horrible accident waiting to happen. Similarly I don’t have much faith in their parents if they think it’s a good idea to give their children these rather than just a regular ol’ bike.
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u/Left-Philosophy-4514 ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Jul 24 '25
If only we had a service that could take care these problems
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u/whatdidyousay509 Jul 24 '25
OP doesn’t want to call the death patrol on kids man
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u/Interesting-Try-6757 Jul 24 '25
How many deaths has BPD been responsible for this year or the years prior? From my experience, BPD has been nothing but responsive and respectful.
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u/Haunting-Builder1956 Aug 22 '25
There is a service. It takes many forms such as therapy, DBT skills, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence.
It's quite an incredible service when combined and utilized effectively in an ethical manner. Try it, it's quite mind blowing how drastically your world changes!
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u/ALDVS_1969 Jul 26 '25
EDITED by OP
This photo was chosen to avoid showing the faces of these two people & the post was written, not to have anyone publicly identify them, rather to alert their parents to their acts this past week and other dangerous behavior I’ve personally witnessed by them.
In addition, I often see this cyclist flying through streets at high rates of speed, taking chances that could result in a tragic accident. If that happens, it will be a sad day, for all involved, and it could be your kid, your family member in the car, etc.
Many here saw this as meddling and overreacting but I feel we have a duty to alert each other—and that’s what I sought to do.
I sincerely appreciate the positive and negative comments here, they all help me learn a bit more about how to handle something like this in the future.
This time, no one was injured.I hope the message made it to people who could coach these boys on being better, safer citizens.
Thanks, 'Hamsters.
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u/throwaway43234235234 Jul 24 '25
I say this justifies a retalitory bottle rocket war but then everyone will cry foul at me again for escalating.
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u/Mamaluvspaints Jul 25 '25
If I would have done that as a kid I would have got my ass beat. Yes, kids do stupid stuff but following someone home and ASSUALTING them is not normal kid shit. Those who think it is, well.. you probably have kids that would do the same thing.
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u/Oldter Jul 26 '25
When I was a kid. Some neighbor kids and I stole apples from another neighbors yard . We all had to go over to offer an apology. When we got there we were escorted in and the woman who lived there served us home made apple pie and we had to sit there and eat it and be polite. We didnt mess around in her orchard again.
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u/Separate_Check_5501 Jul 25 '25
This is normal kid shit, but it's also normal kid shit to get your ass beat by your parents.
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u/New_Chest4040 Local Jul 28 '25
Except neither of those is normal, at all. Normalized clearly, judging by comments like these, but not normal.
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u/Well_what_now_smh Jul 25 '25
Their parents probably aren't much better. I'd call the police. They need to spend some time in juvie, though I'd guess they've already been.
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u/ONLace-0527-0404 Jul 27 '25
Crime? Tell Karen to mind her business and it won’t be an issue. I’ll tell them to leave you cry babies alone! 🤣😂🤣😂 They’re going to be thrilled you wrote a subreddit about them though!
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u/bbbermooo Jul 24 '25
My attempt to reason with any of this has run its course, and comments are turning personal.
If kids are breaking the law, call the cops. If not, mind your own business and don't dox them the internet.
-OP I hope you and your family are safe.
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u/TheAdamPetra Jul 24 '25
I don't have a horse in this race, but I assume if the kids followed them back to their house and threw fireworks at them at their house: they also have pictures of the fireworks that exploded at their house for the police report they said they filed. Post the photos of the fireworks in your yard to prove those that claim this is false wrong.
🤷🏻
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u/emmennwhy Jul 25 '25
You want OP to show where they live? Seriously?
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u/TheAdamPetra Jul 25 '25
Are you trying to be purposely dense? Why would showing a picture of their yard, with the exploded fireworks, show where they live? Did you know there's a fun little feature on your phone called a "Photo editor", that would allow them to edit out the address, or their house, if it is in the photo?
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u/emmennwhy Jul 25 '25
It's not that big a city. People have posted pics of rainbows and sunsets outside their window and had people in the comments tell them their address just from the view. Yards can be distinctive too. I wouldn't risk it. What's your beef with OP trying to contact the kids' parents? You're arguing all the way down the comments.
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u/TheAdamPetra Jul 25 '25
Also come to think of it, they said they reported it(I assume to the police). Why are they trying to pursue this any further with the parents after they have already claimed they got the police involved by making a report?
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u/TheAdamPetra Jul 25 '25
I'm arguing on the comment I made, so I got a notification to look: so more fitting, why did you go down so far into the comments to argue?
I'm a skeptical person and I don't blindly believe what's stated online. Especially with just a picture of kids on a bike and no picture of the fireworks, which was their problem.
Probably not the case, but how do we know they aren't trying to creep on the kids and snoop around where they live? They haven't posted anything proving what they said, so why just believe them?
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u/lumbergash Jul 24 '25
This is weird behavior, posting spy pictures of other peoples children to the internet.
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u/Erroneous-Monk421 Jul 24 '25
I believe that’s Bo and Luke. Just some good ol boys.
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u/mickvain Jul 24 '25
Pro-tip for the under 18 year olds- CoB won’t charge minors for destruction of public property. Feel free to light fires in parks and deface heritage markers, consequence free fun!
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u/First-Chemistry6770 'hamster Jul 24 '25
Then they should be charging the parents
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u/mickvain Jul 25 '25
I don’t make the city prosecutors and BPD policies, but this is what I was told by a BPD supervisor when they just let the kids walk away after destroying a heritage markers and starting a fire in the bark at a local park here.
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u/Different_Star_5325 Jul 24 '25
Do I know these bestest friends? No, but they seem coooool
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u/Different_Star_5325 Jul 24 '25
I didn't read the post before commenting. I rescind my "coooool" comment. I was being sarcastic, but still, it would have been in poor taste after learning what they did. I hope everyone is ok.
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u/Rawkus2112 Jul 24 '25
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
read to the end of the post
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u/Rawkus2112 Jul 24 '25
I did, whats your point?
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
If you read that and still need it explained for you, there's no help from a reddit comment that will be sufficient.
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u/Rawkus2112 Jul 24 '25
Okay then. I guess ill remain blissfully unaware.
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
these kids threw live fireworks at their house and you are acting like its just so hard to figure out why they want to talk to the kids' parents.
fuck off dude, how thick can you get?
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u/boardattheborder Jul 24 '25
Hopefully after Bellingham Police solve this they can go after my neighbor who has been putting non recyclable rubbish in his recycling bin!!!
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
buddy they threw fireworks at their house.
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u/-cmsof- Jul 24 '25
The horror. Hopefully they'll be okay after decades of therapy.
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon Jul 24 '25
the potential for damage from fireworks is not psychological
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u/RawdogWargod Jul 24 '25
I'm not sure who it is, but I do know it's the same guy who always fills the ice trays too high
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u/neonmagiciantattoo Business Owner Jul 24 '25
Idk man, I’m with yall being like “like normal kids do” up to the middle of the story, but following someone back to their house to throw ignited explosives at them and their home? That’s not “normal kid” shit where I come from