Last Friday, a 15-year-old boy from Wiesbaden, Germany, snuck into a bus depot, got access to one of the vehicles’master key and managed to drive away with a bus without anyone noticing. Technically, the theft was recorded by CCTV cameras, but the staff simply assumed the bus had been taken by one of their drivers.
Thursday, 26 March 2026
15-Year-Old Boy Steals Full-Size Bus from Depot and Drives It 80 Miles to Take His Girlfriend to School
Weirdness Level8/10
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“A 15-year-old boy from Wiesbaden, Germany, stole a full-size bus from a depot at 6am and drove it 130 kilometres to Karlsruhe — apparently to collect his 14-year-old girlfriend and take her to school. Police, tracing the vehicle via GPS, found the teenager competently piloting the bus through city streets. Charges are pending; the relationship status is unconfirmed.”
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