I may be out of line, but this guy seems like a total douchebag even if based on this quote alone: "As I was thinking of extreme prank ideas, I had an idea where I would abduct a child, but I can’t abduct random people’s kids, so I scrapped the idea."

Still, this is an eye-opener.

This feels somewhat fake, but if it's not, it's astounding.

Take my kid, I need time off, he can be the puppy wrangler

A few things struck me as odd about that video, and then that stat at the end: 700 abductions a day seems way over the top. How many of them are by family members, false/mistaken reports, runaways? I had the impression it was more like 100 per year (I looked this kind of stuff up when my kid was born almost a year ago).

I'd be interested in seeing how many kids did and didn't go with him rather than the sample that showed his point (I know the yahoo article say 3 for 3, but I'm wary given the numbers above). Having their mothers right there talking to the guy probably made a difference too.

Generally untrustworthy video in my opinion, but it does show that kids - like everyone - easily forget what they've been trained to do in extraordinary circumstances. The trick is to make the decision come naturally using their own judgment rather than training (and no, I don't know how to do that).

Its 115 kids a year by strangers. Hardly 700 a day (255,550 a year).
http://www.freerangekids.com/over-700-children-are-abducted-a-day-says-viral-video/

Moving this video to lucky760's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.