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Wacky and wonderful: Thief steals bike, then compensates victim

In the sleepy Bavarian village of Bidingen last week, a thief compensated the owner of a bike he stole, Reuters news agency reported.

Police in the nearby town of Marktoberdorf had printed an appeal in the local paper for witnesses to the crime.

Shortly thereafter, the thief showed remorse, sending an anonymous letter containing 400 Eur ($500), the exact value of the bike, according to police records.

In the letter, the thief told the man he was sorry he could not remember where he had left the bike, according to a statement by police spokesman Gerhard Kreis.

"He may just have been a thoroughly honest person who saw the error of his ways," Kreis said.

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Bike says:
Well, it has nothing to do with anything 'Christine', as only a few things here(blog) don't, but it does touch on a few themes in my life ... Germany/Bavaria (my favorite place in the world), biking (my favorite past-time) and Christ-like actions (paying for the loss) - which we should all aspire to.

PS: oh, and it probably involved some good German beer (which I like), since he could not recall where he left the bike...