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Yoga Bakery Thief, also known as Woman Doing Yoga Before Robbing Bakery, refers to a viral video of an alleged burglar doing yoga stretches before robbing a bakery in Richmond, Australia. The moment went viral on platforms like Twitter / X and TikTok in mid-March 2024, sparking jokes and memes about the "Yoga Thief."

Origin

On March 18th, 2024, 9News Melbourne's official TikTok^[1] account posted a video of an accused burglar caught by CCTV vision doing yoga stretches before stealing from Phillippa's Bakery located in Richmond, Australia. The owner claims the woman in the video (shown below) stole a baker's shoes, an almond croissant, an iPad and cleaning products on March 3rd, 2024, between 3 and 4 a.m. The video amassed over 934,000 plays and 117,000 likes in a day.

Spread

The unusual burglar scene spread online over the following hours and days as it was also shared on X, quickly going viral and sparking jokes about it. For example, on March 18th, 2024, X^[2] user @samirasamatalis ironically tweeted about being on the side of the thief (shown below, left), which garnered more than 6,300 likes and 70 retweets in a day. On March 19th, X^[3] user @713carloss questioned the woman's yoga stretch positions (shown below, right), amassing roughly seven likes in a few hours.

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