Trying to avoid exposing PL, but the one pedo catcher I knew was a friend of a friend of a friend. Until they ended up in prison; their modus operandi was to bait pedophiles into a meeting, and then very brutally beat the shit out of them. Broken bones and internal bleeding and all the things that a large percentage of the internet wishes it could do. And he had a fairly long string of those kind of victories until one of the pedophiles decided to take their chances on pressing charges.
So, long story short, the pedo catcher ends up in prison. I unfortunately missed my opportunity to be a guiding mentor in life but a colleague did; they coached him on what he needed to say and do to become RL Rorschach by getting transferred into the Sexual Offender Program housing unit. Not that it's ever hard to find pedophiles in prison but last I heard the pedo catcher was living his best life.
So it's unfortunate he never brought a camera with him. I think it's what the pedo catchers on youtube need to do in order to show they're not just a bunch of edgelord clout chasers though.