“Why do you guys do this to gay and lesbian people?” the man asked.
Still, he blamed those filming for the ordeal. In the video, it was revealed that the fictional boy told the man that he was nearly 16 years old.
The confrontational group then explained to the man that the “chat logs” – online conversations that appear to have taken place before the meet-up on the gay dating site known as Growlr – indicated that he knew the fictional boy was underage. “I was here to talk to that kid to get him off of these apps.”
“I thought the kid was 18,” the man said, denying that he sought to engage in sexual activity with the fictional minor. A man matching Wheeler’s appearance was confronted by members of 607PH, who immediately began questioning his intentions upon arrival.