Viral “hot dog bandit” admits to stealing from ACL vendor after TikTok manhunt

A woman dubbed the “hot dog bandit” has admitted to taking food from a vendor outside Austin City Limits without paying after a TikTok callout led viewers to identify her. The incident happened after the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas. TikTok user grrrrlonline posted a video accusing a woman of taking a hot dog from a food vendor and walking away without paying. The creator also claimed the woman’s friends found the incident funny. The video quickly spread, with commenters tagging Harper Tishgart and identifying her as the woman shown in the clip.