Why the fuck in this day and age would a guy risk doing it. Unattractive girls, high risk of disease, high risk of being robbed, high risk of being caught by the police.
I've picked up off the street back in the day before the internet. Now with the ability to arrange a meet without all that shit with a girl who has been reviewed, It seems nuts to pick up a smackhead.
Did you also feel there was something very strange about the guy 'protecting' the girls for free.