Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing ...

Stealing from strangers? TikTokkers say, just do it. Teens on a stealing spree are nabbing the zippers off of Nike Elite backpacks, accumulating dozens and reselling them for a pretty penny to victims ...

Here's why Nike zipper pull thefts are trending on TikTok A new TikTok trend has led to the stealing of Nike and other brands' zipper pulls on backpacks. Here's what's going on.

Last winter when local Whitefish skier Stephen Keimach took an avalanche course, he noticed a few ski patrollers with handmade paracord zipper pulls that replaced broken zippers on their worn jackets, ...