Queensland teenage boy becomes pedophile-hunting vigilante

A Queensland teenage boy has taken it upon himself to become a vigilante targeting pedophiles.

Henry Coy, 18, poses as a 14-year-old girl online and engages with potential pedophiles looking to have sex with juveniles.

After setting up a meeting place, Mr Coy then films himself confronting the purported sex predators.

"What are you doing meeting with a 14-year-old, bro?" Mr Coy says to a man he had organised to meet in a shopping centre car park.

"Seriously bro, what are you doing?"

The self-styled creep catcher said reading the messages he receives from pedophiles "makes me feel sick".

"Just reading them makes me angry," he told Nine.

"I'm going to catch anyone I can. If you're looking for a young girl, it's probably me."

A video he filmed showing him confronting a would-be pedophile is now in the hands of Queensland Police.

Police have reiterated it is their job to catch sex predators, and vigilantes should not involve themselves.