Rode the bus home today. Nothing usual. Crowded bus, people everywhere. I had to stand near the back exit where there was the most room. Anyways, I noticed this man that was standing kinda close so I looked up at him. He looked back with a smirk revealing his missing tooth. He was dressed pretty raggedy and gave me a bad feeling. As a result, I took a step back to get some distance. He was invading my bubble. Didn’t like it.

After that I minded my own business and continued on with my scenic ride of Vancouver traffic. When I looked around myself again minutes later, I realized the odd man is now on the other side me (how he got there without me noticing, I don’t know) and proceeded to exit the bus. As the door closed behind him, a gentleman yelled out to a boy left of me and goes “that man’s hand was in your bag!! Hand in bag.” The twenty something asian boy was totally out of it as he was smiling back at the fellow. I had to shout and gesture to him before he finally checked his backpack. Then a bunch of us yelled, “Stop the bus!!! Stop the bus!!” (as the driver had no idea). Once the bus stopped, the asian boy hurried off along with another 3 or 4 more guys following right behind him. Off they went running down the street to chase down the bad guy in hopes of getting a missing wallet(?) back. I don’t know what happened after that as the bus continued on its way but it was so nice to see there are still complete strangers that would ban together in mere seconds to assist another stranger. What good samaritans!!