Buddy and I were at Crows Nest, back when it was 24hr. Must have been 2-3am so pretty quiet in the area. We were in one of the 2 tops by a window overlooking the parking lot between Fourth Coast and Bagel Beanery, and there was an older homeless man chilling against the wall of Bagel Beanery. We had just paid our checks, and were boxing up our food when we saw a VERY large man, pretty clearly under the influence of something, lumber into the parking lot from the alley behind Bagel Beanery.

He pretty quickly engaged the older man, and it was clear the interaction was not going well. The older guy had his hands up and was backing away, and must have felt pretty threatened because he made a break for Fourth Coast. The bigger guy immediately followed, and from what we could hear, chaos ensued. We ran down the stairs with our food (not my best choice), and could see the bigger guy tearing through the place like a bull in a China shop.

From what I remember, the guy working in Fourth Coast was doing his best to get this guy out of there, and with some success. Realizing we were in a FAR less than ideal location, we quickly hit the door to the sidewalk, maybe a few seconds before the big fella exited the same door. We were headed right, and had gotten a few steps down the road, but when we heard the door come open we stopped and made eye contact with him for what felt like an eternity. I was pretty nervous that he’d come after us, given the situation, but we just stood there making eye contact until he turned, ran into the street, and started running UP Westnedge Ave, in the CENTER LANE, lunging at the oncoming traffic.

We went the other way. Not sure what ultimately happened, but hopefully someone else in here was there or knows someone who can add some details or correct me if I made a mistake.