My man just got mugged!
 

He just called me from his cell phone. He was downtown (Vancouver) and cut through an alley in the middle of the bright shiny morning. A girl appeared, asking for change. As soon as he put his hand in his pocket, a guy jumped out from behind a dumpster and punted him in the nuts!

So now my guy is wandering around downtown with bloody knuckles, hoping they don't come back with buddies, because the guy lost a few teeth and was limping pretty bad when he and his girl left the scene. The asshole even had a punchline! Right before he kicked, he said "Guess it's not your lucky day!"

I guess even Vancouver's alleys aren't safe any more. :(

damn :( hope they catch the guy that did it !!!

he's got bloody knuckles?

are we to assume he didnt willingly hand over his pocket change then?

Wtf?!

On a weekday morning?!

You'd think you'd be safe :(

OMG. i hope he is ok!

he should make a police report and get some antiseptic on those knuckles, what a horrible thing to happen!

OMG Now we need to provide handguns to your Canadian masses for self defence.

Hope my friend is ok, let him know we offer free target and comabt training to Candian refugees here in Arizona.

ya - thats pretty sucky - i hope they get him

No can do. He blacked out after he got punted and only snapped out of it when the girl started yelling "Stop hitting him!" I don't see any point to filing a report when he only has a charley horse in his leg, sore nuts and scraped knuckles. He feels awful about it. :( I figure that the guy took that risk on though. When you walk up to somebody and attack them, you don't know if they're a psycho Navy Seal or just some computer geek, so he took his chances.

That's horrible! Give him a big hug for me. :(

I know how he feels, had a similar thing happen to me a while ago. I was to shocked (and pissed) to do anything.
Hope he's ok :)

wow...that sucks for him

Happened to a friend of mine as well

seems crackheads like to pick the wrong people to mug..lol

he got hit in the head with a piece of wood right outside of the bank machine he just withdrew from.

Trouble is he is crazy...he simply caught the stick in his hand the second time they swung, and took it from them, then beat them to a pulp as he put it..lol

damn crackheads..what you gonna do.lol


glad he lost nothing more then some skin

Sorry to hear that Elli:(
I hope he is OK and if he is coming to Florida I will buy him some drinks:thumbsup

Fucking druggies I tell ya. :(

DH

Sucks for him , glad to hear he got revenge

damn thing :(

He is getting a ton of hugs as soon as he gets home, believe you me!

Thanks Hank, but we're taking a pass on Florida this summer.

Yeah, he's relatively unhurt, just pretty shaken up. Poor guy. I guess this is where my womanly skills come in, eh? :Graucho

What was he doing in the alley?
Buying drugs maybe :)

It was simply a faster way to get to the other side of the block. He has never feared walking anywhere downtown before.

Never walk alone walking in alleys, theres some crazy ass people living downtown.

Hahaha, I'm sorry your man got mugged but come on... that's funny.

SpaceAce

wow that sucks bigtime, here in the netherlands, (rotterdam) it is getting worser too:(

And theres almost nothing you can do against it

Thats horrible news Elli, If i was him, i would look for the asshole and put a knife in his back.:2 cents:

Where downtown was this Elli?

damn, what the fuck is wrong with canadians?

on a more serious note Elli, it's good thing he only suffered minor injuries, it could have been much worse.

I'm sorry to hear about that Elli. I hope your hubby gets that cut cleaned up good, though, I'd think getting an open sore whilst kicking the shite out of alley scum is more worrisome than losing your wallet :(

Fuck that sucks, hopefully they'll catch them. :BangBang:

Sorry to hear that happened. He needs to clean those wounds right away and maybe get to a hospital to talk about possible transmission from the muggers to him if there was a fight. Open wounds to bloody teeth can result in HIV and Hepatitis transmission in a small number of cases. Better safe, IMO.

I find that hard to believe! We were just in Vancouver in May for our honeymoon. We stayed at the Marriot Pinnacle downtown and did a lot of walking. Walking back from Gastown we considered cutting through an alley to get back to Hastings, but decided against it. Kinda scary folks lurking around there at night.

I guess I should feel lucky that my husband only got ripped off by one of those "I'm here from Australia and stuck here in town. I just need $20 US to get the bus to meet up with my friends. I promise I'll pay you back" scam. :)

Wow that sucks, Elli!

I think I would phone in a report anyway, give a description. Might be doing it all day long and be in jail already, so you can go visit and rack his nuts a few times..

Boy, just reading this thread has got my adrenilin and bitterness pumping...

Thats why I stopped training hard martial arts - i was super edgy and violent all the time.

He says an alley between Burrard and Howe, about 10am today. He says it wasn't a grungy spot at all.

Wow, I am sorry to hear that! At least he's ok though... it sounds like it could have been worse.

What exactly are the self defense laws in Canada? He says that he think he broke the guy's leg :( After he got sacked, he turned around with a roundhouse kick to the knee and after that the guy wasn't standing straight. :(

I was always under the impression that Vancouver is a pretty dangerous city.. I don't remember where I heard this, and I could be way off, but I remember hearing something like Vancouver has the highest crime ranking in Canada .. and one of the highest in North America.. (right behind LA, New York and Detroit).

Anyway I'm really sorry to hear that and I'm just glad your boyfriend was able to take him and it didn't go the other way.

The crime is like 98% auto theft, due to the port and the border. Violent crimes are extremely low, but increasing.

My Mum's going to visit Vancouver next year, I will tell her to carry her Magnum '45 with her. :glugglug

alleys are never safe...

Sounds like you need to move to a safer neighbourhood...like mine :Graucho

Hey Elli, at least he's talking on the phone and will be home. An awful lot to go through just to get some special treats at home :Graucho

when you live in the city that is not always avoidable however I have a little trick..i used to live in the city in philly and I worked and went to school in North Philly(ghetto) I use to have to take the subway home in the middle of the night and walk through a scary ass alley as i walked home ,and i was a prime target..so i started to talk to myself alot and act as crazy as some of the nuts on the street..i fit right in and nobody bothered me..I also try to make alot of noise so people avoided me