Post by Brendan on Jun 8, 2006 18:56:43 GMT -5
Have you ever been scared.? I have been scared lots. I remember sitting on a barstool in a bar in Marseille one night so scared I was afraid to move. I had just arrived and was having a beer as I waited for the owner to return and tell me he had a room for me as I had stayed there some years before. I must have been preoccupied as I never noticed this guy come in. He began punching the guy next to me in the back. It was only when I saw the red blood spurting on to his white T shirt that I realised he was stabbing him. Then I saw the knife. Then it was over, that quick. Now he is standing in front me with the blade inches from my throat, and his crazy eyes staring at me. My life did not pass in front of me but I did think not me, please not me. Some instinct said don’t move. He stared at me for what seemed a lifetime , turned and left. The Gendarmes came and I told them the truth. I don’t know anyone here, I’m just passing through on my way to Spain. My backpack and sleeping bag are on the floor next to the dead guy. They take my passport details and let me go. I have never liked Marseille especially at night. There are lots of Corsicans, Algerians, and Moroccans, and lots of problems. There is a feeling in the air almost palatable that this is not a good place to be, and that was how I felt before this incident. I left Marseille that night, and never even got to finish my beer. But I did learn what it was like to be in fear of my life.