By Solomon Dangerfield on 15:38:22 07/19/18
[In reply to "Visiting the Vatican today, a pickpocket stole my wallet; due to cat like quickness I got it back immediately! *" by Buckaroo, posted at 13:22:27 07/19/18]
...near the train station. I had just ordered my tasty Potato Works fries, and was standing while eating them out of the cup and people-watching. I was maybe three fries into the cup when I felt someone brush by me. I looked and a dude was taking off running toward where Diamondback is. I did the wallet tap, no wallet.
I took off after him, fries in hand at first, until I pitched them as I rounded the corner in front of the White Water Canyon entrance. I needed the speed and the fries were slowing me down.
As he passed by Diamondback, he darted toward Hanna Barbera Land, right where the blue ice cream shop is. There was a big crowd there blocking his way so he took a hard left and he circled around by that yellow kids coaster and then headed back down toward Diamondback.
He was fast and I was not gaining on him (I was in flip flops).
I lost sight him as he passed Diamondback, as he was bearing right, around the corner, continuing toward the scene of the crime. But I continued running.
As I turned the corner right in front of the White Water Canyon, I had to stop due to a crowd of people in a circle, all of them looking at something. On the ground in the middle of said crowd was the pick-pocket guy, out cold. Head injury.
Apparently as he turned the corner he slipped on something, feet went flying out from under him, and the back of his head hit the pavement square. Quite the thud according to bystanders.
As I started searching his pockets for my wallet, I noticed the bottom of his right sneaker was caked with those glorious fries I had pitched while in pursuit.