I've mentioned this story before in years past.
Used to work in landscaping / yardwork jobs in my teens into early-20s. The summer of '96 (still in high school) I worked for one of my dad's friends. He was able to line up 4 - 5 jobs in a half block stretch about 15 mins on foot from my house (projects that lasted 2 - 3 months total). It was really convenient and a great workout walking to and from with my gear, and all the duties on shift. One of my coworkers was a guy in his 20s. Tough dude who could hold his own. He comes on shift one morning and asks me if I want to hear the story about the near-axe attack the evening prior. I'm like, WTF?
Apparently he got into an argument with another guy at the following bus loop (Kootenay Loop) in Vancouver. Out in the open ... lots of bystanders. He's tired and sweaty from another day on the job and thinks he's gonna have to square up and fight this guy. The guy pulls an axe out of his back and starts chasing him with it ... swinging away. My friend's weaving like he's running a complex pass route or something and fortunately was NOT hurt. He said he kept his head on a swivel in the weeks to follow and didn't see that guy again. Police were called & I don't remember hearing about the guy being apprehended. May or may not have been. Unfortunately it being nearly 30 years ago ... cellphones, better CC cameras at businesses & dashcams weren't in play ... but there was bound to be some surveillance footage at the bus loop itself. It's on a busy corner of a main thoroughfare between cities.
Coworker says to me (paraphrased) - "My life flashed before my eyes. Am I gonna get axed to death in front of lots of people at a bus loop at 5 or 6pm? What the fuck?!"
Generic photo of the buses waiting (minus the people) ...