Rambling Man With a Torch in Sofia
“STOP!” he shouts, right as I’m about to take my money from the ATM in downtown Sofia. Alarmed, I turn around to find some bearded man standing right behind me, holding what — at first glance — looks like a gun. “Holy shit,” I think, “am I about to get jacked?”

Butane torch (by Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)