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Rambling Man With a Torch in Sofia Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:44:05 +0000 false
Bulgaria
Sofia
rambling-man-with-torch-sofia A rambling man at the ATM threatens to burn me withor sell mea torch (I'm still not sure).

"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 whatat first glancelooks like a gun. "Holy shit," I think, "am I about to get jacked?"

{{< figure src="Butane_torch.jpg" caption="Butane torch (by Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)" >}}

"Oh wait, WTF, that's not a gun," I say to myself, as I remove my card from the machine. The "weapon" appears to be a large, hand-held lighter, or maybe a butane torch. "Is this guy going to burn me or something?!" I think, waiting the longest three seconds of my life for the ATM to spit out my money. Me staring, him rambling, I hear the word leva (the name of the Bulgarian currency)maybe he's trying to sell it to me? Worst. Salesman. Ever. I grab my money, stuff it into my pocket, and walk away quickly.

I'm still not sure if I was in danger of getting burned (for example) or if he just wanted to sell the damn thing to me. It will probably be a while before I go back to that ATM again, though!