A 22 year old Canadian man was repeatedly stabbed & decapitated on a Greyhound bus on his way from Edmonton to Manitoba. Thats right folks, on the bus, decapitated, for no apparent reason. It's a very disturbing story to me, being that I have taken that same Greyhound bus line out of Edmonton and the victim is Around the same age I was at the time. There were several things I found outrageously interesting about the media's coverage of this event and the events of that night in particular. The victim was identified as a Manitoba resident. Tim McClean (victim) was 22 and lived in Winnipeg. The attack occurred about 45 minutes into the bus ride and the victim was apparently sleeping, with his head resting against the bus window, at the time of the attack. Tim McClean's seat mate (the guy sitting next to him in the aisle seat) then began to repeatedly stab him (which some passengers described as emotionless and sort of mechanical) as McClean was screaming."It was like something between a dog howling and a baby crying, I guess you could say," one of the witnesses said. "I don't think it will leave me for a while." The attack lasted a few minutes while everyone had ran out of the bus. The attacker then went on to decapitate the victim. A trucker passing by, armed a few of the bus passengers with wrenches and crowbars so they could keep the attacker at bay before the police arrived. At which time the suspect started exiting the bus holding the victim's head (by the hair) in his hand, in what apparently seemed like an exhibition of is attack. He was then quickly tackled by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police.) One of the witnesses also praised the "extraordinary" level-headedness and bravery of the bus driver and passengers. "What you saw and what you experienced would shake the most seasoned police officer. And yet I'm told that each of you acted swiftly, calmly and bravely," Colwell said. "As a result, no one else was injured." He also went on to add "He sat in the front at first; everything was normal," Caton said. "We went to the next stop, and he got off and had a smoke with another young lady there. When he got on the bus again, he came to the back near where I was sitting. He put his bags in the overhead compartment. He didn't say a word to anybody. He seemed totally normal." Half an hour later, the attack began, Caton told the AP. "There was no rage or anything. He was like a robot, stabbing the guy." The attacker (whose identity has been withheld to protect his identity) was charged with second degree murder. That it second degree murder, in what to me sounds like a pre-meditated attack. I mean come on, the guy got on the bus with a knife and a butcher knife. That means the guy got on with the intent to kill. I really doubt he was a cook that got on the bus with his knives and said to himself, Hmmm, I think I am going to stab someone for no reason. He had a reason (whichever sick and twisted fucking reason it maybe) and the murder was definitely pre-meditated. The Canadian justice system is a fucking joke. You get more time in prison for drugs than you do for murder (even though drugs are more abundant than teenagers with babies there). How can you charge this fucking piece of shit with second degree murder instead of the first? It's fucking bullshit. Second off, where Colwell get off praising the passenger's bravery. What the fuck is he talking about? I know how Greyhound packs it's buses out, so there were a lot of fucking people on that bus and no one helped. Everyone just ran off the bus like little pussies. Even when the trucker armed them with bats and crowbars and wrenches everyone stood and did NOTHING while the attacker was carving up his victim inside. For shame, how dare you talk about bravery when everyone stood and did nothing. God bless (if he exists) Tim McClean's soul and may he rest in peace. And please send me your thoughts and feelings on this. Comment on this post, I would like to know how you feel about this story.

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4 comments:

  1. Horror, absolute horror.
    I wish someone would knock out psycho with a fire extinguisher, or a bag,
    where is a hero when you need one?
    Maybe drivers on this long-distance buses shall bear arms?and have training to use it well?
    one shot and poor Tim might be wounded but alive..

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  2. Indeed. the gun idea is good but the question is, should it be applied. Although horrific, this case is rare if not one of a kind.

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  3. In the news clip, they make it sound as though the passengers made a valiant attempt at disabling the assailant before exiting the bus. According to other articles, this is simply not true. The individual sitting in front of the victim while he was being stabbed, Garnet Caton, reported hearing a "bloodcurdling scream" and then turning around and seeing the assailant with a knife. And what did Garnet do? Apparently, not very much. If Garnet were an 80-year-old woman, as the name would imply, this behavior might be acceptable. Unfortunately, Garnet Caton's feeble attempt to appear feeble is belied by the fact that HE is a YOUNG MAN, not too far in age from the victim. Another passenger, Cody Olmstead, 21, reported trying to get the other passengers to safety. While that is admirable, the heroic effort falls short when you realize that it must have taken at least a few minutes for the bus driver to pull over, which would have given them time to help the victim, in between getting the rest of the passengers clusterfucked in the front of the bus, away from the attack, and making sure they exited the bus. Garnet is quoted as saying that the victim must have been stabbed 50 or 60 times. IT TAKES TIME to stab someone 50 or 60 times. He also is quoted as saying that when the passengers were exiting the bus, the killer was standing over the victim, and "I think the victim was gone at that point." Thank you, Miss Garnet, but you're not a doctor OR an old woman. Whatever lets you sleep at night, you fucking pansy. Quit frontin.

    When I first read this, I assumed it was rare/one of a kind also, but found a list of recent violent incidents that have occurred on Greyhound buses in Canada.

    This is from http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/07/31/greyhound-transcanada.html:

    Bus violence

    Recent violent incidents that have occurred on Greyhound buses in Canada:

    * Dec. 24, 2007: A 27-year-old man is stabbed after an argument with another passenger on a bus near Tweed, Ont.
    * Feb. 16, 2007: A group of people in their 20s attack and beat the driver of a bus in Lloydminster, Alta.
    * Dec. 23, 2000: A man attempts to take control of a bus near Thunder Bay, Ont. Thirty-two passengers are injured when the bus lands on its side in a ditch. One woman later dies of her injuries.
    * March, 2000. A pregnant woman is attacked by a man on a bus in London, Ont. The woman suffered injuries to her arms.

    I don't know if there's a simple solution like arming the driver or somehow employing metal detectors, but I do believe that if people weren't so selfish, this guy may have had a chance at surviving.

    P.S. Although the attack happened at night, at least some of the passengers were awake. According to texts the victim sent before he was attacked, some of them were rolling. Good times. RIP Tim.

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  4. Sorry that was so long :D

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