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photo by freedryk

today, i executed a great escape in a tunnel below the streets of vancouver. on my way home tonight, as i walked toward my skytrain platform, i spotted two skycops. luckily for me, they were busy with a street person, so they didn’t see me head for the stairs down to other platform in an (obvious) attempt to avoid them.

i went downstairs to nervously wait on the platform for the train while keeping an eye open for the skycops and being watched on the security cameras. i was going to get onto the train and head in the wrong direction to get out of dodge, but i was already nervous enough and didn’t want to spend one more moment in the fare paid zone than was necessary.

i decided instead to try to blend in with the riders coming off the train and head for the exit. this way, i could head up the stairs to see what the situation was and simply make a clean exit if necessary, or, if the coast was clear, i could wait for the next train heading my way. when i arrived to the upper platform level, there wasn’t a skycop in sight. sweet! i had just totally avoided getting a $173 fine and headed for the platform to wait for my train.

a few short moments later, the train arrived and i boarded. the train was the new type, where the cars are connected in groups of two and you can walk from one car to another, with a total of 6 doors. i decided to head to the rear of the last of the two cars, just as the two sky cops hopped on from out of nowhere.

fr@ck!

i was just about to get busted. luckily, as i was walking to the rear and approaching another door, i heard the chime on the overhead speakers indicating that the doors were about to close. at the very last second, i darted through closing doors and onto the platform. as i looked back to see if the doors would jam because of a hand or foot, i saw the sky cop on the train, pointing at me with a smile on his face. i returned his smile with one of my own, turned my back and headed out of the station.