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Loud, obnoxious and even scary fellow passengers -- people riding the bus out of Windsor have seen it all.
But many are taking an extra look at the person sitting next to them after hearing that a crazed man attacked a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba on Wednesday, stabbed him repeatedly and cut his head off.
"You see all kinds of stuff on the bus," said John Seaward, who regularly rides the bus between Stratford and Windsor. "You've got your little groups. You got your loners, you got your loudmouths, the ones that act like they want to be your best friend. You get some people that are loud and obnoxious. You get some that just want to be left alone. It's interesting riding on that thing. Every night is different. You never know what you're going to get."
Screaming passengers fled in terror from a bus near Portage la Prairie as an unidentified fellow passenger suddenly stabbed a man sleeping next to him, decapitated him and waved the severed head at horrified witnesses standing outside.
The apparently unprovoked assault left 36 men, women and children stranded Wednesday night on the shoulder of the darkening Trans-Canada Highway about 85 kilometres west of Winnipeg. The bus driver and the driver of a nearby truck shut the crazed attacker inside the bus with the mangled victim.
RCMP confirmed Thursday afternoon they have the suspect in custody but didn't reveal his name. They did say the suspect is not from Manitoba.
Police said that officers who arrived on the scene could see the suspect walking around inside the bus, but he refused to exit. The standoff lasted for hours. Around 1:30 a.m., the alleged killer tried to jump out of the bus after breaking a window. Police immediately subdued and arrested him.
Police said the victim's name will not be released until next-of-kin have been notified. Witnesses on the bus said the attack was totally unprovoked.
The horrific story was on the mind of people getting on and off buses Thursday at Windsor's Greyhound station.
"It kind of freaked me out," said Matthew Robinson, a University of Windsor student who was hopping a bus back home to London on Thursday. "It was a little scary something like that could happen on the bus. It was a little scary that that person didn't receive any help sooner."
Seaward said he's had a few close calls with some strange passengers. He said people have yelled and swore at him for seemingly no reason.
He said he was recently on a bus when a guy started randomly barking, yelling and swearing at people. The other day while stopped in London, he said a woman tried to get on the bus who didn't have a ticket. After the bus was held up for an hour, Seaward said it was discovered the woman was from a nearby "facility" who was just trying to get away.
In January, he fell asleep on the bus and woke up to find someone had stolen his cell phone right off his belt.
"I was pissed," he said. "But I have no choice. I have to take the bus."
But many are taking an extra look at the person sitting next to them after hearing that a crazed man attacked a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba on Wednesday, stabbed him repeatedly and cut his head off.
"You see all kinds of stuff on the bus," said John Seaward, who regularly rides the bus between Stratford and Windsor. "You've got your little groups. You got your loners, you got your loudmouths, the ones that act like they want to be your best friend. You get some people that are loud and obnoxious. You get some that just want to be left alone. It's interesting riding on that thing. Every night is different. You never know what you're going to get."
Screaming passengers fled in terror from a bus near Portage la Prairie as an unidentified fellow passenger suddenly stabbed a man sleeping next to him, decapitated him and waved the severed head at horrified witnesses standing outside.
The apparently unprovoked assault left 36 men, women and children stranded Wednesday night on the shoulder of the darkening Trans-Canada Highway about 85 kilometres west of Winnipeg. The bus driver and the driver of a nearby truck shut the crazed attacker inside the bus with the mangled victim.
RCMP confirmed Thursday afternoon they have the suspect in custody but didn't reveal his name. They did say the suspect is not from Manitoba.
Police said that officers who arrived on the scene could see the suspect walking around inside the bus, but he refused to exit. The standoff lasted for hours. Around 1:30 a.m., the alleged killer tried to jump out of the bus after breaking a window. Police immediately subdued and arrested him.
Police said the victim's name will not be released until next-of-kin have been notified. Witnesses on the bus said the attack was totally unprovoked.
The horrific story was on the mind of people getting on and off buses Thursday at Windsor's Greyhound station.
"It kind of freaked me out," said Matthew Robinson, a University of Windsor student who was hopping a bus back home to London on Thursday. "It was a little scary something like that could happen on the bus. It was a little scary that that person didn't receive any help sooner."
Seaward said he's had a few close calls with some strange passengers. He said people have yelled and swore at him for seemingly no reason.
He said he was recently on a bus when a guy started randomly barking, yelling and swearing at people. The other day while stopped in London, he said a woman tried to get on the bus who didn't have a ticket. After the bus was held up for an hour, Seaward said it was discovered the woman was from a nearby "facility" who was just trying to get away.
In January, he fell asleep on the bus and woke up to find someone had stolen his cell phone right off his belt.
"I was pissed," he said. "But I have no choice. I have to take the bus."
