Not often I get scammed and I am still not sure if I have but I think I should just put the word out there. Yesterday my wife and I were off to do some shopping when we saw a black dude collapse on the road and go into what looked like an epileptic fit. Since no one else stopped we decided to help the person. When I went to him he had white foam pouring out of his mouth. His head was bashing against the tar and his eyes were rolling around in his head. Did I mention he had lots of white foam coming out of his mouth?
Worried that he would asphyxiate I rolled him on his side. Where he spluttered a few times and seemed to come out of the seizure. After a couple of minutes he was able to stand up and move onto the grassy shaded pavement.
He told us a long sob story about how he was from Kempton Park and he had come here looking for a job and he was meant to be taking his anti-epileptic treatment but reacted badly on an empty stomach. I felt really bad for the guy (half his body is deformed from a form of paralysis), so I gave him a couple of hundred rand and some food and watched him go on his way.
I check on the Buffalo City crimespotter page that this has happened at least twice before in other parts of the city. Same story almost word for word. Either this guy is having seizures everywhere or he is a con.
Anyone else heard of this?
