UNPRECEDENTED SCENE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5308, 1 October 1885, Page 3

UNPRECEDENTED SCENE.

Considerable excitement was caused in Oxford Circus, Regent st'eet, and some of the West End thoroughfares recently, by the appearance of a tall man, whose back, from his collar to his waist, was literally covered with bees, while hundreds more hovered, over his head and all around him. The man walked on in a state of evident fear, and, it may be imagined, this strange sight in the midsfc of the crowded streets led to his being followed by a crowd, numbering many thousands of persons. It appears that a swarm of bees, numbering many thousands, which had escaped from some hive in the neighborhood of the Metropolis, had settled bpon the man's back, shoulders, and head. Terribly frightened, he made an attempt to run away, but the bees maintained their "hold, and the man walked on and on, not knowing what to do, but in the hope that his little friends would take their departure, frightehed by the noise of the traffic in those central thoroughfares. Ultimately, when he was passing through Oxford Market, a bystander advised him to throw off his coat, and taking the hint he slipped off his garment, when the host of bees rose en masse, and the man made off as quickly as possible, and so did the thousands who had followed him. Strange to say, the man was only slightly stung in the neck.