I honestly do not think he was scared of anyone or anything on that bus. Fear does not cause Epic Beard Man to move, only tactical strategy.

What rottenseed said.

Epic Beard Man moved away from the fight. He was content to leave it at the level of verbal sparring, but the kid escalated things by re-entering Epic Beard Man air-space. Then he got shot-the-fuck down.

Epic Beard man looks like Kimbo Slice....

Well - nothing personal, I don't generally upvote fight vids due to lack of context and general sad pummeling of one idiot by another - there seems to be a lot of information on this one since 4chan has turned its anonymous Eye of Sauron towards San Francisco. Check out this comment from digg (not my words below the break):

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EPIC BEARD MAN Update:

Looks like he was in Oakland and being threatened so he flipped *****. (smart move, imho) Unfortunately, he also happens to be completely insane (poor guy's seen combat). See docs: http://ebm.pastebin.com/m5d4e0b2d

Here's video of him getting tazed, bro (some of the crowd's on his side so maybe he's not all that crazy, after all): http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/loca ...

Video Part 2 (he's a Nam Vet, "*****"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fnjFVPCek

Watching the follow up video and reading about Epic Beard Man, it's clear that he's a little off his rocker. Sad, really. I think he probably did say something racist and insulting to the other guy in this video. But still, the old guy moved away from the argument and the young guy threw the first punch. I don't understand how you pick a fight with someone as large as that old guy. He's clearly extremely strong. I guess that's why it's EIA.

The most pathetic people in this video are the ones filming it, alternatively encouraging the fight, feigning outrage at the outcome, and then stealing the old guy's bag.

I workout quite a bit and I see some older dudes at my gym that put all of us young pups to shame. Epic beard man falls into this category. He's probably been lifting weights for a solid 40 years, and that means he's got good, mature, dense muscles. I would not want to be on the other side of his fists, dudes like him are incredibly strong. I can also notice the signs of roid rage when I see them. He is clearly raging in the second video. I've been there. It takes a lot longer to decompress after an altercation when you have testosterone pumping through your system in doses more akin to a great ape's. I think that cop knows it as well. How often do you see an cop let someone destroy newspaper boxes and swear in public? He knows he can't take him down on his own, nor could he with 3 other officers. You just don't confront an angry gorilla sized man that has been exercised for decades, that is on steroids, and that now has adrenaline raging through his veins. You just don't do it.

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