A British man who decided to leave his cell phone in a tourist area of Barcelona before getting down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend was reportedly interrupted by a thief, taking advantage of the celebration to seize the device.
“It ruined the moment slightly. […] I just wanted to propose to my girlfriend and a nice guy wanted to steal my phone. He immediately returned it. I didn't notice it, it was my partner who saw it. She shouted at him,” said Briton Charlie Bullock, according to “The Mirror” last week.
On December 15, the thirty-year-old chose the triumphal arch of Barcelona in Spain to kneel in front of his girlfriend, Hannah McNaghten, to ask for her hand.
But to keep a memory of the moment, he then left his cell phone on the edge, claiming to want to take a video in front of the structure, before asking the question in front of several passers-by and smiling witnesses, we can see in the video.
It was then that one of them took advantage of the excitement of the newly engaged couple, who were hugging each other, to grab the cell phone.
In the footage, a man in a black coat can be seen grabbing the device, before hearing the 26-year-old woman say a happy “oh I love you!”, followed by a “hey!” towards the trickster.
Fortunately, the latter would not have made a fuss and would have simply returned the cell phone to the lovers before slipping away, so that the couple would not have considered it relevant to involve the police in the story.
“Thank you Hannah for being attentive to the phone thief,” added Charlie Bullock, according to the British newspaper.
In the comments of the video, which had reached more than 777,000 views as of Thursday, many Internet users reminded tourists to never leave their belongings unattended in a country they are visiting, since some are teeming with pickpockets.
“Leaving your phone unattended in Barcelona is crazy, but congratulations,” commented a first, while a second rather lamented: “It's the problem of modern times, people think they can leave their phone on this side because it “should not” be stolen,” according to “The Mirror.”
