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A woman throwing rocks at cars, signs in the street, and plants out of the ground appeared to throw a rock at an elderly woman with a cane. She was then tackled by a passerby and slammed into a fire hydrant\u2014and it was all captured by a TikToker filming from a balcony in a Seattle building. <\/p>\n

The TikTok came from @megznicole_<\/a>\u2018s account, and it\u2019s generated an astounding 13.5 million views in the first three days since it\u2019s been on the platform. <\/p>\n

The creator said that while a story time followup is coming, saying there are a \u201cfew things\u201d she wants to answer, she also shared, \u201cI\u2019m in TikTok jail and can\u2019t post for a few days.\u201d <\/p>\n

She did later rescind that offer, though, replacing that pinned post Tuesday afternoon with one saying, \u201cI was banned from posting after it went viral. But I\u2019m over all the rude comments. No one is entitled to \u2018story time\u2019 & now I won\u2019t be giving it.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The video is captioned, \u201cJust another beautiful day in paradise (Seattle),\u201d and sarcastically uses the hashtag #NeverStopExploring. Based on street signs and other signage captured in the video, it appears to have been taken from a balcony of an apartment complex in Seattle\u2019s Lake Union neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The video starts with the woman walking outside the apartment building throwing rocks, and the TikToker created an on-screen caption to signal what had allegedly come before: \u201cBackstory: She was throwing signs in the street and rocks at cars & buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video then captures her disappearing under the awning, and a moment later, the video captures several plants flung into the street which appear to be the woman\u2019s doing. <\/p>\n

She then emerges, running across the street, throwing one rock, and then a second. The caption alleges that she \u201chits elderly woman walking with cane with 2nd rock.\u201d The angle on the video doesn\u2019t capture the rock hitting its target, because of an awning on the building across the street obscuring the view. It does, however, capture the rock thrower heading back toward the intersection and the shocking twist to the TikTok. <\/p>\n

A man approaches the scene running, tackles the rock thrower, and slams her against a fire hydrant. The woman with the cane then emerges, and the man appears to check to see if she\u2019s OK. He then goes back to the rock-thrower to have what appears to be a heated exchange before she stalks off. <\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s hard to make out what they\u2019re saying, the creator reported in her comments that the man slapped a rock out of her hand that she was still holding onto, saying, \u201cNo, bad!\u201d The creator also heard the rock thrower, referring to the woman with the cane, yelling, \u201cWhat about that queen over there?\u201d in reference to her. <\/p>\n

It appeared from the video that the rock thrower might be dealing with some mental health issues. The TikToker insinuated that alcohol was a factor in her behavior. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can enable her behavior and assume she has a mental illness,\u201d the TikToker wrote, \u201cor we can consider [the] fact that that was a wine bottle that broke on the sidewalk\u201d when she was tackled. <\/p>\n

The Daily Dot has reached out to the TikToker and the Seattle Police Department for comment. <\/p>\n

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Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and the author of two books on soccer, \u2018The United States of Soccer,\u2019 and \u2018I Believe That We Will Win,\u2019 both from The Overlook Press. His work has appeared most recently in MLSSoccer.com, The Striker Texas, and Texas Highways. Based in Austin, he is also a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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