re: What’s the wildest thing you’ve even seen in person

Before D.C. went to hell, there was a lot less security everywhere.
I was standing on a corner, waiting for a light and a huge limo lumbered by slowly. The head of Saudi Arabia with his gold headpiece was six feet from me, President Nixon on the other side.

Contrast that with the twelve vehicle motorcade moving a VIP down an interstate (closed down) in Missouri a couple of years ago and the AirForce one flying over with a five jet escort when President Obama was on his way to a summit in Williamsburg VA.