Phoenix residents and Democratic National Convention delegates Howard and Lisa Bell have spotted a number of political VIPs while in Denver. The most surprising, though, came during a bus ride earlier today.

“We were on the bus going to our next event and we saw this big throng of people outside of a little pulled-pork barbeque stand, which is in the middle of this little park,” Howard Bell told me during a phone interview.

About 400 or more convention attendees, reporters and other people seemed to cluster around someone in the center of the crowd, he said.

“We were thinking, ‘Who’s that over there?’ As we were passing, we just saw the top of his head, but there was no mistaking the top of Joe Biden’s head,” Bell said. “We said, ‘Stop the tram!’ and everybody jumped off.”

Secret Service agents kept the crowd at a distance, but the white-and-wispy haired vice presidential candidate worked the crowd, and Bell said he was able to snap a few photos of him. After Biden grabbed a quick meal, he walked back across the street to the hotel where he’s staying, Bell said.

“That was an interesting day for us,” Bell said. He said he’ll try to e-mail the best of his Biden photos to me, so I’ll post them when they arrive. Check back.

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