BC Ferries passenger says he was stopped, questioned if he was a courier – BC [Video]

A BC Ferries passenger said he was left confused and missed his sailing after a recent experience returning home from a Christmas visit with his mom.

Edward Thomas, along with his two children, boarded a ferry in Sechelt, B.C., and landed in Horseshoe Bay.

He says he purchased his next tickets to Nanaimo in the Horseshoe Bay gift shop as they were tight for time to make the next sailing.

“We got aggressively approached by a BC Ferry employee, first of all, accusing us of not having tickets,” Thomas said.

He added that they had tickets, which he said confused the employee, but after he showed her the tickets, that is when she started asking about his luggage.

“It was really bizarre. I just told her what was in there,” Thomas said. “You know, there’s nothing … weird. It was just the gifts and that.

“And then she accused us of using the …