The vehicles were spotted at the BP petrol station on Calder Road at around 9:15 p.m. tonight.
Local resident Gareth Mackie discovered not one but two presidential cars, nicknamed “The Beast”.
Gareth said, “It was about 9:15 pm when I was driving and I could just see a lot of flashing blue lights in my rearview mirror. I saw traffic had stalled on the opposite side of Calder Road and at first I thought,” There was some difficulties.
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“As a former journalist, my instincts told me to go back and find out more.
“I could see the Beasts, so I realized what it was. I saw what looked like some pretty heavy SWAT vehicles. There was a guy in a green uniform who was quite armed. The police bikes were guarding the exit and it … It looked like you couldn’t get in while refueling.
“Both Beasts had the same license plate. ‘800 002’ was written on each – I’d heard they did something to a decoy car.
A President’s state car was spotted by local resident Gareth Mackie at the BP gas station on Calder Road.
“I couldn’t see Joe, maybe he stopped by at the Beijing Banquet nearby while they were filling up because they’d probably spend a while on these things with the kilometers.”
It was around this time that Biden was seen arriving at the Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club in Kirknewton, where he was staying for the duration of COP26.
