Yesterday brought a most amazing Hot Tip from an anonymous Hot Tipper, about an event that transpired—in less than five minutes—in Belltown on Saturday night:

Just after 10 pm, an unnamed woman in her mid 20s walked by the side service entrance of Black Bottle Gastro Tavern in Belltown and asked one of the kitchen staff if he know of any “raversâ€� who lived in the area, then continued walking along Vine street. She returned minutes later, still in an apparent daze, calmly asking a kitchen worker if he would call 911 as she was in the process of DELIVERING A BABY! After calling 911, the kitchen worker asked if he could do or get her anything. She asked for a cup of water, still in an apparent daze. The establishment’s chef, kitchen staff and owners were stunned as they could all distinctly hear the cry of a newborn somewhere near the side entrance, but no baby was visible. They were also stunned as the young woman GAVE BIRTH to her baby right in front of them, within minutes of her asking to call 911, and while standing completely upright on the sidewalk. The paramedics were also stunned when they arrived: After asking if the young woman was having a baby, she replied “I had a baby, it’s right here.â€� The paramedics took the young woman, now naked from the waist down, to the aid car as she held her newborn in her own wrap-around skirt. Everyone at the restaurant was too stunned to ask if the newborn was a boy or a girl.

I just called Black Bottle and got the story confirmed by the very friendly and helpful staffer who answered the phone—who also happened to be the one who cleaned the courtyard pavement after the freakishly impromptu but seemingly successful delivery. “It was bad,” said the guy about the mess. “But it’s so much better to have it be about new life, rather than someone getting shot.”

Hear, hear. Thanks to the anonymous tipster and the praiseworthy staff of Black Bottle, and best of luck to the new mom and her newborn.