WOW! Did someone piss on your rice krispies today?
I repeat: I am sincerely glad that your encounter was relatively "benign," and that neither you nor your husband were inordinately inconvenienced!
The beginning of your narrative had me fearing that there was going to be a grim turn of events - with, e.g., you and your husband being "taken downtown" by the police for violating the hippie's "civil rights."
Be honest: Nowadays, the story might have ended that way - especially if the hippie had been a member of a "protected class."
Regards,