"Babel II" is a comedic science fiction short story by Damon Knight.

Comic book artist Lloyd Cavanaugh is surprised by a man that suddenly appears in his apartment in Manhattan.

Realizing this is a repeat of the Tower of Babel event, he goes over his meeting with traveller and finds it likely his next stop is in Mexico.

He has a sudden thought: the Hooligan had left his apartment on a bus - if he was able to cross dimensions at any point he would have used that method to travel.

The story first appeared in the inaugural issue of Beyond Fantasy Fiction,[1] the July edition although it shipped in May.