it was early June 2017 I was taking a road trip with my nine-year-old son Tom to West Virginia to visit family it was a long stressful drive my cart didn't have working a/c at the time and it was an incredibly hot day so we were a bit stressed out by the six hour mark we had left later in the day so we were still on the road by dark I think it was around 9:00 p. m. when we were still on the interstate and Tom started complaining that he needed to use the bathroom there was already tension in the car before this but his constant complaining brought about a slight argument between the two of us it was about personal stuff I'd rather not share with the internet at last I saw a blue rest area sign zoom past us on the interstate so I veered off into the rest area it had a small building with two bathrooms a couple vending machines and a few benches that was it there were no other cars parked nearby besides some big white pickup truck as I pulled up next to the building Tom got out in a hurry and ran to the bathroom I left the car on because I knew he'd be back soon like I said I don't want to get into personal stuff like why we had a bit of an argument but it seemed we were at that stage where we were in exchanging words anymore I figured the rest of the ride would be silent about a minute later the back door open dementia I wanted to say something to Tom but I didn't know what to say so I just stayed quiet and drove off I noticed that the white pickup truck parked nearby was leaving as well in fact he was close behind me I veered back onto the interstate and into the left lane and the pickup truck did the same I stepped on it a little and so did he he started flashing his lights so I switched to the right lane thinking he was nothing but an aggressive driver but as soon as I switched to the right so did he he was still flashing his lights I pulled into the right lane and started to slow down he sped up still in the middle lane and when he caught up to me he slowed down and lowered his window I did the same and he started yelling something to me pointing at my car he looks like a creepy sketchy dude at first glance I couldn't hear a word he was saying so he pointed for me to pull over to the side I told Tom to keep calm in my head I was saying if this guy tried to do anything funny I would floor it the pickup pulled up behind me on the grass and the guy came out of his truck running to my car I put the car back in Drve as my heart was racing ready to drive but then he screamed wait he got to my window and said that's not your kid and pointed to the backseat as he said this I was confused and said what he said that's not your kid that got in your car suddenly the back right-side door opens and I turned to see someone getting out of my car not my son Tom I got out from the car screaming at the tall person who seemed to be a fully grown man but they had already disappeared into the woods I looked at the driver the pickup and thanked him as I suddenly panicked thinking about what could have happened to Tom I got back in my car crossed the grass between the interstate and drove back to the rest area the guy in the pickup followed me he got back there in like 30 seconds to find Tom waiting outside the rest area bathroom he got back in the car all confused I explained everything to him almost out of breath as did the pickup driver I thanked the guy one more time before he drove back to the spot he was sitting in before tom was so intrigued about what just happens and I was so disturbed that we were back on good terms again we chatted the whole rest of the way and told family about it as soon as we arrived I never even got to see what the person who got in my car looked like honestly maybe I should be happy I never turned around to look at them because I don't know what they would have done my girlfriend and I took a road trip to California recently the way there was completely normal we left home early in the morning and got to the hotel by nightfall on our way back home however we left midday and a majority of our ride was in the dark the drive was about 10 hours each way not including stops for food we made two food stops the first after about three hours of driving then one more much later and deeper into the night we got off the freeway of like 12:30 at night and went to the nearest Wendy's for food we got right back on the freeway after that I ate while I drove which my girlfriend wasn't too fond of but I just wanted to get home sooner rather than later shortly after getting back on the freeway it started to rain my girlfriend forced me to pull over now she didn't want me eating and driving in poor conditions as they pulled to the side and actually started to downpour I finished up eating my food and then we heard a bang sound at the window at first I talked it up two noises from the storm but when I look to my left out the window to see a figure blocking 90% of the window along with the shriek of my girlfriend's I nearly had a heart attack I didn't want to roll down the window given how hard it was pouring but over the sound of the torrential rain pounding on the car I couldn't hear what the person was saying I opened the door a crack and yelled out to the person who turned out to be a woman she was soaked already and looked disheveled and scared she asked for a ride what was I gonna do tell her no in these conditions I told her to get in the backseat my girlfriend gave me a look I don't know what kind of look exactly but it looks kind of like why the hell did you let her in kind of look I asked the woman where she was heading she didn't answer I caught my girlfriend giving me a look again because of this I ignored her and turned around to look at the woman in the back seat assuming she didn't hear me but as creepy as it was she was actually looking right at me with a cold unfriendly face I'd say it was a neutral blank face but something about it was just off-putting I repeated my question and she just shrugged her shoulders and left I looked at my girlfriend who was once again looking at me I said out loud that I'd be dropping a woman off at the next town we crossed I guess I was announcing that to both my girlfriends and the woman as we got back onto the barren Highway there was a sudden ear piercing screaming sound coming from right behind me and the woman sitting behind me suddenly wrapped her arms around my throat I slammed on the brakes as I was struggling to breathe almost sliding into the divider my girlfriend quotes slashed at the woman's face with her long nails the screaming turned from a deranged angry kind of screaming - screams of pain and agony I got out of the car if she had her hands pressed up against her face nagging II and then open the back door grabbed the woman with both hands and literally threw her out of the car into the rain she started begging please please over and over as I looked down at her but that's all she said she cried as she kept saying the word please I ignored her and got back into my car and locked it as I put the car in drive there were bangs at the window as the woman started screaming again her screams once again sounded like the screams of a deranged mental asylum patient I drove away casually she was no longer a real threat or at least not that I knew of my girlfriend quickly got on the phone with the police and warned them of some suspicious unstable woman lurking around the highway we didn't stop again though we went straight home from there obviously a bit shaken up and whatnot but I didn't want to be thinking about that incident for any longer than I had to it was 2010 I was driving my Ford f-150 from my home in Pennsylvania to Georgia I had family in the countryside of Georgia who I'd be spending the week with it was gonna be a drive of around 14 hours and I planned on doing it all in one day I got on the road at 10:00 a.
m. I stopped once for lunch at some deli and then four hours later I stopped at a rest area to eat the turkey sandwiches I packed in the cooler after that I didn't intend on making any other stops besides for guess one more time of course at about 11:30 p. m.
