this was in 2016 my parents had just moved to the West Coast and I was on my way driving there to visit them a lot of the way there is pretty empty with only a few gas stations spread out Down The Long Highway at some point during my second night of driving my check engine light came on in my car I wasn't exactly surprised because my car was old and not very reliable but I wasn't really a car person either and I had no clue what could be going on with it I looked up where the next gas station was it was another 30 m away but I really had no choice but to make it there however my car decided to make the choice for me instead though as the engine suddenly cut out leaving me coasting along the side of the road until I eventually stopped I tried everything I could to get it working again I even got out and looked under the hood for any possible causes of the problem but I saw nothing honestly I thought this was just the final leg of my car in the meantime all I could do was find a way to get help I pulled my phone out and I immediately felt my stomach drop as I had no service I tried a few calls anyway but obviously none of them went through after 30 minutes of trying to find a solution I realized I really only had one option which was to hitchhike a ride I'd never done it before and I was kind of nervous not really knowing what to expect I always found it as a strange thing that I never thought I'd ever do I stood out there on the side of the road and just waited every 15 or so minutes a single car would passed by but none of them stopped for me this went on for hours it was probably 2: or 3:00 a. m. before I saw the headlights of another car coming down the road I stuck my thumb out assuming it would pass by like all the rest but to my surprise they started pulling over it was a black pickup truck and I couldn't really see the driver until I walked around to the side of their car he was a very skinny man with a long thin face and matched with his long black hair it was a little unsettling need a lift he said happily with a big grin something really put me off about this guy but honestly I was tired and this might be my only opportunity to get a ride so I didn't pass it up I I hopped in the back seat I felt like it would have been awkward if we didn't have some small talk so I asked him what he was up to tonight just cruising on the highway he responded like it was a hobby of his or something which was kind of strange since we were in the middle of nowhere I was surprised he didn't ask me what I was up to or why I needed a ride but I tried to think of another question just to keep the conversation going the man and interrupted my train of thought though when he looked at me for a few seconds in the mirror you don't have any weapons on you right just making sure I'm safe he said with again that odd smile of his I said no thinking it was a strange question to bluntly ask but maybe he really was just trying to watch out for himself I don't know but after that I stopped talking 10 more minutes went by as I just stared out the window before the man made a sudden turn off the highway and onto a dirt road I immediately sat up and looked around realizing this was definitely not right where are we going he shot a quick look at me then continued to drive without answering I asked him again more loudly as the fear was building up where are you taking me at this point I knew that no matter what the next time this car stops I was going to bolt so I got ready with my hand on the door as he drove down this beaten dirt road suddenly a small farmhouse appeared in the dim lights its front door was wide open and the whole place looked like it was decaying and falling in on itself once we got up closer he suddenly slammed on the brakes I jolted forward into the seat and the man instantly swung his door open and ran around to the side door I swung mine open as well and sprinted out heading right for the tree line the man ran around the car and came running up behind me but once we were in the woods it was so dark that I could only hear his footsteps and could no longer see him even though he was just 10 or 15 ft behind me I took a sharp turn getting behind a tree and holding my breath his footsteps came right up past me continued further into the woods a whole minute passed before I heard his creepy voice call out for me over and over he'd repeat the same lines in the same tone of voice come on let's go back I'll give you a ride I wasn't trying to scare you it was extremely disturbing even worse I never heard his footsteps go back toward the car so I had no idea where he was or if he was lurking in the dark somewhere nearby I knew I had to leave though so I started quietly walking in the direction of the main road or at least what I thought was that direction I really couldn't see anything but once I was deeper in the woods I pulled my phone out and turned the brightness on low somehow I happened to have service now I almost wanted to cry from the relief I dialed 911 and had them track the call so they knew where I was thankfully I made it back to the main road and met two officers there by that time the man and the car Were Somehow gone I don't know how he managed to get out of there without being seen as for The Farmhouse it was just what it looked like some old abandoned place which makes it even stranger that the man knew exactly where it was and turned into to it on purpose I have no idea what he was going to do I'm just glad I didn't have to find [Music] out I was working a quick door Dash shift on a Monday night I got out of my day job at 700 and decided to make a few deliveries it was a pretty regular quiet night with nothing much to note I delivered about seven or eight orders before I took my last one for the night I drove it down to the house and dropped it off then started heading back into town where my apartment was it was around 10:00 now and after that delivery I was about 20 minutes out in the Farmland that surrounds Our Town a couple minutes into my drive back I saw a figure standing in the middle of the road I slowed down and the man moved over a little bit but not enough to be out of my way once I got closer he looked right at me and stuck his thumb out in my headlights I could tell he was an older guy like early 50s and he had a large backpack over his shoulders since I was already slowing down I figured I'd be helpful and ask if he needed a ride into the city since I was heading that way anyways he leaned on the window seal and thanked me for stopping his eyes looked heavy and exhausted like he hadn't slept in days but he seemed nice enough so I agreed to give him a ride what I wasn't expecting though was for him to immediately open the passenger door and sit in the seat right next to me it didn't really matter I guess but I felt like it was usually common courtesy to get in the back seat as he got situated I looked past him at where he came from it was a field of Tall Grass just a huge Farm or something you from around here what brings you out to the farmlands he looked over at me just making my way across the country to visit my family don't have a car so I've been hitching rides I thought that was pretty interesting so I asked more about where he was from but he gave me very vague and uninterested answers a couple times I caught him looking into my back seat not just quick glances though like he was running his eyes through the whole back seat and looking for something something about this guy started to make me feel off he wasn't talking much and was just acting really unusual is everything okay I asked I still had my eyes on the road but he didn't say anything so then I looked over at him my eyes were drawn to his disturbing stare before I noticed the knife he had clenched in his right hand stopped the car I didn't say a word and parked right in the middle of the road I was terrified and just thought if I let him take whatever he wanted then I'd get out unharmed so that's exactly what I was going to do as soon as the car was in park I turned to open my door but he quickly stopped me get in the back he demanded still clenching the knife I froze up for a moment realizing we were in the middle of empty fields and that if I get in the back I'll probably never have another chance to escape he told me again and that's also when I noticed his large backpack was slightly open by his feet revealing a thick bundle of rope I had no choice but to try my luck escaping now before it was too late late I opened the door and jumped out of the car in one swift motion the man tried jumping across the front seat to grab me but I sprinted to the other side of the road and into the Tall Grass I kept on running through the field until I felt like he couldn't find me then I Stood Still and waited he yelled a few times from the road but then it went quiet all I could hear was the wind blowing the grass around I Stood Still and motionless for a good 15 minutes before I slowly made my way back toward the road I looked through the grass and could see my headlights still beaming onto the pavement and the driver do still open the man was nowhere to be seen after scoping it out for another minute I sprinted up and grabbed my phone then ran back into the grass and called 911 I didn't know if he was still hiding somewhere waiting for me so I didn't risk staying up there eventually the police showed up though I couldn't believe the man didn't drive away in my car he must have just grabbed his backpack and run off into the other field or maybe even tried chasing me through the grass and just didn't find me either way it clearly showed that his intentions were not to just rob me of my belongings which makes the scenario a 100 times more disturbing I gave thece released a description of the man but there still haven't been any sightings I was driving back from my friend's place in Wisconsin I live right outside of Chicago which is about a 6-hour drive so I decided to do it all in one go however I didn't anticipate leaving so late I wasn't on the road until 8:00 p.
m. but I absolutely had to be home for work the following day so there was no option to hang out any longer if you aren't familiar with Wisconson it's mostly flat with a ton of forests all over the Northern parts and small towns scattered throughout the biggest cities are closer to the Border nowhere near where I was my buddies place was in one of these small towns so pretty much right out of the gate it was Barren Forest roads there were a few cars here and there but once I was 30 minutes out and the sun had set there wasn't a single other car I probably went a whole 2 hours without seeing anyone else on the road the endless flat Forest on either side of me was so repetitive that it was making me sleepy it definitely didn't help that I was so tired from hanging with my friend all weekend either I was trying everything to stay awake but at just around 11:00 p. m.
