2 Hours of True Road Trip Horror Stories

A couple of years ago I went on a road trip to the Grand Canyon with my best friend Samantha it was about a 12-hour drive but it would be worth it we had always wanted to go see the Grand Canyon and we thought the drive would be pretty interesting along the way the plan was to make the entire Drive in one day down there we left early and it would be easy especially since there were two of us and we could take turns driving we ended Up leaving at 7:00 a.m. and I started out driving

things went well for the most part we stopped a few times for gas and food we also switched driving every couple of hours or so at one point probably about 7 or 8 hours into the drive we left a gas station and not long after Samantha said that the car behind us was following us I had just changed to driving and I was unaware of this when I was in the passenger seat I would just be on my phone and wasn't really Paying too close attention to our surroundings I asked how she knew that and

she told me that the car had been behind us for a while when she was driving even changing lanes with us a couple of times of course she wasn't sure but when we stopped and the car did as well and then when we left the car left at the same time she thought that it was really suspicious I said maybe it was just a coincidence and we agreed that it could be I looked at the car in The mirror as I drove it was a white four-door sedan pretty average looking I couldn't make out who

was driving or anything like that I stayed in the right lane for most of the time and the car stayed behind us we mostly ignored it and none of us were 100% sure if we were being followed but it did seem a little strange about an hour went by and the car was still behind us I had switched Lanes a few times to pass slower cars and things like that and I also kind of Forgot about the car behind us but when I remembered again I noticed that it was still there it was a decent

ways back it wasn't like it was right on our bumper Samantha told me to take the next exit and we would see once and for all if the car was following us for some reason about 5 minutes later the next exit came up and I took it the car behind us did as well we were now starting to panic I wasn't sure what to do I drove down the road for a ways and then Samantha told Me to take the next right when I did the car behind us did also I started to then take

random turns left and right whatever I did the car did as well I have no clue what city we were even in it wasn't quite the middle of nowhere but it wasn't very big either there were a few businesses here and there and eventually I drove into a neighborhood I was turning so often that finally the car behind us stopped following we took a turn and the car kept going straight At that point I looked at our GPS again and we headed back towards the freeway we were both so glad that the car stopped following

us and we could finally not worry about it anymore we made it to the Grand Canyon that night we stayed in a nearby town in Arizona for 2 nights and then headed back home on the day that we were driving back home probably about Midway through the drive I saw a white car behind us again Samantha and I joked about the car being Back and following us once more we were 100% joking because we knew how common of a car that was there was no chance it was the same one but about 30 minutes went

by and the car was still behind us we needed to get gas and took an exit when we did the car followed us that's when I got a bad feeling again what if this was the same car we got to a larger gas station where there were a decent number of other cars it looked like a popular stop for people making road Trips I drove the car to a gas pump and then got out we noticed that the white car did not get gas but parked in the parking area Samantha kept an eye on the

car as I pumped the gas when I was done I got back inside and Samantha told me that nobody had gotten out of the car we both kind of had to use the bathroom and decided to get out and use the bathroom in the gas station but as we were walking inside we heard a car door open and shut behind us and looked to see a Man stepping out of the white car both at the same time Samantha and I ran back for our car and got inside we saw the Man start to return to

his car as well I got in the driver's seat started the engine and then drove out of the parking lot as fast as I could the white car behind in the parking lot had a farther distance to go to take the exit that we were taking the guy had to wait for a semi TR that was entering and we were able to get away when we got back onto The freeway I drove until the first exit and then took that so the car couldn't catch up to us we waited at another gas station for a

while and then left again after that we didn't see the car for the rest of the trip Samantha and I still talk about this all the time I can't believe how we were followed twice by the same person sometimes I wonder if we had been followed the entire time without noticing this is something that happened A long time ago I went on a road trip to visit some family it was a pretty long trip it would take me about 10 hours my plan was to do the whole Drive in a day well I had made

it in about 8 hours and was now driving at night with just about 2 hours to go my car broke down I was on this one road that was not a highway but a little bit quieter I could see the light dimming in my car and I knew that something was wrong then I started to lose power soon I could not drive the car anymore and it went slower and slower until it stopped stopped along the side of the road there were hardly any other cars out driving anymore at this hour so then I got

on my phone and I called my roadside service AAA I told them what happened and they said they would send somebody to my location but it may take a little while I figured that my battery had died and I didn't know exactly why I couldn't turn any lights on inside of the car or Anything so I just went on my phone I hoped that the roadside service would get there quickly but I figured that it would probably take at least 30 minutes I mean I was not in a very populated area so about 5 or

10 minutes into waiting I saw headlights coming up behind me I hoped that it was roadside service until I noticed that it was just a sedan I knew that roadside service would be in a truck of some sort but the car slowed down as it got closer and Then pulled over to the side of the road behind me I was wondering who this was and what they were doing for a while the car's lights stayed on and the engine remained running then then it turned off the driver's door opened and I saw a man walk

out he started going towards the passenger side of my car I also thought this was odd and would have figured that he would go to my window or something the man ended up walking straight from my passenger side before I really knew What was going on he reached my rear passenger side door then he tried opening it I couldn't believe it I had no idea what to do so I just took my keys and tried starting the engine again and unbelievably it started up I didn't waste any time and I drove away from him and

out of there I went until the next exit and took it to a gas station then I called the police and my roadside service and told them what was going on luckily my roadside service really Wasn't that far away I was able to wait for them at the gas station things ended up working out and I never saw that guy again or his car I still wonder what that guy was doing though back when I was in college I went to a school that was a really long ways from home every semester I would make

the long road trip halfway across the country to go to school and get back home one semester I was traveling home for the Summer I would often have some pretty late nights on my drives I would either stop at a hotel or just sleep in my car on this particular time it was the second night of my trip and probably around midnight when the gas light on my car went on I knew I would run out soon so I stopped at the next exit to look for gas however there were no gas stations immediately off

the freeway so I pulled over to the side of The Quiet Road that I was on and searched gas on my phone there was a place like 5 mil down the road I was on so I decided to go there rather than the next place which was 10 Mi down the freeway I drove down the road and only saw a couple of other cars finally I arrived at the gas station which was very quiet and a really old looking place I got out and filled my tank and I got back in my car and started

to head back towards the Freeway but as I was leaving the parking lot to the gas station a car came in at a really high speed and almost ran into me it had to come just about a foot away it was a really close call I didn't know why the person was driving so reckless but I just shook my head and kept driving then I noticed in my mirror near the car violently turn around in the gas station parking lot and come back around to the road that I was on the car Started to follow

me I drove back maintaining the speed limit and the car quickly was right on my tail I wondered what this guy's problem was I pulled to the side of the road to let him by but he stayed on me he followed me all the way back to the freeway we both got onto the freeway and he remained behind me for almost 10 minutes I was getting really creeped out and wasn't sure what to do but just then finally the car suddenly pulled out from Behind me and went to pass me on the right side of

the road as it got lined up with me I looked to see who was driving but I saw nobody in the car at all it was completely empty my jaw dropped when I saw this the car then sped past me and I immediately looked at the license plate but the car didn't have any license plates on at all I was completely freaked out I slowed down to let the car get out of my sight ever since this has happened People don't believe me when I tell them the story and I can't blame them I probably

wouldn't believe it either maybe there was some kind of explanation for this but I know that nobody was in that driver's seat at all this happened when I was young hunger my family went on a road trip to visit my grandparents we made this trip several times and during this one I was probably about 12 it was about a 5-hour drive to get there so we were able to do The entire Drive in one day but as a kid it felt so long during this trip about 3 hours into the drive we needed to get

gas so we stopped at a gas station I had to use the restroom but nobody else needed to so I got out and went inside the store I remembered that after I went inside and used the bathroom I looked around a couple of aisles to see if there was anything that I wanted my mom had told me that if I wanted to get something I could as I looked around in One of the snack aisles I noticed this one guy just staring at me the guy was sort of short and sort of chubby but aside

from that I don't remember much I didn't really know what he was doing but I soon walked into the next aisle over soon I saw the man there as well it just kind of gave me a bad feeling and I decided not to get anything and just to leave I walked out and left the store and went back to our car I got back inside and Waited for my dad to finish he was now cleaning the windows with those window cleaners they have at the gas station after I was back inside the car I looked

out the window just observing the area I saw the man who had been seemingly staring at me inside the store he walked out of the convenience store into a car which was parked at one of the parking spaces in front I remember noticing him looking our Direction and I looked away although I don't think he saw saw me Because the back windows to our car were sort of tinted I looked back and saw him getting into the driver's seat of the car the car then sat there for a while and soon my dad was finally

done and got back inside and we left we had a few more hours still to go and we began leaving the gas station parking lot I was still looking around and I noticed the man's car start to leave around the same time as us in fact as we were waiting to merge back onto the road he Got right behind us soon we did get back on the road and onto the freeway but the man followed us the entire time I remember noticing him driving on the freeway right behind us and I figured that it was

just a coincidence I thought maybe he was just going the same direction as us and I stopped paying attention but I looked back probably about 30 minutes later and the guy was still there he was still directly behind us too I started then to get a little Concerned I remembered that a short time later my brother said he had to use the bathroom my dad was slightly annoyed and said that he should have on at the last gas station still he pulled off for the next exit when we did the guy behind us did the

same my parents and brother were unaware of this guy following I'm not sure why but I didn't say anything to them my dad found a gas station not far off at all and we pulled in my dad parked right out front and the guy in The car following us parked on the other side of the lot just my brother went in and used the bathroom then he returned a minute or so later when we left the guy following us left too he hadn't even gotten out of his car there was no question in my mind

now that he was following us we kept driving on the road towards my grandparents and I was getting more and more concerned what if the guy followed us all the way there probably another 30 minutes or so went By and the guy was still there then unbelievably I saw him turn off at a random exit after that I never saw him again I didn't even tell my parents about it because I was just happy that the guy was gone I'm convinced though that he was following us maybe he thought that we lived around there and

wanted to see where exactly I'm not sure why else he would suddenly stop but I'm just glad that he left us alone a few years ago I was taking a CrossCountry road trip for work I was driving by myself and each night would stop at a hotel and sleep for the night well sometimes in certain locations there are not very many options for hotels so I remember that I drove late into the night one of the days the hotel that I got was this little one that was actually a motel it was in a quiet

town that didn't have much of anything the motel had two levels of rooms and each one would open up to the little sidewalk In front of the parking lot I didn't have high expectations from the start it was a place to sleep and I was very tired so I parked my car got out and then got my room key from the guy in the office then I walked down the sidewalk to my room it was at that point when I first saw this guy walking down that same sidewalk it was a man wearing a black

jacket he was walking really slowly I entered my room and then went inside then I pretty much started Getting ready to go to bed maybe 10 minutes later as I was getting into bed I noticed out the front window the guy that I saw when entering he was just kind of standing around it was a little weird to me the guy was not facing my window but the other direction I watched and finally he walked a little bit to the right and out of view of my window then I went over and closed the shades

but just moments after that the guy tried opening my room Door it was locked so he couldn't get in I didn't know what this guy was doing I went back to the window and looked outside I couldn't see the man anymore and he was now gone so then I went back to the bed and decided to try to go to sleep but just moments later there was a knocking on my door I figured it was the same guy and I ignored it entirely the guy didn't knock again in that moment and I was so tired

that I soon fell asleep but I wasn't asleep for very long I remember waking up and hearing somebody banging loudly on the front door I knew that it was probably the same guy again then he started yelling as well he was cursing and demanding that I open the door for him I had no idea idea why this guy was bothering me I called the front desk to the motel but I got no response then I called the police I shouted to the man that I was calling the police as well he continued to yell at

me from outside though the Guy kept trying to open the door every now and then and continued to bang on it almost the entire time this went on for the next 10 minutes until the police got there then the man was arguing with the police until they escorted him off the property I was finally able to go back to sleep early the next morning I left and was happy to get out of there and back on the road for the rest of my trip I made sure to get hotels that were a little bit nicer

than that One a few years ago I was on a cross country road trip because I was moving from one side of the country to the other it was just me all by myself and I enjoyed being able to live out in my car for a while the only problem was that I had an old car that was on its last legs I was planning to purchase a new car and get rid of the old one but I decided to wait until after I moved because of all the hassle the car would occasionally die But

for the first part of the trip it did great on the third day it was really hot and after driving almost non-stop for about 10 hours night came and I was driving on the highway highways then I felt my car starting to die it was about 9:00 p.m. and the road I was on was very quiet it was not a major freeway because I was taking what the map told me was a shortcut instead it was a little Highway surrounded by mainly Woods I did not want to be stranded here my car slowed down and

came to a stop on the side of the road I shut it off and waited a few minutes before trying to start it again when I did nothing happened at all then I took out my phone to call for help but unfortunately I saw that I had no service I wasn't sure what to do I decided to walk out of my car and see if my service would work a little ways up the Road I walked about 20 ft up the road looking at my phone to see if I would receive any bars just then

I heard a noise come from the woods I thought it was probably a deer but when I looked I didn't see a deer instead I saw legs of a man I couldn't see the rest of him from the trees I didn't know why a man would be at the woods at this time it made me uncomfortable so I walked back to my Car I got in shut the door and locked it I looked into the woods from my car but I didn't see anything I went back to my phone and decided to restart it to

see if maybe that would get me some service it was a long shot but I needed to try what I could as my phone was restarting I heard a noise to the right of my car I looked and my heart stopped when I saw a man standing at my passenger's window Looking in he looked dirty and was not wearing a shirt he started trying to open the door when it didn't open he started banging on the window I sat there for a few seconds is Frozen with fear finally I began to yell at him to

go away but it didn't seem to work I tried my phone to call the police but it still didn't have any service then the man suddenly stopped banging and ran back towards the woods I saw him Grab a large stick and then start to walk back to my car I was about to get out and run away I didn't have a plan after that but I didn't feel safe in my car with that guy banging on on it as soon as I started to open my door I saw bright headlights of a truck pulling behind

me the truck came to a stop behind my car I got out and walked to it it was a large looking man who was wearing a cam jacket and started to ask if I needed a toe but in the middle of His sentence he saw the man with the stick arrive at my car I told him the man seemed to be insane and was trying to get into my car the man in the truck then reached under his seat and grabbed a gun and got out and yelled at the man when the shirtless guy saw

the gun he dropped his stick and put his hands in the air the man from the truck gave me his phone and told me to call the police luckily he had service on his phone and we waited until the police showed Up it was a crazy night that I will never forget the old man got taken away and my car got towed I stayed in a nearby town at a hotel that night and after my car was fixed I sold it as soon as I got to my new house about a month ago I had

a wedding that I was invited to I decided to make a road trip because it was about a 10-hour drive for me and the flights I Was looking at were pretty expensive plus there were some places along the way that I kind of wanted to see I left early on the first morning of the trip and drove for much of the day but I did stop at a few places and found myself driving on the road late at night I was getting really tired so I decided to look for a hotel I pulled off the

freeway and drove down the road looking for a gas station where I could fill up my tank and then look up a nearby Hotel On my phone I drove down a quieter Road for maybe 2 or 3 miles it was a lot longer than I thought it would take to reach a gas station and I was starting to think about turning around when suddenly I saw a sign for a gas station up ahead I had to take another road to the left and then I saw this small gas station off in the distance I pulled

in and filled my tank it was a small gas station and it seemed to be sort of out In the middle of nowhere when I was done I went on my phone to look up a hotel but when I did I didn't have any service I looked to the gas station but the building part of it was closed I didn't see any other cars or businesses on these roads at all I figured I better just get back to the freeway and drive down at Sor until I would have a signal on my phone I started

my engine and began driving back I left the gas Station went down the quiet Road and then took a right but when I went right it didn't look familiar maybe I'd turn too soon or maybe I'd missed the turn it was really dark out and the directions I had on my phone were not working because of the no signal problem I drove down the road and saw a sign with the name of the exit I was trying to get to on it I felt better and turned to drive that way when I hold on to

the road I then saw a detour sign and a truck with flashing Lights up ahead I guess they were doing some sort of road construction and I was forced to turn right instead of going straight this was frustrating to me because I didn't know how long it was going to delay me but what could I do at least I was going in the right direction now I drove down the road and then saw another detour sign telling me to turn once again when I got to this road it seemed even darker and quieter than the

ones that I had been on by now I I was Feeling very lost I drove down the next Road for a minute or so but then it suddenly stopped it had led me right to a dead end this had to be a mistake the road just ended abruptly and right in front of me was a Woods I stopped my car and took out my phone again still no signal I was feeling really creeped out by all this I started to turn my car around but just then I saw several people coming out of the woods

they were all headed for my car and appeared to Possibly have guns in their hands I couldn't believe what I was seeing I slammed my foot to the gas pedal as hard as I could and drove my way out of there as I started to drive I heard somebody try to open the door of my rear driver's side I sped away as fast as my car could go I didn't hear any shots or anything like that and I looked in the mirror to see the guy who had tried to get in my car running after

me luckily I was able to drive away I tried my best to retrace The roads that I had been on when I made it back to the original detour sign it was now gone I kept driving and was eventually able to find the gas station that I had been to I started driving down roads hoping to find my way back I was pretty scared as I drove around those roads at night but I never saw any other cars eventually I was able to finally make it back to the freeway again and later on I had

service and got a hotel I hope to never have an Experience like that again last year I was taking a road trip to visit family I left after work and would have about a 7-hour drive I figured that I would get there at about midnight or so most of the driving was on freeways which are pretty easy well things were going great until about 10 or 11:00 at night I was still a couple of hours away and was driving through a really rural area there was pretty much just Wildland on both sides of the freeway

by then There were only a couple of other cars or trucks on the roads I had directions on my phone and I was also listening to music on it through Spotify and Bluetooth first I heard the voice from my direction say that there was a road closure up ahead I realized that I was going to be taking a detour I was still a couple of miles away though I was slightly annoyed but I hoped that it wouldn't take me too much out of the way about a minute later my music stopped Playing I looked and

saw that I now had no service I must have been driving through a dead zone and I wasn't all that surprised a couple of minutes later I had arrived to The Detour I had to take an exit and then drive down what was a very quiet road and it was much smaller as well it seemed like I was in the middle of nowhere when I got on the road I was looking at the directions on my phone it said that I would be on that road for 3 miles but shortly after the Map itself stopped

working completely I wasn't getting any kind of a signal at all I kept driving and tried to take the logical route that would lead me back to the freeway after a couple of miles I started looking for left turns the first one that I saw I took I figured that this was the road that I was supposed to take this road much like the last one was very quiet I was going much slower now and it was very dark after maybe 5 minutes on that road I thought that I Saw something up ahead when I

got closer I slowed down significantly there were grass fields and woods on both sides of the narrow road but in the middle of it up ahead was a giant Branch it looked like a tree branch that had just fallen off and was covering almost the entire Road the trees weren't really hanging over the road so it seemed a little bit odd my car came to a stop and I figured it wouldn't be too hard to move the branch out of the way it didn't look Very heavy just big when my car stopped I was right

about to open the door when I saw something for whatever reason I looked over to the right when I did I saw a man emerging from the woods about 30 ft away he was walking towards my car I had a really bad feeling like I needed to get out of there ASAP I put my car in reverse and then made a u-turn I sped out of there and got back to the previous Road I drove on that road for probably 20 minutes until I had some Service when I did I called the non-emergency number of

the police and let them know about the guy all in all I got delayed by probably an hour but I did make it back safely I will never forget seeing that guy come out of the woods I'm convinced that he put that tree branch there on the road to get people to stop and get out I just hope nobody else fell for his trick about 5 years ago I had a wedding that I was invited to that was about a 17-hour drive away I wanted to save some money so I decided to drive there instead

of flying at first my goal was to drive there all in one day but as I got down there about 14 hours in I became so sleepy that I couldn't keep going I knew it would be dangerous for me to try to push through so I stopped at the next sign I saw for a rest stop I had no idea where I really was but it seemed like a very quiet Area when I pulled into the rest stop I was the only one there it was dimly lit and had one small building with a bathroom

a few vending machines and some information Flyers when I stopped I looked at my phone quickly for hotels but there weren't really any in the immediate area the closest one was a 20-minute drive away and I was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open to look at my phone so I knew I wouldn't make It I went inside the rest stop and used the bathroom and then got back in my car and put the seats back as soon as I did I immediately fell asleep I normally wouldn't like sleeping in my car and

I would think it was too uncomfortable but that's just how tired I was at the time I was fast asleep until I woke up to something in the middle of the night I was half asleep but I thought I heard something then I heard it again it was The sound of somebody trying to open my driver's side door I moved my chair from laying back to an upright position and looked out the window I didn't see anything other than the empty parking lot I had to admit though I was a little freaked out I thought

maybe I was imagining things I sat there for a while longer but didn't seem to see or hear anybody so then I laid back down and tried to fall asleep again but after a Few minutes I just had a creepy feeling and couldn't really sleep at all I looked at my phone and saw that it was 5:00 in the morning I decided I would go into the rest stop and get something to drink then I would just finish off the drive I got out of my car and walked inside they had a coffee vending machine

in there so I got some and then went back to my car car but as I stepped out of the rest stop and saw my car I could barely see What appeared to be someone hiding underneath the bottom of it it was dark but I saw an arm move from behind my tire underneath my car I went all the way back into the bathroom and locked myself in one of the Stalls there was no other cars in the parking lot and nobody was inside the rest stop either which made it all the more creepy I

hoped to wait there for a little while and maybe the person would leave but the more I sat there and Thought about it the more scared I got then I heard the door to the Rest Stop open and somebody walk in my heart sank I picked up my feet off the floor in the bathroom in case whoever it was came inside I heard them walk around for a bit before getting closer and finally entering the bathroom as they did I felt as scared as I ever have been in my life I quietly grabbed the door

to the bathroom stall from the Inside I held it tight as the person walked a little ways into the bathroom and passed my stall to the other ones then I heard them start to get on the floor I figured they were going to look underneath all the Stalls to see which one I was in I decided I needed to make a run for it right then and there I opened the door as fast as I could and ran out as soon as I did I heard them start to get up and chase after me I

made it out of the building and began Running for my car when I was running I heard the sound of a man screaming in a way that sounded completely insane I ran back to my car and swung the door open as fast as I could then I got inside and locked it I started the engine and sped away as I saw the man running for me he looked angry and possibly dangerous I was able to get away but that was probably the scariest moment of My life this story takes place about a year ago I

was traveling all by myself on a road trip to visit family it was a really long drive and it would most likely take two whole days to get there during the first day I booked a hotel for a little bit past the halfway point I wanted to get a little bit more driving done in the first day if possible things started out really well and I only stopped a couple of times for gas food and to use The bathroom I would stop at places that were the quickest usually rest stops and gas stations just off

the highway I had been up since early in the morning and if I had enough caffeine it would usually keep me going in the afternoon and early evening though I hit a rough patch of traffic I think there was some road construction and that was just a popular time to be on the road as well things got backed up and significantly slowed down for a few hours I found Myself now a bit behind the schedule I was hoping to be on the hotel was already booked though so I had to make it finally at probably

like 7:00 p.m. things started to clear up and the roads were much quieter I was still almost 5 hours away from the hotel though I stopped for gas but then went right back on the road to try to save some time at about 10: p.m. I was still on the road driving I had an hour and a half to go and I had no idea where I was by now the Roads were very quiet and I was one of the only cars driving the area that I was in seemed like it was almost in the

middle of nowhere I was getting really tired as well and had to use the restroom I decided that I should stop and try to to get an energy drink or something my car was good on fuel so I wouldn't need to get gas I started looking for anything off the side of the road that I could go to there didn't really seem to be anything though Finally I saw a sign for a rest stop just up ahead I pulled off the road and was happy to hopefully get some energy to finish off the drive as

I approached though the rest stop was a little underwhelming it was very small just a little building there were some parking spaces along the road that went past it and then back onto the freeway way the place was very dimly lit as well and nobody else was there besides me I parked my car and then got out and Stretched my legs I'd been driving for quite a long time without a break then I walked inside the small building that the rest stop had surrounding it was a little grassy area with a picnic table and what

looked like a woods behind it I had been to a similar rest stop before earlier in the day once I was inside I used the restroom and then left there was nothing inside the building besides a men's and woman's restroom and a small lobby area with just some brochures There was no vending machine which is what I was hoping for to get an energy drink or something at some rest stops they have the vending machines outside on the side of the building instead of inside of it I decided to walk around and see if they

had one I went around one side and it was amazing how much darker and quieter it was over there I heard some crickets chirping in the distance the ground went slightly downhill as I walked around the building But there were no vending machines I got completely behind the building and was walking around to the other side that's when I got a kind of eerie feeling for some reason I stopped and looked around at the woods in the night then I heard a noise it sounded like something was moving just inside of the woods which was

about 50 ft away probably I thought maybe some kind of animal was there and I sort of saw a tree branch moving a little I stopped to see what it was Because I was curious but part of me was wanting to just turn and run back to my car and get out of there still I stood there looking to see what it was as my eyes adjusted more to the darkness I started to notice something there appeared to be a man crouched sort of behind one of the trees the guy was looking at me I

couldn't really tell any details about him at all but he appeared to have a beard after looking at him for a few seconds he suddenly stood up there Were no other cars at the rest stop so I didn't know what he was doing there after standing the man took a few steps towards me I had a really bad feeling and then the guy suddenly started sprinting in my direction I took off running for my car as fast as I could I ran around the building and into the parking area when I was running I could

hear the man gaining on me from behind I made it to my car and threw myself inside before slamming and locking the Door as I was scrambling to start my engine and drive away the man reached my car he started pounding on the window and I backed out and drove off after he had smacked my window several times I got back onto the hital Highway and was really happy to be away from him I decided to call the police and let them know about what had happened I didn't want somebody else to stop there and

have to encounter him as for me I was able to stop a little ways down the road And get an energy drink I was in the middle of nowhere but I made it to my hotel just after midnight something really creepy happened a few months ago when I was on a road trip I found myself driving really late at night because I was trying to find a hotel I had stopped at a gas station but I had no service so I started driving to hopefully get service in the next town however I must have really

been in a dead zone because as I Continued driving I just didn't have any service after driving for like 20 more minutes I took the next exit to try to find a gas station again I still didn't have service and at that point I was just going to buy a map or see if the worker at the gas station knew of any nearby hotels so after taking the exit I did not immediately see any gas stations or anything really I kept driving and then took another road hoping that it would be more promising but it

wasn't This road appeared very quiet and very shortly after turning onto it I noticed something strange there appeared to be two men just sort of standing in the middle of the road this was confusing they did not appear to be construction workers right off the bat because they weren't wearing reflective vests or anything and they also did not appear to be police as I got closer I saw that they were just wearing regular clothes however they both looked right at me as I approached them I thought they might move off to the side of the

road or something nothing appeared wrong with the street and this was not a road that had a sidewalk on it or anything there was Woods on both sides and it didn't seem like anybody would be out walking around there the men stood there in the middle of the street blocking me from passing I came to a complete stop and I had a bad feeling about it I decided that it would be best to just leave but Before I did I saw that the men were walking towards me I lowered my driver's window a little and

asked what was going on but they didn't answer me they just continued approaching one of them was going towards each side of my car I then hit reverse and started slowly backing up one of the men went faster towards me and I saw the other guy going to the side of the Road at that point I turned to try to turn my car around so that I could drive the opposite way I was Far Enough from the men that I didn't think they would catch me in the small amount of time that I would be

stopped so I went slightly off the road stopped put my car into drive and then I started going the opposite way by now one of the men had gotten within 30 ft of my car and the other was a short distance behind that but the second man was now holding something large I hit the gas not knowing what it was and started to drive away from from there in my mirror As I was driving off I saw the man go down and Slide the object whatever it was slid pretty fast and it almost reached my

car but it went off the road right behind me that's when I realized it was probably a spike strip the stuff that police used to pop a suspect's tires in a Chase so these guys were trying to pop my tires but I knew that these men were not police I kept driving away and I got onto the next road which led to the highway then I tried calling The police but I still had no service I got back to the highway and drove down for a little while about 15 minutes later I finally had service

again then I called the police I told them about it and they said they would go over and look into it the men were probably gone by then though and I never heard anything more about it I was able to get to a hotel that night and then continue with my road trip this is something that still freaks me out to this day when I Think about it I'm not sure if those guys were trying to rob me or what but I'm just really glad that I got away from that last summer I took a

road trip to visit a couple of friends I went to high school with them both and they went to college out in California and since moved there after graduating so every summer I try to go there at least once and visit because we've always been good friends last year I drove because there Was a lot of places along the way that I wanted to go to many were Parks or cool destinations to do some sightseeing it would take a few days to do the entire drive so I left early to be able to stop places

that I wanted to the first couple of days of the trip went really well but on the third day I was hoping to arrive and I found myself still driving at night I still had a few hours left and it was probably like 9 or 10 p.m. by now the roads were quiet which was nice and I was looking forward to getting to my friend's place I had plenty of fuel but I needed to use the restroom and wanted to get something to drink as well so I decided to stop at the next exit whatever

it was well there was a rest stop just a few miles up the road I pulled off the highway straight into the rest area now this one was very small it was not one of those big rest stops that has a truck stop and a gas station attached to it this was just one Fair Really small building with one row of parking out front when I got there I noticed that it was pretty dark and there appeared to be nobody else there at all so I parked my car got out and then started walking to

the building I took my time and stopped to stretch a little because I had been driving for such a long time I remember though as I was walking into the building I did notice hearing a car entering the rest stop from the highway I looked around Inside of the rest stop building which had a small area with brochures and vending machines then there was a hallway with a Janitor's Closet and a men's restroom at one side and a woman's restroom on the other I looked at one of the vending machines for a moment then I

turned around and noticed that the car that had entered the rest stop was parking right next to mine I found this to be a little bit odd with all the other Open Spaces I went into the Restroom and was back out within probably a minute or so I noticed that the car was still parked next to mine and had the lights on so it appeared as though the driver was still inside this sort of made me wonder what the driver was doing but overall it didn't seem like a huge deal then I turned my attention

back to the vending machine and decided what to get eventually I picked and then got a drink I looked back to my car and the one next to mine Was still running I started walking to head out but just a few feet from the door I saw the engine turn off to the car next to mine then the driver's door opened and a man got out I stopped where I was near the door the man that started walking towards my car instead of going into the rest stop now this was really weird the man walked

around my car and went behind it where I couldn't see him he almost seemed to crouch down as well I kept watching and I didn't see him anymore it appeared as though the guy was hiding behind my car for some reason or possibly he was trying to break in or something I didn't want to go out and confront him so I stayed where I was I watched for several minutes expecting to see the man again at any moment but I didn't so apparently he was still hiding behind my car finally I decided to go out

and see what he was doing I walked out of the building and got within about 20 ft of The two cars I still couldn't see the guy at all but I was sure that he was there I called out to him asking what was going on but I got no response now I didn't want to go to my car I was afraid that it might be some kind of a trap or something so I walked back to the rest stop and went ins inside once I was in there I continued to watch but I didn't

see anything for a few minutes I wasn't really sure what to do I started just walking around the small rest stop and I Remember I made my way down the hallway this was at the back end and between the two bathrooms I was sort of near the Janitor's Closet and as I was over there I heard the main door to the Rest Stop open that had to be the guy that was hiding behind my car I would have heard if another car had driven in there was luckily a rear exit to the rest stop I

quickly walked over to it and left the building I walked as fast as I could back around the building towards my car Then I cut through the grass and headed to the sidewalk as I was doing this I heard the front door to the rest stop Building open up I looked over and saw the guy he was leaving and walking very quickly in my direction I just started sprinting towards my car I was able to make it there and then left as fast as possible the man made it back to his car car and got

inside of it but by then I was already driving off as soon as I made it back onto the highway I took the First exit I could see the guy getting onto the highway from the rest stop a long distance back and after taking my exit I was able to lose the guy quickly by going down some other streets after I got back to the highway again I called the police and reported what happened I think that man's behavior was really suspicious I'm not sure what he wanted I'm really glad that I got away from

him though I had to go on a pretty long road trip for work a couple of years ago we Had to travel but I decided to drive instead of fly because I thought it would be more fun I had a couple of days off before work started in that location and when we were done I had a whole week off during the time that I was there we would be working for about a week and a half straight so anyways I drove straight there on the way and when we were done I took my time

driving back I stopped at a few parks that I wanted to go to and also stopped at some major Cities and locations as well on my road trip back I would be spending 2 days just outside of a city where there were a lot of cool Parks I had a hotel and I was busy exploring for most of the days during the second day I went to a really busy park with a bunch of hiking trails and some great views at one of the hiking spots that was somewhat bus busy I ran into a guy

who was from the same state as me we had a brief conversation and he was really friendly he said that His name was Mark and we were from the same general area it was funny to meet someone else from the same area so far away our conversation went on for a while and Mark ended up asking me what hotel I was staying at I told him not realizing how weird it was at the time but after that the whole conversation sort of went from normal and friendly to a little weird I ended up just saying

that I really had to go and kind of walked away he had started out seeming So normal to me and then seemed somewhat creepy at the end we went our separate ways but I didn't see him for a while I did happen to notice him when I was leaving about an hour later though but there were still quite a few other people in that area so I didn't think too much of it that was probably sometime in the afternoon I went somewhere else and then went to the local city before going back to my hotel

for the night I got back at maybe 9:00 P.m. or so I stayed in my hotel room watching watch ing the TV until I got tired and sometime later at maybe 10:30 at night there was a knock on my hotel room door I got up and walked over to see who was there it was Mark he was standing right outside of the door this surprised me but I remembered that I had told him where I was staying I felt really stupid but just telling him did not mean that I had invited him over and how

would he know which room was mine I Decided not to answer the door I watched out of the peephole as he continued to stand there he knocked on the door again and waited I was sort of nervous because I didn't know what he wanted or anything about him really he had been seeming pretty weird towards the end of our conversation earlier Mark stood there for maybe 2 or 3 minutes before turning and walking away I was glad to see him go but I had a feeling that he might return the hotel that I was staying

in Was pretty average it wasn't fancy or anything but it also wasn't that bad my room was on the first floor and on the backside of the hotel maybe 2 minutes after Mark left I had returned to the bed that I was sitting on that's when I heard a knocking on my window now I looked and saw Mark standing there right at the window and looking at me he waved me over I got up and walked over to the window but to close the blinds when I Did Mark started banging louder on the window it

didn't last very long though before he stopped I thought maybe after that he had left but he didn't there was another knocking on the front door of my hotel room again just a few minutes later I got up to check and sure enough it was Mark again I went back over to my bed and this time I called the police I wasn't even going to bother calling the hotel and complaining to them they didn't have a security guard or anything So there probably wasn't much that they could do I explained the situation to the 911

operator and was told that somebody would be there shortly Mark had stopped Knocking by then and was now gone I wasn't sure where he he went but I expected him to come back either to the window or the door the police arrived several minutes later and I spoke with them as they looked around for Mark unfortunately he had taken off and left the police found that he had Broken into my car my rear passenger's window was smashed items inside were messed up but surprisingly nothing was stolen I'm not sure if he did that because he

was mad at me or if he was trying to steal something either way I never saw him again and I'm hoping hoping that I never do I took a road trip a few months ago I was by myself and this story takes place when I was driving back home it had been a long day of driving and it was late at Night I was going to a hotel and I would be getting back home the next day my plan had been to arrive at the hotel at about 10:00 at night but it had been storm

for most of the day and that slowed me down quite a bit by the time it was 11:00 p.m. I was still an hour and a half away from the hotel I don't really know what city I was in I was just driving down the freeway by now the roads were very quiet I had plenty of gas but I really had to go to the Bathroom I started keeping my eyes peeled for an exit coming up and a few minutes later I saw one there was a sign that said rest area I took the exit

and when I got to it I saw that there was a parking lot with a smaller building some grass and a few picnic tables I parked in front of the building and noticed that there was only one other car there it was a ways down from mine I looked around the place and it was really sketchy the building was small and Looked kind of outdated the parking lot was not very well lit at all I could tell that there was somebody sitting in the driver's seat of the only other car there and I don't know

what they were doing it almost seemed as though they were looking at me I was strongly considering not using the bathroom here and driving to another place but after debating it for a few moments I decided to just go inside my mind was probably making more of this just because of how Things looked I opened my door and got out I walked up the sidewalk to the building as I opened the door I heard the guy get out of the car that was in the parking lot I cringed when I heard this I just had

a bad feeling about it but it was too late for me to go back to my car now I walked inside into the bathrooms which were just to the left I used the restroom and as I was washing my hands at the sink I heard footsteps approaching right outside the bathroom Door I expected the guy to enter but the footsteps seemed to stop right outside it seemed as though the man was right on the other side of the door I didn't leave instead I walked back over and went inside one of the Stalls there were

about four or five stalls and I went into the second one I closed and locked the stall door about 30 seconds later the man entered the bathroom when the guy got inside he walked right over to my stall he then tried opening it I was Really creeped out there were four other open stalls and this guy was trying to get into mine what a weirdo after trying to open the stall he didn't say anything he just stood there right outside of the door I could kind of see him through the slim crack I wanted to

just get out of there I grabbed some toilet paper a big wad of it when I did I compressed it into a ball then I tossed it over the top of the bathroom stall into one of the other ones to the right right as I Did so I burst open the door which pushed the man back I was able to get past him but didn't get a whole lot of distance away from him before he started chasing after me luckily I had created just enough of a distraction to get past when I made it out

of the building he was maybe 15 ft behind me I ran to my car and got inside I shut the door moments before he arrived and tried to open it I locked my door then started my engine and drove off when I got back Back to the road the guy didn't bother to drive after me which I was glad to see of course I had to call the police and let them know what had happened I didn't want somebody else to pull into the rest stop and be targeted by that guy like I was hopefully

they found him before he left but I never heard if they did or not two summers ago I was on a cross country road trip with with my wife we were going to visit relatives for a big Family gathering we chose to drive because we could make several stops along the way of cities that we liked plus we had some extra time the first day we drove a good 8 or n hours and then stopped in for the evening on the second day we wanted to make it a little bit farther so we drove a

little later into the night we got off the freeway at about 11:00 p.m. and went onto a Highway the highway had Woods on both sides of it and was pretty quiet at this time we only saw a couple of other cars on the road about 10 minutes into being on that road we saw what appeared to be a man standing in the middle of the road waving his arms I slammed on my brakes to slow down when we got closer we could see that it was an older looking man who appeared to be in his

70s he looked like he was in trouble and we stopped the car The old man came up to my driver's window and I rolled it down just to crack he seemed genuinely concerned he said that his car ran out of gas a ways back off a side road and he was walking to try to get back to his house he asked if we could drive him to his house and said it was just a couple miles away my instant reaction of course was to say no and I really wish that I did but the old

man seemed so harmless so so I figured why not help the guy Out I told him to get in the back and I would give him a ride he got into the back seat of my car and said thank you to us several times then he told us his house was just up the road and he had some gas he could take to his car in his other truck he directed us to his house we drove up the road about a mile then took an exit to a very quiet Road surrounded by dense Woods on

both sides we continued down this road for a minute or so when the man told us to Turn at what appeared to be a driveway I pulled into it and asked the man if this was his driveway he said yes but then asked if we could drive farther up it was a skinny driveway that winded around and I could not see very far in front because of all the trees I kept driving down the skinny Drive I started to get a bad feeling then the skinny Road turned into a clearing the man said this was

fine and we could drop him off here then he got Out of my car but as soon as he got out I saw movement coming from the woods behind my car then I turned and saw more movement in the front I didn't hesitate at all and I stomped on the gas and put my car in Reverse not even knowing what it was my wife then started to scream I looked and saw multiple men running at my car from two different directions I backed out the skinny driver driveway as fast as I could a man hit

the side of my car with something I don't even know What I got out of the driveway and back onto the road and sped off to the highway my wife was shaking and I have to admit that I was too I don't know what kind of trap that old man was trying to lure us into but I know I'm never stopping to pick anyone up again last summer I went on a cross country road trip with my best friend Emma between the two of us we could drive for very long periods of time we were

Switching off when we got tired and sometimes one of us would drive while the other slept I remember that on one of the first nights of the trip we found ourselves driving on a quiet Highway late at night I don't know exactly what time it was but we were about the only car on the road we had stopped for gas maybe 30 minutes earlier and got some coffee as well we were in the right lane and I was driving with Emma in the front passenger seat we were casually talking To each other and a car

appeared behind us in the rear viw mirror I was driving probably 5 mph over the speed limit and was on cruise control the car behind us approached going maybe 5 mph faster than us when it got closer it changed to the left lane and then started passing us the car was a black SUV and when it got in front of of us it pulled into the right lane after it did it slowed down significantly it's like whoever was driving took their foot off the gas Pedal entirely it was kind of rude to be honest and

I switched Lanes to the left to go around them when I did though they immediately switched to the left lane as if to throw a block at me the SUV had no license plates on it at all and I had a sort of bad feeling we were going slower and slower and wondering what this person's problem was I quickly switched LAN again and this time I was able to pass them as I did I looked over and saw a man driving he looked over at us as we Passed I was speeding up significantly because we

had slowed down to probably 40 mph or something the roads we were on had a speed limit of 70 the guy in the SUV then started speeding up extremely fast as well I got back up to about 70 and the guy was now right behind us we remained this way for probably 10 minutes he was like one car length behind us and it became obvious that he was going to follow us wherever we went I didn't know what his problem was with Us Emma suggested that we take the next exit and see if the man

would take the exit too and when the next one came up I did just that the guy followed us off the highway to the exit ramp we didn't know where we were or what direction this was leading Us in either after taking the exit I went right because it seemed like there were a couple of businesses over there and not much to the left the guy was still behind us in the black SUV I saw a gas gas station And there were two other cars there at the pumps this made me feel a little bit

safer and I pulled in we didn't even need gas though but I parked next to one of the pumps anyways because it was well lit the guy in the black SUV parked at a gas pump that was a little ways away from us Emma and I got out of our car and walked inside the building it was Emma's idea to go inside and I'm not really sure exactly why but we did when we got inside there was another person In the gas station as well as an employee the guy from the SUV did not follow

us in it felt safer being inside and away from him but I also knew that we would have to return to our vehicle and keep driving eventually I was hoping that the guy would drive away and leave I walked over to the front of the store to look out the window when I did I saw the man moving from behind his car to behind ours he was sort of crouched down like he was hiding from us as well I Went over to Emma who was at another spot inside the gas station I told her about

the guy and we called the police we told them what was going on and clearly the man was up to something bad he sat there hiding behind our car for quite a while from where he was at we couldn't see him at all though I just knew that he hadn't left cuz I would have seen him leave if we had gone back to our vehicle without knowing who knows what would have happened we spoke with The employee of the gas station and told him what was going on and about 10 minutes later a police car

entered the gas station parking lot Emma and I were watching from the window the whole time we saw the guy run out from behind our car back to his SUV and get in the police flashed their lights and the man attempted to drive away both him and the police car left the parking lot there seemed to be a police chase after that but it didn't last too long the guy Ended up being caught a little ways down the street after that Emma and I were able to continue with our road trip it still creeps me

out to think about that man though possibly he saw us at the previous gas station that we had been to and decided to follow us for some reason that's my best guess what his intentions were I have no idea last summer I was driving on a road trip from one side of the country to the other I was relying on the maps that Were built into my phone to take me to my destinations usually they worked out great but on the third day of my trip very late at night I was trying to get to

my next hotel I was really out there in the middle of nowhere and at this point had mainly just been seeing woods and Fields of grass I also had been having some trouble with the maps on my phone the Signal kept going in and out and sometimes the destinations would disappear and reappear at one point they stopped working completely anyways I had been off the freeway and was driving on a quieter road I don't know why looking back but I was still trusting my maps they told me to turn onto a dirt road it looked

like it was going right smack into the middle of the wood Woods that was the first time I Seriously started questioning my maps that was the first time I seriously started questioning things I knew sometimes they made mistakes and had errors but this seemed a little bit crazy there had to be a better road to drive on than this to get to my destination as I drove down this road I started to lose my signal I tried typing the destination out again to see other routes but nothing would happen so I kept driving there were

absolutely no Other cars on this road at all and it was very dark other than the lights from my headlights I kept going through and figured I would be off the road before long I would say about 10 minutes into that I saw the trees moving on the right side of the road as if an animal was in there I thought maybe a deer was going to run across the road so I started to slow down then I saw a creature jump out from the woods and run alongside of it for a short time before

darting back Into it but this creature was like nothing I had ever seen before it had to be about 20 ft tall and almost as skinny as a stick it had long skinny limbs almost like hair I literally jumped back in my seat as I saw it and swerved to the other side of the road when the creature darted back into the woods it pressed back many tree branches and caused it to look like there had been a strong wind blowing on them I immediately sped up my car I was Terrified and I couldn't believe

what I had just seen I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could but as I drove my car it started to sputter as if it was going to die I had almost a full tank of gas so I knew that wasn't the problem the lights in the car started to get dim as well and this was strange because I had never had problems with it before it was fairly new I saw the ending of the road coming up and a paved Road Nearby my car slowed down more and more as I

got to it but finally I was off the dirt road and onto a real one as soon as my car got back onto the normal Road Again it started running just fine I drove for a bit and the car was completely normal again then the signal came back on my phone I took a couple of more turns and made it back to a freeway I was able to drive the rest of the trip with no problems but looking Back on that night I know what I saw but I have no idea how to explain it

this happened to me last summer it was during a road trip that I was taking from my home in Ohio to New York it started out well I was making good time the weather was great and I was enjoying the views as I made my way down the freeways I had decided I would try my best to do the whole Drive in one day because it was about an 8 hour drive for me I already had a hotel booked and I Was on Pace to get there at about 10: p.m. until I hit some traffic

about 5 hours into to the drive it eventually cleared up and at about 9:00 p.m. I was only 2 hours away from my hotel but that's when things started to get strange the roads were much quieter now with it being dark out I was driving in the right lane with my car on cruise control I was kind of zoned out just driving and listening to the radio when I thought I saw something out of the Corner of my eye there was a car next to me and I realized that it had been next to me

for seemingly a while now I looked over at it and could see that the car seemed to be going the exact same speed as me and that I was perfectly aligned with the driver's window so I could see inside the car when I looked over I saw that the driver of the car was looking right at me this car was a black jeep SUV and it looked a little bit old his front passenger side window was rolled Down allowing me to see him pretty clearly the driver looked to be a man wearing a baseball cap

and big sunglasses he was just staring at me then he started to point I watched him point at me and I was really confused I gave a little smile thinking it was a joke and then focused my eyes back onto the road I could tell out of my side Vision though that the man was still pointing at me not only that but he seemed to be motioning now I looked over Again now the man was pointing at me and then moving his hand around a little bit I thought maybe he saw something wrong with my

car like maybe a flat tire I looked at the guy with a confused face the guy was still pointing at me and it appeared as though he was motioning for me to pull over now it seemed weird to me and I kind of had to get gas anyways I was at a quarter tank so I decided at the next exit I would pull off as I drove down the road the man remained Next to me I kept seeing him look over or make more hand gestures to me I took the car off of cruise control

because this guy was starting to make me really uncomfortable but when I slow down or sped up he would quickly adjust his speed to match mine at last after probably 5 minutes I saw an exit and I took it I put my turn signal on a little bit late just in case the guy was going to try to follow me when I took the exit though he didn't I watched him just keep Driving down the freeway I was relieved and figured maybe he was trying to point something out that was wrong with my car either

way it was a rather strange way of doing it I entered a little town with a gas station a short ways down the road and pulled into it it was nice and a pretty big gas station I was able to fill up my tank and then got out of my car to examine it when I did everything seemed fine I looked all around it my tires weren't low my license plates were On all correctly tail lights and headlights were also working I didn't know what the guy was gesturing about I just Shrugged it off and

decided to finish up my drive I only had about an hour and a half left until my hotel and I was starting to get tired I left the gas station and then took the ramp to go back under the freeway that I had been driving on as I drove down the ramp and was beginning to merge back under the freeway though I Saw a car pulled over on the side of the road up ahead when I got closer I recognized it to be a black jeep it was just sitting there could it be the same

guy as I approached it I saw it start to move again and after I passed it I saw that it was now merging back onto the freeway my heart dropped were they waiting for me I kept driving and watched them speed up and then start to drive next to me again once again the guy rolled down his window and started Looking at me this time I rolled down my window as well he was motioning for me to pull over and I yelled out my window to him I asked him what he wanted but I didn't

get a vocal response just more pointing the guy's face remained expressionless the entire time I saw him I don't know why but I decided to pull over I thought maybe something was wrong with my car and I just hadn't seen it when I looked at it I was definitely no car expert by any means I slowed down And so did the man eventually I came to a stop on the side of the road I saw that the Jeep slowed down and pulled over to a stop maybe 50 ft in front of me we both sat

there stopped for a few seconds then all of a sudden I saw the two rear doors of the Jeep open up two large men came out and started approaching my vehicle quickly the men were both wearing jackets and had on baseball caps and sunglasses as well as they got closer their Pace changed from A fast walk to a jog I put my car back in the drive at that point and when they were maybe just 15 ft away I pulled back onto the freeway and drove away luckily no other cars were going down the freeway

at that moment I sped away and as the men realized they wouldn't reach my car they turned and ran back to the Jeep which still had the driver inside of it I floored and was able to put some ground between myself and the Jeep before the guys got back inside of it I Could see it start to drive again and I kept driving I went a ways down the road and the jeep was still pretty far behind me I noticed an exit and immediately took it and began driving down random roads after that I took

a different route to get to my hotel without going back on that freeway I didn't see the Jeep again and it took me almost an hour longer to get to my hotel but it was well worth it to not run into those people Again I was taking a long road trip last year for work I do a lot of traveling for my job but I will spare you the details of work and get to my story I left the city I was staying in at about 4:00 p.m. and I knew it would be a late

night of driving and I probably wouldn't arrive to my hotel until around 2: in the morning I drove for hours and hours the roads were pretty crowded when I started and by the End of my drive they were very quiet it got to be around 1:00 in the morning and I was about an hour and a half from my destination the roads were very clear so that was nice and I was feeling pretty good I was kind of in the middle of nowhere at at this point and as I drove along I noticed a car

come into my rear view mirror it seemed to be going pretty fast I was in the right lane already so I Expected it to blow past me it reached my car and then slowed down so it was going around the same speed as me I looked over to see it was an old beat up car that appeared to be about 20 years old and had some duct tape over one of the windows but when I looked at the driver I saw that he was was wearing a skeleton mask he looked at me for a good

second and then he turned and sped forward I shook my head and kept Driving he went past me and then turned into my lane in front of me and drove about five car links ahead of my car but maintained that same speed when I looked in my mirror again I saw more cars approaching they too were going pretty fast they reached my car and the first one began to pass me I glanced over to see that this man was also wearing a skeleton mask he passed me and drove side by side with the car Ahead

of me the next car pulled forward and then another every driver of these cars were wearing skeleton masks I looked behind me and saw even more cars by now I was completely surrounded by these skeleton mask drivers I started to get really creeped out and I wasn't sure what to do I didn't know what was going on and if these people were trying to run me off the road or something I kept driving and before long The car seemed to get closer to me I knew I would have to do something and I was hoping

that an exit would come up about a mile later I was happy to see an exit finally come I maintained my speed with the cars closing in on me and at the last second I swerved onto the exit ramp from the freeway the two cars in front of me and the one next to me were unable to make the exit so it was just me and a bunch of cars following me Now I took a right and frantically looked around of where I should drive there was about five cars trailing me I drove down the

road and one of the cars behind me started to speed up to pass we passed a restaurant and another business but then I saw a gas station and to my surprise I happened to notice a police car parked at it I quickly swerved over and entered the station and drove my car right next to the police and Parked a few of the cars pulled in and then drove through the gas station and left I waited for the officer to return to his car from the convenience store and when he did I told him about my

situation he said he would alert the other police in the area and even offered to drive a few miles behind me on the freeway to make sure I wouldn't get followed again that is exactly what we did and I was able to make it safe to my hotel About an hour later a couple of years ago I went on a road trip to go hiking in several different Parks I've been really into hiking for a long time now and I've been to many cool locations so on this road trip I remember the second night I

was driving on the highway it was kind of late and I was basically in the middle of nowhere I was about the only car on the road it seemed but soon I noticed a car coming Up behind me I was in the right lane and the car moved into the left lane to pass me but when the car got about even with the speed that I was going instead of passing it went the same as me I saw something out of the corner of my eye and then looked over the driver of this car was

a guy that was bald and wearing sunglasses he had rolled his passenger side front window down and he was waving over at me when I looked at him he started making some hand motion I rolled Down my window and I could tell that he was saying something as well it kind of seemed to me like he was signaling that something was wrong with my car he was yelling but I couldn't hear a word that he was saying we were going too fast and I knew that this guy didn't know me because I was several states

away from where I lived and I didn't recognize this guy he continued to yell at me and make motions with his hands I figured that something must be wrong with my car Maybe I had a flat Tire although everything seemed fine to me I looked and my check engine light was not on and I'm no car expert but I didn't feel anything strange still I was convinced that this man saw something that I didn't I decided to take the next exit which was coming up on the right so I slowed down and the man remained

next to me then I took the exit and the man followed in his car I pulled into a gas station which was about the only thing In that area when I did I saw that nobody else was there I parked my car and the guy parked next to me then we both got out of our vehicles the man approached me and said that there was something wrong with my car he then told me that he saw it emitting black smoke I asked him what that meant and he said that it meant there was something seriously

wrong with the engine then he told me to get in his car and he would give me a ride to the nearest mechanic And get it fixed when he said that I got a bad feeling because I didn't really want to go anywhere with this guy I told him to wait and tried to get him to explain more of the problem to me and I also realized I hadn't noticed any kind of black smoke I know it was dark out but I just think that I would have noticed if my car was smoking it seemed

like it was running fine the man asked me to get into his car again now I was getting a really bad feeling and the guy Was starting to seem really sketchy I mean why would he drive me to a mechanic they would have to be closed by now because it was night time before he said anything else I just got right back into my car car and shut the door and locked it the man walked over as I started the engine he was telling me to stop and started yelling that my engine would break I

didn't believe him though my car started up just fine the man tried opening my driver's door but I then Drove away from him he got back into his car as I was driving away luckily though he did not follow me I saw him stay in the gas station as I left and then I merged back onto the highway now after my road trip I did take my car to a mechanic I was told that nothing was wrong with it at all I know that the man was probably just trying to get me into his car

that really gives me the creeps last year I went on a road trip With my girlfriend we were taking a vacation but we chose to drive instead of flying we did that because we could stop more places and explore and also because it was cheaper this was the second road trip that we had taken together and the first one was a lot of fun so we were looking forward to it when the road trip started the first day of driving went by really well we stopped at a few cool places and explored around some towns

then we made It to our hotel for the night the next day we got up bright and early in the morning and hit the road we were hoping to make it all the way to our destination by that night it was a long day of driving but overall it was fun however we ended up driving sort of late Into the Night by about 10: p.m. we still had another hour and a half left I was driving and I decided to stop at the next gas station because we were running a little low plus I wanted

to get a Coffee and some snacks and my girlfriend wanted coffee as well so at the next exit I pulled off of the highway that we were on there was a pretty large truck stop it appeared with a gas station and Storage attached when I arrived there I first put more fuel into the car and then I went and parked next to the store there were a decent number of other cars and trucks around and this was clearly a pretty popular place for people to stop so my girlfriend and I got out of the Car

and started walking in I do remember that as we were walking in a few other people were as well including a family with a few children a little bit ahead of us we got inside of the store and first used the restrooms then my my girlfriend said that she would get the coffee if I wanted to look for some snacks the store was very large for a truck stop it had quite a few aisles and there was a coffee shop type of place attached to it which is where my Girlfriend went so I started to

walk through the snack aisles and think about what I wanted to get it was a few minutes into that that I noticed a man and a child start to walk into the aisle that I was in the man was a bit larger of a guy who appeared to be in his 40s or so and the child looked to be about 5 or six the man was holding on to the kid's hand and it seemed as though after they saw me in the aisle they turned around and Walked out but when I looked at the kid

I remembered seeing him walking into the store with the family ahead of us I had seen the kid's parents and this guy was not one of them I got a bad feeling like maybe this guy was trying to kidnap the kid or something I thought about it for a moment and I was 90% sure that this kid didn't belong to him and the way that the man was holding on to the child's hand seemed almost like he was dragging him along I decided to go and See where the guy was going so I walked over

to the end of the aisle I didn't immediately see the man so I scanned around the store then I noticed him walking along the backside of the store near the cold drinks he was still with the child after making it to the corner of the store he walked along the next side of it going towards the exit doors when I saw this I walked forward and I reached the doors before the man would soon the man and the child reached me I Remember that the man said excuse me and started to walk around me but

I said wait a minute the man stopped and looked at me his face appeared nervous I flat out asked him if that was his kid and I said that I saw the child enter with other parents the man said yes it was his son I looked to the boy who seemed shy and a little bit confused I asked if that was his dad and he shook his head saying no the man then started to open the door anyways and tried to leave with The kid by now we had been standing there for almost a minute

I spoke louder saying that I just wanted the other people to come over and confirm if it was their kid or not before I got done speaking though the man suddenly let go of the child and just ran out the door I watched him walk at an extremely fast pace to this old looking van and get inside of it I tried looking for the license plate number but I couldn't see good enough then I walked with the child Around the store until we finally found his parents when I found them I told them what happened

they were obviously upset but also grateful the parents had three other kids and one of the older children apparently was supposed to be watching the younger one I'm not sure where the man had come from but I'm really glad that he didn't leave with the child the police got called and there was a big investigation my girlfriend and I then went back onto the Road in the summer of 2018 I was taking a road trip with two of my friends to Cleveland we were planning to arrive in Cleveland at about 11:00 p.m. everything was going

smoothly and at around 10: p.m. we were about an hour away my friend Shawn said he really needed to use the bathroom and my friend John who was driving really didn't want to stop after arguing back and forth for several minutes John finally pulled off the freeway and into a rest Stop the rest stop was quiet but there were about two or three cars spread out over the parking lot Sean got out and went to the bathroom me and John stayed in the car to wait after about a minute we saw Shawn running from the

bathrooms and toward us he got in the back of the car and yelled at Jon to drive Shawn loves to mess with people so we figured he was pulling a joke on us John told him to shut up and laughed a little no I'm serious said Shawn he pointed outside the car we then saw a man walking toward us without saying a word John started the car and drove off we saw the man sprinting and we pulled away I didn't get a good look at the man as it was night time but I saw him

run to a car and get in as we left the parking lot John started driving down the road asking who it was Shan just said to drive faster as he was following us the man's car was an old Saturn that Was red and kind of beat up looking we could barely see it but it started to get closer in our rearview mirror JN started to drive faster and the car did as well there wasn't too much traffic on the road but Jon started to pass cars left and right all while the red car remained about

10 car lengths behind us John then began driving so fast that we went over 100 mph I remember looking at the dash and seeing 112 we didn't care if we got pulled over because we were being chased by someone finally the car got farther away John then slowed down really suddenly and took an exit I thought the car was going to flip the way he pulled off the freeway the tire skitted and he went under a bridge and then made a u-turn before going back on the freeway the opposite direction I have to admit I

was pretty impressed with the move the car lost us and then we were able to get Back on the freeway going the other direction and arrive at our hotel only about 30 minutes late we finally asked Sean to tell us why the man was chasing him he said when he got in the bathroom he saw a man who was smoking and asked Shawn if he had any drugs Shawn responded with no I'm not an idiot the man then got angry and cursed at Shawn and when Shawn walked away he saw the Man start to walk

after him which is When he started running I feel lucky to be all right after that crazy incident the rest of our time in Cleveland was great and that was one of the most memorable road trips I've been on so far a few years back I was traveling across the country to visit my parents this is something that I did all the time it was a really long drive and usually took me 2 days to get there but I drive on road trips all the time I've driven all around the country and have always liked

Exploring I usually have always slept in my car as well and I even lived in my car for a period of almost 6 months at one time not because I couldn't afford a play place but because it was something I just wanted to do at the time it was never that difficult for me because I'm a 5'1 female and the back seats of my 2010 Subaru give me plenty of space to sleep comfortably on this particular road trip I was driving from California to Illinois I usually would take about 3 days to drive there and

would stop at rest stops or truck stops to sleep I was on the first night of the trip and had driven for almost the whole day it was getting late probably about 11:00 p.m. and I found a rest stop and pulled off the road into it when I got there I could see it wasn't too busy but there was a fair amount of people there mostly a lot of truckers I found a parking area and parked away from the handful of cars That were there I was all the way on one end and I prepared

my car for sleeping I had a system that I would always do which was to cover all my windows with blankets or window covers and secure them I would then get my blankets in the back seat for sleeping then I went inside the rest stop building to use the restroom and brush my teeth when I went inside I saw there were a few other people there but not too many with it being laid I wanted to hit the road by 6: a.m. the next morning so when I got back to my car I pretty much

tried to go right to sleep immediately i' had been tired from all the driving and within 5 minutes I was super relaxed and drifted off to sleep however I was woken up seemingly not too long after that I was suddenly wide awake and I looked around and saw that it was still night time I looked at my phone to see the the time nearly midnight I hadn't even been asleep for An hour then I thought I heard a very small noise but I couldn't tell what it was I was paranoid for some reason I'd slept

in my car many times before but I never felt quite like this I was completely still and held my breath listening then I heard a small noise once again I was trying to figure out what it was and then I realized it was my rear passenger's door that my feet were up against and it was being pulled from the outside it was as if somebody Was trying to open the door very slowly and quietly I heard it once more and my heart started pounding then I thought I heard some footsteps just barely and everything went

quiet I was still laying there Frozen not making a sound eventually maybe 2 minutes later I heard more noise but this time somebody tried opening my other rear door where my head was I very carefully and slowly sat up and then pulled the blanket covering the window to the side just a tiny bit I saw A man walking from the side of my car towards the front of it away from me I only saw him from the back so I didn't know who he was but I quickly closed the tiny Gap I had made and

hoped the man was leaving for good I kept sitting there and listening but I didn't hear any noises for a while just when I was starting to feel a little bit comfortable again I heard another noise this time it was coming from my front driver's door it sounded like the guy Was messing around with the lock on my driver's door or something I knew that all my doors were locked and I was just hoping that the guy would give up already and go away I wanted to drive away at this point and I looked around

for my keys which usually would be in the compartment behind the driver's seat and would be next to me as I slept in the dark I had a hard time finding it and I was also trying to be as quiet as I could just then before I Even found my keys I suddenly heard a click from my driver's door as if it came unlocked then I watched the door open up I was horrified I saw man began to enter the car and look right at me when I saw him I recognized him he was one

of the people I had seen inside the rest stop when I was in there when he saw me he began to come closer and I went as far back in the corner of my back seat as I could the man started laughing as he got inside and then shut The driver's door I pushed the unlock button on my door and then opened it I ran out as quick as I could and I heard the man open his door as well I went running all the way to the rest stop I felt the man chasing after

to me and he was gaining on me until I got about 50 ft away from the rest stop building then he seemed to stop as soon as I found somebody walking in the rest stop I ran up to them and I told them to call the police then I went Inside there were not many people inside the rest stop at all anymore at this time but still enough to make me feel much safer than out at my car I didn't have my phone with me or my keys they were both still inside my car so

I walked up to the front desk of the convenience store area inside the rest stop and I asked the person working there to call the police I told them what had happened and I then waited by the front counter until the police Arrived when they got there we went back to my car and saw that the man was gone luckily he hadn't stolen any of my stuff and I provided the police with his description and told him that I had seen him inside in case there were security cameras after that night I stayed the next

night in a hotel and did the same on the way back I've slept in my car again since then but I've been much more careful when I do a couple of years ago I took a road trip All by myself out to California one of my good friends moved out there and I had never been there before so I wanted to visit and also see some cool places in California and experience it I was going to drive there in about 2 days on the first day I I drove from sun up to sun down and

even past that I stopped a few times for food and stuff but for the most part I drove the whole time I had booked a hotel online and I had the address of it on my Phone by the time that I was about 30 minutes out from the hotel it was probably about 10:30 p.m. I knew that I was going to be taking an exit up ahead in like 20 M or so as some more time went by I felt like the exit should be approaching I looked at my phone to see how close it

was and just as I looked at it I saw the phone turn off like it had died I tried turning it back on but I realized that it was in fact dead I had a car charger but it had been having Some problems recently at the time it was one of those old Chargers that sometimes it randomly wouldn't work or you would have to mess around with it a while before it worked so I got the charger and tried plugging it into the phone and turning it on but nothing happened I kept driving and saw

some exits coming up I just guessed that these were the ones that I was supposed to take I didn't know for sure but I was hoping that I would be correct maybe if I drove down the exit I would see the hotel or a sign for it or something so I took the exit and went to the right I passed by an old gas station but that was about it as I continued to drive down this road things were much quieter there the roads didn't have any other cars on them at all I drove along

the road for probably 2 or 3 miles at that point I realized that I didn't really know where I was going and I had probably taken the wrong exit I wanted To figure it out though so I pulled over to the side of the road that I was on then I took the charger and tried to figure out what was wrong I unplugged it plugged it back in and started moving it around trying to get it to work I sat there in my car for a few minutes trying everything I could to get the charger

to charge my phone but nothing seemed to do it it seemed as though that charger had finally bit the Dust for good I realized that I would have to buy a new one but Still I had to get to the hotel and I didn't even know where it was I remember I looked up though and suddenly I saw headlights that a car had pulled over to the side of the road behind me it was several car lengths back and at first I thought that maybe it was police but looking at the headlights it didn't really

seem like a police car plus there were no flashing red and blue lights just normal headlights I waited for a minute or two to see if anybody would Get out or something they didn't though then I decided to merge back onto this Quiet Road there were literally no other cars around just us two cars pulled over on the side of the road right here it was really strange I didn't know why this person had pulled over and on both sides of the road it was just Wildland and woods so I put my car in drive

and slowly went back out onto the road when I did I noticed that almost immediately after me the car behind me did the same This gave me a bad feeling why would this person want to follow me I should have turned around and went back to the highway right then and there but I didn't the fact that the car behind me left right after me got me distracted I kept going down that road for a little while and at the first opportunity to turn that I had I took it I wanted to see what the

car would do behind me when I turned the car did as well now I was really worried I drove down this other Random road for a while and then I turned again the car behind me did that as well I really wanted to get away from it this road was even more secluded though there were no street lights and the only visibility was coming from my headlights and the ones of the car following me I knew that I had to turn around and go back to the highway it felt really sketchy trying to get away

from this guy on these roads so I decided to make a U-turn I slowed down And went as far as I could to the right side of the road the car behind me started to slow down as well then I began turning around to make the U-turn I slowed down significantly more but I was just able to make it however when I turned around I realized ized that the car behind me had actually backed up it was now parked in a way where the car was blocking almost the entire width of the road I stopped

I wasn't sure what to do I didn't think I would be able to get Around the car then the car turned off and I saw the driver's door open up a man got out he did not look friendly at all he started instantly jogging towards my driver's side door in an instant I went to the right and just hit the gas it was really just a reaction to the guy running at me I drove right into the grass and just barely squeaked around the man's car luckily my car did not get stuck in the grass

and I soon went back onto the road I saw the guy was running Back for his car so I went faster and as soon as I made it to the next turn I took it then I took this other road that was right off of that one I knew the guy would be coming for me but at the moment I could not see him so I went down that road a little ways and then I pulled over and turned my lights off I just hoped that the guy wouldn't go down that road I waited for

probably 10 minutes and I didn't see the car so we must have not known that I had went down that Second Road after that I carefully drove back towards the highway again I was able to make it and then I was able to use the signs to get to the correct exit I stopped at a gas station bought a new charger and then was able to make it to my hotel looking back I don't know who that guy was why he followed me or what he wanted I don't think it was anything good though and

I'm really glad that I got away from him this is something that happened one time When I was going on a road trip I was driving really late at night on the highway so basically out of nowhere this car started following me I don't recall exactly when it started I just know that I saw headlights behind me and I was just driving like normal but when I got stuck behind a my truck I wasn't really thinking and I just started going really slow for a long time the semi was probably going at least 5 m

per hour below the speed limit normally in this Kind of a situation a car would go into the left lane and pass the slower truck but I was paying more attention to just driving and listening to the radio I'd been driving for so long that I was just fine with going slow for a while there really weren't many cars on the road at this time so I was driving behind the truck for at least 5 minutes and there was a car also behind me then I randomly came to my senses and realized why are we

going so slow I then changed lanes And went into the left lane and as soon as I did this the car behind me did as well so I noticed that then I passed the truck and moved back into the right lane and the car following me did the same I did find this odd but still nothing really to worry about but I noticed that the car was following me kind of close things remained like this for probably the next 10 minutes I just had a bad feeling about how close the car was following me and

now I was noticing then I approached another semi going slow in the right lane when I did this time I decided to wait back again and see what the car behind me would do I slowed down and the car behind me did the same I went slow behind the truck for at least a minute then the same instant that I put my turn signal on and changed lanes the car behind me did too after making it around the truck and settling back into the right lane again the car was still behind me following at the

same Distance we drove for a while and I was getting frustrated I wanted this car to stop following me that's when I decided to take the next exit and see what would happen now we were kind of in the middle of nowhere so I was just hoping that there would be a truck stop or some kind of business with people around several minutes later there was an exit and I took it the car behind me did as well I then took a ride but realized that there really didn't seem to be anything over Over here

it just looked like mostly country land on both sides of the road I then took my phone out and tried to look up the nearest police station but I had no service being in the middle of nowhere so I ended up messing up my directions and losing my map meanwhile I was driving on this quiet road with the car still behind me I then took another turn and so did the car following me after that I started making random turns and each time that I did the car behind Me did as well I really couldn't

believe that this car was keeping up with me so well I continued to take more random turns and then I realized that I was completely lost I had no idea how to get back to the highway at that point I started trying to figure out how to get back there I would honestly rather be followed on the highway than some random Country Roads at least on the highway there are some other cars and I would be able to get to an actual City eventually So for the next 10 minutes or so I kept making random

turns but in an effort to find my way back in the middle of this though randomly the car following me took a different turn I honestly couldn't believe it I kept going though and didn't see the car again after that I continued making turns here and there for a while longer then I noticed that I actually had a phone signal again I put my directions back in and was soon able to make it back to the highway then I Continued my drive for the rest of the way nothing else like that happened I don't know

why that car was following me I don't know who it was and I don't know why they stopped following me that was my scariest road trip experience though I'm a female and I went to a college that was really far away from where I was from it was several states away and every time I went to and from college it would be a bit of a road trip one time In particular I was coming home for the summer it was was a 10-hour drive and there were actually a couple of times where I did the

whole Drive in one day but this time I was going to be making it in two I was going to stop at a hotel when it got really late so that first day I drove for a really long time until it got late and I couldn't go any further I was really tired and it was probably like 11:00 I was still a good 4 hours or so from home so I decided to Stop for some sleep first though I went to a gas station it was a larger one that was probably very common for people

on road trips to stop at there were quite a few trucks parked in the back for the night I had to use the restroom so I parked and got out then went inside of the store there were a few other people inside probably on road trips like me I remember that after using the bathroom I got an energy drink and I saw that there was just one person working At the registers there was a line of a few people waiting to check out so I got in line and then I remembered that this one guy

got in line behind me when he did did he tapped me on the shoulder and started talking to me the guy had sort of long hair was wearing a hat and kind of had a Gruff look to him he was holding a six-pack of natural light beer and after saying hi to me he asked if I was on a road trip I said yes I was going home from college the man asked me Where I was from and I told him then surprisingly he asked me if I needed a ride I said no and I

was confused because I had literally just told him that I was on a road trip he continued to talked to me though asking me several more random questions before it was my turn to check out after I did I walked back to my car I remember that when I got to my car I noticed the man leaving the store with the beer and cigarettes as well he walked to this blue really Rusty old pickup truck that was parked sort of far away from my car I then started up my car to leave but realized that

I was sort of low on gas so I decided to fill up now so I wouldn't have to do it in the morning I backed up to an open gas pump and then fueled my car afterwards I drove to a nearby Motel it was just this cheap motel and it was a pretty short ways down the street I arrived checked in and then got my room key and went to my room and got ready For bed I remember that right before going to sleep I decided to check out the front window it was one of

those motel that just has a sidewalk in front of the rooms and then the parking lot is right there the window was completely covered but when I moved the cover and I looked out I saw the rusty blue truck it was parked just just in the parking lot in front of my room then I noticed that the same guy was in the driver's seat of it maybe this was just a coincidence but It seemed a little bit strange I went away from the window got in bed and then tried falling asleep I was pretty tired

and was able to fall asleep pretty quickly but sometime in the night I woke up I just remembered that after I opened my eyes the first thing I noticed was the sound of somebody trying to open the door to my room I was suddenly Wide Awake the person tried to the door a few times and then stopped after not hearing anything for a few moments I got up and Went over to the door I looked through the peephole but saw nothing but I did hear a car door closing a distance away in the parking lot

so I went over and looked out of the window when I did I saw that nobody was at the door anymore then I looked to the blue truck and saw that the man was inside of it and in the driver's seat that had to have been him if he had a room here why wouldn't he be in it I went over to the phone in the Mot hotel room and I called the front Desk but nobody answered I was considering calling the police I went over to the bed and sat down trying to relax it

was about 1:00 in the morning by now after laying down and going on my phone a little bit I was starting to feel better then suddenly I heard a knock at the door once again I was instantly on edge I listened and after a few moments whoever was there knocked again I quietly got up and walked over to the door after looking through the The people I saw the same man was there then I went back over to the bed and called the police I told them what was going on after I was told they

were on the way I hadn't heard the knocking or anything in a few minutes I went back over to the window and looked out the man was still there and still inside of his truck then I just had to wait for police I kept watching out the window the entire time after about 5 minutes or so I saw a police car entering the Parking lot right when it did the the truck that the man was in started up and began to drive away the police car noticed this and put on its flashing lights they both

then drove out of my sight however about 10 minutes later another police officer showed up and knocked on my door he told me that the police had pursued the rusty truck and stopped it the man was arrested for drunk driving as well as having other drugs in the car he denied trying to Enter my room but admitted to knocking on the door I was just glad that he was off the streets for the night the next morning I was able to make it back home that was definitely my scariest road trip experience I used to

go on quite a few road trips I would travel all around the country and was able to actually sleep out of my car now I wasn't living in my car or anything like that I have a house and had one then too but my career Allows aot a lot of free time and my favorite thing to do is travel when I drive I'm able to see whatever I want and stop whenever I want to so I really enjoy it I save money on hotels and convenience by sleeping in the back of my SUV I set

it up with a small mattress in the back and two of the seats are removed I have a bunch of blankets and pillows to make it comfortable and I also have covers for all the windows the rest of the space I can store whatever Luggage that I have I usually will park anywhere I can to sleep and I don't make it OB VI that I'm sleeping there the usual places would be rest stops large parking lots or sometimes even the side of a street if there are a bunch of other cars there it can get

a little bit sketchy at times but I've never actually had a real problem or scary occurrence but that all changed about 6 months ago now this was my fifth road trip where I would be sleeping in my car I expected Everything to go smoothly as the others head I was going to be driving a couple of states away staying there for a few days and then heading back the first night I stayed at a really busy rest stop the second night I parked and slept in a Walmart parking lot and on the third night I

wasn't able to find a decent place right away I was driving on the road and got tired sort of quickly I pulled off to search for a place in the area but it was pretty sparse there were No Walmarts or anything like that the only real option that I saw was a rest stop a few miles up the road I drove there and pulled in hoping for it to be similar to the one I had stayed at before but this one was not like it at all the rest stop was really old and outdated looking

the building was also smaller and there were like two other cars in the parking lot only the parking lot was pretty big and not well lit I had a bad feeling and this is not a Place I would normally stay at but I didn't have much of a choice I was tired so I decided that I would make it work I parked sort of closer to the building and got out to use the bathroom and brush my teeth after that I got back inside of my car and got it ready for sleeping I covered all

of my windows from the inside and got my bed set up this didn't take me too long maybe 5 to 10 minutes then I was ready to go to sleep things were very silent as I laid Down and closed my eyes I relaxed and was asleep within minutes the next thing that I remember is waking up at some time knowing that it was still night I heard a noise of somebody walking right outside of my vehicle I couldn't see anything outside because of my window covers but I could see a shadow there looked to be

somebody standing right outside of my car on the right side then I saw another Shadow come into view somebody else was there as well I didn't Know why people would be walking so close to my car I was wide awake now and my heart started racing one of the people started walking around my car and then I heard more footsteps it seemed as though there were three people now walking around it I was silently waiting for them to leave and wondering what was going on I looked at my watch 3:00 in the in the morning

one of the people seemed to head to the back end of my car and the other two went to the front then Suddenly there was a huge loud noise coming from the back it was like somebody had taken a hammer to my back window it didn't break but it was very loud then there was another whack and this time I heard the window starting to break I instantly jumped up and found my keys which I always had right next to me as I slept I jumped over into the front seat of the car without even

taking the window cover off I started the engine there was another strike to the back of The car and I heard the window breaking even more after I started the vehicle I heard some shouting from outside I couldn't tell you what was said though finally I took off the first window cover just enough to see two men stood there I started backing up and the window was hit again with whatever tool they were using the other men charged at my car and after backing up I saw the other guy who had been in the back

holding what appeared to be a hammer in His hand the man was standing just to the left of my car and behind it he swung the hammer at my back window as I finished backing up then as I started to drive away he threw the hammer at my car breaking one of the rear side windows I sped out of there leaving all three men standing around the space that I had parked at my heart was racing and I got onto the road and drove for a while I was able to compose myself and called the

police and told them everything I Drove to a nearby town and got a hotel there for the night when I looked at my car there was significant damage to the back and one one of the side windows but luckily I was not harmed the police did an investigation to find the guys but I never heard back if they were found or not a few years back I went on a road trip I traveled quite a bit for work and I end up driving all around the country so on this particular road trip I found myself

driving in sort of the middle of Nowh there really late at night I'm pretty good at staying awake and driving it all kinds of hours but I need the help of caffeine to do so so when I sensed that I was starting to get a little bit sleepy I knew that I needed to stop if I got out of the car walked around a little and had a caffeinated beverage I would be fine so after driving down the highway for a few more miles I saw the sign for a rest stop up ahead I was

happy to see this and I Pulled off this rest stop was right off the highway and I mean literally right off of it the exit went right into the parking lot and then you had to go back onto the highway there were no other roads there was also a small Woods in the area of land between the Stop and the highway when I pulled in I noticed that there were zero other cars around the rest stop building was also fairly small I parked my car right in front of the building got out And looked around

it was really dark but there was one dim Street Lamp a little ways away around the the building was a little bit of open grass and then Woods on basically all sides of it the cool air outside felt refreshing and after stretching my legs I walked inside of the rest stop it was an older Building inside there was a small lobby with a vending machine and some maps the restrooms were straight ahead and then to the right there was what appeared to Be an old restaurant it was one of those small pizza places that you

would sometimes see in rest stops or Travel Centers but it was now abandoned and it looked like it had been for several years it was sort of spooky after briefly looking around inside I figured that I would get something from the vending machine but first I went into the restroom and used it while I was in there I heard footsteps outside in the lobby of the Rest stop building I figured somebody else had stopped the person did not enter the restroom though when I came out of the restroom like 30 seconds later I didn't see

anybody I went over to the vending machine got a drink and then casually walked around a little I looked out the window and then noticed that my car was still the only one in the entire parking lot this was strange I was sure that I heard somebody else inside the building but where would they Have come from I walked over to the abandoned restaurant and when I did I thought I saw somebody moving quickly behind the old counter it was really dark over there so I didn't see well but if somebody was over there and

seemingly hiding I didn't want to get involved I decided at that point to just leave so I turned and I started walking for the door when I was almost there though I heard footsteps behind me like whoever was Back there was now leaving as well after I got out of the doors and was approaching my car I heard the person leave as well and they seemed to be moving quickly I stopped and turned around to look at them it was a man he was pretty thin but kind of tall he was really creepy looking and

had long stringy hair the guy was headed right towards me and approaching in a really aggressive way I wouldn't be able to get inside my car on time before he reached Me so I decided to just run I turned and I just sprinted through the parking lot I ran all the way to the other side at first the guy started chasing after me but he soon stopped when I got to the far end of the parking lot I turned around and I looked the man was standing right next to my car I couldn't go back

to it I kept walking and then I went into the grass then I entered the woods I just wanted to get out of the guy's view after walking through the thick Woods for a little while I called 911 after speaking with the operator I told them my location and what was going on then I waited I could not see the guy from where I was because I was that deep in the woods finally I could sort of see flashing red and blue lights I came out from the woods and I saw a police car next

to my car an officer left his vehicle and started walking behind the building after a while he came back over to me he said that when he got there he Thought he saw somebody running behind the building he went back there though and couldn't find the person he figured they were deep in the Woods by then I talked to him about the situation he said that he would call another nearby unit and they would check behind the building again but then I could go so after that I was on my way I'm not sure if

the police found the man or not I'm guessing that he was going to try to steal my car but who knows I'm really Glad that I got away from him this happened about 5 years ago I was on a road trip with my friend Justin we were traveling back home from a convention in a city about 8 hours away from the city where we lived we drove home but about halfway through the trip with about 4 hours left to go a really bad snowstorm started to hit with it being night time we decided to find

a hotel and be safe instead of trying to power through it it was only About 7:00 p.m. when we checked into the closest decent hotel that we could find mind and once we were there Justin suggested that we see if there was anything to do close by and when I say close by I mean within just about a walking distance because we didn't want to have to drive out in that weather when we looked we saw that there was a bowling alley right down the street we both lefted out into the blizzard to go to

the bowling alley it Seemed like a fun thing to do for a few hours while we were stranded in the city for the night when we arrived at the bowling alley we couldn't tell if it was open or not there weren't really many cars in the parking lot or visible lights on but we figured not many people were there due to the snowstorm Justin tried the door and sure enough it was unlocked so we went inside to check it out as soon as we got inside we could see that it wasn't the nicest Of bowling

alleys it seemed sort of old and nobody else was there at all some of the lights were on and others were off it was an eerie feeling overall we looked to the counter but nobody was behind it the place had to be closed but why was the door left unlocked we wandered around a little bit out of curiosity the place definitely seemed to be closed so we figured we should probably just leave but then we heard Some noise coming from a back room behind the counter I thought maybe someone was working after all I walked

over to the counter to see if there was anybody there but as I got closer I noticed there was a door behind that was open leading to another room I looked in and saw inside the room around the corner there were about five men who were sitting at a table they looked really surprised to see me one of them started to get up none of them men Appeared to work at the bowling alley and I got a strong urge to leave I kind of backed away and then I quickly walked over to Justin and said

let's go he followed and we both left the building at a rather Fast Pace we ran in the snow all the way back to our hotel and got inside we didn't know who those men were or what they were doing but the next days we were finally able to get get back on the road and drive home we noticed a car seemed to be following us No matter what we did the car would appear behind us at times we would seem to lose it and we wouldn't see it for a while but it would always

return we got home safely but the next day as I was driving I noticed that same car following me as well it followed me around that day but after that day I never saw it again and beyond that nothing else happened I just wonder sometimes if those two things were linked and who it was who followed us