i was coming home from my best friend emma's house emma and i are childhood friends even though she forced me to stay back i decided to head home she lived in the house above the hill it was just 7 30 p.m and i thought i will take the bus from the nearby bus stop i reached the bus stop and saw a guy already sitting there the guy looked a bit odd to me he had a hard face with long messy hair which made him look like a homeless person he wore a gray sweatshirt with black
jeans that were torn out at many places being a five foot three girl i already knew i don't appear as intimidating to strangers but anyway i maintained a distance from him and stood there with a serious face emma called me in between asking if i have gotten the bus or not i talked to her for a while just to feel less uncomfortable with this guy's presence i could see in my peripheral vision that this guy was looking at me after every 5 to 10 seconds then he took out his phone and got busy and texting
after ending up the call with emma i looked at my phone it was 7 45 pm also there was only 10 percent battery left on my phone i felt like an idiot for not charging it at emma's house i stared at the long empty highway but there was no sign of the bus i was already disturbed for being alone with this strange guy just then he stood up from his seat and came towards me i didn't pay any attention and started to scroll down my phone just to avoid him the guy came close to me
and said in a husky voice hey do you have a lighter without looking at his face i replied in an irritated voice i don't smoke the tone of my voice was clear enough to make the guy understand that i am really not liking him near me the guy didn't say anything just standing there facing towards me i got really annoyed at this time and looked at him dude i told you i don't have a lighter now [ __ ] off his eyes were lifeless still he gave me a very creepy smile and started to walk
back without turning around as he steps back facing at me he said you girls like to pretend that you hate attention but that is exactly what all you [ __ ] live for i got really pissed off at him and shouted at the top of my voice listen you jerk if you don't leave this place right now i will call the cops my friend's house is nearby and her father has a gun too also she already knows i am standing here to head home all i have to do is scream loudly once and you will
be in great danger he wasn't expecting such a reaction from me so his face turned a bit pale while we were having this episode i noticed a private car coming towards us the car came near the bus stop and stood directly in front of us there was an old woman driving the car she looked at me and said do you want me to drop you dear i live down the hill i thank god for sending this lady to my rescue and without wasting a single second i got into her car needless to say this guy
walked away from the bus stop with an expressionless face but when the car drove away i saw him smirking at me from the rear view mirror i couldn't believe his audacity but somehow i calmed myself down i quickly turned towards the lady and thanked her from the bottom of my heart the lady looked at me and gave me a big smile she then asked me what i was doing there with that guy i told her i didn't know that guy and that he was bothering me in a very offensive manner the lady then said women
these days need to be more careful you never know when you step into a trap i thanked her again for saving me from a really bad situation all she did was kept smiling we were driving on the highway and there were very few cars but still she was driving slowly i thought maybe she was being cautious about driving alone at night also the way she pulled brakes signified she is not used to driving much but after a terrible time with a creepy stranger i could hardly complain so i just kept quiet and waited to get
over with this night by reaching home the lady told me that she is going to visit her nephew who lives down the hill she will stop by the house for a second to inform them and will drop me home safely i was very happy with her kind behavior i joined in small talks with her just to pass the time after 20 minutes of the ride she stopped at a gas station to get gas the gas station was empty so i knew it won't take long she got out of the car with her purse and told
me to wait inside and went to pay for the guys i decided to call my parents just to inform them why it's taking so long but just then i realized my phone's battery had died the lady forget her phone on the dashboard so i thought to make a call using it i thought she wouldn't mind if i called my parents and i will also explain to her once she comes back i took her phone and swiped the screen the phone wasn't password protected so i got lucky i don't know how to explain horror but i
literally felt what a horror can be right then and there as i swiped the screen the phone wallpaper flashed in front of my eyes the wallpaper of the phone was a photo of the lady with a tall bearded long-haired guy yes it was that same creepy guy from that bus stop my stomach dropped i was completely out of my mind i didn't expect to face something like this but i realized that the guy on the bus stop and this lady are somehow connected she is trying to lure me to a dreadful life-threatening trap i immediately
got out of the car taking her phone with me and started to run i didn't stop i didn't look back i just ran i ran for my life i was sobbing in fear and scared like hell i dialed my dad's number while running like a maniac fortunately he was getting home from work i couldn't explain everything perfectly but somehow managed to explain that i am in grave danger and i need his help he told me that he's coming to pick me up and told me to stay on the highway but i didn't stop still i
was extremely scared thinking that that woman might follow me so i kept running straight ahead my dad picked me up from the highway as soon as i got home i hugged my mom and started to cry like a baby i told them everything about the guy at the bus stop and this lady my dad praised my presence of mine for taking her phone with me i handed her phone to my dad and he reported this entire incident to 9-1-1 right that moment the next morning the cops came to our house and asked me a bunch
of questions i explained the entire matter in great detail because i wanted them to catch this sinister duo before they end up framing any other innocent person after two days of search and with the help of her phone the cops collected a lot of information and finally managed to arrest these two evil people they discovered that the lady was the mother of this creepy guy they were professional kidnappers who often trapped young women from highways what made them more devilish than other criminals are their sinister way of luring victims into their trap the guy used
to spot young lonely girls on highways and make them fearful of his offensive behavior just like he did to me he would also let the mother know if the plan was going well through text messages and then the mother will take this opportunity by offering a ride to these already freaked out girls any girl will say yes to her just to get rid of this guy this way she would kidnap that girl during the ride with some excuse and both of them used to ask for ransom by making threatening calls to the victim's relatives they
are going on with this scam for at least one year but due to their cunningness and the unique criminal mind no cop could ever catch them also no one could testify how they looked as they murdered their victim after receiving the money or not receiving it either so far they have killed three young girls in three different cities of california and i was supposed to be their fourth victim if things didn't take a different turn for me i still wonder what could have happened if she didn't stop at the gas station and i didn't think
of calling my parents from her phone it's been three months now i have bought a car for myself with my own savings i drive my own car everywhere i go and if it gets really late i choose to stay at my friend's place to avoid being alone on the highway at night i will never forget what that lady told me that night that women these days need to be more careful you never know when you step into a trap i have a horrible dream these days in my dream i see myself locked in a dark
place there's no sign of light or air around me my lungs feel heavy when i try to breathe i can't move my body no matter how much i try i scream but no sound comes out of my mouth all i hear is pin drop silence and then i see my eyelids dropping and i fall asleep again there's nothing i can do about it but i know how it all started two years back i bought a new car i passed my driving exam and got the license after a hectic week at work i often went out
for a long drive on the highway i like driving on the empty highway at night as there's no traffic on the road i could enjoy a calm and quiet time with myself on the highway the moonlight made the road look poetic at night long drives were stress busters for me whenever i had a bad time i went for a ride at night my parents often told me not to drive far away at night on the highway but i didn't pay attention to them now i feel i should have last week one of my office colleagues
told me about a pub near the imr highway he said the pub was a good place to go for a drink after a long thrilling highway ride i plan to go there not just to hang out in the pub but also to enjoy a thrilling ride back home late night i went for a car wash one saturday morning my mom called and asked me to come over for dinner at her place but i told her i have other plans she told me the weather reports predicted a huge storm tonight so i should cancel my highway
ride for my own safety i looked at the bright sunny sky and i told her i will be fine i was planning for this ride since last week hence no way i was going to cancel it i got home and took some rest so that i can drive in a refreshed mood my colleague told me that the pub closes at 10 pm i decided to start around 8 30 p.m so that i can reach there by 9 30 pm i did exactly as i planned once again i looked up at the sky and there were
little clouds here and there i have driven on the highway during the rainy season so it didn't bother me at all it was 8 15 pm sharp i started the engine and my weekend began the view was breathtaking the imr highway had many adjacent freeways and expressways the location my colleague gave me indicated an expressway after 30 minutes of driving straight ahead on the highway my gps spotted an expressway on my left which led to the pub it's easy to drive in expressways at night but even in daylight freeways can scare the hell out of
any skilled driver this was probably the main reason why my mother never appreciated my late night long drives the passing of a heavy truck its loud honking horns and bright lights were enough to confuse any small car the more i carried onto the highway the more thrilling it all started to become there was a deep forest all around me i could hear the owl hooting the rustling of dry leaves as i drove by around 9 15 p.m i finally saw a light on the left side of the road as i reached closer i spotted the
wooden cabin the owner turned it into a small pub there were a couple of motorcycles standing outside the bar i didn't see any other car there i parked my car and got out as i stepped inside the pub i saw seven or eight people hanging out there the pub was about to close in an hour hence many people already left the place i sat at the bar and ordered a beer my mom called me twice but i chose not to pick up i already knew what she was going to say i didn't want my mood
to get ruined thus i ignored her calls as usual i asked the bartender how long they have opened this pub the guy told me that it hasn't been long and started to tell me about the owner after chilling there for almost an hour i realized my head was feeling slightly heavy suddenly i recalled that i have a long ride back home so i decided to pay and leave i looked at my phone it was 10 pm already and there was no one in the pub i also got up to leave and as i went to
pay the bartender he told me to drive carefully on the highway i was a little drunk hence his words started to sound like my mother's i laughed at him and said dude i am driving for like two years now stop back stop talking like my mother i accepted i was rude to him but i already told you i was drunk i got inside the car twisted my keys and started the engine i drove the long way even after being really drunk so i was quite confident about my driving skills i rolled up my window and
noticed raindrops on my windshield it started to rain lightly i reversed the car and went towards the highway the expressway was completely empty and dark my headlights did a pretty good job of showing me the way ahead as i reached the highway a huge boat of lightning struck in the distance the sound of it almost made my ears now the wind started to blow frantically and i realized the storm has now begun i continued on the highway for 20 minutes and suddenly heavy rain took place my car wipers tried really hard to clear out the
view in front of my eyes but the rain grew heavier i felt i should have left earlier i kept driving from the left side and suddenly another lightning struck really close to my car the forest around me was roaring like an angry demon i got so scared with a sudden strike of lightning that my car almost got out of control i couldn't see anything i was just driving by guessing after 10 minutes of hustle i realized i have gotten to a freeway a huge oil tanker passed right next to my car honking my heart fell
into my stomach because i knew it would be even more dangerous to find my way back now i knew i took a wrong turn and fright and tension i can't stop in the middle of the road because the huge trucks were coming really fast the thunder and lightning almost made it impossible to drive i decided to stop by a turn or an adjacent alley to the high road after an extremely tense ride of 15 minutes i could finally spot an abandoned road on my left with a dead end sign i immediately decided to park my
car there and spend the night in my car i can't drive home or get out of this freeway at least not in this weather so i thought it would be better for me if i just slept in my car tonight i realized it will be safer to get out of this freeway in the morning i was about to take the left turn just when i heard a loud hunk as i turned around to look i saw a huge truck coming at my car i panicked and pressed the accelerator so hard that my car took up
sudden high speed i couldn't control the situation my car crashed into a huge tree almost making an explosion my glass windows were shattered i was covered with broken glass after hitting my head badly the car alarm went on and i saw my eyelids closing since then i have this terrible dream which i can't really figure out it feels like i am forever stuck in this dream and i can never wake up i call out for my mother i call out for my father but no one answers my cry just now i realized why right now
at this very moment i can hear my mom sobbing i can't see her because it's so dark around me i can't walk up to her as i can barely move she is crying like a maniac and her words are even more insane than her reaction do you know what she is telling me now oh jammy i told you not to go out in the storm that night but you never listened to me i told you it's not safe to drive alone on the highway at night but you ignored my words i can't take this pain
i can't believe my son is trapped inside this wooden coffin forever i never imagined that i would come to visit you in your grave i have this dream all the time i see myself locked up in a dark claustrophobic space i can't move i can't speak i just keep staring at the darkness around me last year i went to visit my girlfriend at my sister's house near the countryside it's been two years we are holding on to this long distance relationship i wanted to surprise her so i already made the plan with her sister i
took off work for a week to have a nice time with her it was a four and a half hour drive from the city following the highway i didn't ask any of my friends to accompany me because i wanted to relax on my own for a while due to huge work pressure at the office i hardly get time for myself the ride was a long-awaited opportunity for me to have a good time with myself i went to the local gas station to fill up gas and check the air on the tires i didn't want to
face any problems so i kept everything under the hood checked before starting my journey i even took two extra tires as precautions i packed my luggage and hopped in the car it was 12 pm i predicted to reach there by 4 30 5 pm i plugged my phone into the charger and put the location on gps this was the first time i am driving to the countryside so i paid attention to the turns and roadblocks to stay in the right direction after an hour of honking cars and city traffic i finally got onto the highway
my eyes were charmed with the views around me vast green fields and a blue horizon were lying in front of my eyes i turned up some music and took a few sips of cold lemonade that i brought on my way my girlfriend's sister called me around 1 30 pm and asked how far i have reached i told her i am hoping to reach there by 5 pm i was about to disconnect the phone just when she asked have you reached crooked country the phone was on speaker so i replied in a loud voice no i
don't think i have but why do you ask she told me peter just follow the gps there will be two left turns after you cross the crooked country you must take the second left turn okay i could send some mild tension in her voice but i couldn't understand why i thought she might be worried as i am driving to her house for the first time i replied to her of course don't worry i will see you guys soon i scrolled the map and realized after 30 kilometers i will reach cricket bay so far i only
saw some oil trucks passing by last night i ordered pizza for dinner and i packed the leftovers in case i get hungry while driving i felt hungry also my back needed a break so i decided to stop for some time as soon as i reached crooked bay i noticed the landscape around me changing drastically in the last 30 kilometers the vast green field started to transform into bushes and trees the crooked bay was a lot greener trees were standing tall on both sides of the road i parked my car on the side of the road
the sounds of nature around me made me feel so alive i was so happy for getting this much-needed break just when i finished my pizza and went to wash my hands i looked up at the sky there were dark clouds all over the sky i quickly wrapped things up as it was 2 15 pm already and i had 120 kilometers distance to travel i passed over the first left turn just like wanda told me to wanda is my girlfriend's sister's name after 15 minutes i reached the second left turn and took it without wasting any
more time the road now became quite narrow surrounded by dense forest it wasn't raining but the dark clouds started to pour distant lightning and thunder i checked the gps and it showed me on the right track i was checking out the map just when i heard a car horn i looked at the rear view mirror and saw a dusty old car following me i moved aside to let it pass but the car didn't go away it kept honking and following me like before this time i thought maybe the car owner is in some kind of
trouble and telling me to stop the car kept honking hints it was really annoying for me to go in this way as i stopped the car came next to me and i saw a man wearing a big cowboy head sitting on the driver's seat i rode down my window and asked hey what's the matter the man had a rough face unevenly growing beard dark circles under his eyes pointed out he doesn't live a very healthy life he leaned towards the car and said in a feeble voice i'm feeling very weak can you please drop me
nearby you might think i am rude but that man was a complete stranger so i didn't feel very sure to give him a ride i told him i have to travel a long way and i'm already late do you want me to call someone who will be able to help you the man's face turned pale and he said i don't have anyone to call as such all this time his car stood beside mine i could smell something really bad coming from his car the car was dirty and i wondered what was the last time it
had been washed anyways i felt something off-putting about this entire situation because even though the guy said he was feeling sick none of his actions proved likewise also while talking to him i noticed empty beer bottles lying on the seat beside him i guess this guy is probably drunk hence he needs a lift no way was i letting him in my car i told him see i am new here so i hardly know the road why don't you wait here as i call the nearby police station so they can help you in some way the
man suddenly get all freaked out i expected this kind of reaction because he was driving drunk he quickly replied no thanks i can pull myself before i could say anything more he started the engine and drove ahead i was surprised by his behavior but just when the car drove away i noticed something and my blood turned cold there was a hand hanging out from the trunk of the car it seemed like the hand of a man but the color of its skin was so pale and lifeless i started my car and kept driving behind it
it was a bumpy ride but the hand kept hanging lifeless after a certain point in time i realized whoever is lying inside that man's car trunk is dead i didn't know what to do but at the same time i didn't want to let this man run away i googled the nearby police station and dialed them i explained everything to the cop and also read out the car number i was completely shaken i told the cop that they must hurry because the man started to increase the speed of the car at this point i got sure
that he realized that i was following him now my gps showed me a right turn ahead for my destination but i couldn't help but following this car an idea came to my mind i wanted to stop this guy because it felt like a responsibility to an innocent life that probably this man has taken i wanted to hand him over to the cops so i drove faster and reached next to his car window the man grinned at me with a disturbed face but i kept honking my car horn loudly this time the man still didn't stop
his car and kept increasing his speed i was also adamant not to give up i kept chasing him the man did a very dangerous thing he rode down his right side window and started to throw the empty beer bottles on the road just to puncture my car tires somehow i managed to dodge my car over the broken glass but when the man threw the last beer bottle it directly hit his car and out of panic i hit his car pretty bad resulting in a small crash when i got back to my senses i realized my
head was bleeding as i hit the steering wheel and i saw the man's car crashed on the nearby tree i unbuckled my seatbelt and rushed to his car there was no one inside the man was nowhere to be found i checked my phone and saw a couple of missed calls from the police station i called them back and told them to come to the location i waited inside my car thinking in case the man comes back but there wasn't any sign of him the cops came after half an hour as they opened up the trunk
of the car we all witnessed a gruesome sight a man was lying inside the trunk his body was wrapped in plastic but somehow his hand came out of it everyone could guess that this man was dead for a while now as someone slit his throat i called wanda and told her about all of this i handed my phone to the cops and they also talk to her saying that they are going to drop me at home as i shouldn't be driving they will take my car to the police station and i can come get it
whenever i feel like it the police car reached wanda's house and i saw my girlfriend misty running towards me all crying and sobbing i hugged her as i was all tensed and terrified after two days when i went to the police station the cops revealed some bizarre information to us for the last two to three months many passengers seemed to be missing near crooked bay some cases were filed by the family members whereas in other cases the cops found an abandoned car lying in the area with their owners missing this so far was the first
dead body they have found it is the body of a man named richard smith whose wife filed his missing case two months back his wife told the police that her husband was coming from a fishing trip near crooked bay but he never reached home the cops found his car on the left turn where i stopped to eat after forensics ran tests they discovered surgical scars on richard's body the autopsy report showed that someone removed his liver and kidneys after making him unconscious it was evident that the murderer sold his organs the local newspapers were informed
by the cops they were instructed to spread awareness stating there's a killer on the crooked bay who abducts lonely passengers and sells their organs after heavily drugging them i didn't follow up on the news after coming back but i hope they have managed to catch that man whenever i think about the first encounter with that evil man my stomach drops i can't guess what would have happened if i agreed to give him a lift in my car
