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3 True Rainy Night Drive Horror Stories | Alone at Night That Will Keep You Awake · True Horror Stories

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: This happened during a road trip I was taking on
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  Speaker 1: the way back from seeing my family for the holidays.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not usually one to drive more than a couple
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  Speaker 1: hours because I much prefer flying, but this year the
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  Speaker 1: tickets to where I was going were way more expensive
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  Speaker 1: for some reason. It would have cost me over a
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  Speaker 1: thousand bucks for a round trip flight that only went
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  Speaker 1: a few states over. I had planned everything out so
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  Speaker 1: that i'd get home a few days before I had
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  Speaker 1: to go to work, but a snowstorm blew in on
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  Speaker 1: the day I was going to leave, so I had
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  Speaker 1: to stay an extra two days before finally starting the drive.
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  Speaker 1: The roads were empty since it was past the holiday rush,
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  Speaker 1: and most of the drive is pretty out of the
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  Speaker 1: way from the big cities. The hardest part of it
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  Speaker 1: was always staying awake and fighting the boredom. The first
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  Speaker 1: eight or so hours went by without any trouble, though
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  Speaker 1: sure I was tired, but the snow on the road
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  Speaker 1: kept me awake and attentive. It was about ten p m.
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  Speaker 1: And I had a hotel booked in a small town
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  Speaker 1: just two hours further ahead. But as I drove, a
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  Speaker 1: small light came up in my mirror. It was the
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  Speaker 1: headlights of someone behind me, which was actually the first
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  Speaker 1: person I'd seen on the road with me in over
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  Speaker 1: an hour. Their lights were getting bigger quickly, though, showing
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  Speaker 1: that they were coming up really fast, and soon I
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  Speaker 1: could see that it was actually a large van of
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  Speaker 1: some kind. It was only a one lane road, so
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't get out of their way, but I figured
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  Speaker 1: they would still swerve around me, given they were going
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  Speaker 1: so fast. Once they reached the back of my car, though,
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  Speaker 1: they matched my speed and stayed behind me. After a
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  Speaker 1: few seconds, I realized they weren't trying to get around me,
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  Speaker 1: and we drove like that for almost ten minutes. It
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  Speaker 1: was kind of unnerving, being that it was only us
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  Speaker 1: on the road, and yet this huge van was trailing
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  Speaker 1: right behind me. It wasn't a normal following distance either.
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  Speaker 1: They were so close that I couldn't even see their
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  Speaker 1: front bumper or license plate in my mirror. Maybe I
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  Speaker 1: was quick to feel uneasy about it, But an exit
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  Speaker 1: came up for a gas station, and I chose to
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  Speaker 1: turn off, hoping they would stay on the road and
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  Speaker 1: that I could put some distance between us. But as
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  Speaker 1: I veered off and down the exit ramp, they stayed
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  Speaker 1: right behind me. I pulled into the gas station and
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  Speaker 1: parked at one of the pumps as the van pulled
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  Speaker 1: into the pump behind me. At this point, I just
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  Speaker 1: didn't know what was happening. Part of me thought that
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  Speaker 1: this was something bad, but another part of me thought
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  Speaker 1: I was just overreacting. I knew that this was the
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  Speaker 1: only gas station in the past thirty ish minutes, so
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't all that unlikely that they would also need gas.
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  Speaker 1: Before getting out to fill up my tank, I shut
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  Speaker 1: my car off and looked around the store. Part of
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  Speaker 1: the gas station had its lights off and a closed
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  Speaker 1: sign hanging from the door. I looked to the sides
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  Speaker 1: of it, seeing nothing but empty darkness, no houses, no buildings,
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  Speaker 1: just a field covered in snow with a single road
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  Speaker 1: going through it. I looked in my mirror. A man
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  Speaker 1: was now standing outside of the van and putting gas in,
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  Speaker 1: so I got out and began doing the same. As
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  Speaker 1: the numbers slowly ticked on the gas meter, the man
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  Speaker 1: quickly put his pump back and sealed his gas cap.
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  Speaker 1: I looked over seeing him walking to the back of
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  Speaker 1: his van. Then I heard the loud ratcheting sound of
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  Speaker 1: the back door being lifted open. There was something in
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  Speaker 1: that moment, maybe a gut feeling or just an instinct
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  Speaker 1: of some kind, that told me to get out of there.
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  Speaker 1: I pulled the pump out of my car, and not
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  Speaker 1: even a second later, three men were sprinting at me
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  Speaker 1: from around the back of the van. I dropped the
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  Speaker 1: pump on the ground and quickly got in my car,
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  Speaker 1: locking the doors just as one of them grabbed the
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  Speaker 1: handle and tried to rip it open. I was shaking
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  Speaker 1: and moving as quick as I could to get the
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  Speaker 1: car on. All three of them went around, trying each door,
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  Speaker 1: but then immediately sprinted back to their van before I'd
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  Speaker 1: even had the chance to pull away. When I did, though,
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  Speaker 1: I saw them drive away soon after, going in the
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  Speaker 1: opposite direction, down the way we had come from. I
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  Speaker 1: let the police know what happened, but never even got
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  Speaker 1: a call back with any updates. I think it's obvious
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  Speaker 1: they were trying to abduct people under the cover of
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  Speaker 1: night on the vast, unpopulated highway. What's terrifying is how confident,
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  Speaker 1: and for lack of a better word, profession the whole
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  Speaker 1: operation was. It seemed that as soon as they realized
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  Speaker 1: I was securely in my car, and it wasn't going
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  Speaker 1: to be effortless. They fled the scene without even needing
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  Speaker 1: to communicate with each other. It was like they had
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  Speaker 1: done it many times before. What would have happened if
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  Speaker 1: they'd gotten me I don't know, but I urge everyone
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  Speaker 1: to learn from my mistakes, because you may not be
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  Speaker 1: as lucky as I was. In twenty nineteen, I did
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  Speaker 1: deliveries for a pizza place near my school. I'd work
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  Speaker 1: most days after class so I could afford to pay
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  Speaker 1: for my car and rent. It wasn't a great job
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  Speaker 1: in any aspect, but it was good enough to get
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  Speaker 1: me through college without being completely broke. This night was
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  Speaker 1: no different than most in the beginning. I clocked in
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  Speaker 1: at six and delivered for three hours straight, then took
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  Speaker 1: a lunch break and started again. At nine point thirty,
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  Speaker 1: I picked up the next order and started heading to
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  Speaker 1: the place. The address didn't look like a house, but
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  Speaker 1: the route it took me on to get there was
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  Speaker 1: not what I was expecting. It took me further out
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  Speaker 1: from town, away from most houses and stores, and into
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  Speaker 1: a business center. It was an area full of small
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  Speaker 1: office buildings and nothing else. I drove down the road
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  Speaker 1: and couldn't really tell what any of the addresses were,
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  Speaker 1: so I just followed the directions on the GPS and
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  Speaker 1: hoped it would take me into the right parking lot
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  Speaker 1: when I turned in, I drove through a pretty long
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  Speaker 1: parking area until I reached the front of the building
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  Speaker 1: and could read the address. It matched up with the
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  Speaker 1: one on the order, but something was off off. The
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  Speaker 1: parking lot was completely empty, not even the street lights
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  Speaker 1: were on, and the office building had no signs of
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  Speaker 1: anyone being inside. I double checked the address, thinking there
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  Speaker 1: must have been a mistake, but it all checked out.
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  Speaker 1: I even tried searching it on Google for any places
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  Speaker 1: nearby with the same address, but no, this was it.
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  Speaker 1: I set my car and park and got out, glancing
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  Speaker 1: around before walking up to the door. It was a
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  Speaker 1: glass door with a dark tint covering it. I knocked,
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  Speaker 1: then took a step back and waited. It only took
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  Speaker 1: a moment before the door opened. It was a middle
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  Speaker 1: aged man wearing very casual clothes and holding a small
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  Speaker 1: grin on his face. He suddenly got overly excited and
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  Speaker 1: said he was happy the food had finally arrived and
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  Speaker 1: that everyone was hungry. I looked behind him, not seeing
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  Speaker 1: anyone else and only a single light on in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the hallway, but I ignored it and just
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  Speaker 1: told him his total. He must have realized what I
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  Speaker 1: was looking for, though, as he quickly explained that everyone
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  Speaker 1: else was in the rec room on the third floor
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  Speaker 1: for a company party. I smiled to be polite, but
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  Speaker 1: the man was talking with an overwhelming amount of excitement,
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  Speaker 1: so much so that it almost felt like he had
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  Speaker 1: to be faking it. He pulled out his wallet and
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  Speaker 1: handed me cash for the pizzas, along with a ten
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  Speaker 1: dollars tip. But as I took the money, he asked
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  Speaker 1: me for a favor. He wanted help bringing the pizzas
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  Speaker 1: up to the third floor. The man had put me
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  Speaker 1: in a strange position. Having taken the generous tip already,
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  Speaker 1: it felt like it would only be right to help him.
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  Speaker 1: On the other hand, though carrying a few pizzas isn't
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  Speaker 1: exactly difficult, and it didn't seem necessary by any means.
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  Speaker 1: He started walking without me having answered, yet urging me
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  Speaker 1: to follow him. As he made his way to a
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  Speaker 1: door leading to some stairs. I trailed behind, keeping my
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  Speaker 1: distance but following him into the stairwell. As I entered, though,
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  Speaker 1: I felt a cold rush of air and noticed all
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  Speaker 1: the lights were off. Only the small light from the
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  Speaker 1: hallway lit the entrance to the stairs. The man started
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  Speaker 1: making his way up, but stopped once he realized I
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  Speaker 1: hadn't continued following him. He turned and made a humorous
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  Speaker 1: remark about the lights, but his grin was quick to
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  Speaker 1: leave once he saw that I wasn't going to follow
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  Speaker 1: him anymore. There was no hesitation as he came rushing
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  Speaker 1: down toward me with anger in his eyes. I tossed
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  Speaker 1: the pieces on the ground, rushing out of the door
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  Speaker 1: and into the hallway, then running for the end and
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  Speaker 1: bolting to my car. I saw the man come partly
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  Speaker 1: out of the front doors before going back in and
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  Speaker 1: slamming them shut. I immediately called the police after driving
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  Speaker 1: to a different parking lot. The man had run off
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  Speaker 1: by the time they got there, and since he paid
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  Speaker 1: in cash, there was no way to know who he
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  Speaker 1: really was. The office building was empty, though, and there
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  Speaker 1: was nobody else on the third floor, so it's clear
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  Speaker 1: that it was just some sort of trap. What he
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  Speaker 1: had ready for me on the third floor is unknown,
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  Speaker 1: and I hope that nobody ever has to know. I
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  Speaker 1: worked for my dad at his small construction business. He
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  Speaker 1: runs a yard and warehouse full of materials, as well
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  Speaker 1: as manages the job sites the workers are at. Since
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  Speaker 1: I was only seventeen at the time, my job was
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  Speaker 1: to basically be the errand boy. I'd drive materials back
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  Speaker 1: and forth and pick up anything that was needed depending
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  Speaker 1: on the job, though, some materials would need to be
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  Speaker 1: there before workers arrived because they would need them so
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  Speaker 1: they could get to work right away in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: so every once in a while during busy weeks, I'd
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  Speaker 1: have to start work really early, like two or three am,
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  Speaker 1: to make sure I could drop everything off in time. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: this was only during the summer when I didn't have school,
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  Speaker 1: so I really had no excuse for not being able
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  Speaker 1: to work. I liked doing the deliveries early though, because
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  Speaker 1: it was calm and I didn't have to deal with
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  Speaker 1: anyone telling me what to do. On this day, I
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  Speaker 1: arrived at the warehouse at three am and loaded up,
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  Speaker 1: then started making my way to the job site. It
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  Speaker 1: was a repair job on an old, maybe even abandoned
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  Speaker 1: building at the edge of our town. When I got there,
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  Speaker 1: I saw a truck parked right outside. Its lights were off,
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  Speaker 1: and it didn't look like anyone was nearby. It was
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  Speaker 1: way too early for anyone to be working, so I
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  Speaker 1: wasn't expecting to see any cars here. I parked and
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  Speaker 1: got out, walking up to it and seeing that it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a company vehicle either. The windows were tinted and
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't see inside. I turned and looked at the building,
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  Speaker 1: trying to see if anyone was here. I called out,
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  Speaker 1: asking if anyone was inside, but got no response. Feeling
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  Speaker 1: a little weird about it, I pulled out my phone
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  Speaker 1: and called my dad. It rang for a minute, then
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  Speaker 1: went to voicemail. Figuring it was probably just a worker's
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  Speaker 1: personal truck that they'd left there. I went back to
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  Speaker 1: my truck and started unloading the materials. It took probably
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  Speaker 1: an hour. Then I got back in and started to
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  Speaker 1: drive off. As I left the area, though, I looked
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  Speaker 1: in my rear view mirror and suddenly the truck's lights
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  Speaker 1: turned on. I practically slammed on my brakes, stopping on
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  Speaker 1: the side of the road and watching as the truck
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  Speaker 1: started to back out. Someone was in there. The whole time,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that I was sure that it couldn't have been
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  Speaker 1: a worker because they definitely would have responded to me.
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  Speaker 1: I sat and watched as they made their way out
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  Speaker 1: of the parking area and onto the road. I grabbed
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  Speaker 1: my phone and quickly dialed my dad's phone number again.
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: While I waited for him to pick up, I looked over,
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  Speaker 1: seeing the truck had stopped right next to me. I
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  Speaker 1: stared at their window, knowing someone behind it was probably
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  Speaker 1: staring at me. I tossed my phone on the seat
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  Speaker 1: and started to drive forward, but the truck was quick
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  Speaker 1: to match my speed and prevent me from getting back
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  Speaker 1: onto the road. But there was nowhere else for me
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  Speaker 1: to go. To my left where trees, and to my
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: right was this truck blocking my way. I started to panic,
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  Speaker 1: putting the car in reverse and trying to back up.
• 14:26
  Speaker 1: The truck did the same until they tapped to the
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  Speaker 1: side of my car, making me lose control and slide
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  Speaker 1: completely off the shoulder and hit the side of a tree.
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  Speaker 1: The truck quickly stopped right at the top of the
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  Speaker 1: road as if they were going to get out, but
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  Speaker 1: then their brake lights suddenly turned off again as they
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  Speaker 1: put it back and drive and sped away just Twenty
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: seconds later, another car pulled up to the side of
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  Speaker 1: the road and a man got out and ran up
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  Speaker 1: to me, asking if I was okay. I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: his name at the time, but it was one of
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  Speaker 1: the workers that was just arriving at the job site.
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  Speaker 1: He only saw the last bit of what happened, but
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  Speaker 1: said he recognized the other truck as Samuels, who was
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  Speaker 1: another worker my dad had hired a few months ago.
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  Speaker 1: As it turned out, a bunch of tools and materials
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  Speaker 1: were missing from the job site, adding up to almost
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  Speaker 1: ten thousand dollars, and that's only from that one night.
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  Speaker 1: He could have been slowly stealing a few things at
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: a time over the past few months. I think what
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  Speaker 1: happened that night, though, was that Samuel thought that by
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  Speaker 1: me seeing his truck, it would eventually all get traced
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  Speaker 1: back to him and he'd get caught, so he tried
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  Speaker 1: to stop me. I don't know what he would have
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  Speaker 1: done to me, but considering I was the only witness,
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: it's likely that he wouldn't have gotten caught as long
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  Speaker 1: as I was never seen again. Unfortunately, though, his name
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  Speaker 1: and everything else didn't add up to anything, and it
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  Speaker 1: was likely he was either an illegal immigrant or some
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  Speaker 1: kind of felon that went through the effort of getting
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  Speaker 1: fake or stolen ideas in work documents. I was never
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  Speaker 1: expecting something like that to ever happen, but at least
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  Speaker 1: it's really unlikely that I'll ever see that man again.