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3 Scary True Subway Stories - Mr. Nightmare · Crime and Horror

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  Speaker 1: Number 3. My dad has been an MTA Transit subway
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  Speaker 1: station manager for 35 years. With this job, there has
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  Speaker 1: to be a manager on duty at all times, so
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  Speaker 1: he's practically done every single possible shift throughout his career.
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  Speaker 1: That means he's done his fair share of night shifts.
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  Speaker 1: Most trains were completely empty throughout the night. He said
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  Speaker 1: it was the only nice part about doing the night shift.
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  Speaker 1: He has a series of funny and weird night shift
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  Speaker 1: stories to tell. But there's one downright horrifying one. My
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  Speaker 1: dad had just boarded the train to move to his
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  Speaker 1: office at another station. He was alone when he got on,
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  Speaker 1: which was at about 3 in the morning. At the
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  Speaker 1: next station, someone boarded. My dad describes him as a white,
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  Speaker 1: tall and skinny man wearing a heavy jacket and beanie.
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  Speaker 1: He shot my dad a quick glance before sitting in
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  Speaker 1: the furthest corner away from him. My dad said that
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  Speaker 1: he felt uncomfortable as the guy kept looking up at
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  Speaker 1: him every so often. When my dad's stop came, he
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  Speaker 1: got off, as well as the other man. He walked
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  Speaker 1: to his office door, unlocked it, and looked behind him.
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  Speaker 1: The man in the jacket was pacing around only about
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  Speaker 1: 50 feet away. My dad stepped into his office, shut
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  Speaker 1: the door, locked it, and sat at his desk. Five
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  Speaker 1: minutes later, someone started to try and turn the doorknob.
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  Speaker 1: After the person on the other side of the door
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  Speaker 1: realized it was locked, they started to knock softly. My
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  Speaker 1: dad called out, Who is it? And they responded, I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk. He told whoever it was to go away.
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  Speaker 1: He says he knew trouble when he saw it. He
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  Speaker 1: had a good feeling it was the guy from the train,
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  Speaker 1: as this station at a time like this was apparently
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  Speaker 1: always completely empty. My dad told the guy to go away.
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  Speaker 1: He continued to knock for a good five minutes. My
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  Speaker 1: dad finally pulled up the security camera screens and brought
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  Speaker 1: up the camera pointed to his office door. Sure enough,
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  Speaker 1: there was the guy from the train, wearing the jacket
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  Speaker 1: and beanie. Coincidentally, as soon as my dad brought up
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  Speaker 1: the camera, the man walked away. So my dad did
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  Speaker 1: whatever his work consisted of for about half an hour
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  Speaker 1: in that office. Before leaving to catch the next train,
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  Speaker 1: he checked the camera to make sure that the weird
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  Speaker 1: guy wasn't out there. He locked up and walked down
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  Speaker 1: the stairs to the train platform, where he got on
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  Speaker 1: the train right away. Looking out the window, He saw
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  Speaker 1: the guy from before walking down the stairs to the
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  Speaker 1: platform and then stepping on the train into the same
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  Speaker 1: car as my dad. He sat down on the opposite side,
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  Speaker 1: a few seats to the right. My dad tried to
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  Speaker 1: look away and pretend not to notice him, but he
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  Speaker 1: knew the guy was staring at him. He at one
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  Speaker 1: point gave in and stared back, giving a slight nod
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  Speaker 1: and smile and some sort of truce attempt before looking
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  Speaker 1: away again. The man stared at my dad the whole
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  Speaker 1: ride to the next station. but my dad never looked
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  Speaker 1: back at him once after the first time. Now you
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  Speaker 1: may be asking, why didn't he try to forcibly get
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  Speaker 1: the guy to back off? Well, despite my dad's intimidating size,
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  Speaker 1: he's always been a complete teddy bear. No bark and
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  Speaker 1: no bite. Plus, he says he feared that that guy
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  Speaker 1: was armed, and that one small motion could lead to death.
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  Speaker 1: When the train stopped at the station, my dad practically
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  Speaker 1: ran all the way back up to the streets, constantly
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  Speaker 1: glancing over his shoulder. And yes, the man from the
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  Speaker 1: train was following him. My dad had to find the
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  Speaker 1: first public building still open to try and escape. He
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  Speaker 1: found a Wendy's that was open and stepped inside. He
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  Speaker 1: sat and watched as the guy following him walked up
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  Speaker 1: to the window, stopped, and stared my dad down through
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  Speaker 1: the glass for about 10 seconds before turning around and
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  Speaker 1: walking across the street and then down the sidewalks. My
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  Speaker 1: dad said he ate, waited a little longer, then left
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  Speaker 1: the Wendy's to get to his third and final station
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  Speaker 1: for the night. The scariest part, when my dad was
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  Speaker 1: in his third office, as he was checking the security
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  Speaker 1: cameras out of the paranoia of the situation, he caught
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  Speaker 1: the guy from the train pacing around the outside, only
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  Speaker 1: about 30 feet from his office. He then stopped, looked
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  Speaker 1: up at the camera, and according to my dad, literally
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  Speaker 1: froze and stared for no less than a minute. When
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  Speaker 1: he finally lowered his head, he walked away, out of
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  Speaker 1: the station, to never be seen by my dad again.
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  Speaker 1: My dad doesn't know if he was followed after leaving
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  Speaker 1: the Wendy's, but that would only make sense. The guy
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  Speaker 1: was clearly disturbed, possibly homeless and or dangerous, and who
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  Speaker 1: knows what he actually wanted with my dad. Me and
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  Speaker 1: my three friends were in New York around Christmas time.
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  Speaker 1: We didn't finally decide to leave until about maybe 2
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  Speaker 1: in the morning. We got on the first train that
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  Speaker 1: we could catch and as expected it was empty. We
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  Speaker 1: were pretty sobered up by then. Then there was a
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  Speaker 1: sudden commotion in the next car over. We had peeked
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  Speaker 1: through the glass in between the cars and there were
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  Speaker 1: two hooded men or maybe teenagers standing obnoxiously close to
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  Speaker 1: a woman sitting in one of the seats who was
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  Speaker 1: screaming for help. I suggested that we go over and
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  Speaker 1: kick their asses but as me and a buddy got
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  Speaker 1: a closer look, we saw they were armed with handguns.
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  Speaker 1: I pushed all my friends to get to the next
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  Speaker 1: car over, away from the armed men. I took a
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  Speaker 1: look back and saw one of the men pointing at
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  Speaker 1: us before starting to follow. We ran through at least
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  Speaker 1: three different cars with the men following us before the
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  Speaker 1: train finally stopped at the next station. We all booked
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  Speaker 1: it through the old station to the nearest place we
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  Speaker 1: could hide. I got separated from my friends, so I
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  Speaker 1: went to hide behind a garbage can. I could hear
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  Speaker 1: my chaser's shoes hitting the tiled floors, so I knew
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  Speaker 1: I had no time to find a better hiding spot.
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  Speaker 1: I peeked through the opening at the top of the bin.
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  Speaker 1: I could get a better look at them now. One
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  Speaker 1: was black, the other was Indian, and they were both
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  Speaker 1: really young-looking. I was sure they were only trying to
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  Speaker 1: rob us, until I heard one of them say, If
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  Speaker 1: you find them, kill them. I hope you understand why
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  Speaker 1: I almost gave away my position in reaction to hearing this.
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  Speaker 1: With a gasp and almost pulling the garbage bin down
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  Speaker 1: with me as I returned to cover, I consider it
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  Speaker 1: a miracle neither of them caught me. They left the area.
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  Speaker 1: I took notice that they didn't have their guns drawn
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  Speaker 1: at that moment. I ran in the opposite direction of
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  Speaker 1: the two and quickly caught my friends who were waving
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  Speaker 1: me over from behind a large pole. I took cover
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  Speaker 1: with them behind another pole not far from that one,
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  Speaker 1: and we waited for as long as we thought necessary.
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  Speaker 1: The big shock to this story, though, was when we
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  Speaker 1: caught glimpse of the woman from the train, who we
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  Speaker 1: thought was being threatened by the two men, walking over
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  Speaker 1: in the direction of the men, and then calling something
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  Speaker 1: along the lines of, Where are they? Don't tell me
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  Speaker 1: you didn't get them. The two men reappeared from beyond
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  Speaker 1: a corner, walking over to the woman. The rest of
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  Speaker 1: what they said was too low to pick up on.
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  Speaker 1: They walked back down the stairs to the platforms, and
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  Speaker 1: as we could guess, waited for another train to run
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  Speaker 1: their trap again. At the very least, we called the
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  Speaker 1: police and reported what was going on, but I have
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  Speaker 1: no idea if they were ever caught. My name is Danny,
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  Speaker 1: I'm 22 years old, and this was the most horrifying
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  Speaker 1: experience of my life. I live and work in New
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  Speaker 1: York City, but I don't have a car, so my
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  Speaker 1: main mode of transportation is the subway. It was a
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night, I was on my way home from a
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  Speaker 1: party in the middle of the night. I did this
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  Speaker 1: about every other weekend, so I was completely fine with
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  Speaker 1: taking the subway alone at night. Walking down the steps,
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  Speaker 1: entering the underground without a soul in sight, it was
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  Speaker 1: always a bit chilling. This specific station was very tightly spaced.
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  Speaker 1: As I was walking, I could almost feel as if
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  Speaker 1: I were being watched or followed, along with the occasional
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  Speaker 1: echoing bang-type sound emitting from an unknown location. I was
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  Speaker 1: early for the train, so I sat on a bench
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  Speaker 1: and waited. This is something straight out of a horror movie.
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  Speaker 1: I heard this exact phrase. Psst, over here, buddy. There
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  Speaker 1: was somebody standing on the tracks, inside the tunnel, poking
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  Speaker 1: his head out and looking at me. It was a
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  Speaker 1: filthy looking man, I'd say in his early 40s. He
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  Speaker 1: gave me a smile, a horrible yellow smile with at
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  Speaker 1: least three teeth missing. and I could tell that even
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  Speaker 1: from where I was sitting. I did the best I
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  Speaker 1: could to pay no attention to him, but he wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: go away. There was laughing coming from inside the tunnel,
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  Speaker 1: and then another disgusting looking man stuck his face out
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  Speaker 1: as well. This man gave me a nasty smile as well,
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  Speaker 1: before telling me to come hang out with them in
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  Speaker 1: the tunnel. The way they stared at me though, their
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  Speaker 1: eyes wouldn't even move. It's as if their sight was
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  Speaker 1: locked onto me. I resumed doing the best I could
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  Speaker 1: to ignore them and just wait for the train. I
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  Speaker 1: noticed in my peripheral vision that one of the men
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  Speaker 1: moved away into the tunnel, returning moments later with another face.
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  Speaker 1: I had to look again. There was a third face,
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  Speaker 1: but this one was hunched over and lifeless. It looked
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  Speaker 1: like one of the men were holding the guy's face up.
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  Speaker 1: The sound of the train approaching felt like a thousand
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  Speaker 1: pounds off my shoulders. I got up ready to board
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  Speaker 1: the train, but when I got closer to the edge
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  Speaker 1: of the platform, I nearly threw up at the sight.
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  Speaker 1: The two men were going back into the tunnel, but
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  Speaker 1: the second man in the back was holding something in
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  Speaker 1: his hand. A head. Just a head. Like a decapitated head.
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  Speaker 1: They disappeared from sight onto the side of the tunnel.
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  Speaker 1: As the train stopped, I got into the first car,
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  Speaker 1: planning on warning the conductor, but no later than after
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  Speaker 1: we left the station. I didn't want to be there
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  Speaker 1: a second longer. As the train began to move, I
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  Speaker 1: saw legs moving down the stairs to the platform, but
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  Speaker 1: that was it. I didn't get to see who it was,
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  Speaker 1: but what I did get to see... As the train
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  Speaker 1: moved into the tunnels, I caught glimpse of a group
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  Speaker 1: of men, hunched up against the railing, inches away from
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  Speaker 1: the train window, and they were all looking right at me.
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  Speaker 1: I knocked on the conductor's door like a madman, screaming
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  Speaker 1: it was an emergency. He opened up, and I explained
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  Speaker 1: what I just saw. He radioed to somebody in charge
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  Speaker 1: of the station, as well as another higher-up of the company,
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  Speaker 1: who I'm sure took care of it, or contacted the
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  Speaker 1: proper authorities or security, whatever. It seemed to take ages
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  Speaker 1: for my stop to come, but when it did, I
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  Speaker 1: practically had a hop in my walk from relief. I
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  Speaker 1: have since been to one party at the same friend's house,
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  Speaker 1: but I skipped that station. I decided it was worth
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  Speaker 1: it to take the extra long walk to the next station.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if weird shit happens often in the
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  Speaker 1: subway at night. In my experience prior to this incident,
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  Speaker 1: it never did. But after this experience, I think I
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  Speaker 1: should say you should be extremely cautious when in an
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  Speaker 1: isolated place like a subway station late at night.