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Come Outside · Luke's English Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What I can see in the silhouette of their beams.
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  Speaker 1: One of them has something in his hand, like a wrench.
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  Speaker 2: Or crobon, so I knew he could have me in
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  Speaker 2: a secluded area real quick.
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  Speaker 3: He just starts repeating that I absolutely have to go
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  Speaker 3: outside with him.
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  Speaker 4: Reddit user plutonium Horse, and we learned why you shouldn't
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  Speaker 4: park on the side of the road to sleep. Performing
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  Speaker 4: this experience is tom Aglio.
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  Speaker 1: This took place around two years ago. I was driving
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  Speaker 1: to work, a five hour drive. It was already dark.
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  Speaker 1: About three hours of driving, I started to get tired.
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  Speaker 1: I bought myself a coffee and some snacks at a
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  Speaker 1: gas station and went on. But snacks and coffee can
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  Speaker 1: only keep you awake for so long, and I started
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  Speaker 1: to feel tired again. This part of the road was
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  Speaker 1: nothing but thick, dark pinewood forest around me, no other
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  Speaker 1: cars on the road, nothing only insects smashing my windshield
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  Speaker 1: now and then and empty road. I was now extremely tired,
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  Speaker 1: and at one point I nearly drove off the road
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  Speaker 1: for almost falling asleep half to sleep. Now I can't
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  Speaker 1: wait for a gas station. I need to sleep as
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  Speaker 1: soon as I see a place where I can park
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  Speaker 1: my car anything. When I'm tired, I fall asleep really fast.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm tired enough, I can fall asleep in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of a sentence when I'm talking. So it's a
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  Speaker 1: bit urgent for me to find a place where I
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  Speaker 1: can stop. It felt like an hour, but probably just
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  Speaker 1: five minutes go by, and I spot this little pocket
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  Speaker 1: in the road. It's like a parking space for quick
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  Speaker 1: stops like peeing, switching drivers or stuff like that, not
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  Speaker 1: even a real resting area. I stopped here, turned down
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  Speaker 1: my windows to check if I heard any weird noises.
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  Speaker 1: Total silence. I turned up the windows again. Nothing bad
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  Speaker 1: is gonna happen. I haven't seen a car for like
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  Speaker 1: thirty minutes. This road is empty. If someone is checking
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  Speaker 1: out my car, I bet it's the cops checking on me.
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  Speaker 1: If I'm all right, I leave my keys in the
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  Speaker 1: ignition and I lock the doors just to be safe.
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  Speaker 1: I adjust my seat a bit to make it more
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  Speaker 1: comfortable to sleep in, and I take off my shoes
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  Speaker 1: and put them on the passenger's seat on the right.
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  Speaker 1: It's so nice to close my eyes and instantly I
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  Speaker 1: fall asleep. I don't know why, but something wakes me up.
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  Speaker 1: I can't really see anything. Some kind of bright light
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  Speaker 1: hits me in the eyes. First I thought it was
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  Speaker 1: a flashlight, but then I realized it's the high beams
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  Speaker 1: from another car in my rear view mirror that is
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  Speaker 1: blinding me. I look in my left mirror and I
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  Speaker 1: see a dude walking up beside my car. Maybe he
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  Speaker 1: wants help with something. Should I make it clear to
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  Speaker 1: him that I'm in here. He's right beside my left
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  Speaker 1: back door. Should I step out and ask what he's doing?
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  Speaker 1: I didn't have to. The dude proceeds to jerk and
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  Speaker 1: pull on my left back door. I almost shit my
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  Speaker 1: fucking pants when I realize that he's trying to force
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  Speaker 1: his way into my car. My seat is adjusted for
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  Speaker 1: me to lay down, and I pushed it back max
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  Speaker 1: I can't reach the pedals, which makes it impossible for
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  Speaker 1: me to drive my car. I slammed the car horn
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  Speaker 1: and it breaks the silence with a roar, and the
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  Speaker 1: dude jumps. That gives me like two seconds to push
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  Speaker 1: my seat to reach the pedals, but it's still way
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  Speaker 1: out of adjustments. Someone kind of pulling myself to the
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  Speaker 1: steering wheel because my seat is laying flat. It isn't
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  Speaker 1: supporting my back anyway. I start my car and drive
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  Speaker 1: off with a cloud of smoke for my screeching tires.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard driving a car with nothing holding up your
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  Speaker 1: upper body, but I managed. As I leave, I look
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  Speaker 1: in the rear mirror and I can see how the
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  Speaker 1: dude stands there and looks at me, and I can
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  Speaker 1: see two more guys coming up beside him. What I
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  Speaker 1: can see in the silhouette of their beams. One of
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  Speaker 1: them has something in his hand, like a wrench or crowbar.
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  Speaker 1: I drive super fast, way over the speed limit. My
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  Speaker 1: whole body was trembling with adrenaline in fear. I drove
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  Speaker 1: like that for like thirty minutes. Then I stopped at
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  Speaker 1: a gas station to fix my seat and put my
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  Speaker 1: shoes on again. I figured out I was only sleeping
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  Speaker 1: for like ten minutes. Well, I didn't have to sleep
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  Speaker 1: until I got to my destination, which is surrounded by
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  Speaker 1: heavy duty fencing and the building has an alarm. I
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  Speaker 1: told my boss the next day, and he said, they
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  Speaker 1: actually have problems with what we call it in Sweden
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  Speaker 1: road pirates, criminals that force you to stop on the
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  Speaker 1: road and rob you of everything, including your car in
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  Speaker 1: that specific area. It could just be three nice dudes
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  Speaker 1: that wanted to check if I was okay. Then why
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  Speaker 1: didn't they just knock in my driver's window? The thing
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  Speaker 1: in his hands could be a big flashlight. Be safe.
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  Speaker 4: username too Sad to Masturbate, and we learn that not
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  Speaker 4: every uber driver can be trusted performing this experience is
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  Speaker 4: Rhiannon Mauschell.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry this is a bit long. I know this isn't
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  Speaker 2: a therapist's office, but this has bothered me for a
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  Speaker 2: long time and I wanted to just get it off
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  Speaker 2: my chest. This happened June twenty eighteen in Portland, Oregon.
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  Speaker 2: I understand I acted like an idiot in this situation.
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  Speaker 2: Since then, I have become much more observant, cautious, and honestly,
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  Speaker 2: much more paranoid. I went down with friends was really
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  Speaker 2: drunk by midnight. Unfortunately, this was back when I had
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  Speaker 2: little money and I realized you could save money by
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  Speaker 2: eating very little before going out, and it would take
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  Speaker 2: far fewer drinks to get drunk. So I was drunk.
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  Speaker 2: I barely remember my friend ordering me an uber home.
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  Speaker 2: My phone was dead. Of course, I can vaguely recall
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  Speaker 2: them helping me into the car and telling me to
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  Speaker 2: get home safe. I don't remember greeting the driver or
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  Speaker 2: the first minute or so, but soon after getting in
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  Speaker 2: he asked how my night was and if I smoked. Honestly,
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  Speaker 2: I was just thinking about bed at this point, so
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  Speaker 2: I sort of just slurred out that I did sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: He then offered me a joint, and this is the
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  Speaker 2: first moment I get sort of nervous and begin paying attention.
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  Speaker 2: I tell him something like I'm really tired and just
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  Speaker 2: ready to get home. I think he said something about
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  Speaker 2: it being an Indika based joint and it made for
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  Speaker 2: great sleep. Once again, I say something not exactly like no,
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  Speaker 2: but not a yes, which he takes sys a yes,
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  Speaker 2: I'll take that joint. Now. Reminder, I'm still drunk enough
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  Speaker 2: I can barely see straight or speak clearly, so when
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  Speaker 2: he says okay, well, I have to cancel the ride
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  Speaker 2: really quick because I can't give it to you while
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  Speaker 2: I'm on the clock, or something to that effect. It
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  Speaker 2: takes me a second to realize how dangerous that is,
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  Speaker 2: and by the time I start to say something, he
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  Speaker 2: has canceled the ride and pulls over. We were in
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  Speaker 2: an area just east of the Hawthorne Bridge, I think,
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  Speaker 2: and it was totally secluded, some empty parking lots, a
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  Speaker 2: closed autobody shop, no one in sight. It's starting to
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  Speaker 2: hit me. I'm now in the car, not with an
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  Speaker 2: uber driver, but with some stranger. I can't call anyone,
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  Speaker 2: and he's trying to give me weed that could have
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  Speaker 2: anything in it. For the next minute or so, we're
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  Speaker 2: pretty quiet, or I just can't remember any small talk
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  Speaker 2: he tried to make because I was beginning to panic,
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  Speaker 2: and every time he handed me the joint, I would
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  Speaker 2: fake hits, just breathing it into my mouth, not into
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  Speaker 2: my lungs. I felt tired, clumsy, and weak, that kind
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  Speaker 2: of drunk when you're almost at the point of nausea,
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  Speaker 2: and I knew I couldn't do much more of anything
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  Speaker 2: to defend myself at that point. I remember vividly being
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  Speaker 2: fixated for a moment on the fact I didn't even
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  Speaker 2: have a pair of keys to defend myself with, as
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  Speaker 2: my building used fobs for just about everything, and I
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  Speaker 2: didn't take my mail key with me. As I'm freaking out,
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  Speaker 2: I look up to see this guy as sort of noticing,
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  Speaker 2: and I make eye contact with him in the mirror.
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  Speaker 2: He was staring at me, but I couldn't read his expression. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: he says something along the lines of, well, let's get
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  Speaker 2: out of here. I tell him I'll just call another
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  Speaker 2: uber to get home, thinking at this point it might
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  Speaker 2: even be safer to walk, and he says, no, I
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  Speaker 2: still have your address. I'll just take you home. For
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  Speaker 2: a moment, I was relieved. I guess I just wanted
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  Speaker 2: to believe him so badly. I tried to calm myself down,
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  Speaker 2: thinking he actually hadn't done anything threatening. Maybe he was
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  Speaker 2: just your typical stoner guy and I'm overreacting. At this time,
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  Speaker 2: I lived on PSU campus in downtown Portland, in the
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  Speaker 2: southwest area of the city. He is driving me north
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  Speaker 2: on the east side of the river. There are several
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  Speaker 2: bridges to our left, and as he keeps moving north,
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  Speaker 2: he has several opportunities to take an exit to hop
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  Speaker 2: over the river and get me back downtown. He keeps
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  Speaker 2: skipping them. We keep passing bridge after bridge that could
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  Speaker 2: get me home. Up in northeast Portland, there are some
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  Speaker 2: large industrial areas that can get very isolated at night,
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  Speaker 2: and Portland in general is surrounded by lots of forests,
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  Speaker 2: so I knew he could have me in a secluded
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  Speaker 2: area real quick after he passes like the fourth exit
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  Speaker 2: for a bridge. Pretty sure it was the Broadway Bridge.
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  Speaker 2: I've been racking my brain for a way to make
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  Speaker 2: him actually take me home and say something to the
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  Speaker 2: effect of, hey, my boyfriend is waiting for me at home,
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  Speaker 2: which was true, so I set it in a very
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  Speaker 2: meek way. My driver says nothing, but he did take
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  Speaker 2: the next exit for the bridge and basically hung a
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  Speaker 2: giant U turn that started taking me home. Even as
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  Speaker 2: we're on the west side of town heading south, I'm
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  Speaker 2: still shaking and have my hand on the door handle,
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  Speaker 2: thinking about just hopping out at a red light. The
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  Speaker 2: closer we get to my apartment, my phone is completely dead,
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  Speaker 2: and he honestly still has several chances to hop onto
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  Speaker 2: nearby highways and speed out of the city. We're getting
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  Speaker 2: pretty close to my apartment now, and I'm once again
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  Speaker 2: trying to convince myself I'm being paranoid about some stoner
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  Speaker 2: that can't navigate the city, even though a few minutes
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  Speaker 2: before I was so scared I was crying. So once
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  Speaker 2: we get about two blocks from my apartment, I lie
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  Speaker 2: and tell him it's easiest to stop here and he
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  Speaker 2: can let me out again. He doesn't say anything, but
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  Speaker 2: does slow the car. I'm flooded with relief and even
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  Speaker 2: feel myself smile. But when I go to open the door,
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  Speaker 2: it's locked. I try to if the lock mechanism manually,
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  Speaker 2: but it won't budge. I look at him instinctively to
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  Speaker 2: see what's up, and he's got his head turned almost
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  Speaker 2: fully toward me, shoulders still facing the road, smiling at
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  Speaker 2: me the worst fucking smile I've ever seen. It looked
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  Speaker 2: so mocking, and it just did not reach his eyes
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  Speaker 2: at all. I just started crying and asking him to
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  Speaker 2: open the door. I was so freaked out and still
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  Speaker 2: very drunk, and thank god he did. I will never
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  Speaker 2: forget the sensation of vulnerability, not just being drunk in
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  Speaker 2: his car with no way to contact anyone, but even
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  Speaker 2: as I got out of the car, I kept feeling
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  Speaker 2: like he would somehow grab the back of my shirt
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  Speaker 2: and pull me back in, as silly as that sounds.
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  Speaker 2: When I got home, I found out my boyfriend had
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  Speaker 2: actually gone out with friends last minute and wasn't even there.
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  Speaker 2: He wouldn't have even known till much later if I'd
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  Speaker 2: gotten back safe. The next day, I convinced my I
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  Speaker 2: was freaking out over nothing, which I still realized could
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  Speaker 2: be the case, But in my gut, I had truly
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  Speaker 2: felt in danger the night before. Technically this guy could
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  Speaker 2: have been totally harmless, but I still think I should
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  Speaker 2: have texted my friend and how to report him. The
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  Speaker 2: big thing that made me think of this was recently
• 13:19
  Speaker 2: hearing about how Ed Kemper, the ko Ed killer, would
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  Speaker 2: go for practice runs, picking up hitchhikers and seeing if
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  Speaker 2: he could get the passengers potential victims to trust him,
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  Speaker 2: or how far out of their comfort zone he could
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  Speaker 2: push them without them saying anything. Obviously, this guy wasn't
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  Speaker 2: Ed Kemper, but I hate wondering if that night was
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  Speaker 2: a practice run of sorts for my uber driver. Thanks
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  Speaker 2: to whoever listens to this, I'm at a point in
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  Speaker 2: my life where I'm realizing how much danger I put
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  Speaker 2: myself in when I was younger, and just how depressed
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  Speaker 2: as hell I was, And it has made me both
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  Speaker 2: surprised and deeply grateful that I'm still.
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  Speaker 4: a rural area near their homes. But while his friends
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  Speaker 4: left the party without him, Alonzo never returned home. A
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  Speaker 4: month later, he was found dead with no obvious evidence
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  Speaker 4: of foul play, and nearly two decades later, in July
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  Speaker 4: twenty twenty, the FBI reclassified his manner of death as homicide.
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  Speaker 4: There's even evidence that his death was a hate crime.
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  Speaker 4: So what does the FBI know and how can they
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  Speaker 2: Up.
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  Speaker 4: Next, we hear from Reddit user ban Luiel and when
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  Speaker 4: something just doesn't feel right, we learn why listening to
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  Speaker 4: that little voice of reason can save your life. Performing
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: this experience is Matt Bradford.
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  Speaker 6: So a little background here, and my father was in
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  Speaker 6: the army for twenty one years, retired and moved to
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  Speaker 6: a very small town in central Florida. Now, he got
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  Speaker 6: bored after a couple of years, and even though we
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  Speaker 6: didn't need the money between his retirement and what my
• 15:52
  Speaker 6: mom was making as a bookkeeper tax prep he wanted
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: to get back to work, so we started working at
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  Speaker 6: various gas stations, and being a small town, the owners
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  Speaker 6: wouldn't care if I came there and helped him out
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  Speaker 6: with stalking the coolers or even running the register as
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  Speaker 6: long as I didn't sell any beer or smokes. This
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  Speaker 6: all took place in the eighties and early nineties. The
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  Speaker 6: actual story I'm going to tell took place in nineteen ninety,
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  Speaker 6: and I remember the date well because it was shortly
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  Speaker 6: after my birthday and being fifteen in Florida. I had
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  Speaker 6: just got my learners per May, and my dad would
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  Speaker 6: let me drive him to and from work just to
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  Speaker 6: get some experience on the road, both at day and
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  Speaker 6: at night. I was sitting in my usual spot at
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  Speaker 6: a table that was set up along the window, a
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  Speaker 6: book in hand, feet propped up, and a mountain dew
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  Speaker 6: on the table along with some snacks. I would generally
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  Speaker 6: spend most of the evening that way, you know, reading books,
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  Speaker 6: getting up to run the register is stock the cooler
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  Speaker 6: at different times. I remember glancing up because something caught
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  Speaker 6: my attention that was unusual, and I realized that a
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  Speaker 6: lady was walking up our parking lot from the direction
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  Speaker 6: of the Interstate. The gas station was right on I
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  Speaker 6: seventy five. This sin itself was really strange because where
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  Speaker 6: we were located you didn't get many people walking, and
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  Speaker 6: definitely not walking from the direction of the Interstate. I
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  Speaker 6: figured she had broken down somewhere and was coming to
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  Speaker 6: use the phone to call for a tow truck or something.
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  Speaker 6: I was completely wrong. She came into the store. I
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  Speaker 6: looked around for a few minutes, and I remember getting
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  Speaker 6: just a strange and creepy feeling about her. She walked
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  Speaker 6: up to the counter and started telling my dad a
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  Speaker 6: story about how she'd had gotten stranded and needed a
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  Speaker 6: ride to.
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  Speaker 5: The next big town up north from us O. Kala
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  Speaker 5: was the town.
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  Speaker 6: This is important, So my dad lets her know that
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  Speaker 6: he's working and there's no way that he can take her.
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  Speaker 5: So she turns and looks at me.
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  Speaker 6: While she's looking away from him, my dad catches my
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  Speaker 6: eye and subtly shakes his head no.
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  Speaker 5: I was confused for a second.
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  Speaker 6: Then she turns back to my dad and points at me,
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  Speaker 6: asking if I can take her. My dad responds back that,
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  Speaker 6: you know, I only had a learner's permit and I
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: wouldn't be able to drive her anywhere and then drive back. Normally,
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: I would have done it even though it was illegal,
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: because I'd done it a few.
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: Times before already.
• 18:12
  Speaker 6: I didn't argue with my dad, since this was completely
• 18:16
  Speaker 6: out of character for him. He was normally chatty with
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: the customers, but for whatever reason, he was almost curt
• 18:22
  Speaker 6: and dismissive of her. Turns out he had a bad
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: vibe about her from the minute he had seen her
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: walking up the drive well. She cusses him for a
• 18:30
  Speaker 6: minute and he basically tells her to get out of
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: the store. She slammed the door open. I thought the
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: glass was going to break from how hard she had
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: slammed it, and then she stalks out of the store
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: and down the driveway. I keep an eye on her
• 18:43
  Speaker 6: and continue to watch as she makes her way back
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: up to the interstate and then starts up the northbound
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: on ramp. Almost a year passes and I'm in my
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: bedroom less than a week before my sixteenth birthday. I
• 18:56
  Speaker 6: hear my dad yelling from the living room it was sudden,
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: get your ass in here and look at this. I
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: quickly run to the living room and see my dad
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: pointing at the TV and look at the mugshot of
• 19:05
  Speaker 6: the lady up on the screen and immediately remember the
• 19:08
  Speaker 6: lady who had been in the store. It turns out
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: I had almost given a car ride to Aileen Warnos,
• 19:15
  Speaker 6: who was later convicted of being a serial murderer and
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: then later.
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: Put to death. Still have nightmares about what could have happened.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: So I've recently discovered a podcast I think you guys
• 19:38
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• 19:41
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• 19:44
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• 20:19
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• 20:20
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• 20:23
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• 20:24
  Speaker 2: World upside down and something he just has devastated me.
• 20:28
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  Speaker 4: And finally we check in with Reddit user small Waifu
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  Speaker 4: and we discover that following protocol can be a lifesaver.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: Performing this experience is Nicole Dulin.
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  Speaker 3: So this happened roughly about two years ago. I worked
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: at a hotel which had fifty rooms between three floors.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: I was the only employee in the building after about
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: five pm. It should be noted I am a girl.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: The hotel is on the farther side of the city,
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: but it's considered to be on the nicer side, so
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: a lot of companies will send their workers to us
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: for room and board instead of the shadier motels on
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: the opposite side of the city. Some of them are
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: great guests, others completely trashed everything, but that happens everywhere,
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: I suppose. The layout of the building was pretty simple.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: You pull up to the front entrance and to the
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: foyer and the front desk lobby is right through a
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: set of automatic doors. Right across the hall from the
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: lobby was a staircase leading up to the second floor,
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: and to the left was our elevators to the second
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: and third floor. The first floor only has rooms on
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: one side to compensate for our pool, workout room and
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: breakfast area, dining room, lobby, and the office rooms all
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: being on the opposite side. The upper floors have rooms
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: on each side, with the third floor having the most rooms.
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: Typically the third floor the highest we kept only for
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: business and long stays. Second floor was reserved for short
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: stays or bigger parties, and the first floor we kept
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: open for elders who have wheelchairs or walkers, or people
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: who come in late at night for a one night's stay.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: I promise this is relevant to the story. Anyway, it
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: was getting towards the last few hours of my shift.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: It was slow that night, aside from a few work groups.
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: I had checked in a few hours earlier. I noticed
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: a raggedy, rusted and beat up black pickup truck pulling
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: up into the brightly lit carpet, so I got my
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: paperwork ready for check in. A guy gets out completely
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: covered in dirt. I figured he just got off of work,
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: as most guys come in covered in dirt or oil.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: I do specifically remember that he reeked, which isn't too
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: out of the norm either entirely. I just chucked it
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: up to him being an oil field or construction worker.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: I got his credentials his name was Michael, and scanned
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: it into the computer. He also was reluctant to leave
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: his vehicle information with me, but I explained if he didn't,
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: his vehicle was at risk of being towed by morning.
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: I thought he caved just because he was only going
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: to be here for the night. Michael requested a second
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: floor room close to the lobby staircase so he could
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: have easy access to the front doors for smoking. Not
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: out of the norm either. After taking his payment, I
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: set up his room keys. I explained parking policies and
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: explained how he can get to his room, which was
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: right up the staircase and the door was on the
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: opposite wall. He had a few bags with him and
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: he went upstairs. Almost immediately, he comes back down the
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: stairs and accuses me of giving him broken room keys.
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: I had to explain to him if he put them
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: next to his phone or anywhere near a magnet potentially
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: in his wallet, the keys will deactivate. I did offer
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: to take him upstairs and open the room for him
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: to make sure the new set of keys worked, and
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: they did. He walked into his room by himself shut
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: the door. So with that, I was on my way
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: back down to the lobby. When I got back in
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: the office, something odd caught my eye on the cameras.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: He hadn't left the building, but his car wasn't in
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: the front anymore. He didn't mention anything about having another
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: person with him. If there was, we are supposed to
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: charge a ten dollar fee per extra person. The side
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: doors don't open unless you have a room key or
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: are on the inside of the hotel, so I started
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: to watch the cameras to make sure he wasn't trying
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: to sneak people in. About twenty minutes pass and I
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: noticed nothing happening except him coming down the stairs. I
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: smiled politely, and he goes outside. He stays outside for
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: about ten minutes, just standing in the car port. I
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: can see it on camera now. While I thought that
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: was a little weird, I just choked it up to
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: him taking a smoke. I stopped paying attention after a
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: while and started to file my paperwork that was due
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: before my shift ended. Michael ran back into the hotel
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: cigarette still in his mouth. I instructed him he take
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: his cigarette outside and put it out. I told him
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: prior we do not allow smoking inside the building. He
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: just threw it on the ground and put it out
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: with his shoe. He turned his attention towards the TV
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: and ended up sitting in the lobby for an ungodly
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: amount of time. He kept glancing towards the door, which
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: made me uncomfortable. During this time, the friendly demeanor he
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: had a check in completely disappeared. He seemed paranoid and agitated.
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: Now he would whisper to himself.
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: I couldn't hear what.
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: After about thirty minutes of him doing this, I instructed
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: him to go back up to his room because I
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: cannot have people in the lobby when I am working
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: on closing procedures. It was a lie, but ownership allows
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: us to make up reasons if we are uncomfortable with
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: a guest's presence. Michael asked me to take him up
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: to his room because he is uncomfortable and scared. I
• 26:55
  Speaker 3: explained that I am unable to do that for safety reasons.
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: What I could do was watch him go up the
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: stairs on camera and he could call down to the
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: office on his room phone. When he arrived into his room,
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: I was just trying to be friendly and get him
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: upstairs as quick as I could. He goes upstairs, but
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: immediately comes back down and informs me that he forgot
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: where his room was and I would need to show him.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: I told him I can't leave the office or lobby,
• 27:28
  Speaker 3: but I can explain it to him where his room was,
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: because it was super simple. He was continuing his whispers,
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: this time it was about him losing his phone. I
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: didn't pay any mind to it. After explaining to Michael
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: where his room was, he went back upstairs and I
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: heard the door slam shut. It echoed throughout the second
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: and first floors, and it gave me chills for some reason.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: Almost immediately he comes back down and starts yelling at me,
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: telling me I stole his cell phone, that I'm planning
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: his demise and I need to find his phone. This
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: was completely bogus, as I haven't left the office since
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: making sure his room key worked. He asked me for help,
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: and I just wanted him to go away, so I
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: slipped a screwdriver in my pocket just in case he
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: tried to attack me, and I began rummaging through the
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: lobby couches looking for his phone. I didn't find it,
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: but I did find his credit card, which he also
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: began accusing me of stealing. I stood my ground and said,
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: if he can't respect me in my place of work,
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: I can call the police and request they escort him
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: into his room or off the facility. He got angrier,
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: snatched his card from my hands, and went back outside.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: After about twenty minutes, he comes back inside. He is calmer,
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: but he asks if I would please go outside with
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: him because there is something wrong with his car. After
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: I absolutely refuse, he tells me that I need to
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: go outside, that it's not fair. He's the only person
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: out there working on his car and he just needs
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: some fucking help. I had to explain I am not
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: allowed to accompany a guest outside of the building. He
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: just starts repeating that I absolutely have to go outside
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: with him. Now. I have anxiety and I tend to
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: let my mind roam over wide horizons, and this was
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: no different. I was about to have a panic attack,
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: so I called the owners and asked them what I
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: should do. Here was my first hotel job, and although
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: I have tons of freedom doing my job. I still
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: want to know how to properly handle these situations. The
• 29:46
  Speaker 3: owner told me, if I am uncomfortable and suspect he
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: is under the influence or a danger to myself or himself,
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: I have full rain to call the police have them
• 29:56
  Speaker 3: ban him from the property. I asked if they could
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: just keep an eye on the cameras they have access
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: to at home because he is acting weird. I locked
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: all the lobby doors and made sure the side and
• 30:09
  Speaker 3: fire exits were all properly secured and closed so no
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: one could sneak in. I did this while doing this
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: on the phone with my boss because I was scared
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: to leave the office by myself. After getting back behind
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: the office, I locked the door and I just braced
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: for him to come back inside. My boss tells me
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: to just watch the cameras and keep my cell phone
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: nearby just in case I have to call for help. Meanwhile,
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: I noticed on the cameras I couldn't see Michael anymore.
• 30:41
  Speaker 3: I didn't know where he parked, but I damn sure
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: wasn't going to go looking. But what I did notice
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: is there was another vehicle driving through our parking lot.
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: I called the hotel next door to ask if the
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: car was on their cameras too, and I was informed
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: it was an unknown vehicle to their records. It was
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: unknown to mine as well. This just shot my anxiety
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: up even higher. The car would drive around the back
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: of the building to the front, but avoid the car
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: port turn, and then do the same to the building
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: next door. The parking lot was almost empty, so I
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: know they weren't looking for a parking spot. The car
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: keeps going and I'm watching it on the camera so
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: focused that I didn't notice Michael come back inside. Telling
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: Michael he either needs to go up to his room
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: or vacate the premises, he just continues to yell at me,
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: saying I need to go outside with him. He won't
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: move out from in front of the entrance. I imagine he
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: was staying within view of whoever else he kept looking
• 31:42
  Speaker 3: back at. Then randomly I see him sprint across the
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: parking lot and out of the camera view. I also
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: didn't see the car anymore after that. Since it was
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: practically the end of my shift, I somehow managed to
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: get everything done just in time for the next shift
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: to arrive. I was so glad to see her I
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: almost cried. I explained to her what happened and that
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: the owners want her to keep the lobby doors locked.
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: We put up signs explaining our doors were broken and
• 32:13
  Speaker 3: due to safety reasons, guests would have to call for
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: entry or use the side entrances for their room. I
• 32:19
  Speaker 3: also deactivated Michael's room keys and told the next shift
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: girl not to let him back if he shows up,
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: to call the police because he is a security risk.
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: I made sure she watched me get into my Uber
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: ride after triple checking the vehicle and driver matched what
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: my phone said. Since I was a regular customer of
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: the driver, he asked why I was so riled up.
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: I asked him to drive through the parking lot with
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: his doors closed so I could see if Michael's truck
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: or the other vehicle I saw driving across the parking
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: lot were anywhere near the buildings, and they weren't. I
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: have no idea what happened to them. I had my
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: boyfriend come stay the entire EVA shift with me just
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: in case he came back, because I was told by
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: my bosses that he never came to get his stuff.
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: He wouldn't pick up the phone for calls either. Nothing
• 33:10
  Speaker 3: happened that night or any other night except for a
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: month later. Michael came in asking about his stuff and
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: if he could get a room. I refused his room,
• 33:22
  Speaker 3: and luckily other people were with me in the lobby
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: and in the office. I had our maintenance man go
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: retrieve his items and explained he is no longer allowed
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: on the property. If we saw him, the police would
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: be called and he would be arrested for trespassing. Again
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: this wasn't true, but we didn't want him coming back
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: at all. I noticed Michael had a different vehicle this time.
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: It was a newer model SUV and it was maroon.
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: It matched neither his beat up black pickup truck or
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: the dark colored sedan I saw driving in circles. If
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: there was anything that sat with me even after all
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: this time, it was that he remembered my name. He
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: addressed me by my name when he walked up to
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: the counter, and at first I thought, oh, yeah, my
• 34:09
  Speaker 3: name is part of my uniform, until I realized I
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: forgot to put on my name tag that day. After that,
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: I refused to wear one in the hotel. Management let
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: me create a fake name and wear that. From that
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: point on. It took me a while to feel safe
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: in the building again. While I was alone, I constantly
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: had my boyfriend with me while I worked the evening shift.
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: There is a chance the guy and the circling vehicle
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: are unrelated. But my anxiety and the aura I got
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: from Michael that night it didn't feel good or right.
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: So Michael, let's not meet ever again.
• 34:57
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