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Escaping Captivity: A Chilling True Crime Survival Story · Shallow Nights: Scary Bedtime Stories

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  My name is Josh Roberts and it's been a year since I was
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  abducted. I remember it like it was
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  yesterday. I was walking home from school.
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  It was about 6:00 PM and there was a full moon and a chill in
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  the air. I stepped off the bus and for
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  the first time, someone else got off with me.
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  I'd never seen this new kid at school before.
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  I could hear footsteps behind me.
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  I took a quick glance and saw the kid walking at a brisk pace.
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  I thought he was following me, so I took a left, which wasn't
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  my usual route. I looked around again and saw
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  him take the same left. My heart started pumping and my
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  legs started shaking at the sound of the footsteps as they
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  got louder and faster and then panicked and started running.
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  I remembered a shortcut in the nearby forest to my
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  neighborhood, so I ran as fast as my legs could carry me.
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  Hey kid, wait up, Said a heavy voice from behind me.
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  I tried my hardest not to stumble on the logs and boulders
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  in my path. I could hear the sound of sticks
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  and leaves being broken by some fast, heavy footsteps.
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  My legs started throbbing as the adrenaline wore off, so I took a
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  detour towards a playground. I stopped to catch my breath,
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  looking around for somewhere to hide.
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  Then it went silent. I was doubtful that I lost him.
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  I took my phone out to call the police when I spotted a local
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  news article. Caution.
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  There was a suspicious man on the loose.
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  He escaped the local prison and assaulted an officer.
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  Beware, he may look like a teen but he is in his 20s.
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  If you see him, call 911 immediately and lock your door.
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  My mind started rushing with thoughts and I started to panic.
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  All of a sudden someone started choking me with their arm.
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  I tried to fight back, but they were so strong I didn't stand a
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  chance. My feelings of hope began to
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  diminish as I slowly blacked out.
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  I awoke to find myself in a dark, damp room that looked like
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  a basement. The floor was hard and cold.
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  There were no windows, but there was a staircase and a bathroom.
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  I tried to move, but I was tied up with a thick rope.
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  Yeah, I got them. How much was the deal, 200?
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  Listen, you got to do a little better than that, OK?
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  Fine, you'd better bring the right amount or you'll be tied
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  up like that. Kid, what are they selling me?
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  The guy sounded mad and anxious with whomever he was talking to.
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  Right after he hung up, he opened the door and walked down
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  the stairs with an evil smile. Let go of me.
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  I exclaimed as he taunted me. My arms started to fall asleep
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  due to the tightness of the rope.
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  He came closer to me and I spat in his face.
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  He looked at me in sheer rage. Then the doorbell rang, followed
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  by pounding in the door. The guy grabbed some tape and
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  shut me up before I could scream for help.
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  He slowly backed off, signaling me to keep quiet and ran towards
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  the front door and looked around trying to see what I could use
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  to untie these ropes. I spotted a rusty sharp edge
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  sticking out of the wall. This was my one hope.
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  I successfully got up and tried with all my might to reach it.
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  As I was trying to Cut the Rope from my hands, I could hear the
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  commotion upstairs getting heated.
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  I managed to free myself from the ropes when I heard the front
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  door slam. The silence was terrifying.
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  I was frozen in fear. Footsteps started coming towards
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  the door. I choked and shuffled back to my
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  original position, arms behind my back, wrists tightly locked
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  together. Now where were we Set the man.
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  He walked towards me, grabbed my ankles and started dragging me
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  when the phone rang. He dropped me instantly and
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  charged upstairs and wasn't going to lose this opportunity.
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  I untied my feet, grabbed the closest thing to me and hid
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  behind some boxes. Now where did you go?
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  He said as he stampeded down the stairs.
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  I heard him getting closer to where I was hiding.
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  They bolted up from behind the boxes and saw him checking the
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  bathroom. As he walked out, I struck him
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  over the head with a pole. He stumbled and fell to the
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  floor. Crimson red pooled around his
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  head. Ran upstairs and out the front
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  door. I stumbled my way to the closest
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  house screaming. A woman thankfully opened the
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  door. She was shocked and fearful when
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  she saw me. The police were called and I was
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  rushed into the hospital. They're still looking for that
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  man, even to this day.