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The original was posted on /r/truescarystories by /u/Old_South2918 on 2025-05-21 04:37:47+00:00.

Convenient I am writing this at 12:30am, but this experience happened to me about 4 months ago in February.

I’m very active and I don’t like running so my from of cardio is usually walking. Most nights I get home from work around 8:30-9:00 and I workout, I have a home gym so I am not usually concerned about times.

After getting home from work I do my usual lifting routine and then I head out for my walk around 11:45. I live in a very rural area to set the scene so I pass a house every couple of minutes walking. I do my usual loop around and as I’m walking back I see this car pass on the road.

It’s not unusual to see cars passing while I’m walking but since it was late I remembered the model car. Not important but it was a black early 2000’s model Honda accord. Still walking and a couple minutes later I see a car in the distance as it passes I notice it’s the same car.

I don’t think much of it but since it’s so late I did make a mental note about it. I eventually reach the beginning of my neighborhood and I’m walking down a dark part of the first street, I see headlights and hear a car coming up behind me, I immediately notice it’s the car from earlier. I quickly get off the road and walk in the grass to get out of the way, but the car slowly passes on the other side of the road.

It was weird because I had never seen this car in my neighborhood before, maybe a kid got his license and bought himself a car and was just going for a late night drive. I walk up to the second street I take to get back to my house and I see the car parked on the side not in front of any house. I’m staying very alert now keeping distance and stay cautious because I’m unfamiliar with this car. Side note when I go on walks this late I carry a knife and mace with me incase of animals but I had a slight feeling I wouldn’t be using them on an animal tonight.

I walk up to the car and it’s just sitting there idling. I walk past and keep turning around just to make sure they’re not following me. I make it to the beginning of my driveway and notice the car is about 50 yard behind me, headlights off and moving about the same pace as me. I run down my driveway and the car quickly follows. Luckily I leave my garage door slightly open so I can crawl under when I get back and I immediately closed it after getting in.

I keep guns all around my house considering how rural of an area I live in. So I go into the foyer closet and grab the .22 hunting rifle I keep in there. I run out the front door and see the car parked in front of my garage. I fire off 3 rounds in the air and that scared the person off who immediately reversed and sped out of my neighborhood. Not so scary I know but I’ve never dealt with something like this before.