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The original was posted on /r/truescarystories by /u/Outrageous_Olive8839 on 2025-06-16 02:54:58+00:00.

I live in a small town, ranging from 600 people. The houses here are all on land, so the areas are just surrounded with bunch of trees, people rarely want to come out here at night because they feel uneasy. I just thought that it was due to the aspect of being in the middle of no where at night, that makes people nervous. But I experienced something that makes me not want to drive at night, see our neighbors will talk to us (if an animal comes on our property) so we pretty much have the run down on who everyone is plus people always will try to talk to you out here, it’s common in smaller towns. The reason why I say all this is because I had gotten home late, due to a night shift. The drive was pretty much quiet, had to make sure not to run over deers, armadillos, etcetera. Until I noticed a shadowy figure chasing the car, I thought due to the fact I was tired I was imagining stuff, so I kept driving. Until I noticed it was an actual person, an older man to be precise, I just stopped my car and rolled down my window. People out here are nice and will help you when needed, so I decided hell I’ll be nice to. He came closer to the window and was panting like crazy, I apologized for not pulling over fast enough and he accepted it. He told me he needed a ride to his house because his truck broke down, apparently his friend will come back the next day to tow his truck to him. I, of course felt a little uneasy but I brushed it of as my social anxiety just tricking me. I agreed and he sat in the back of my car, I asked him for directions to his house and we were on the way.

I noticed a pungent smell coming from him, smelt like a dead roadside kill. I tried to ignore it because some people have really bad body odor. But it kept getting worse, I was honestly hoping we would make it to his house already because I felt like gagging. Then I noticed he started touching my hair, he laughed and said “gorgeous hair, my daughter has long hair like you.” I felt weirded out but thanked him because, maybe he’s just bad at talking…? We got to his house and he got out, his house apparently was in a forest area, so I saw him walk all the way until I saw nothing. I was about to drive away when I noticed he ran back to my car and sounded on the door. That was the scariest shit I’ve ever seen. Imagine a balding middle aged dirty man speeding towards your car. It’s like his emotions snapped because he seemed frustrated and kept pounding the door.

I didn’t roll down the window, I drove fast out of there. After maybe 15 minutes I made sure he was gone and I went home, when I got out I noticed the man had left something in the backseat. Something absolutely disgusting. He had left a bloodied condom and a gun. I don’t know what his plan was with these two items.