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I'd like to preface this by saying that
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I live a pretty quote unquote straight
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edge lifestyle so I'm certain that what
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I saw and heard last New Year's Eve
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wasn't the result of some hallucination
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or drunken stuper but was 100% real I
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live on the outskirts of your
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stereotypical small southern town so a
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few of my friends live out further into
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The Boondocks that are only accessible
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by those dark country back roads one of
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my friends Darren lives with his family
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in one of the Richer neighborhoods in
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the area that can only be reached by
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these back roads every year his family
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throws a party at their house on New
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Year's Eve where all the family's
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friends are invited myself included it's
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a pretty fun occasion so I'm always
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excited when I get the formal invitation
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from Darren's parents in the mail seeing
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as the weather in the South can be
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pretty weird when it comes to Winter it
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didn't get really cold until a few days
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before New Year's Eve I could remember
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the newly frigid air paired with a bumpy
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unkempt Country Roads made for an
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uncomfortable ride to the house usually
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I don't drive with my brights on since I
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hate how other drivers always blind me
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with theirs but the sheer darkness of
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the windy narrow road needed a necessity
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this time anyways the narrow road was
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surrounded on both sides by dense tree
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line so even with my brights it was hard
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to see where exactly all the twists and
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turns were ahead
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notably there aren't any other houses
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between the turnoff to the road and
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Darren's neighborhood except for a lone
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Shack that seemed like it had been
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abandoned for years though I could
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sometimes see lights on inside whenever
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I passed this way a few minutes into the
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drive on a particularly straight section
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of the road my lights illuminated
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something ahead amongst the trees
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something White against the
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darkness as I neared I could see it was
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the shape of a person standing all alone
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on the side of the road they weren't
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moving or hiding just standing
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completely still with their back to the
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trees it was a woman evidently wearing a
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white dress or gown of some sort not at
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all appropriate for the cold I didn't
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turn my brights off out of caution so I
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couldn't really make out any specific
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details in the reflective glare of the
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white dress as I passed her I was
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thanking my lucky stars that she didn't
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step out in the middle of the road
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causing me to stop but then I started to
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wonder if maybe I should have stopped to
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see if she needed some help perhaps she
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was another guest trying to get to
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Darren's party but it wasn't until I
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looked back in my mirror to see in the
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red glare of my rear lights that the
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woman had turned her body to follow me
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still frozen in that one
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spot it was definitely creepy and in
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that moment I was glad I'm not the
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greatest example of a Good Samaritan no
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way was that a fellow party guest I
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arrived at the party without any further
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incident around 8 p.m. parking in the
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gravel Circle amongst the dozen or so
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other cars outside Darren's house which
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situated in a large clearing in the
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surrounding Forest just like all the
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other spaced ouses in the
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neighborhood the festivities went on
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until we had watched both the ball drop
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in New York as well as our own time
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zones clock striking 12th after which
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everyone slowly started to clear out I
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stayed behind a bit to help clean up as
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I usually did since I was one of the
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closer friends of Darren's family and by
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the time I myself left my car was the
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only one left at the front of the house
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when I got in and started it up I got a
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low tire pressure light my car is an
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older model so it didn't give me exact
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details as to which tire was low or how
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many had the issue before I freaked out
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I remembered that this sort of thing
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always happens with my tires when the
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weather first turned cold after a long
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warm period I figured I'd be able to
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make it home okay but before I drove off
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I remembered that woman I had seen on my
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way there was she still out there
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somewhere had anyone else come across
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her there was another way in the
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opposite direction I could use to get
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home to avoid that road but it would add
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another 20 minutes or so to my commute
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which I didn't want to do so late at
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night and with possible drunk drivers
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out and about I figured I'd just suck it
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up and just go back the way I came I
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really wish I didn't not even a few
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minutes out on that same dark back road
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I could feel something was different
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with my tires I could hear it too it
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sounded like bare metal scraping against
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the road slowly my car came to a dead
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stop I muttered
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this was a different situation entirely
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all that was going through my head was
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did my tires fall off against my better
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judgment I had to get out of the car to
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see what was wrong stupidly I turned the
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engine off and shut the door the car's
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lights turned off automatically and I
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was plunged into the deep darkness of
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the surrounding forest with my phone
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flashlight I scanned each of my
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tires my heart sank as each and every
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one of them had been ripped to shreds as
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if they were torn apart by the claws of
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some
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animal I could have reasoned that if one
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had a large puncture in it the bumpy
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road could have caused even more damage
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but all four tires this was
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deliberate but no I thought could it
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have been I stood around hopelessly no
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one would be out at such an hour on this
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road even on New Year's Eve I'd have to
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call a towing service or for someone to
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come and get me but of course there was
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no phone service this deep into the
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boies but just as I was about to get
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back into the car The Gentle Wind died
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down the baron tree branches stopped
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swaying and even the wildlife that was
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still out this time of year went
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quiet I froze I had never heard such
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silence before it was as if time had
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stopped for a minute before I heard the
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sickening sound of a twig snap somewhere
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within the trees something was moving
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around I instantly shut the light from
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my phone off leaving complete
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darkness leaves on the ground ground
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continued to rustle as if someone was
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stalking through the forest was it a
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squirrel a deer no this was the type of
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Silence of prey when a predator was
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nearby and then I heard I see you my
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stomach dropped all the air was sucked
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out of my body I couldn't even
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scream it was a woman's voice soft and
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quiet coming from the pitch black
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darkness of the tree line not 15 ft away
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it was said without malice which somehow
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made it even freakier
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in that moment all I wanted to do was
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just Shel up onto the ground and die
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then I heard can you see me it wasn't
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until I heard the voice again that my
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fight ORF flight response kicked in but
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I was disoriented standing there in the
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darkness I had to turn my phone light
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back on if I wanted to see which
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direction I wanted to flee I aimed the
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flashlight directly in front of me and
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standing at the edge of the tree line
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was the woman in the white gown this
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time her features visible the gown was
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dirt dir covered in dark stains she was
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deathly pale skinny as a rail and her
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disheveled gray hair fell down to her
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elbows but her face was almost
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Indescribable grotesque as if she were
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missing half of her jaw yet it seemed as
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though she were trying to grin at me in
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my indecisive horror I had the
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flashlight trained on her for a few
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moments before I hauled ass down the
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road back towards Darren's house that
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Shack I had mentioned earlier was closer
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to my current position down the opposite
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direction but what if this woman was the
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one who actually lived there I don't
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know if that was a rational thought made
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in the spur of the moment but I had no
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time to wonder as I sprinted down the
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road I could hear the snapping of twigs
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and rustling of leaves behind me she was
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chasing me but I was quickly able to
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lose her with such a massive Rush of
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adrenaline I made it back to Darren's
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house ignoring the rest of the
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neighborhood and I pounded on the door
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pleading for the door to open up his
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mother answered the door and quickly
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ushered me inside seeing how shaken up I
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was where I explained everything
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everything to her along with Darren and
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his father they were sympathetic
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offering to let me stay the night there
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while they called the police in a towing
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service which I gladly accepted before
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even contacting my own family the police
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said they would search the area around
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the road that night and that I could
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come get my car back and make a
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statement the next day but all I wanted
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to do for now was put that night behind
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me and Fade to sleep in the guest
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bedroom but I soon found out that night
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wasn't over I awoke from my sleep to the
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sound of a light tap from the second
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story window I looked at the digital
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clock on the nightstand I remember the
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time exactly 3:14 a.m. of course none of
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the windows in the room had blinds I
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didn't dare look out until I heard the
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muffled voice from outside the same
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voice saying I see you the woman was
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still out there she had chased me all
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the way here and now she was throwing
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rocks to get my attention if I wasn't
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going to look out the window before I
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definitely wasn't going to now I wasn't
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going to leave my spot in that bed or
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fall asleep until morning when the sun
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rose and Darren's family woke up the
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woman was gone thankfully I told them
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what else happened and we all looked
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outside together before the police
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showed up in the yard about where I had
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heard the voice coming from Darren's
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father found a large Rusty knife that
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didn't belong to the family presumably
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what the woman had used when slashing my
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tires but that also meant she had
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followed my car there to the party at
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the beginning of the night and
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specifically targeted me when everyone
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else was inside during the festive ities
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Darren's parents called and asked the
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other party guests if they had seen
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anything suspicious the night before and
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one of their friends said they had seen
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someone in a white dress walking around
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outside from the window but thought
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nothing of it seeing as how people were
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coming and going all night when I gave
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the police my statement I told them to
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check around that Shack on the road here
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as I had a hunch that woman had
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something to do with it they eventually
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did and updated me that they found no
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one living there but there was dead
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gutted Wildlife sprawled all around the
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surrounding Woods
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that woman I saw was never found which
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of course raises a bunch of questions
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the scariest ones to me though are how
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she was able to track me down so quickly
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once I left the party and if she was
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missing so much of her face how was she
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able to pronounce those words so
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clearly despite what happens I'll still
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be going to Darren's house for New
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Year's Eve again this year but this time
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I'll make sure to carpol and take the
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long way around
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when I was 26 I took a trip to San Diego
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via plane I stayed with my friend for a
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few days and booked a late flight back
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home my flight landed at midnight by the
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time I was off the plane and by the
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ground transportation pickup point it
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was like 12:30 I waved down a random
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taxi in the taxi section and gave the
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driver my home address he said he'd take
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me for $30 which was a really good deal
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compared to Uber he came out to help me
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put my bag in the trunk of the van but I
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said I was fine with it in the seat next
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to me so he lifted my bag onto the seat
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on the left side behind him I was
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sitting diagonal from him he got back in
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the car and pulled up the directions to
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my apartment and we were on our way my
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at the time apartment was about a half
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hour drive from the airport with no
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traffic at this hour there was obviously
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no traffic we got right on the highway
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and we were moving fast I caught the
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driver's eyes St staring at me through
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the mirror on two separate occasions and
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on the second time he spoke he asked
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where I was coming from I said San Diego
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he said oh very nice then he asked me
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what I was doing there I said I was just
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visiting a friend who lives there his
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response was is your friend as pretty as
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you and honestly my first reaction was
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to laugh but I found the comment really
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creepy and it being the third thing out
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of his mouth on the ride didn't help
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from here his questions kind of stayed
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on the flirty side side he asked me what
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is a pretty girl like you doing
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traveling all by yourself and I had a
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slightly sassy response saying well I
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just said I wasn't alone I was visiting
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my friend and his rebuttal was that by
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flying by myself I was traveling by
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myself I maintained my slight SASS and
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said we can agree to disagree and he
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laughed and said he was only teasing me
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this man had to be like 45 though I felt
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like him hitting on a lone girl in her
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20s like this was slightly creepy it
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wasn't n the first time I dealt with
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something like this though as we
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continued down the highway I looked up
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as I saw the familiar overpass right by
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my exit but as we passed it he wasn't
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slowing down I said this is my exit as
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he was literally about to pass it and we
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zoomed right by it I repeated myself
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louder saying that that was my exit he
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apologized and said he'd catch the next
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one I tried to get a peek at his screen
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to see if he put the right address in
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but it was angled so that I couldn't see
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it the next exit was about a mile
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further I started sitting up on the edge
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of my seat a bit now when the next exit
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approached I said loud and clear you
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need to get off here and without
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acknowledging me he turned on his
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blinker and merged off the exit I
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noticed him glaring at me for a second
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to the mirror I almost sensed a hint of
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annoyance in his face but I guess that
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quickly changed when not even a minute
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later he asked me if I had a boyfriend I
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replied back instantly yes he lives with
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me I noticed him look at me again and I
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think he picked up on how quickly I
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answered that he asked what my
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boyfriend's name is yes I'm serious I
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decided that was enough I told him I'm
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going to put my headphones in so I
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popped my airpods into my ears even
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though they were basically dead still I
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just wanted this man to stop asking me
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questions asking my boyfriend's name was
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Next Level weird almost like he was
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interrogating me I texted my family and
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close friends about this creepy taxi
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driver and I shared my location in case
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God forbid things went sour we were in a
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familiar area in my town now we were
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stopped at the first red light since
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getting off the highway I looked in the
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mirror and all I saw were his eyes
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glaring at me almost in this menacing
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way I know he didn't say anything to me
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because I didn't even have any music or
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anything playing so I would have heard
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him the light was now green and he was
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still staring at me I had to tell him
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the light was green and he started
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moving again no one in my family was
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answering except for my old brother who
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must have been the only one awake but he
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lives 2 hours away from me my brother
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told me I should leave the car if I feel
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threatened or in
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danger we were now on a main road in my
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town but there weren't any cars on the
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road it was nearing 1:00 a.m. on a week
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night we stopped at another red light
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and I felt that man glaring at me again
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through the mirror I then noticed a
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police car parked in an empty parking
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lot in a spur of the- moment decision I
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grabbed my bag and backpack and slid the
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van door open the man started yelling at
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me what are you doing and he tried
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closing the door with the power button
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in the front but I forced it open and
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the second the door was opened wide
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enough for me to fit out I booked it
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toward the police car instead of getting
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out of the car and chasing me for my
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money he just kept driving which already
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was a huge red flag when I saw him
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driving away I stopped running and
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brought my Pace down to a quick walk to
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the police car the officer in the car
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noticed me as I saw him look up and roll
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down his window I told him that the taxi
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driver who was driving me was giving me
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really bad vibes and I left for my own
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safety I asked the cop if he could give
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me a ride home and thankfully he said
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hop in the back seat being a scared
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female obviously helped but do I think
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you should be going up to Cops asking
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them to be your free taxi service
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absolutely not by the time I was in the
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car that taxi was already long gone the
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cop drove me home and we were there in
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about 5 to 10 minutes I let myself in
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and didn't even bother unpacking I went
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straight to brush my teeth and crash
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into bed it seemed just as I got into
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bed though there was a knock at the
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front door of my
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apartment what if it was the taxi driver
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he had my address after all what if he
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came for his money or Worse The Knocks
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persisted for a few minutes then it went
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silent for a few minutes and then there
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were more knocks obviously I never left
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my room I didn't want to be anywhere
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near the front door the door was locked
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and that's What mattered eventually the
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knock stopped and I drifted away to
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sleep the next day I was back to work I
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had a slightly later shift luckily so I
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didn't have to get up too early while I
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was at work though I got a call from my
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nextd door neighbor George he said that
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my dad was there before trying to get
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into my apartment to drop something off
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but he didn't have a key George was
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calling to confirm that I was in fact
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expecting my dad and I said no I hadn't
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heard from him George said he didn't see
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him actually leave anything though he
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was just checking through the windows
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which his attention I thanked him and
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then called my dad and as I was
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expecting my dad said he was at work and
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had not stopped by my house I took this
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time to explain the entire Taxi Driver
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situation to my dad again but over the
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phone this time he wanted me to come
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home for a few nights and I said I would
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I just need to go home and pack my
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things up first after work I got home
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around 9:00 p.m. I finished up my
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laundry from the night before and packed
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a bag with some clothes and my work
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stuff for the next few days something in
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my apartment felt off though I never get
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nervous from being alone but that night
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I felt like I wasn't alone deep down I
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felt like it was because the whole Taxi
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Driver situation made me uncomfortable
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but I felt like I kept hearing small
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cracks in the wood floor like from the
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pressure of someone's weight I just
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couldn't pinpoint from where I was
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honestly freaking myself out and tried
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to hurry up and get all my stuff and go
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it was about the moment I was ready to
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leave the house when I heard a creaking
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sound from down the hallway from the
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spare bedroom I turned and Heard a Voice
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say I wasn't going to hurt you and I saw
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an arm swing into view from behind the
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wall and I just took off to the front
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door before he could even enter the
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hallway I was outside screaming and
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pounding on my neighbor George's door it
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was still early enough where he and his
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wife were awake they came rushing
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outside and I begged for help instead of
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entering my apartment we called 911 and
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waited for the officers to show up
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before going inside my apartment wasn't
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huge so checking each and every
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potential hiding spot didn't take long
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the backsliding door to the shared
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backyard area was open which also
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suggested he fled through the backyard
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unfortunately I didn't have any record
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of the taxi ride I took so I didn't have
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the cab number or plate number or
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anything I could only describe it as a
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yellow Minivan and give the description
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of the man I did however describe the
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route we took and the time I remember
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getting into Town hoping maybe they
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could knock on some local business doors
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and check their cameras pointed to the
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streets I grabbed my already packed bags
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and headed to my parents house where I
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stayed for a week they wanted me to stay
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even longer but I had to get back home
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my dad helped me install some cameras
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from Amazon on my front and back doors
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and I also bought a taser to put next to
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my bed for
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self-defense I've lived in two different
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apartments since this experience I've
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never had to use the taser I also avoid
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taxis now if I'm alone as they are a lot
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less traceable than a ride sharing app
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but also you hear about fake taxi
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drivers kidnapping people all the time I
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have to wonder if that was a real taxi
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driver at all or if it was a stolen
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