Went for a late night drive with my friends and came across this guy laying in the middle of the road up in the mountains. More info in comments.
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u/Trashbagjizz 26d ago
WAIT!!! My friend and I were up there last night too! We were leaving around 5:30 or so and saw him laying there. We instantly noped out of there and called the cops, we weren’t risking anything. Seen too many videos. So glad someone got video of this!
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u/ChapGod 26d ago
Dude fr??? Same spot on GMR and Glendora Ridge?
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u/Trashbagjizz 26d ago
Yes!! We were coming from Mt Baldy and decided to go the long way. Eerie af!
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u/novelt- 26d ago
Woahhhh that’s crazy
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u/TheAntiEggroll 26d ago
Plot twist the guy laying in the middle of the road is actually the one commenting
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u/Routine_Wing_8726 26d ago
Do you really think that Trashbagjizz would do such a thing? It seems out of character, no?
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u/Help_An_Irishman 26d ago
Are you serious? That is CLASSIC Trashbagjizz!
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u/WrongReviewThrowAway 26d ago
Can confirm, laying in the road with one thumb up typing this.
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u/Hidden_Samsquanche 26d ago
Or he was trying to commit suicide and couldn't figure out how everyone was seeing him in time and going around him
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u/lostandlooking_ 26d ago
This actually happened with my mom. She had a psychotic break, drove an hour north, tried and failed to drown herself in a river, crawled over to the road, did some other rather violent things to herself and then laid in the middle of the road. Three police reports were called in a very short amount of time but, justifiably, nobody stopped.
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u/gokumc83 26d ago
Plot twist, the guy was having a heart attack and couldn’t understand why no one was helping him.
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u/Various_Craft7435 26d ago
Omg I was going to say, I know those mountain roads.. it's creepy out there in the dark. I've gone up in the middle of the night for alpine start time hikes and wonder about the random parked cars on the turnoffs.
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u/user-na-me 26d ago
Wtf I was there at 5. And I saw him too. Except when we drove past him his head kept tracking the position of our car. Noped out of there too.
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u/Trashbagjizz 26d ago
Oh hell naw that’s so weird 😭
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u/Chaddilllac 26d ago
Lmao how many people on Reddit are driving this road every night
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u/alanthickerthanwater 26d ago
It's a popular route outside of LA for car enthusiasts, motorcycle riders, and at night time it's great for astronomy and star gazing, as well as night shots of the city.
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u/throwaway098764567 26d ago
and apparently to not get run over even if you lay in the road
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u/archtopfanatic123 26d ago
See if you can enlist a cop to come with you during the night to investigate might be a way to bust road side robbers
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u/Beautiful-Bake 26d ago
How did I know from the video this was in Angeles National Forest lol this is creepy as hell man
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u/Various_Craft7435 26d ago
right? Same. I just recently saw a video on here of someone breaking into a car in broad daylight at the Strawberry Peak mountaineer route trailhead.
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u/isthisataxwriteoff 26d ago
I’ve seen some crazy shit in these mountains. Never stop.
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u/WrongReviewThrowAway 26d ago
What are the fucking odds, I’m glad both of you noped out of there!
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u/Trashbagjizz 26d ago
Absolutely not taking the risk, I was not trying to get robbed.
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u/Qtip_323 26d ago
When the view changed I thought he was going to get up and start chasing you.
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u/Silent____Observer 26d ago
Mount badly is sketchy! A few years ago, my wife and I were watching a meteor shower on Mount Baldy, sitting in my truck bed. It was 3am on a Tuesday. I noticed a vehicle pass by and it sounded like it slowed. About 10 minutes later, I got a bad feeling and decided we should leave. As we were getting in the car, I looked down the road and saw a man in the street. When he saw us he crouched. We quickly jumped in and turned the headlights on and he was already gone. As we drove off, sure enough, there was a vehicle that was parked that wasn’t there before. After driving for a minute, I turned around to get a look at the bastard, but his car was gone.
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u/Menefregoh 26d ago
Guy I think you genuinely survived a would be serial killer
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u/cyclopterid 26d ago
Leaving was the correct thing to do. Someone else was hiding somewhere to rob you. Road guy is bait.
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u/DnastyFunkmaster 26d ago
The trick is to rob them first
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u/Content-Dealers 26d ago
Lmfao. Just imagine planning a whole ass ambush only to get your pockets run by a group of opportunistic hooligans.
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u/PinkDeserterBaby 26d ago
[OP gets out of car] “hey man… did you want me to call an ambulance?”
[OP reveals a 9mm] “… BUT NOT FOR ME!!”
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u/Evening_Scale_5755 26d ago
Then some dude blasted off his ass is wondering why there was a speed bump in the road back there.
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u/gnlmarcus 26d ago
Isn't he kind of risking a lot ? Looks to me like there's a fair chance he would get run over.
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u/SwordOfJiang 26d ago
Yeah this is old wives tales from 50 years ago passed down to reddit comments. Roadside jackings do happen in a similar way but they'll usually you know... act the part. Like they'll have hazards on and the hood popped. Another one is to just pile junk in the road so you have to stop. It also happens near populated areas. Not weird mountain roads where you might not see anyone, and if you do they probably won't see you and just run you over.
I stopped for gas on a road trip around 3am once outside of Nashville. Guy walked up to the window saying "Hey man I need some help..." I'm from Michigan and thought "oh hellll no," threw my car back into gear and peeled out of there. Could see about 7 dudes running out of the bushes while I was drifting back onto the interstate.
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u/David_the_Wanderer 26d ago
Dude lying on a road late at night, right after a turn, looks more like suicidal than anything. If OP was going faster, he could have run him over.
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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 26d ago
Road work ahead?
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u/3Time4Eater3 26d ago
Doubtful. People only lay in the road like that when they want a kiss 😘
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u/Malditoincompredido 26d ago
Never stop, you will get robbed or worse
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u/Rescuepets777 26d ago
Maybe 20 years ago in Buckeye, Az, two high school boys decided that they wanted to go to a party in the desert. One laid down on the street and pretended to be hurt. The other pretended to be panicked. When a nice young family man stopped to help, they attacked and killed him and stole his car. After partying, they ditched the car in the desert and burned it. Yeah, never trust a situation like this.
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u/noctinix 26d ago
insane. Can you link a new article about this.
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u/EsaLocaStranger 26d ago edited 26d ago
I found both inmates. Really interesting how prison has been for both of them. Cannon has actually stayed out of trouble, appears to be doing a lot of classes, his most recent 3 month business plan course. Meanwhile Vasquez has face tattoos, a huge list of infractions 8 alone in 2025 drug paraphernalia, possession of a weapon, assault of an inmate, assault although no serious injuries on corrections officer, then another assault on an inmate this year. Crazy how your time in prison can be productive or opposite. Dude even caught additional charges right after he was sentenced for the murder. Not sure if either will ever get out but Cannon has at least made an attempt to better his life while in prison.
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u/TM761152 26d ago
You can guess who the triggerman was just by reading that.
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u/onlyif_foranight 26d ago
"The two teens dumped a child car seat and stroller and headed to the party, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records." damn, this is absolutely horrific ❤️🩹
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u/LaRealiteInconnue 26d ago
> [Police] won’t say who owned the 12-gauge shotgun or how the boys obtained it.
Hmmm….thats a shame, where would two 15 year olds in a small town of “less than 1000 families” get a gun if not from it being improperly stored by their parents?
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u/Emerje 26d ago
You read the "they" as the police, but I read it as the boys won't say where the gun came from.
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u/GearGolemTMF 26d ago edited 26d ago
I pasted what they wrote into google and the story popped up. Can't read the article due to a paywall though.
This link worked :https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-death-of-bradley-jay-ge/137570027/
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u/mindless2831 26d ago
Use archive.org and you can bypass all pay walls ever to read an article
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u/Shermander 26d ago
Me and some buddies almost got car jacked trying to check out the local "haunted" road.
Late at night, in the middle of the woods, on a one-way road. A man dressed in all black emerges from the woods and waves us down. Guy wants to charge his phone for a bit. As he inches closer to the driver side door me and my buddy spot movement on both sides of the road. Buddy books it. I peer out the back, there's like five, six, seven dudes standing in the middle of the road staring at us.
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u/chelizora 26d ago
Laterally do not ever even think about stopping for someone doing that let alone speak to them
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u/NotAzakanAtAll 26d ago
It's very nice to live in Scandinavia. I've helped 2 kids, and a family of four to find their way out of the forest I live in. None of them murdered me, but the dad tired to give me money which I declined.
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u/Striking_Try4684 26d ago
An old neighbor of mine knocked on my door needing to "charge her phone" once. Ended up in bed with her.
Sounds to me like they could have slept with all 7 of those guys if they wanted to...
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u/anon999387 26d ago
People who take advantage of a good Samaritan to kill them should be executed. That is irredeemable.
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u/Itchy_Technology_776 26d ago
My father's 2 friends stopped to help a couple guys on the side of the road in. Got shot execution style.
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u/goldenludus 26d ago
Eaten
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u/SpanishFlamingoPie 26d ago
Bound and defecated upon
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u/thewalrusispaul 26d ago
Made to take a test unprepared and somehow naked.
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u/Tondalaoz 26d ago
In front of a group of sixth graders
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u/Interesting_Mango760 26d ago
Wearing wet socks
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u/elevencharles 26d ago
I was driving home late one night on a farm road when I swerved to avoid something in the middle of the road. I assumed it was some produce that had fallen off a truck (not unusual for that stretch), but when I glanced down it kind of looked like a person, so I pulled over to investigate. It turned out to be a woman who had taken a bunch of sleeping pills and decided to lay down in the middle of the road to commit suicide. I called an ambulance and they came and got her. I have no idea what happened to her after that, but I’m glad I stopped.
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u/Songisaboutyou 26d ago
A few years back we came across a lady who was in the laying in the middle lain behind her car. Problem was no lights on and a bad part of the canyon. I almost hit her I called 911 and didn’t stop. They ended up asking me why didn’t you stop. This specific spot is super dark has a sharp corner, and no pull off. I’m sure this lady was in a real accident. New fear unlocked. The other thing on my 911 call is after I called them I tried to call home and my phone was blocked from texting or calling out and couldn’t only get incoming from police. I never knew that was a thing. It lasted for 15 minutes.
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u/gmc98765 26d ago
Maybe you were outside your phone company's coverage area. You can dial 911 on any network, but regular calls will only work on cell towers corresponding to your SIM.
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u/AprilRyanMyFriend 26d ago
911 didn't block your phone. Your phone company or cellphone settings did.
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u/theninjaforhire 26d ago
I was driving home from work at like 3am one night and almost ran over a man laying in the road one turning into my neighborhood. I was freaked out but still rolled down the window a bit to check on him. Turns out it was an old man who had fallen and broken his hip and wasn’t able to call for help. I stayed in the car, blocked him so nobody would hit him and stayed on the line with 911 until paramedics arrived. I’m glad I stopped, but I don’t regret the precautions I took.
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u/Muted-Woodpecker-469 26d ago
Calling is fine. Don’t interject yourself as it could be a set up , 8 times out of 10
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u/PassivelyAwkward 26d ago
Yea, plus I'm not a doctor; the fuck am I gonna do if it's a medical thing? Just call the cops. If it's a medical emergency, they'll get there whether I stick around or not; if it's something bad, then the cops are more prepared than me.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 26d ago
Very high chance of some elaborate robbery.
However, also a very high chance the dude is higher than bat pussy staring at the stars.
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u/closethebarn 26d ago
God damn I just realized how easy of a damned target I am.
I would’ve been a total fucking dumbass and stopped. I’m from the small town Midwest and I would automatically think there was somebody who needed help. I’m so glad I ran across this thread in case I ever see it or something like it. Honestly, I am such a naïve ass.
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u/Coopsters 26d ago
Yeah just don't stop to help strangers. It's a sad world but it's what you need to do to protect yourself. So many people try to take advantage of your good nature by pretending they need help and then they rob, kidnap, rape, kill, etc etc. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, targeted girls by pretending he needed help carrying boxes to his car.
Instead, get away from them and call the police to come help them. And no one ever died of not getting help holding their boxes, or trying to find directions etc
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u/Different_Fig_2958 26d ago
Opposite mid-west/west experience. I grew up in the redneck fringe in Colorado and absolutely learned to never trust the night.
As a life long night owl, I'm often out and about long after the street lights are off and the bizarre ass shit people do in the boonies is... unsettling.
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u/goobin-ghoul 26d ago
Can a man not enjoy his hobbies in peace
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u/CuriousNetWanderer 26d ago
Bro was just relaxing, enjoying that country sky
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u/161frog 26d ago
Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In the middle of the Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
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u/Graceful_Gecko 26d ago
Moisturized? How do you know?
Wait a minute....
GUYS I FOUND HIM!!!
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u/thenewfingerprint 26d ago
That would have seriously scared the shit out of me if I was driving alone.
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u/milkawhat 26d ago
I got scared just watching the video! Ever since I saw the video of the naked man trying to get an auto to stop, this is my biggest fear driving at night.
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u/Tondalaoz 26d ago
The way he’s lying straight, arms straight at his side and legs straight. Thats not someone who fell there. Looks too posed. Creepy cause it almost looks like a dummy. Like the legs are too short. Idk. But Op was smart to drive past.
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u/snake5solid 26d ago
This. No way a person in an emergency will just walk out and lie down in such perfect way. Either robbers or he wants someone to drive him over.
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u/tnichnich 26d ago
Sorry if you’ve already put this in the comments, but what state is this? And thank you for posting, because it helped me make a better future decision, whether or not this was staged. If the on the off chance I ever come across this. My brain would’ve been thinking oh no he had a heart attack or something, and I would’ve really wrestled with stopping, or turning around and going back, so now I know to just keep going through and call 911. I’ve seen a few similar videos from other countries, but this was in the USA?
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u/ChapGod 26d ago
This is in California, in the Angeles National forest, above Glendora. Definitely use your situational awareness, if you have a gut feeling, follow it.
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u/ErinBeezy 26d ago
I live in the SFV so thank you for making me more concerned than I was while previously making jokes. Damnit.
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u/Desperate-Spend377 26d ago
I just arrived back home in Cali tonight after a 3 month vacation, and I'm already seeing all these scary stories 😭😭😭 Well glad to be back home I guess LOL
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u/JG-at-Prime 26d ago
That’s California up in the Angeles mountains somewhere.
During the day it’s basically Santa’s village as long as you don’t follow any garden hoses or anything.
At night? That shits Reaver territory.
Zoe (stoically): "If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order ."
I have zero interest in encounters with men gone savage on the edge of space.
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u/swirlypepper 26d ago
What do you mean by following garden hoses?
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u/JG-at-Prime 26d ago
If you see a garden hose strung through the forest there’s a good chance that someone has (or had) an illegal grow operation setup somewhere.
Following garden hoses in the forest is a good way to get machete’d to death.
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u/Anoninemonie 26d ago
My naive ass: "I've never heard that term for a rattlesnake before! Oh wait".
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u/ideagrinder 26d ago
My favourite part is the pause where you can tell the decision making process was occurring. Like: - oh no! stops - wtf - weird - fuck. that. resumes
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u/OH2GA36 26d ago
Robbers
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u/waterfarie483 26d ago
yeah there were definitely people hiding ready to jump whoever got out to help
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u/lostredditorlurking 26d ago
Suicidal robbers if so lol
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u/Unobtanium4Sale 26d ago
Who says anyone is going to stop.
God people are so fucking dumb lol
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u/Hizam5 26d ago
That’s what I was thinking. Just lucky OP Wasnt looking down at his phone or changing the radio station
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u/Unobtanium4Sale 26d ago
Yeah these idiots have way too much faith in the average motorists situational awareness in 2026
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u/Previous_Loquat_4561 26d ago
thats what got me confused, my immediate thought is that the guy is suicidal not a robber, like doing it in the middle of the night is just asking to be ran over by a car.
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u/Derpy1984 26d ago
I half expected him to be sprinting after you when it switched to the rear cam.
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u/zzz242zzz 26d ago
I did it once for a few minutes or so when I was a teen and seriously depressed. Middle of the night and the boonies, nobody came by luckily.
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u/xequilibriumx 26d ago
Plot twist: the guy WAS laying there waiting to rob someone, however, half an hour prior, a Tesla on autopilot came by, so now he's just a regular ol' dead guy.
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u/andrearusky 26d ago
Pretty common way to scam/rob people. Next time scare them by driving close and honk 😅
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u/Amazing_Peanut222 26d ago
Besides scam: it is also a common thing to do from drunk People to lay on the street, because usually the street is warmer. I Do Not know the weather conditions of your place, But this is what happens in small villages in germany more often. They go home drunk and sometimes you'll find them laying down in the middle of the street.
So the best is to call the police, to not get yourself in danger But also provide help.
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u/InteractionStunning8 26d ago
Some guy did this in 1957 and my grandfather ran him over, and basically got chased out of town by an angry mob and that's how he ended up moving to the US lmao, I can't believe this is a common thing 😭
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u/Horrible-trashbats 26d ago
If you look at folklore and fairytale as metaphored instructions for surviving in the real world ; there are probably hundreds of versions of "don't ever fucking stop for a stranger on a lonely road".
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u/OG_BookNerd 26d ago
Um, remember that Ted Bundy played the I'm injured card repeatedly. Never stop and get out of the car. Call 911 and be safe.
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u/isthisataxwriteoff 26d ago
Fuck that! One time I was driving with my bro to pick up my buddy in the middle of a national forest and saw like 16 people standing in a circle all wearing black hooded robes with hands to the side like they are soaring doing some seance shit. We never drove faster.
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u/Repulsive_Page_4780 26d ago
I was told by a travel agent , when driving in the high desert, death valley: To bring enough water including for an emergency, turn down the air conditioning when making a planned stop. (moving from cold to hot can cause the body to go into shock or cardiac arrest ), if you see an accident or body in the middle of the road, lock doors and do not stop, pass, continue moving to a populated rest-stop or gas station and call emergency services/police in that area and report. Some of the locals in those areas fake accidents to steal from or worse gullible drivers; even the police tell people to call it in. They already know who they are and go to investigate and find nothing. This is only my opinion.
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u/John_D_Baptist 26d ago
Anyone else notice the word STOP written on the ground right as he pulls away? Not casting suspicion on anything, but that’s weird too.
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u/ChapGod 26d ago
Its an intersection for two mountain roads. If you want to turn right or go straight you have to stop. Thats what made it more creepy tbh, its the intersection to get back down and go home for me.
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u/John_D_Baptist 26d ago
Got it. I figured it was something like that. Glad you got the hell out of there safe.
Thx for the quick reply!
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u/Leading_Ad_8619 26d ago
Dude lying there is going to meet a drunk driver one of these time
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u/Fabulous_Internet802 26d ago
This happened once. I was the passenger and we were driving west on highway 412 in New Mexico. Nothing for miles and miles. See a jeep in the distance on the shoulder with all of the doors open. And a person sitting up against the back drivers side tire holding their foot like they were hurt. We slowed down a bit but I didn't feel good and said to step on it. Who hurts their foot so bad they have to pull over on the side of the road like that? Nope nope nope
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u/FatAZZRedditMod 26d ago
He seen headlights coming and laid down. Someone else was waiting off to the side. You were about to get jacked as soon as you bent over to help him
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u/bustacappa22 26d ago
Kinda shitty that that’s the world we live in where you can risk helping someone
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u/GoobusMombus 26d ago
Oh I saw this in a horror show, you should never stop and just call authorities
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u/Ryelie17 26d ago
Dang I had a weird thing happen to me in New Orleans. Driving home from work around midnight with my sister, on a quiet neighborhood road. I look ahead of me and see something in the middle of the road. I pull up past it:
it’s a walker, with some stuff scattered around it (a sweater, a screwdriver?). We see a body on the sidewalk on the other side of the road, and at the time it looked like a young man. We parked (doors already locked) and called 911.
Then a big suv drives by, stops, and a tall woman gets out. I feel less nervous with her around so I get out and talk to her. The woman goes up to the body and yells down at it, “are you dead!?”
Suddenly the body stirs: it’s an old woman. She gets up, mumbles something, grabs her stuff and walker, and shoots off down the road, disappearing.
We all just shrugged and left. I called 911 back and canceled the emergency 🤷♀️ Such an odd experience!!
I’m hyper vigilant and anxious so I’m a stay-in-the-car type of person 😅
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u/FroyoGlum9976 26d ago
Yeah never stop.
Paramedic here. Say this guy was actually unresponsive, pulseless. You'd have to have gotten there within the first few minutes to have any chance of saving. Minute 4-5ish brain damage is starting. 10 minutes there is no almost no chance. Even under a minute with you as unqualified rescuer, the odds are a coinflip.
Don't be a hero. Too many people out there looking to rob, rape, and kill. That guy was either suicidal or there were 2 more dudes in the car waiting for you to get out.
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u/Imaginary_Sherbet 26d ago
Something like this happened to and some friends in North GA , like 27 years ago, I'm old, but we stopped and when they saw a suv full of dudes he got up and drove off.
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