My horror of the year.

[Posher778]

Ok, so this was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me.

I was just driving back from a friends house, and its about 11 here at night, so naturally its dark. Creepy backroad neighborhood, and this FREAKY trenchcoat guy walks out into the street, and gives me the hitchhike sign. I was like "fuck no" and started to turn to miss him when he held up a big friggin switchblade. I flipped out, floored it around him and didnt dare look back. Holy crap... I got home and almost killed my cat pulling into the garage, and didn't say a word to my parents because they would flip. This could have easily been a prank by someone who just went and saw the hitcher, but what if he was really going t try and hurt me? ....

[The_Return]

Hahahaha

Gotcha!

[Posher778]

Haha, honestly it wouldnt console me at all if i knew it actually was you. I wouldve driven faster.

[Despare]

Haha, honestly it wouldnt console me at all if i knew it actually was you. I wouldve driven faster.

I wouldn't have swerved. ;)


I've had some situations that were pretty intense like that but at the end of the day nothing came from them. That's a good thing.

[Geddy]

That would've scared the shit out of me.Good thing you did'nt pick him up.

[ShankS]

It's a sad state this day 'n age.... years ago most people wouldn't hesitate to help out a hitchhiker if they had a spare seat.

On one occasion when I hired a van a couple of weeks ago to move some things to my new place. My dad came with me and on our way back around 10:30 pm we passed a guy thumbing a lift, we were passing through the town written on the sign he was holding. No way was I gona give him a lift even though the van was empty. Just don't trust strangers. My dad said just drive on, hitchhickers are too dodgy these days, they'll probably try something... afraid I agreed with him.

When he was my age, he wouldn't have hesitated to help someone out.

[GetrDone]

It is sad but like you guys said, there is too much risk nowadays to try and help someone out that is hitchhiking. Posher did you call the police when you got home? The way the world is today that person may have seen the movie and decided to go on a rampage himself. It's a scary world out there.

[massacre man]

I'd pick him up, sounds like a fun night.

[bloodrayne]

Ugh...You guys have GOT to be careful out there...You make me worry

Bad things DO happen, and it happens everywhere...As a matter of fact, MOST of the time when it DOES happen, the first thing everyone says is, "I never thought something like that could happen here"...That's your first clue that it CAN...Have you ever read the True Crimes forum?


You kids are gonna make me gray-headed

[VampiricClown]

I'd have probably felt a few bumps under my car, then I'd have been on my way.

[ferretchucker]

about 30 years ago when my dad first learned to drive, he was driving back home from a party through a dirt road. He saw about 30 yards ahead somebody ran out from the bushes and stod in the middle of the road with his thumb up. Because it was years ago he picked the guy up. It was then that he found out that the guy had been driving a little bit futher ahead when he picked up a hitch hiker who held a knife to him and forced him to get out of the car.

they were driving to the police station still on the same road when they found the hitchhikers car parked in a little space on the side of the road. The hitchhiker was just at the side of the car when my dad saw and arm holding a knife swipe for him. Luckily, my dad had left the ignition on and when the hitchiker got back in they drove off the road to a nearby farmhouse and phoned the police from there. I only found out a few weeks ago.

[Elvis_Christ]

With all these horror stories no wonder no one picks me up hitching anymore :D

[Despare]

With all these horror stories no wonder no one picks me up hitching anymore :D

All you need is some Bud Light...

[stubbornforgey]

There was a time i wouldn't hesitate on helping somebody stranded on the
side of the road,,whether be a hitch hiker or some poor dudes car broken down..
now..i wouldn't think 2wice about stopping...
but on the flip side of the coin..hitc hikers have to be careful too..
NZ is getting pretty good with drivers waiting for the hitch hikers to laod thier back packs into thier boots then driving off...or doing some crazy shit like that.

[ferretchucker]

life in england has been getting worse and worse by the year. There was a time when I was still too young to reach th counter in the supermarket but still wasnt scared to go out when it was dark on my own just playing on the big patch of grass by my house. Now i'd be lucky if i wasnt followed by some guy.

[Phalanx]

I wonder how much of the attitude towards the (legitimately) unknown people that we come across is caused by the media...
I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but wouldn't pick up a hitcher simply because if a situation WERE to occur, you don't want the person to be at close proximity to you, in a moving vehicle.
But no, I don't strive to "avoid" people...what's the point? Enough folks do that to me to keep me happy.