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Maybe I'm just getting a little paranoid, but here it is
I went down the Logging road north of town (Yellow Gates), toward the Mill, to see if I could find some firewood. Stopped on the other side of the 11km marker. Turned my truck around, got out for a look around, not much of interest to me, jumped back in the truck and checked my cell for messages. I saw a truck coming towards me (from the Highway). Truck stopped beside mine, my window was half open. Truck was Gray, smaller than mine, but a crewcab, dirty, may have been a chev or dodge. Driver seemed lost, nervous, asked me if there was a Rig working down the road (There are NO rig signs on this road in that direction that I know of). I replied "Not that I know of, but I didn't go to the end, I just turned around here". Driver offered me 20$ to drive him to town to get a part for his truck, he said he didn't trust it on the highway. (Right about here my gut is telling me "Something is wrong here". He's willing to drive down a bush road, but not the paved highway, and we are less than 10 miles from town
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I asked him what he needs, and he said "A part for my truck" I will give you 20$ to drive me to town and back out here, I'll leave this truck here". I said turn it around, and drive it to the highway, and I'll take you from there" His eyes are a little wide, and he replies that he will turn around and drive to the road. As I drove out to the highway, he fell behind 2 times, to the point where I thought his truck had, in fact, quite. I slowed down and watched, but did not stop. The second time he fell behind, I rounded a corner and lost sight of him, I kept rolling slowly forward and when I glaced back a moment later he was right behind me. He had to have put of quite a burst of speed to do that, then he slowed down again. I reached the highway well ahead of him (At no time did I excede 25-30kmh), and had decided that I would tell him that I didn't have time to return him to his truck if he left it here. I would instead follow him to town and ensure that he got there safely. I stopped my truck close to the highway, on the left side of the road, thinking that he would pull up on my right to leave his truck.
I got out to talk to him, but he stopped WELL back on the narrow, single lane part of the road (maybe 40yrds behind me). I stood there for a long moment. He just sat there (there we a couple vehicles going by on the highway). I walked closer to his truck, watching him as I closed the distance. When I was about 5yrds from his truck, I stopped and waited for him to exit (A bunch of vehicles are now passing by on the highway, both directions). The drivers eyes are wide, he's figiting with something on the seat/console to his right, his eyes are darting left and right, he's looking left and right, eyes still wide and darting, I could see the whites plainly from my position. He's still figiting with something beside him. (Something is wrong here, what is he doing? Why is it taking so long to get out of the truck? Why did he stop there, it's a stupid place to leave a truck? Why am I so far from my truck? Why won't he look at me? Why are his eyes darting around? Why does he appear so nervous?)
Most of the vehicles are out of sight now and I can see a long ways down the road. I turn and start walking back toward my truck, keeping my head turned to the right, just enough to see if Drivers door or window start to open (Not sure what I'm expecting here, but something still feels very wrong)
I decide to go with my gut (If the guy is really in trouble, I got him to the road and he can find a ride if needed), I get in my truck and drop it in Drive, cross the highway, keeping to the Logging road, and head toward the Old Highway. At the intersection of the Old Highway (maybe 700M) I see in my mirror that Driver is crossing the Highway (following me?). I turn toward town on the old highway, just ahead of me is an Access Road that parallels the old highway, and connects to the Golf Course Road. I pull in there and wait to see if he IS following, or if he had just pulled onto the highway to go to town........... Nope, there he is, pulling up to the intersection.
So now I'm more than a little "creaped out", so I decide to loose him (If he is, in fact, chasing me). As I pulled up to the intersection on the Golf Course Rd, I see him coming in my rear view. Now, the ONLY way I could see him gaining on me that much, in that distance, would be if he was traveling in excess of 160kmh. So, for some reason I turn toward the golf course, and fly down the straight stretch and see him turn toward me as I go around the corner, where I loose sight of him. While he is out of sight, I pull into a friends driveway, where my truck will be out of sight behind some trees.
I see Drivers truck flash by through the trees, as I walk to my buddies door. My friends Rottie greets me on the sidewalk, I knock and enter. Friends wife greets me and takes me in to have a fresh baked bun with her and the grandson, and to check out some "Quilting" she was working on. We talk and shortly I see Drivers Truck, through the kitchen window, flash past on the road headed back toward the highway (NOT 100% sure on this, it was through the trees after all, but a more open section of trees than where my truck was parked). I never did have that bun, I was a little distracted and wondering if I was over-reacting, not sure if she noticed or not. I left my buddies house a few minutes later (He was not home).
Never saw the Truck/Driver again, and made my way home thinking "Did that just happen the way I think it did?"
So, now I'm trying to remember what Driver looked like........ This is something I'm not good at, I never bother to take in a persons features or details (I tend to take in details around a person, more than details of the person) . Top that with the fact that I had just taken my glasses off the first time he pulled up to me. (I removed them to see my Cell Phone better. My glasses go very dark in the sun, I had my window open, and had been outside the truck for a few minutes before he pulled up. It's easier to see the phone display without the glasses.)
So, he had yellow stained teeth, short dark, (dirty/greasy) hair, he was slight of build, figity. He had no glasses.
The next time I saw him, was through the window of his truck when we were stopped at the highway. As mentioned, I was about 5yrd in front of his truck, and the only features I recall are the whites of his eyes and the way he kept darting looks up and down the highway, the way he kept glancing down at something to his right and figiting.
The truck was dirty, do not recall looking away from the Driver long enough to see a Licence Plate, let alone notice if it was a BC plate or not.
The truck was a 4x4, I remember seeing one front tire slip when he made his 50 point turn behind my truck at the first encounter.
So, that's my wierd encounter for the day
How was yours?
RD
I went down the Logging road north of town (Yellow Gates), toward the Mill, to see if I could find some firewood. Stopped on the other side of the 11km marker. Turned my truck around, got out for a look around, not much of interest to me, jumped back in the truck and checked my cell for messages. I saw a truck coming towards me (from the Highway). Truck stopped beside mine, my window was half open. Truck was Gray, smaller than mine, but a crewcab, dirty, may have been a chev or dodge. Driver seemed lost, nervous, asked me if there was a Rig working down the road (There are NO rig signs on this road in that direction that I know of). I replied "Not that I know of, but I didn't go to the end, I just turned around here". Driver offered me 20$ to drive him to town to get a part for his truck, he said he didn't trust it on the highway. (Right about here my gut is telling me "Something is wrong here". He's willing to drive down a bush road, but not the paved highway, and we are less than 10 miles from town
)I asked him what he needs, and he said "A part for my truck" I will give you 20$ to drive me to town and back out here, I'll leave this truck here". I said turn it around, and drive it to the highway, and I'll take you from there" His eyes are a little wide, and he replies that he will turn around and drive to the road. As I drove out to the highway, he fell behind 2 times, to the point where I thought his truck had, in fact, quite. I slowed down and watched, but did not stop. The second time he fell behind, I rounded a corner and lost sight of him, I kept rolling slowly forward and when I glaced back a moment later he was right behind me. He had to have put of quite a burst of speed to do that, then he slowed down again. I reached the highway well ahead of him (At no time did I excede 25-30kmh), and had decided that I would tell him that I didn't have time to return him to his truck if he left it here. I would instead follow him to town and ensure that he got there safely. I stopped my truck close to the highway, on the left side of the road, thinking that he would pull up on my right to leave his truck.
I got out to talk to him, but he stopped WELL back on the narrow, single lane part of the road (maybe 40yrds behind me). I stood there for a long moment. He just sat there (there we a couple vehicles going by on the highway). I walked closer to his truck, watching him as I closed the distance. When I was about 5yrds from his truck, I stopped and waited for him to exit (A bunch of vehicles are now passing by on the highway, both directions). The drivers eyes are wide, he's figiting with something on the seat/console to his right, his eyes are darting left and right, he's looking left and right, eyes still wide and darting, I could see the whites plainly from my position. He's still figiting with something beside him. (Something is wrong here, what is he doing? Why is it taking so long to get out of the truck? Why did he stop there, it's a stupid place to leave a truck? Why am I so far from my truck? Why won't he look at me? Why are his eyes darting around? Why does he appear so nervous?)
Most of the vehicles are out of sight now and I can see a long ways down the road. I turn and start walking back toward my truck, keeping my head turned to the right, just enough to see if Drivers door or window start to open (Not sure what I'm expecting here, but something still feels very wrong)
I decide to go with my gut (If the guy is really in trouble, I got him to the road and he can find a ride if needed), I get in my truck and drop it in Drive, cross the highway, keeping to the Logging road, and head toward the Old Highway. At the intersection of the Old Highway (maybe 700M) I see in my mirror that Driver is crossing the Highway (following me?). I turn toward town on the old highway, just ahead of me is an Access Road that parallels the old highway, and connects to the Golf Course Road. I pull in there and wait to see if he IS following, or if he had just pulled onto the highway to go to town........... Nope, there he is, pulling up to the intersection.
So now I'm more than a little "creaped out", so I decide to loose him (If he is, in fact, chasing me). As I pulled up to the intersection on the Golf Course Rd, I see him coming in my rear view. Now, the ONLY way I could see him gaining on me that much, in that distance, would be if he was traveling in excess of 160kmh. So, for some reason I turn toward the golf course, and fly down the straight stretch and see him turn toward me as I go around the corner, where I loose sight of him. While he is out of sight, I pull into a friends driveway, where my truck will be out of sight behind some trees.
I see Drivers truck flash by through the trees, as I walk to my buddies door. My friends Rottie greets me on the sidewalk, I knock and enter. Friends wife greets me and takes me in to have a fresh baked bun with her and the grandson, and to check out some "Quilting" she was working on. We talk and shortly I see Drivers Truck, through the kitchen window, flash past on the road headed back toward the highway (NOT 100% sure on this, it was through the trees after all, but a more open section of trees than where my truck was parked). I never did have that bun, I was a little distracted and wondering if I was over-reacting, not sure if she noticed or not. I left my buddies house a few minutes later (He was not home).
Never saw the Truck/Driver again, and made my way home thinking "Did that just happen the way I think it did?"
So, now I'm trying to remember what Driver looked like........ This is something I'm not good at, I never bother to take in a persons features or details (I tend to take in details around a person, more than details of the person) . Top that with the fact that I had just taken my glasses off the first time he pulled up to me. (I removed them to see my Cell Phone better. My glasses go very dark in the sun, I had my window open, and had been outside the truck for a few minutes before he pulled up. It's easier to see the phone display without the glasses.)
So, he had yellow stained teeth, short dark, (dirty/greasy) hair, he was slight of build, figity. He had no glasses.
The next time I saw him, was through the window of his truck when we were stopped at the highway. As mentioned, I was about 5yrd in front of his truck, and the only features I recall are the whites of his eyes and the way he kept darting looks up and down the highway, the way he kept glancing down at something to his right and figiting.
The truck was dirty, do not recall looking away from the Driver long enough to see a Licence Plate, let alone notice if it was a BC plate or not.
The truck was a 4x4, I remember seeing one front tire slip when he made his 50 point turn behind my truck at the first encounter.
So, that's my wierd encounter for the day
How was yours?
RD
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I know it will jack a snake right up but i dont know about gators.....
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