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00:00i live in the state of washington in the pacific northwest i used to work at a late night diner
00:15on the side of the highway i was 29 years old i worked the closing shift pretty often the diner
00:22would close at 2 a.m which was incredibly late considering how scarcely populated the area is
00:27but even so given the proximity to the highway there would usually be at least one or two
00:32customers in the building until closing time having grown up in the south and moved up here
00:37i can tell you the people are different in the south there's a huge emphasis on hospitality and
00:42small talk but up here people here are kind but not overly friendly i feel like the air lends itself
00:49more to introversion i used to be a waitress down south and i'm telling you from experience the
00:54customers were a lot chattier down there up here people seem to want to keep to themselves a
00:59little more this was approaching closing time the kitchen's last call was at 2 technically even
01:05though the diner was advertised to close at 2. it was really frowned upon if a customer would come
01:10in and order something that late but it did happen it happened that night as a matter of fact there
01:16were only two employees in the building myself and the chef it was like 1 50 a.m and in comes a lone
01:23heavy set man he was wearing awkwardly high jeans a gray shirt tucked in a brown jacket and he had
01:30a brown mustache and glasses i asked him if he'd like to sit at the bar or a table and he asked for
01:36a table he kept smiling the whole time so i smiled back i gave him a menu and informed him the kitchen
01:43closes in 10 minutes he looked at the menu for a few seconds and then said he'd like a black coffee and
01:48some french toast around this time he also introduced himself as nolan luckily his order was simple
01:55enough i went into the kitchen and told the chef the order who still had a slightly annoyed face in
02:00reaction which i just responded to with i know i stepped back out to the dining area and nolan waved
02:06me over as i neared he struck up a conversation with me something rather unusual for folk around here at
02:13this hour he asked me if i was from the area and started complaining about all the potholes in the
02:18road around here i responded yeah it's all the freezes we get in the winter basic small talk i did
02:25tell him that i'm from around here and he perhaps pressed a bit too specifically about where i was
02:30from i told him a vague general area i never tell people exactly where i live obviously he said he just
02:37moved to town not too long ago as he spoke i analyzed his body language and character in general he seemed
02:44like a somewhat nerdy older guy and this may have been his idea of flirting didn't bother me much
02:50though i dealt with it back home in the south all the time so i was used to it since this was the last
02:55customer of the night the chef personally came out and placed his food on the counter i went to grab it
03:00and bring it to nolan by this point he had his food and coffee and everything else was about ready to
03:06close up shop i wiped down the counters and tables and everything already i stayed behind the counter
03:12a little further away from nolan because i was tired of conversing with him my social energy was drained
03:17and i was ready to get home and go to sleep when he finally finished his food i went to drop off his
03:23check before he even asked for it politely non-verbally implying that we were closed and we wanted to get
03:29home he paid by card and then he left the chef would be the one closing up the place so after
03:36cleaning nolan's table and gathering all my belongings i said goodbye to the guy working in
03:40the kitchen and walked out to my car there were three cars in the lot mine the chef's and a third
03:46one that i couldn't explain there was a silver older looking car like a 2005 toyota or audi or something
03:53i wasn't sure i also couldn't tell if the windows were tinted or if it was just so dark out that i
03:58couldn't see into the car but i wasn't able to tell if someone was in the car or not it was parked on the
04:04dirt closest to the highway i wondered if it was nolan's car i got my car and started heading home
04:11the diner to my home is about 20 minutes i was on the highway when a ding came from my dashboard
04:17and the tire pressure screen popped up i started freaking out i didn't know how to change a tire
04:23i'd never even called my roadside assistance company i was still a decent way from home the tire
04:29pressure to my rear passenger side tire was dropping rather rapidly all of a sudden from 20 down to 10
04:35and then i started feeling not just the steering wheel shake but the entire car shake i had to pull
04:41off the road i came to a stop and got out of the car real quick to look at the tire and it was as flat
04:47as could be suddenly as if they were just flicked on a pair of headlights lit up the side of the road as
04:52it approached me then slowing to a stop i hurried back inside my car and locked the door i truly
04:59didn't know what to do and then there was a light tap at my window i looked up and saw nolan the man
05:07from the restaurant he waved at me with a smile he was wearing gloves now for the sake of the story
05:13i'll use a fake name for myself nolan said through the window kathy is that you are you okay he laughed
05:20acting like it was such a coincidence i felt a knot in my stomach suddenly i instantly knew he did
05:27this i'm not a dumbass he motioned for me to lower the window i lowered it literally maybe two inches
05:34just enough to speak through he asked if i needed help i told him i had a flat tire he played dumb
05:42asking me which one i said the back passenger side he started walking over to the other side
05:48and at this moment i dialed 911 on my phone i let the phone sit on my lap as nolan walked back to my
05:54side he sat through the window with his creepy smile that he knows how to change a flat he asked
05:59me to step out of the car and i said i'm waiting for my boyfriend to come and help me change it
06:05during all of this i heard the 911 operator speaking into the phone but it wasn't loud enough for nolan to
06:10hear it i tried to make it as clear as possible my situation to the operator without being too obvious
06:16for nolan to catch on i basically said i'm not sure how i got it flat but i'm waiting for my boyfriend
06:21to come help me change it thanks for offering to help sir he stood there for a second with a much
06:26less friendly look on his face then he walked away from the window i took this opportunity to speak
06:32very quietly into the phone that this man slashed my tire and he's trying to get me out of the car
06:38the operator asked my location and i quickly opened the map on my phone and told her the name of the
06:43road i pulled off onto the deafening shattering of glass immediately to my left made me scream
06:49as shards of glass fell onto my lap i screamed at the top of my lungs at the man i'm on the phone with
06:55the police it's the police as i showed him the phone screen he looked at my screen and then reached
07:00inside the car i screamed again at the top of my lungs as i was hysterically crying expecting him to
07:06try and grab me or choke me but instead he grabbed my phone and launched it in the direction of the
07:12highway he then ran back to his car and sped off down the dark road i heard the screeching of his
07:18tires as he made a sharp right turn and then disappeared i wanted to go look for my phone
07:23but with no flashlights in the car i'd be running out there to look in the pitch dark the only light
07:29was from my car i had no choice but to wait and pray that nolan or whatever his real name was didn't
07:35come back i'm very grateful that i was able to tell the 911 operator my location in time i heard the
07:41unmistakable sound of police sirens in the distance and i started to cry tears of joy when i realized
07:47they were getting closer i got out of my car and started waving my arms in the air until i saw the
07:52flashing lights turn off the highway onto this random road pretty soon a second police car showed
07:58up and then a third during all this time we found my phone which was completely destroyed i described
08:04the man to them along with his car and pointed the direction in which he went one of the police
08:09officers left in that direction as they also put the word out on their radio they were honestly the
08:14nicest cops i'd ever met in my life they changed my tire for me and one of them even gave me an escort
08:20home having me follow from behind the main officer told me that they would investigate the video
08:25surveillance from the diner and keep me updated with any news i got a call a week later from that
08:30officer informing me that the investigation was still ongoing based on the surveillance footage
08:35that was the last i'd heard of it i don't think they caught him sadly i never returned to that diner
08:41job again after that night i was not risking that man ever finding me again
08:56i'm a 15 year old guy working at an amusement park in upstate new york this only happened a year ago and it
09:01still gives me chills thinking about it it was a crisp october sunday one of the last few days the park
09:08would be open until it closed until may it seemed like just another normal day at work boy was i wrong
09:14after checking in and working at my station for about five hours i looked at my watch 4 55 pm was the
09:21time my shift ended in five minutes i felt relieved and exhausted as i began packing up my things a man with a
09:30scraggly beard and messy hair approached me he was wearing a gray t-shirt with a few stains on it and
09:35black sweatpants covered in holes i thought to myself i just need to get through this last one
09:41can i help you i asked the man he stared at me for a few seconds and then he kept turning his head as if
09:47someone were following him i was starting to get a little creeped out sir can i help you i repeated my
09:54questions starting to sound a little annoyed he looked at me for a couple seconds and finally
10:00responded saying with a stutter where are your bathrooms he said this in a whisper tone of voice
10:06up the hill to the right i responded cheerfully the man started to walk in that direction as he did
10:12he kept turning and looking at me i avoided eye contact even though i was more freaked out than ever
10:19next thing i knew one of my co-workers came to take my spot i grabbed my things practically sprinted
10:24through the park to the back room to punch out of my shift and then to the bathroom i changed out of
10:29my work clothes and headed to the employee parking lot i sat on a bench and waited for my co-worker
10:35jordan who was 17 to pick me up after waiting for what seemed like hours jordan finally picked me up
10:42before going home we went to the local diner to eat some cheeseburgers for dinner
10:46while eating in the diner i noticed something odd the same man who i helped find the bathrooms at
10:52the park was at the diner sitting a couple tables down staring right at me my heart skipped a beat
10:58i told jordan about it and he just shrugged it off probably just a coincidence ben don't worry
11:04yeah i said even though i was pretty concerned after dinner we got back in the car and started the 35
11:11minute drive back home at the first red light we came to i saw something that made my heart skip
11:17another beat there sitting in his white honda to the right of us the man from the park and diner
11:23sure enough he was staring back at me i told jordan and he started to worry a little after arriving to
11:30our street we made sure to take a couple laps around the block to make sure that man wasn't following us
11:36once it was clear jordan dropped me off at home my mom and sister were out at the mall and my dad was
11:41on a business trip so i was home alone after immediately jumping into bed i heard a noise
11:47at my window i slowly got up and looked outside and saw something that will forever send chills down
11:53my spine right there on my front lawn was the man looking right at my window smiling i immediately
12:00grabbed my phone and called 9-1-1 but once the police arrived the man was gone i immediately
12:05quit my job at the amusement park right after the park closed for winter i haven't seen the man since
12:10this incident this was an experience that i'll never forget i was working a late night shift at the
12:26diner i worked at for a year it was a rainy night in fact it was pouring nights like these usually
12:32meant less customers because people aren't exactly rushing to drive in the rain i was expecting a slow
12:38night it was for the most part i was working until midnight at some point closer to the end of my shift
12:45in came a man and a woman significantly younger looking than him he looked about 40 she looked like
12:51she were in her 20s they both looked at me the second they walked in and so i went over to greet
12:56them and ask how many they said just two so i brought them to a table they took a while to order
13:03and i noticed they were talking really quietly to each other after they did order the man started
13:08striking up a conversation with me i'm a generally talkative person which was why i've always thrived in
13:14the hospitality industry so i started chatting their ears off since it was a slow night anyway
13:20typical waitress customer back and forth the girl oddly didn't say much the man did most of the
13:26talking so i started directing my questions more to him i can't remember every last thing we said to
13:31each other obviously but one thing that stuck in my head was when the man asked me do you live alone
13:38i did live alone and still do live alone i answered his question honestly saying i live about 10 minutes
13:44north up the road and that it's really quiet and boring around here at the time i didn't
13:49see his question as any kind of red flag albeit maybe a bit strange of a question but something
13:55about a man being with another female makes you automatically assume they're not a threat
13:59i made jokes about being stuck here forever and such and then walked away from the table
14:04i'd say about 45 minutes later they finished and left fast forward probably an hour later and we were
14:11closing up the place i said goodbye to my co-workers and rushed to my car to avoid getting more soaked
14:17than i needed to from the rain it was still pouring outside i drove home slow because of the conditions
14:24the second i got home i ran straight to the front door and let myself in i didn't even notice that
14:30neither of the other tenants cars were parked outside my living situation was the middle floor of a home
14:36with three apartments in it there's a side entrance with a stairway that has an entrance to all three
14:40floors my being on the first floor meant that i could enter through the front door after setting
14:45my keys and stuff down on the kitchen counter there was a manic pounding at the front door
14:52it was nearly 1am i had no idea who it could be besides maybe one of the other tenants in the house
14:58there's two doors the glass storm door and the inner door i always keep both locked for safety
15:04i opened the inner door and saw a girl on the other side of the storm door she was drenched she was
15:10wearing a gray sweater with the hood up partially obscuring her face she begged me through the door
15:16to let her in so she could use a phone before doing that i first had to feel her out of course
15:22i asked her if she's lost she replied that a creepy man was following her around and she needed help
15:28something about this girl though was strikingly familiar
15:31i asked her who the man was and where he was she turned around and then said i don't know
15:37she kept begging me to open the door she even tried opening it herself i then realized why she
15:43looked familiar she looked like the girl from the diner that was with that man so i asked her straight
15:48up weren't you at my diner before she didn't acknowledge my question maybe she didn't hear me
15:54but she turned around once again and started freaking out pounding on the door saying there
15:58he is i looked beyond her to the street and i saw a large man slowly walking towards the house
16:05as the man slowly got closer the girl kept looking at me with a look that would imply she's more
16:10confused than anything as to why i'm not opening the door the man got close enough for me to realize
16:15i was right it was that man from the diner and this was the girl sitting with him at the diner
16:20i think she saw it in my eyes the moment i realized and she turned to the man and screamed go
16:27the man started charging at the door and i slammed the inner door shut and locked it
16:31i didn't hear any kinds of knocks or bangs i wasn't about to open the door again to check if they were
16:37still there though i went to the stairway to go upstairs and knock on the upstairs tenants door
16:43the stairway is separated from the three apartments by a door on each level after knocking a bunch of
16:48times nobody answered i tried the same thing at the downstairs door no answer either this was when
16:56i looked out the windows and realized none of their cars were here tonight i was alone in the house
17:01i went back up to my apartment and then locked the stairway door my mind was racing conjuring up
17:06possible explanations the most obvious explanation was that it was a trap to get me to open the door
17:12so that they could rob me or worse it suddenly made sense why that man asked me if i lived alone
17:18i had to just sit on the couch for a few minutes and think all i could hear was the sound of the
17:23pouring rain outside i thought about calling the police but chose not to in that moment
17:29after a few minutes i went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready for bed when i heard a
17:34knocking sound i left the bathroom to listen and i was right it was a knocking sound
17:41it was coming from the stairway door i walked over to it thinking it was one of the tenants i said who
17:49is it there was no verbal response but whoever it was knocked again i said both of the other tenants
17:57names no response the only thing i could say is if you don't identify yourself i'm calling the police
18:04i practically screamed it they heard me for sure they knocked once again so i yelled what do you want
18:10and a voice from the other side said your blood on me
18:16i ran to my room and locked myself inside and called the police i hid in my closet while i was on
18:22the phone and i stayed in there the sounds of the rain wind and thunder outside constantly startled me
18:28i worried about any little sound coming from inside the house it was the longest 10 minutes of my life
18:34before i was told to let the police inside the house at the front door they wrote a report of
18:39everything they checked the front and backyard then they suggested i find another place to sleep for a
18:45few nights i took that advice and packed a bag real quick while they were there and then left to drive
18:50to my parents house for the night i returned the next day to the house there was a knock at the
18:55stairway door and this time it was actually my neighbor from upstairs i opened the door and he
19:01pointed at the door and asked what's this about i was horrified to see a message on the door saying
19:08thanks for the service beth it was written in marker i couldn't stay there for a while i had to
19:13stay with my parents for a few weeks until this blew over i got a new apartment pretty close by the
19:18following month better safe than sorry
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