As Im walking to the spot where we were.
I had an LED light that was fixed to the front of my bike, though.
The guy was just sitting there in complete silence and darkness by himself.
Cassie Weathers
I pulled on the brakes and stopped in front of him and asked if he was alright.
I told him that, and he said that he knew and that he was waiting for someone else.
Then he got up and walked off into one of the nearby fields without saying anything.
I had another encounter with this same person a week later in the exact same spot.
Turns out the guy was waiting for a specific car to drive that way.
Hed been arrested for sexual assault and attempted murder.
My wife was stationed in Hawaii when they had the false incoming missile warning.
She called me and we basically said our goodbyes.
Then she lost phone service.
I thought that was it.
She called me back only a few seconds later, but it seemed like an eternity.
Probably the aftermath of a grand mal/tonic-clonic seizure in which I fractured a vertebra.
They kept asking really simple questions and I just didnt know the answers which freaked me out more.
It was May and they asked what month it was.
They asked where I was.
I didnt know that either; it turned out to be my living room.
My girlfriend was also right there, having called the ambulance.
They asked me my girlfriends name.
I said I didnt have a girlfriend.
One day me and a friend were playing in the woods.
Its now Christmas Eve, and it snowed a whole inch over night.
As Im walking to the spot where we were.
The doctor reattached it.
Lots of nerve damage.
I fall down occasionally.
Most of the time I dont.
I worry that at some point in my life it will be amputated.
I fear the concept of ruining my body.
Still had to finish my shift after that, too.
I got a notification in the mail from the state when he was released.
I got a call from a unsolicited number.
He then called again, and i didnt answer but he left a voicemail.
I called the police, and it was a person out in Vegas.
They said it was a prank…
So many questions still.
How did they know my name?
How did they know i was in a dorm?
I was super on edge for the remainder of that semester.
There isnt one moment in particular but a series of them.
She meant real harm.
She would then sometimes threaten to come into my room and kill me in my sleep.
My sister would get in trouble sometimes but usually it was chalked up to normal sibling rivalry.
And I was gaslighted by my parents into thinking it WAS normal.
You see shadow people.
You believe everyone is out to get you.
Every conversation out of your earshot is about you.
Your delusions become very real.
At one point I though there were leprechauns that were out to kill me.
I saw the leprechauns.
I heard them whispering and plotting against me.
Im so glad thats in the past!
I ignored her and left them outside for a bit.
I was in the back part of the house and was on the computer when I heard a noise.
I walked to our front room and saw a young guy near the front door who knocked.
They ran in and I herded them to the front room and I heard the mailbox slot open.
They looked around and saw no other signs of entry.
We all made it out fine except my dad.
We all made it out alive, thank God.
It was like falling down a long tunnel.
I managed to get out and I was so scared I never told anyone.
its honestly the only time I remember fearing for my life.
Since about a year and a half ago, Ive been treated for schizophrenia.
So I never cried for help.
This was February in Indiana and we were driving on country roads to get home.
Black freezing deck began rushing into the truck and I nearly lost my mind.
We clambered to the back of the vehicle and my brother began kicking the side window to no avail.
I cut the crap out of my hand shattering the rear window.
Like 30 minutes out of their way.
I still stop anytime I see someone in need because of them.
Watching the news and seeing an old coworker on the evening news.
Of course, most people would believe that of themselves, however objective they make a run at be.
This is something that happened to me and a friend around eighteen years ago.
I was hanging out with him and his cousin in his new house.
This was a somewhat busy area near to a major commercial center.
At around 9 pm we decided to take a walk to a convenience store for food.
His cousin decided to stay at the house.
It took us 30 minutes to get to the store.
There was a fair amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
On the way back we both started getting this really weird feeling.
Its hard to describe now but both of our experiences matched up when discussing it later on.
It felt like the air was much lighter.
The street seemed odd somehow.
All of a sudden there were no cars or people around.
Everything went dead silent.
This continued for a few minutes and we both started walking faster.
My digital and his analog.
His watch stopped at 9:41 pm.
He was later able to get it fixed… mine was dead for good.
When we got back to the house, it was minutes to 11 and his cousin was freaking out.
We were gone for an hour longer than we were meant to.
There was no way we could have taken that long to get back.
If anything, we walked faster than we did getting to the store.
Its something I usually dont like thinking or talking about.
Neither does my friend for that matter.
Having a dream my grandfather shot himself and about a month later actually hearing him shoot himself.
It was erase the guy had lost it, at least temporarily, and he was a definite danger.
The campus police showed up and immediately called the city police.
I used to do some urban exploring but not so much any more.
We had been through most of the building at that point and not run into anybody.
Ive only ever occasionally bumped into other explorers and thats it.
Sure that was more paranoia than anything.
Me and 5 other people saw a monster while we were out camping.
We all turned around and ran immediately.
Worst part is none of our parents believed us at the time.
Midnight Its dark out.
Mom out of state so I locked the doors.
Back deck door was open.
The deck overlooked a cliff, essentially, so theres no way anyone could have come inside that way.
I was watching T.V.
all night, sitting on the couch downstairs.
I went upstairs for some reason but I was up their for a little while.
All the lights were off and the T.V stayed running.
I swear the T.V.
She was probably asleep already in Boston.
I walked around the corner to see if the front door was open and IT WAS.
I was spooked but then the GARAGE STARTED OPENING.
No car came and I waited for a little to see, but no one came.
I literally did not sleep that night or next night.
Looking back I feel like it was fucking ghosts because nothing happened after that.
No sounds or anything.
To my knowledge it wasnt robbery.
This is the reason Im afraid of the dark.
Delirium and hallucinations due to an intense fever.
I was at the beach and probably about 16 at the time.
I ate a fuck ton of shrimps ans caught a viral infection.
I silently walked to the bathroom and locked myself in there.
I panicked hard and started hearing things, like someone outside my room shouting and looking for me.
I left the bathroom and decided I was gonna kill myself, so I looked for a knife.
I remember it all very clearly and Ive never felt such fear in my entire life.
I was raped when I was eight.
The guy smiled the entire time.
He didnt say a thing, he just smiled.
Some parts were scary at the time, the entire thing is kinda scary in hindsight.
I had a semester in college that broke down who I was as a human being.
On top of that, I was still trying new meds.
Essentially, it induced psychosis and amped up my eating disorder tenfold.
Meanwhile, I went three weeks straight without eating, a few more with heavily restricting.
That was pretty rough.
I worked obstetrics, and we had a floor full new moms and babies.
There was even a little indentation on the drug cart specifically to hold the vial of normal saline.
These large multi dose vials had a blue label.
So did the potassium chloride.
One of my coworkers left the potassium in the saline spot.
At a glance they were identical.
Straight IV potassium can stop a heart.
Check, then check again at least twice more.
Shortly after this happened, you could no longer find multi dose potassium in med rooms.
If we needed to give potassium it came premixed.
Im assuming some nurse somewhere made the mistake I nearly did.
I was very young, but it made an impression on me that never left.
Ive never felt like that ever.
Pounding heart, sweat, terror at what could have happened.
Its another reason I care so much about proper nurse to patient ratios and too much overtime.
Tired nurses make more mistakes.
Not me, but my coworker.
She was showering on the morning of September 11, 2001 and missed a phone call from her ex-husband.
Ill call you as soon as Im back in town.
He was driving, I was 7.
Life was never the same after that.
