Random Creepiest Thing Truckers Have Seen (15 items)

• (#10) I Know

  From Redditor /u/Bear_Like:

  Was driving north through the mountains of Colorado towards Pueblo, and it was my first time dealing with anything like the Rocky Mountains so I was taking it nice and slow with my hazards on and in the right lane. This was in the spring, and there wasn't much snow on the ground aside from a light dusting.

  I remember passing another truck pulled to the shoulder on my way up, nothing out of the ordinary. However, as I was heading down the mountain (which can be scary as sh*t in an 18-wheeler, trust me) I saw the same truck I passed earlier FLY by me in the left hand lane. Now being passed on the left going DOWNHILL in the ROCKY MOUNTAINS by another TRACTOR TRAILER is [wild] enough, but what really makes this story is this guy's trailer brakes were on fire. He was pulling a load (could tell because the trailer was sealed) and if you know anything about trucks you know there's only so much braking you're supposed to do before they overheat and, worst-case, catch fire.

  This guy's truck looked like a f*cking comet as he sped down the mountain at what I thought was a surely to be deadly pace.

  I grabbed the mic to the radio and called out to him, "Hey Driver! Your brakes are on fire! I mean literally on fire!"

  After a few seconds of static, a rough and weathered sounding voice comes back over the speaker of my radio and says, cool as a cucumber, "I know."

  And he disappeared around a curve.

  I never saw any wrecked truck, emergency crews...

  I did see a discarded fire extinguisher on the ground at the base of the mountain though.
• (#11) The Silent Intruder

  From Redditor /u/Leotton:

  Not me but... a friend of mine told me a story when he was driving a truck from the US into Canada. He usually carries a [piece] of some kind, but could not take one into Canada. So one night in Canada, he wakes up to a guy in his truck. The guy looks right at him and stairs at my friend without saying a word. The guy shows my friend that he has a machete, and then goes back to looking though my friend's stuff. Even though my friend could not carry... into Canada he was allowed a flare [device]. My friend pulls [it] out and points it at the guy robbing him. The guy slowly get out of the truck, then takes off running away from the truck. 
• (#4)

  From a former Redditor:

  Missouri, I stopped at an off ramp to stretch out and take a breather. As I'm smoking a [cig], a little girl from some direction I couldn't figure out giggles and says "Hi, mister!". My initial reaction was "The f*ck is a little kid doing out here at this time?", so I talk back and say hi. She then responds with "My mommy says you'll be ok, don't worry!". Now utterly confused, I ask her what she means. No response. Then suddenly I feel like somebody is standing next to me, but it doesn't feel negative or bad. Just feels like somebody is right there next to me. Since it didn't have a negative vibe to it, I just finished my [cig] and left. Later on down the road, I realize that I forgot to fuel up at my last stop when the warning light came on. So I scramble to look at my GPS and find the nearest truck stop, I find one and set the course. As I roll up to the truck stop, my truck starts sputtering and I barely make it to the fuel line before the truck starts dying. I ran out of fuel right as I got on the fuel line. It wasn't until I was fueling up that it occurred to me what the hell happened at my last stop.
• (#3) The High Desert

  From Redditor /u/sh*tterplug:

  Driving from Albuquerque to Socorro. I was on a stretch with no lights. Perfectly dark. I notice someone standing on the side of the road. As I pass him, my lights fully illuminate his face. Nothing about this guy seemed natural. His posture was weird, he was wearing a gray suit... and his face. It just looked 'off', like a mask or something. For about half a second, we lock eyes, even with my headlights blinding him, it still felt like he was looking at me, not my truck. It really creeped me the f*ck out. Shortly after this, my CB started picking up some odd chirps, but I was pretty close to the VLA.

  The high desert is a weird place.
• (#15) This Wheel's On Fire

  From a former Redditor:

  My cousin's a long haul driver and he reckons the scariest thing he's ever seen was his own rig on fire.

  He was driving at night somewhere in the northwest of Australia when he saw some sparks in his passenger wing mirror. He stopped to check it out and saw that the rim of one of his rear wheels was glowing red hot because "the wheel bearing had sh*t itself".

  Before he could even think, the tyres burst into flames. He was unable to reach the fire extinguisher because of the flames so he had to call the fire brigade and stand back. The prime mover and semi trailer full of watermelon were engulfed by flames within a minute or two and by the time the firies showed up they were completely [gone].
• (#6) Halloween Horror

  From a former Redditor:

  On Halloween this year I saw a pale lady in a white dress walking around with what looked like a baby in her hands. I was driving down the interstate when this happened and even stopped but she walked into the woods. I have no idea if this was a prank, if she needed help or if this was a freaking ghost but it scared the hell out of me.

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