1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: I worked as a regular pizza delivery driver during my 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,039 later years of high school. Because of school, I had 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,320 always worked the night shifts on Friday and Saturday. It 4 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:17,879 was a pretty laid back job, and for the most 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,760 part i'd just be driving or standing in the shop 6 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:24,559 taking orders on the phone. A couple of my friends 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,760 worked there too, so I always had someone to talk to. Anyways, 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,759 it was Friday night and i'd just gotten back from 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:36,719 my last break. The place closes at one am, so 10 00:00:36,799 --> 00:00:40,399 we usually stop accepting orders around twelve, as we still 11 00:00:40,399 --> 00:00:43,960 have the clean and everything before we leave. It was 12 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,719 eleven thirty, but I figured i'd get a head start 13 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:50,479 on the cleaning just to pass the time. Me and 14 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,119 my other two friends were the only ones working that night, 15 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:56,280 and one was finishing up a delivery and the other 16 00:00:56,359 --> 00:01:01,000 just went on break. After I got back, minutes into cleaning, 17 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,679 the phone started ringing, so I picked it up and 18 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:06,760 asked how I could help them. There was an older 19 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:09,040 man on the line and he asked if we were 20 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,079 still open for deliveries. I told him yeah, but we 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,439 aren't taking any large orders. They said that was okay 22 00:01:16,599 --> 00:01:19,079 and asked for a regular pizza and gave me the 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:23,519 address to deliver it to. About fifteen minutes later, the 24 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,640 pizza was ready and I boxed it up and got 25 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:29,280 my car. The address was a little more than ten 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,359 minutes away, and I was probably halfway there when I 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,400 pulled up behind another car stopped at a stop sign 28 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,599 on an empty road. I waited for a few seconds, 29 00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:42,560 looking around to see why he was stopped for so long. 30 00:01:43,359 --> 00:01:46,439 Then I honked my horn gently, assuming that he'd just 31 00:01:46,519 --> 00:01:50,480 fallen asleep or something. The car still didn't move, so 32 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,239 I started to pull around him, but of course, just 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,480 as I did that, he pressed on the gas and 34 00:01:55,599 --> 00:01:59,519 jolted forward down the road. I was a little bit annoyed, 35 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,719 but I figured it was just some guy being a 36 00:02:01,719 --> 00:02:05,879 dick for fun, so I continued down the road. But 37 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,680 a couple minutes later I passed that same car pulled 38 00:02:09,719 --> 00:02:12,080 over on the side of the road with its headlights off. 39 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,000 I got a really uncomfortable feeling passing them, like something 40 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,159 didn't feel right about it. I checked my mirrors for 41 00:02:20,199 --> 00:02:21,800 the rest of the way to the house to make 42 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:26,080 sure he wasn't trying to follow me. Finally, I turned 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,520 down the addresses long driveway that went between a forest 44 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,560 of trees. I pulled up to the front of the 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,240 house and put the car and park. Then I made 46 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,520 sure I had everything and went up and knocked on 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,520 the door. I waited a minute or two, and then 48 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,439 an old lady answered and asked me what I was doing. 49 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,439 I told her I was delivering a pizza here and 50 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:52,319 recited the address to her that I was given. She 51 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,800 said that nobody here ordered a pizza, and I could 52 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,800 tell she felt bad for me. I just thanked her 53 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,120 and went back to my car. This wasn't the most 54 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:06,120 uncommon thing that happened, as some people would do it 55 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:09,520 as a prank or just give the wrong address on accident. 56 00:03:10,879 --> 00:03:13,159 I figured i'd get out of the ladies driveway then 57 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,520 call my friend to have them call the number back 58 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,919 and confirm the address. So I started making my way 59 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,400 out of the driveway, but as I was making my 60 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:25,400 way down, bright headlights blinded my view from ahead of me. 61 00:03:26,599 --> 00:03:28,919 It was so bright I knew it had to be 62 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,199 a car coming towards me, so I quickly pressed on 63 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,599 the brakes. I waited for the car to turn off 64 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:39,000 the lights or turn their car around, but after waiting 65 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,439 for a little bit, I figured they weren't going to move. 66 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:45,599 I wasn't sure exactly what to do, as I could 67 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,639 barely see, and I knew the driveway was thinned, so 68 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:52,120 there was no way I could get around them. I 69 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,759 decided to just wait and see what they do first, 70 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,879 as I didn't really have any other options. A whole 71 00:03:58,919 --> 00:04:01,800 minute went by of both of us just sitting there 72 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,199 before they turned their lights completely off. I waited for 73 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:09,599 my eyes to readjust to the darkness, then looked ahead 74 00:04:09,639 --> 00:04:12,960 to see where their car was, but I couldn't see it. 75 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,759 I put the car back in drive and slowly began 76 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,040 making my way down, being cautious in case the other 77 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,519 car started coming down the driveway again. A few seconds later, 78 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,360 I see the car with all its headlights off parked 79 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,120 in the middle of the path. I recognized it as 80 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:33,360 the same one that was parked at the stop sign. 81 00:04:34,199 --> 00:04:37,720 I guess he had followed me without me noticing. I 82 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,759 couldn't see through the windows in the dark, so as 83 00:04:40,759 --> 00:04:43,759 I sat there, I started to get pretty anxious and 84 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,319 worried that there could be multiple people in there with 85 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:50,680 bad intentions. Then the front driver door opened and a 86 00:04:50,759 --> 00:04:53,199 man got out and began making his way towards me. 87 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,959 Halfway to my car, he stopped and began waving at 88 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 me as if he wanted me to pull up next 89 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,759 to him. At this point, I'd be lying if I 90 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,319 didn't say that I was really starting to freak out. 91 00:05:08,439 --> 00:05:10,720 I tried my best to pretend to be calm, though, 92 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,720 and rolled the car next to him. To my surprise, 93 00:05:15,079 --> 00:05:17,560 when I pulled up, he didn't say anything to me. 94 00:05:18,399 --> 00:05:21,319 He didn't even look at me as he started walking 95 00:05:21,319 --> 00:05:24,680 around my car and eventually stopped right behind me by 96 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,519 the trunk of my car. I looked in my rear 97 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,120 view mirror, trying to figure out what he was doing 98 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:34,639 and why he was just standing there. A few moments 99 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,399 go by as I'm looking at this man, when I 100 00:05:37,519 --> 00:05:40,480 suddenly come to a realization and turned my head around 101 00:05:40,519 --> 00:05:43,120 to the front. The other three doors of the car 102 00:05:43,319 --> 00:05:46,800 swing open and three more men start sprinting towards my car. 103 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,920 My adrenaline started pumping, and I stomped on the gas, 104 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,240 flooring it and almost hitting one of the men. As 105 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,920 I turned my car off the driveway, I swerve around 106 00:05:56,959 --> 00:06:00,519 their car, nearly hitting several trees before makeoking it back 107 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,079 onto the path and eventually out onto the main road. 108 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:06,399 There was nobody else on the road at this time, 109 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:08,680 so I could clearly see in my mirror when the 110 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,360 car pulled out onto the road and started making its 111 00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:14,480 way towards me. I figured they weren't going to stop 112 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,839 unless I could get somewhere that wasn't so isolated. But 113 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,360 after thirty seconds, the men turned down a side road. 114 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,160 I made it back to work and immediately told my 115 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:28,279 friends what happened. They both convinced me to call the 116 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:31,120 police to at least report it, even though I wasn't 117 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,160 able to give much helpful information. An officer came down 118 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:38,240 and I gave an official statement on the incident, and 119 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:42,160 then they left just before we closed. I was surprised 120 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,360 to get a call the next day saying that three 121 00:06:44,439 --> 00:06:47,079 of the men had been arrested after attempting to rob 122 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,680 another car later that night in the same exact driveway 123 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,879 that I was in. The men were caught when the 124 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:57,279 lady called the police after having two more people trying 125 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,959 to deliver food to her that she didn't order. I 126 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:04,120 guess they were using that driveway to lord delivery drivers 127 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,800 in and rob them on the way out. Since it 128 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:12,439 was a narrow, isolated driveway surrounded by forest. Unfortunately, though, 129 00:07:12,759 --> 00:07:14,879 the fourth man was able to run through the trees 130 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,879 and make it out, and I never received any updates 131 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,639 on him in the following days, so I'm not sure 132 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:24,360 if he was ever found. The old lady said, though, 133 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:27,240 that she was unaware and had never seen them in 134 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,279 the driveway before that night. It's pretty crazy that this 135 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:34,319 happened to me, but I'm also proud of myself for 136 00:07:34,399 --> 00:07:37,160 how quickly I reacted and how I was able to 137 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:42,160 make it out unharmed. It definitely made my job more stressful, though, 138 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,079 and soon after I was able to change my shifts 139 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,879 to only working during the day on the weekends. I 140 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:52,519 really hope that last guy got caught, though, because who 141 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:55,639 knows how many more people could be in those horrifying 142 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:06,519 situations due to his escape. I worked as a food 143 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:10,920 delivery driver during my first few years of college. Mainly 144 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:14,720 I would drive for a DoorDash or Uber Eats. I 145 00:08:14,759 --> 00:08:17,839 didn't like making small talk with strangers and didn't want 146 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,240 random people in my car, so I preferred delivering food 147 00:08:21,399 --> 00:08:25,240 over being a normal Uber driver. I did this for 148 00:08:25,319 --> 00:08:28,759 over a year with pretty much no issues, aside from 149 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,240 the occasional customer mad that the restaurant messed up their order. Anyways, 150 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:37,120 it was late Wednesday night and I didn't have any 151 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:39,720 classes in the morning, so I decided to make an 152 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,159 extra few bucks and deliver for a little bit. I 153 00:08:44,279 --> 00:08:47,320 did four or five quick orders and ended up about 154 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,080 twenty minutes from my dorm. It was about one am now, 155 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,519 and I figured I should probably end it there and 156 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,600 head back. The way the delivery apps work is pretty 157 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,879 much you just drive around and wait for a random 158 00:09:00,159 --> 00:09:02,279 ordered to pop up, and then it'll give you an 159 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,840 estimate of how much you'll make and how far it is. 160 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,480 Then you either accept or decline it. On my way back, 161 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,080 I left the app running just in case there was 162 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,919 a really quick delivery nearby. I got a few requests, 163 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,440 but they were a bit too far and didn't seem 164 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,799 worth it to me. But then another one popped up 165 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,759 just as I was pulling into my dorm. It was 166 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:30,320 about twelve miles away, but the payout was really big. 167 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:35,399 I'd never seen anyone offer that much money before. I 168 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:38,720 gave us some thought as it was pretty far, but 169 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,799 it was too much money to pass up. I accepted 170 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:45,519 the offer and started the directions to the restaurant. A 171 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,759 few minutes later, I arrived and pulled up their order 172 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,919 so I can make sure I picked up the right stuff. 173 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,279 As I walked through the doors, I noticed the customer. 174 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,200 I'd only ordered two items and the total was only 175 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:03,000 over six dollars. Was really unusual, as typically the high 176 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,840 paying orders are because of large deliveries of expensive food. 177 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,360 This meant that they were just giving me a really 178 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,879 big tip. I got the food and went back to 179 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:18,600 the car. During the drive there, I was really just 180 00:10:18,639 --> 00:10:21,399 trying to understand why they would give such a big 181 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,879 tip for such a small order. It was a little weird, 182 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,720 but honestly, I just came to the conclusion that it 183 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,399 was either just a mistake or they were trying to 184 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:37,039 be kind. Although twelve miles wasn't too far from my campus, 185 00:10:37,399 --> 00:10:40,759 I had actually never been to this area. It was 186 00:10:40,879 --> 00:10:47,519 really nice, with mostly gated off neighborhood communities and huge houses. Luckily, 187 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,279 their house wasn't gated and I was able to just 188 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,440 pull into the neighborhood. I looked at the homes as 189 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,440 I passed by and realized that the tip money made 190 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,240 a lot more sense now. The street was long, though, 191 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,799 and I was just a couple minutes from the house. 192 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,519 When the customer sent me a text through the app, 193 00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:09,759 they told me to make sure I delivered the food 194 00:11:09,799 --> 00:11:13,679 to the right address. When I pulled up, I figured 195 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,639 maybe the map showed his neighbor's house or something, so 196 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,919 when I arrived, I sent him a text with a 197 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,320 description of the house and asked if that was the 198 00:11:21,399 --> 00:11:26,200 right one. He replied no, and I waited for a 199 00:11:26,279 --> 00:11:29,480 little bit, expecting him to describe his house for me, 200 00:11:29,919 --> 00:11:33,559 but he never did. I sent him another text describing 201 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:38,120 his neighbor's house, to which he replied no again. I 202 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,519 was starting to get pretty annoyed with this guy and 203 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,679 tried calling him instead, but he refused the answer. He 204 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,919 would ring a few times and then he'd declined the call. 205 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,799 I looked at the address again and then copy and 206 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:55,399 pasted it into Google to try and look it up there. 207 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,799 Doing this, I actually noticed that the number for the 208 00:11:59,799 --> 00:12:03,480 app address wasn't a regular number. It had a subset 209 00:12:03,519 --> 00:12:07,440 of numbers on it. I'd never seen this before and 210 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,240 wasn't even sure what it meant, so I searched the 211 00:12:10,279 --> 00:12:13,879 address on Google and looked at the results. When I 212 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,879 zoomed in on the map, I saw that the address 213 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,080 actually pointed to a spot right in between the two houses. 214 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,240 Zooming in further, it looked like there was a really 215 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,639 small garage or maybe even a shed. It was barely visible. 216 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,360 I looked up from my phone and moved my eyes 217 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,519 to between the two houses, and sure enough, there was 218 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,200 a small garage like structure. It was just a few 219 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,200 feet from the main house that my delivery app brought 220 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:47,159 me to. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect or 221 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:50,279 why someone would even live there, but I already came 222 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,759 this far, so I wasn't about to walk away now, 223 00:12:53,279 --> 00:12:57,000 so I got out and started heading over. As I 224 00:12:57,039 --> 00:13:00,039 walked up the driveway, I could clearly see what the 225 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,279 place was. It was pretty much just a large storage garage, 226 00:13:04,519 --> 00:13:08,799 probably meant for keeping an old car or something. I 227 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,679 didn't see any normal door, though, so I put the 228 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,639 bag down by the garage door. As I began taking 229 00:13:15,639 --> 00:13:17,840 my phone out to take a picture for the app, 230 00:13:18,399 --> 00:13:20,600 a man came around the right side of the garage. 231 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,159 I looked over at him and he just stood still 232 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,919 staring at me. The guy was really creeping me out, 233 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,399 so I said, it's right here for you, sir, as 234 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,320 I pointed at the bag and slowly started walking away. 235 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,960 Then he replied, telling me that this wasn't where he 236 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,960 wanted me to drop it off. I turned around and 237 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,799 noticed that he was still standing in the same spot. Sorry, 238 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,399 where did you want me to put it? I said, 239 00:13:53,879 --> 00:13:58,480 starting to get really uneasy about the situation. He pointed 240 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,879 around the back of the garage said that the door 241 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,200 was over there. At that point, there was no way 242 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,679 I was going to follow that guy to wherever he 243 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,559 was trying to get me to go. I just kind 244 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,279 of stood there for a moment, then said sorry and 245 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,919 quickly walked back to my car. I looked over one 246 00:14:16,919 --> 00:14:20,480 more time before driving away, and the man was walking 247 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:23,879 back behind the garage, but he left the bag of food. 248 00:14:25,399 --> 00:14:27,960 I got out of there and drove back to my dorm, 249 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:32,240 shaking the whole way back. Something about that whole thing 250 00:14:32,399 --> 00:14:35,000 felt very off, and the fact that it was in 251 00:14:35,039 --> 00:14:39,480 a really nice neighborhood made me even more confused. The 252 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:42,600 more I thought about it, though, I realized just how 253 00:14:42,639 --> 00:14:45,440 strange it was that he needed to specify for me 254 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,960 not to deliver to the main house, and that he 255 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,000 refused to take the food unless I followed him. To 256 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,600 behind the garage. I'd never had to call the police 257 00:14:56,639 --> 00:14:59,320 before in my whole life, and I ended up not 258 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,879 calling them this time either, as I really wasn't sure 259 00:15:02,919 --> 00:15:07,440 if maybe he was just some weird, harmless guy. Anyways, 260 00:15:07,759 --> 00:15:10,720 it freaked me out for a few days, but eventually 261 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:13,600 I got over it and continued doing deliveries in my 262 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:18,519 spare time. Nothing else happened, though. A couple weeks later, 263 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:21,360 I had another big order pop up on my app 264 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:26,480 and the area of delivery was the same. I obviously 265 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:29,799 declined it, but I couldn't help but think about whoever 266 00:15:29,879 --> 00:15:33,279 ended up accepting that order and what happened to them 267 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:41,679 during their delivery. It was the beginning of fall and 268 00:15:41,759 --> 00:15:44,200 I worked as a cashier at a small store near 269 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,639 my apartment. My usual shift ended at nine pm, and 270 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,240 then i'd usually go do food deliveries for a couple 271 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:56,039 of hours before heading home. I actually enjoyed doing deliveries 272 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,159 at night, as the roads weren't busy and most other 273 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,039 delivery drivers would work during the day and would take 274 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,240 all the orders, so I'd actually get more orders to 275 00:16:05,279 --> 00:16:09,679 do at night. Anyways, I had just gotten out of 276 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,960 work and set up my app to get ready to 277 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,440 do some deliveries. The first one that came in was 278 00:16:15,519 --> 00:16:19,639 quick and only took about fifteen minutes. Then I waited 279 00:16:19,639 --> 00:16:21,919 for a few minutes before the next order came in. 280 00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:25,320 It was a good payout and the delivery address was 281 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,039 twenty minutes away from where I was. I headed over 282 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,399 to the fast food restaurant to pick up their food, 283 00:16:31,759 --> 00:16:35,720 then started making my way over to the house. The 284 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:37,879 town I live in isn't too big and has a 285 00:16:37,879 --> 00:16:41,120 lot of empty plots of land. There's the main center 286 00:16:41,159 --> 00:16:43,720 of town, which is where my apartment is and most 287 00:16:43,759 --> 00:16:47,399 of the restaurants. Then about ten minutes out there's a 288 00:16:47,399 --> 00:16:49,759 lot of farm land and the houses are much more 289 00:16:49,799 --> 00:16:53,639 spread out. Almost all of the deliveries I get are 290 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,399 within the town area, but every once in a while 291 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,679 I'll get a delivery further out into the farm area. 292 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,960 I assumed this was going to be a farmhouse since 293 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,119 it was twenty minutes away. However, the app said that 294 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,720 the address was located in a small neighborhood area just 295 00:17:09,799 --> 00:17:13,799 off of a small highway. I didn't like delivering to 296 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,559 isolated farmhouses at night, as it just kind of creeped 297 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,279 me out, so I was happy to be delivering to 298 00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:24,599 a neighborhood home. Once I got off the highway, I 299 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:27,440 turned left and started making my way down the road 300 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,000 toward the neighborhood. But almost immediately I got a call 301 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,960 from an unknown number. I declined it as I thought 302 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,640 it was just a scam, but just a few seconds 303 00:17:38,759 --> 00:17:43,319 later they called again. Figuring it was probably the customer, 304 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,680 I accepted it. Hello, I asked. A few seconds went 305 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,279 by with no response, so I just hung up, but 306 00:17:52,519 --> 00:17:56,119 then again, just a few moments later, the same number 307 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:01,319 called me. I answered, and almost imediately a guy speaks 308 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,079 and tells me I turned the wrong way. I asked 309 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,359 him what he meant, as I had the map up 310 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,839 and it says that I'm going the right way, But 311 00:18:10,079 --> 00:18:12,559 he said his address gets messed up on the delivery 312 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:14,759 app and that he always has to call and let 313 00:18:14,759 --> 00:18:18,200 the drivers know where to go. I said okay, and 314 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:20,519 asked him how to get there. He told me that 315 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:22,880 when I got off the highway, I needed to take 316 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,319 a right from that road, then take the third left. 317 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:29,160 He mentioned it was a gravel path that led to 318 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,319 his farmhouse at the end. I told him i'd be 319 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:35,160 there in a few minutes and turn the car around. 320 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,839 I've had multiple customers call me before to tell me 321 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,240 that the address was a little off or to give 322 00:18:42,279 --> 00:18:45,640 me directions on unnamed roads, as it was pretty common 323 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,680 out here, so I honestly didn't think much of it. 324 00:18:49,599 --> 00:18:51,880 I passed the highway that I turned off of and 325 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,759 continued until I found the third left and turned onto 326 00:18:54,799 --> 00:18:58,640 the gravel path. The path went into a small forest 327 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:02,680 of trees, and it was really dark. Again. I didn't 328 00:19:02,759 --> 00:19:05,279 like these areas at night, so I was definitely a 329 00:19:05,279 --> 00:19:09,960 little nervous driving down this isolated gravel road. Once I 330 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,759 started getting nervous, I began thinking about how strange it 331 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,200 was that the map had taken me so far in 332 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,960 the opposite direction of the house that the man claims 333 00:19:19,079 --> 00:19:23,119 is his actual address. I tried to bury those thoughts, 334 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,359 assuring myself that I was just overthinking it because I 335 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,400 was nervous. A couple minutes past, though, and there was 336 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,599 still no house in sight. At this point, I wasn't 337 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,039 even sure if I had turned down the right path, 338 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,400 but the trees were too close to the sides, so 339 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,880 I didn't have much room to turn around. Anyways. I 340 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,400 figured i'd continue down to the end, then called to 341 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,920 ask if I had the right place and turn around 342 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,039 there if not. Another minute or two went by before 343 00:19:52,039 --> 00:19:54,960 I finally reached the end as it merged into a 344 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,680 small circle driveway next to a house. I drove up 345 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,359 to the that led to the front door and parked 346 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,599 the car next to a four sale sign that was 347 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,519 put up in the front of the house. Seeing that, 348 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,039 I wasn't sure if I had the right house, but 349 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,799 I looked over at the front door and it was open, 350 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:15,759 and I could see someone further back wave at me. 351 00:20:16,599 --> 00:20:19,519 Figuring I was good, I grabbed the bag and started 352 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:23,000 making my way over to the door. As I stepped 353 00:20:23,039 --> 00:20:26,119 onto the porch and began putting the bag down, I 354 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,680 saw the man again down the hallway that led to 355 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,759 the kitchen. He politely asked me if I could set 356 00:20:31,759 --> 00:20:34,799 the food down on the kitchen counter, then quickly walked 357 00:20:34,799 --> 00:20:37,000 away as if he was in a rush, and then 358 00:20:37,039 --> 00:20:41,200 I heard him turn the sink on in the kitchen hesitantly. 359 00:20:41,599 --> 00:20:44,119 I took a step into the house and looked around. 360 00:20:45,319 --> 00:20:48,880 It was decorated with old furniture and accessories, but it 361 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:53,400 almost looked like it was completely unused. I quickly made 362 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,000 my way down the hall and into the kitchen, but 363 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,720 as soon as I got there, I noticed that the 364 00:20:58,759 --> 00:21:01,960 sink was still running, but the man was nowhere in sight. 365 00:21:02,839 --> 00:21:05,559 This made chills run down my body, and I quickly 366 00:21:05,559 --> 00:21:07,480 set the bag down on the counter and got out 367 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:10,559 of there as quick as I could. I could hear 368 00:21:10,599 --> 00:21:12,799 the man yell something from the front door as I 369 00:21:12,799 --> 00:21:15,440 got back in my car, but I couldn't understand what 370 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:18,359 he said. I put the car in drive and went 371 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,519 back out the way I came. I didn't stop driving 372 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,799 until I got to the parking lot of my apartment. 373 00:21:24,319 --> 00:21:26,720 Then I pulled my phone out and saw multiple missed 374 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:31,000 calls from that same number. I blocked the number, then 375 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,720 opened the delivery app so I could end my deliveries 376 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,319 for the night. But that's when I noticed that I 377 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,599 had messages from the customer through the app telling me 378 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,240 that I had turned the wrong way and that I 379 00:21:41,279 --> 00:21:44,799 was at the wrong house. I went into shock for 380 00:21:44,839 --> 00:21:47,519 a moment, realizing that the man that had called me 381 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,319 wasn't my actual customer and the house I was in 382 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,440 was just some stranger's house. I called the police immediately 383 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,799 and reported everything to them. An officer came to my 384 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,039 apartment to go over more details soon after. I had 385 00:22:02,079 --> 00:22:04,440 no idea how this man could have known that I 386 00:22:04,519 --> 00:22:07,039 was doing a delivery and had been able to see 387 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:11,000 my location. The officer said that my phone had likely 388 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:14,319 been hacked and that the man was probably monitoring everything 389 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,519 that I was doing. Hearing this made me really uncomfortable, 390 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,839 as if all that wasn't bad enough. The next day, 391 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,960 I was informed that the house I was at was 392 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,920 actually vacant, as it was for sale by the owners 393 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,839 who had moved out months ago. The man had apparently 394 00:22:30,839 --> 00:22:34,119 gotten in through an unlocked window in one of the rooms. 395 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,200 As of right now, they still haven't found anything significant 396 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,920 that could lead to finding the man, which makes me 397 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,960 feel really unsafe. I don't know for sure what the 398 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,359 man was trying to do, but I think it's a 399 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,839 pretty good assumption that he was probably planning on kidnapping me, 400 00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:55,079 or maybe even worse. I try not to think about 401 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,440 it too much, but I can't help but go over 402 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,599 all the horrible things that could have happened spened on 403 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:01,279 that night.