WEBVTT

1
00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:13.519
<v Speaker 1>In the mid nineteen nineties. I was working the second

2
00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:18.399
<v Speaker 1>patrol shift six pm to six am. It had been

3
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.120
<v Speaker 1>a slow night, which was the norm in this town.

4
00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:24.800
<v Speaker 1>I had finished doing my nightly checks, going door to

5
00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:29.359
<v Speaker 1>door in town, checking locks and handles and windows and alleyways.

6
00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:33.840
<v Speaker 1>The thrift store sat silent and calm, with their antiques

7
00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:38.439
<v Speaker 1>and quilts perfectly in place. The barbershop was empty and quiet,

8
00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:42.320
<v Speaker 1>with just a candy striped glass lighting the doorway. The

9
00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:45.640
<v Speaker 1>gas station was barely lit. It was calm and clear

10
00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:50.320
<v Speaker 1>of activity. Everything in our town was asleep. It was

11
00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:53.880
<v Speaker 1>closing in on midnight. It was the last round I

12
00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.520
<v Speaker 1>would make before taking a break and parking so I

13
00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.439
<v Speaker 1>could finish filling out my paperwork for the evening. That

14
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.079
<v Speaker 1>had been my nightly routine for some time now, and

15
00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:06.319
<v Speaker 1>I had no reason to suspect anything would be different.

16
00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.200
<v Speaker 1>I drove around the town for a moment and then

17
00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.680
<v Speaker 1>parked by the Masonic lodge in the church. It was

18
00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:16.840
<v Speaker 1>a quiet corner, as every corner was at night in

19
00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.400
<v Speaker 1>that town. It was just a touch after midnight when

20
00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.920
<v Speaker 1>I felt the impact. I just knew some drunk a

21
00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.719
<v Speaker 1>hole had violated the peace of this quiet place. And

22
00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:32.239
<v Speaker 1>t bone my beautiful patrol car. My pin in paperwork

23
00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.319
<v Speaker 1>lay strewn all over the inside of the car. Everything

24
00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.719
<v Speaker 1>was scattered. I looked up in the rear view mirror,

25
00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:41.680
<v Speaker 1>ready to see the carnage, but I couldn't make out

26
00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.159
<v Speaker 1>the headlights. And that is what I could not comprehend.

27
00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.159
<v Speaker 1>I unbuckled and looked out the window to make sure

28
00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.840
<v Speaker 1>it was safe to exit the vehicle. I didn't see anything.

29
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:56.159
<v Speaker 1>The rear end of my car was knocked four feet

30
00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.719
<v Speaker 1>from the curb and into the middle of the road.

31
00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:03.040
<v Speaker 1>I got out, and I thought about radioing for EMS,

32
00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:06.079
<v Speaker 1>but I wanted to assess the driver of the other

33
00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:12.400
<v Speaker 1>vehicle first. What I will never forget. The silence was deafening,

34
00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.159
<v Speaker 1>and there was no other car. There was no driver,

35
00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:19.639
<v Speaker 1>no accident, there was nothing. I looked at my patrol car.

36
00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.159
<v Speaker 1>There was no damage, not a single scratch or dent,

37
00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:30.120
<v Speaker 1>not a dust cloud, no tire marks, absolutely nothing. No wonder.

38
00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.039
<v Speaker 1>I didn't see it coming. I didn't even know what

39
00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:37.280
<v Speaker 1>it was. I walked around my patrol car and stepped

40
00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.759
<v Speaker 1>back in complete shock. Sure enough, my car had been

41
00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.039
<v Speaker 1>shifted almost four feet horizontally and several feet forward. I

42
00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.479
<v Speaker 1>just stood there. I couldn't move, I couldn't radio it in.

43
00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.400
<v Speaker 1>There was nothing to report. Somehow, some way, something had

44
00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.759
<v Speaker 1>violently slammed into my car and moved it in a

45
00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:02.319
<v Speaker 1>way that was utterly impossible. It's a night I will

46
00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:05.520
<v Speaker 1>not forget, and I have been very forthcoming about it.

47
00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.360
<v Speaker 1>I have nothing to hide, and in all my years

48
00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.599
<v Speaker 1>as an officer, this is the strangest and craziest experience

49
00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:16.439
<v Speaker 1>I ever had. If anyone asked me about it, I

50
00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.879
<v Speaker 1>tell them exactly what happened, and I recall every detail

51
00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.719
<v Speaker 1>as if it were yesterday. I don't know if it

52
00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.280
<v Speaker 1>was the town, the intersection, or if my patrol car

53
00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.479
<v Speaker 1>and I had been bothering something by sitting there, but

54
00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.280
<v Speaker 1>whatever it was, it sure showed me that night that

55
00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.840
<v Speaker 1>I didn't need to park there again. And I remembered

56
00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.680
<v Speaker 1>that it honestly felt like someone had picked up my

57
00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:44.639
<v Speaker 1>cruiser and slung it straight into the middle of the street.

58
00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.240
<v Speaker 1>I'll never be able to explain it. One of my

59
00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:53.879
<v Speaker 1>coworkers has his own story, and it's crazier than mine.

60
00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:58.039
<v Speaker 1>Two officers were working one night in town, one younger

61
00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:01.240
<v Speaker 1>and the other more seasoned. This would have been around

62
00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:04.719
<v Speaker 1>the late nineteen nineties on a weekend. Since there was

63
00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.240
<v Speaker 1>more than one officer on patrol, both officers were at

64
00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.439
<v Speaker 1>the police station in the center of town, reviewing the

65
00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:17.160
<v Speaker 1>day's calls and completing last minute paperwork. It was just

66
00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:21.000
<v Speaker 1>a bit before midnight when a stereotypical hippie looking van

67
00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:24.839
<v Speaker 1>pulled up in front of the station. Both officers could

68
00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:27.839
<v Speaker 1>see the van clearly through the front window, and they

69
00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:31.480
<v Speaker 1>watched in amazement as a young couple exited, looking as

70
00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.600
<v Speaker 1>if they had stepped out of a nineteen sixties film.

71
00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.079
<v Speaker 1>They were dressed in perfect vintage attire, right down to

72
00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.879
<v Speaker 1>the tie down of peace signs and the fringe and

73
00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.160
<v Speaker 1>the bell bottoms. The two officers looked at each other

74
00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:50.480
<v Speaker 1>in confusion at the sight of everything. The first officer

75
00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.560
<v Speaker 1>opened the door for the young couple and welcomed them inside.

76
00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.079
<v Speaker 1>He and the other officer asked if they were okay,

77
00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:59.959
<v Speaker 1>and the couple explained that they were lost and try

78
00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.519
<v Speaker 1>to find an address in the next town over. These

79
00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:07.839
<v Speaker 1>officers said that the couple spoke just as if they

80
00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:11.720
<v Speaker 1>were from that time period as well. They thought that

81
00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.560
<v Speaker 1>maybe they were on their way to a seventies themed

82
00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.759
<v Speaker 1>event of some sort, and they were taking the rolls

83
00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:22.959
<v Speaker 1>pretty seriously. The officer decided to draw a crude map

84
00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.480
<v Speaker 1>for the couple to follow so that they could find

85
00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.639
<v Speaker 1>their way. The couple smiled the whole time and were

86
00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.759
<v Speaker 1>pleasant as could be, and then they thanked the officers

87
00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.720
<v Speaker 1>and headed out the door. As they left, the younger

88
00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.399
<v Speaker 1>officer noticed that they had forgotten the paper with the directions.

89
00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:42.759
<v Speaker 1>He quickly snatched it up and grabbed the door before

90
00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.800
<v Speaker 1>it was even halfway closed behind the couple, and he

91
00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.759
<v Speaker 1>reached out to hand it to them. But there at

92
00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.800
<v Speaker 1>the door, he froze and his jaw dropped. The older

93
00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:56.920
<v Speaker 1>officer said that he saw his face literally turn white,

94
00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:01.279
<v Speaker 1>his mouth gaped open and awe He rushed over to

95
00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:03.399
<v Speaker 1>see what was wrong and saw that the van and

96
00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:07.480
<v Speaker 1>the couple had vanished. He looked at his partner and

97
00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:11.360
<v Speaker 1>asked where they were. The young officer replied, shakily in

98
00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:15.680
<v Speaker 1>a whisper, I think we just saw a ghost. The

99
00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.839
<v Speaker 1>older officer looked at him, confused. He was unable to understand,

100
00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:22.879
<v Speaker 1>what do you mean? Where did they go? He said?

101
00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.720
<v Speaker 1>It slowly downed on the older officer that his colleague

102
00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.879
<v Speaker 1>was right. There was no possible way that the couple

103
00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:34.160
<v Speaker 1>could have walked the twenty feet to the van, started

104
00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:36.759
<v Speaker 1>it up, and driven off in the two seconds that

105
00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.439
<v Speaker 1>it took for the young officer to snatch the paper

106
00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:42.600
<v Speaker 1>up and hand it out to them. The door hadn't

107
00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.560
<v Speaker 1>even finished closing behind them by the time he made

108
00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:50.160
<v Speaker 1>it there with the directions. Both officers felt a chill

109
00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.639
<v Speaker 1>run up their spines, and they just stood there, dumbfounded.

110
00:06:54.399 --> 00:06:56.480
<v Speaker 1>They looked all around and even ran up to the

111
00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:00.839
<v Speaker 1>area where the van had been parked had just begun

112
00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.720
<v Speaker 1>to settle on the pavement and the surrounding grass, but

113
00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:07.120
<v Speaker 1>there was no evidence of any vehicle having been parked there.

114
00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:12.759
<v Speaker 1>Nothing had been disturbed. There were no tire prints, no footprints,

115
00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.720
<v Speaker 1>not even one lonely drop of condensation from a tailpipe

116
00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:21.199
<v Speaker 1>or anything. Both officers admit that it was the strangest

117
00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.920
<v Speaker 1>and most unexplainable thing they had ever witnessed, and it

118
00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.279
<v Speaker 1>is etched into their brains and mine to this day.

119
00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.639
<v Speaker 1>The younger officer stated, I still wonder to this day

120
00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:37.000
<v Speaker 1>if they made it to their destination. I have heard

121
00:07:37.040 --> 00:07:41.279
<v Speaker 1>you mentioned that people accuse you of writing all these stories.

122
00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.399
<v Speaker 1>Yes they do. I would like to. I would like

123
00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:47.639
<v Speaker 1>these people to consider that it has taken me days

124
00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:50.199
<v Speaker 1>to write this one. I had to sit down and

125
00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.439
<v Speaker 1>to think about every little aspect, remember every word in

126
00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.600
<v Speaker 1>every event, not to mention that when I discussed my

127
00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:00.600
<v Speaker 1>own experiences, it takes a toll on me to relive

128
00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:05.360
<v Speaker 1>those moments all over again. To have some stranger accuse

129
00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:10.720
<v Speaker 1>my story of being made up is discrediting. Is discrediting

130
00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:14.439
<v Speaker 1>and disrespectful to me and those of us brave enough

131
00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:17.560
<v Speaker 1>to share what we went through. Now, I share these

132
00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:19.920
<v Speaker 1>memories with you because I have been listening to you

133
00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.639
<v Speaker 1>for some time now, and I trust you more than

134
00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.120
<v Speaker 1>anyone to tell my true stories, as I've held them

135
00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:30.160
<v Speaker 1>inside for far too long. I need more than anything

136
00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.960
<v Speaker 1>to share them with someone, and I'm thankful that it

137
00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:37.200
<v Speaker 1>is you and your community. My wife's cousin now follows

138
00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.200
<v Speaker 1>you as well, and we love you, Cam and we

139
00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.279
<v Speaker 1>thank you for allowing us to share these memories with you.

140
00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.480
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for taking the time to read them. You

141
00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.559
<v Speaker 1>help more than you will ever know. I will write

142
00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.720
<v Speaker 1>more about our little community as soon as I am able,

143
00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:54.879
<v Speaker 1>and I'll tell you about a ten foot caped figure

144
00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.960
<v Speaker 1>that haunts the town and it SLINKs from tree to tree.

145
00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:03.600
<v Speaker 1>God bless you. Oh, thank you to the writer for that. Yes,

146
00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:07.080
<v Speaker 1>that's true. I've been accused that I write all these stories,

147
00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.679
<v Speaker 1>and I've written a couple, but not good grief. I've

148
00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:14.440
<v Speaker 1>done thousands of stories on here, and you're right, writing

149
00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:17.799
<v Speaker 1>takes a long time. I mean, there's no way. I

150
00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:21.000
<v Speaker 1>don't think there's any way one person could write enough

151
00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.639
<v Speaker 1>to keep enough content going at least as much as

152
00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.679
<v Speaker 1>I do. It would be more than a full time

153
00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:31.200
<v Speaker 1>job to write all these but these ghost stories that

154
00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:36.279
<v Speaker 1>he just described or oh, it's like a Halloween story

155
00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:39.840
<v Speaker 1>and we're getting close to Halloween. Today is October eleven.

156
00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:43.440
<v Speaker 1>So I appreciate the writer for sending this. It was wonderful.

157
00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:47.720
<v Speaker 1>It was titled police Officer ghost Stories, and it was

158
00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:52.039
<v Speaker 1>just perfect, perfect for this channel, and it's old. I've

159
00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.360
<v Speaker 1>had it for a long time and I'm just now

160
00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:57.639
<v Speaker 1>getting to it, so thank you very much for sending

161
00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:02.000
<v Speaker 1>it in Then, from Joe will Das