I was 15 and on a road trip with my grandparents it was just us three, it was a fun trip we went and saw the Grand Canyon and then drove to Las Vegas and stayed there a few days to do some stuff. I know Vegas can only be so fun for a 15 year old kid but we went to the huge M&M and Hershey stores and the aquarium and it was a lot of fun.
After Vegas we were to drive to San Francisco, the route we took was going to be driving straight through Yosemite National Park.
I don't remember what kind of things I had with me to occupy myself on that trip while on the road but to this day I'm just glad looking out the car window was more interesting to me than playing any game or reading any book.
We weren't quite inside the park yet it was a few miles to the entrance gate, as I'm looking out the window looking at the forest and mountains pass us by I notice a pale blue school bus that's parked on the dirt shoulder of the road. It's turned off and I didn't see anyone sitting in the drivers seat it looked abandoned to me. I thought it was interesting but paid it no mind.
Not even ten minutes after that my grandpa had to use the bathroom and pulled over to a little stop area that was a national park site and had signs about the area. I figure it's a good time to get out to stretch my legs and my grandma does the same. Only a few minutes after we stop I notice a car coming up the road.
It's that same pale blue school bus I saw parked on the side of the road. I didn't think anything of it at first until I realized it was stopping where we were stopped. To anyone else I imagine that they wouldn't give another thought about it but immediately I felt like something BAD was going to happen.
Never in my life had I felt the way that I did when I watched two men walk off that bus and start casually just walking around the rest area. The men looked young probably no older than 30.
My heart started racing, I felt a intense feeling of dread and terror well up inside of me. Everything in my brain and gut told me we had to leave and we had to leave NOW. I ran over to my grandpa who was looking at the nature signs that were around and I begged him "Can we leave?? I really want to leave right now please." I don't know if I sounded how I felt but to my relief my grandpa said we could go.
I stayed close to my grandparents and held onto my grandmas hand and practically dragged her with me to the car.
I didn't feel better until my grandpa had started the car again and we were moving, but I couldn't shake the feeling of anxiety.
I had always been wary of strangers but something about seeing that pale blue school bus parked on the side of the road and then seeing it again as it appeared to have followed us never sat right with me.
I have never shared this story with anybody until now mostly because my family always made fun of how paranoid I could get.
But even now I don't have a doubt in my mind that something horrible would have happened to me and my grandparents if I had not ushered us to leave as quickly as I did. Even now thinking back on it I still feel frightened about the whole thing.
Creepy guy sneaking on me
Yesterday I was at the beauty salon close to my house. When I was done, I headed home. I wanted a cigarette, but I was scared I'll get caught (my dad still doesn't know I'm smoking) so I went to an abandoned school.
That school has a yard in front and in the back. Back yard is very secluded so I knew nobody will see me smoke. I knew that place was kinda creepy (druggies meeting spot) and another red flag, my not easily scared friend told me never to go there alone.
Of course I went there. I called my bf so I could feel less alone. Now the place has two benches and a shed, which I checked before sitting at the benches. Behind the shed are woods and they are separated by tiny very movable fence. I'm chit chatting with bf and he tells me how long before I go back, he has a bad feeling. I laughed at him and showed my cigarette at the camera to show how little i have left.
In that moment i see a clouched guy sneaking from the woods. He was shirtless and I remember his necklace. Big guy and maybe 30-40 y o but I honestly don't remember his face. He tried to slowly go behind the shed and I saw him only because I lifted my cigarette up to my eyes. I had earphones and never once before looked up from my phone. When our eyes met, we both paused for a second and than I ran as fast as I could. My bf thought he wanted to rape or kill me. I tried to find a rational reason for his behavior but I couldn't. I wonder what he wanted to do, but I hope I never find out.