''I’ve Seen some Strange Things as a Truck Driver'' | EXCLUSIVE TRUE STORIES [DR CREEPEN’S VAULT ]

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[Music] wherever you are in the world<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> you're doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I wish you a very</font> happy holiday<font color="#CCCCCC"> season and what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> better way</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> celebrate</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and with a collection</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> ostensibly true stories<font color="#E5E5E5"> all taken from</font> dr. creepers<font color="#E5E5E5"> vault the subreddit I set</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> could share stories with me I</font> could read them all for you now we have an<font color="#E5E5E5"> incredible collection of six stories</font> this evening<font color="#E5E5E5"> ranging from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> u.s. Navy</font> veterans through to truck<font color="#CCCCCC"> drivers and</font> medical<font color="#CCCCCC"> careers so my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> friends it's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">time once again to sit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back and relax</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> your favorite drink and listen I</font> [Music] want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> begin</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> by saying that I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> an<font color="#E5E5E5"> over-the-road trucker for the past</font> two years now ever<font color="#E5E5E5"> since I was 21 and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">honestly love what I do</font> even if it's for ungrateful people but during the past<font color="#E5E5E5"> two years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I've seen some</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">unnatural things on the road things that</font> have things<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> real</font> explanation<font color="#E5E5E5"> some feel evil others just</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">onward I'll begin with the one that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">people who are or who have family and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> the industry have experienced or at least have heard of the black<font color="#E5E5E5"> dark</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I won't go into too much detail but in</font> every<font color="#CCCCCC"> commercial driver has to follow</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hours of service regulations stating you</font> can drive no more than<font color="#E5E5E5"> 11</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a day</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> you can't be on duty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> than 14 if</font> either a met it requires a<font color="#E5E5E5"> 10-hour rest</font> break seeing the<font color="#CCCCCC"> black dog</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is caused by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your brain forcing a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> shutdown because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">fatigue while you're driving it happened</font> so quickly<font color="#E5E5E5"> you fall asleep with your</font> eyes open <font color="#CCCCCC">blending reality</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the dream state</font> causing hallucinations<font color="#E5E5E5"> the old wives</font> tale states that if you see the black dog<font color="#CCCCCC"> well it's time to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get some rest</font> some say the dog is there to protect <font color="#E5E5E5">people from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> getting into accidents</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sort</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of like a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> guardian</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> angel but after this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">experience</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think there's more to it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> than</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything previously stated six months</font> in has an over-the-road driver<font color="#CCCCCC"> I had a</font> delivery<font color="#E5E5E5"> to make in Tonawanda New York</font> and was coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> up through Pennsylvania</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on one of the state routes it was right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">around 10:00 p.m. and I still had about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">three hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> left to drive I can't stress</font> this part enough I wasn't even<font color="#CCCCCC"> remotely</font> tired<font color="#E5E5E5"> I came around a winding set of</font> curves on this route through the forest <font color="#CCCCCC">I came</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around a blind left curve and</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> I saw a black dog come darting out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into the road</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was traveling at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 50</font> miles an<font color="#E5E5E5"> hour</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with forty two thousand</font> nine<font color="#CCCCCC"> hundred pounds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the trailer there</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> no way I could stop in time I</font> stabbed into the brakes and<font color="#E5E5E5"> then I felt</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the thought yes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I felt the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> truck hit</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this dog there's no way it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> would survive</font> being hit by<font color="#CCCCCC"> seventy six thousand pounds</font> at 50<font color="#E5E5E5"> miles an hour when I finally came</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to a stop</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> about 400 feet later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I pulled</font> off as far<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right as I could and</font> turned on<font color="#CCCCCC"> my four ways</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I stepped down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">out of the truck walked around to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">front no damage no blood no scratches</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I walked all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the way back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to where I'd</font> hit the<font color="#CCCCCC"> dock</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no blood no mangled mess</font> with bone and fur there was nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> went back<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> grabbed my flashlight out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of the truck and started heading to</font> where<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hit it to look around if it</font> was someone's dog<font color="#E5E5E5"> they had a right to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">know what had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I searched for</font> this dog for 30 minutes and found nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was completely confused but I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gave up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> search turn to walk back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> my truck<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I turned I got chills down</font> my spine<font color="#CCCCCC"> the hairs on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back of my</font> neck<font color="#E5E5E5"> stood up when I broke out in a cold</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sweat</font> the dog was sitting<font color="#CCCCCC"> just below</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font> driver's side mirror staring at me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> could only see<font color="#CCCCCC"> it because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the amber</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mark the light on the side of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> truck</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> decided to shine my flashlight<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> dog but as soon<font color="#CCCCCC"> as the beam of light</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hit</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it it just vanished</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my gut told me</font> it was time<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out of Dodge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I ran</font> back<font color="#CCCCCC"> to my truck climbed inside</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> locked</font> the doors release my brakes<font color="#CCCCCC"> and booked it down the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">run for the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next five miles I swear I</font> kept seeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> this black dog on the side</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> the road just staring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back up at me</font> something didn't feel right<font color="#E5E5E5"> about it at</font> all<font color="#CCCCCC"> it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> always staring at me always</font> expressionless<font color="#E5E5E5"> they didn't do anything</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> sitting there but it would disappear</font> and then I see it<font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a fear I've never felt before started</font> creeping up on<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> legitimately</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scared at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that point</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I didn't know what</font> to do there<font color="#E5E5E5"> was nowhere with enough</font> space for a 73 foot combination vehicle <font color="#CCCCCC">to turn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around this delivery needed to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">happen so as they say when I kept on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">trucking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 15 miles later</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weird things</font> started to happen<font color="#E5E5E5"> my interior lights</font> would turn<font color="#CCCCCC"> himself off for Nam</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my head</font> lights would flicker erratically <font color="#CCCCCC">I began to lose air pressure from my</font> brakes<font color="#E5E5E5"> which is not good</font> if your air pressure drops below 20<font color="#E5E5E5"> to a</font> 40 psi<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's not enough air pressure</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to keep the springs held back from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">applying both</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the truck and trailer</font> brakes full<font color="#E5E5E5"> force</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I got down to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 60 psi</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the lower air warning light came on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> I pulled over<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the side of the road</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">applied my brakes and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> four</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ways got out</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> check what was making me lose air</font> pressure all of my<font color="#E5E5E5"> air lines were</font> severed it looked as if<font color="#E5E5E5"> they were bitten</font> clean<font color="#CCCCCC"> in half the air lines on big</font> trucks<font color="#CCCCCC"> are designed to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> withstand 150 psi</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have outward pressure and something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> bit them<font color="#CCCCCC"> in half like it was nothing I'd</font> notified dispatch with a<font color="#E5E5E5"> breakdown put</font> out my reflective triangles<font color="#CCCCCC"> and waited</font> an hour had passed and I didn't see a <font color="#E5E5E5">damn thing</font> another 18-wheeler was coming up in my room<font color="#E5E5E5"> so I switched on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> CB into channel</font> 19 which<font color="#E5E5E5"> is the common channel and radio</font> to keep<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the left as there was a very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">small shoulder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was about halfway into</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lane of travel he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> radio back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ten-four thanks for the heads up driver</font> everything<font color="#E5E5E5"> all right</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> I radio back yeah</font> airlines<font color="#CCCCCC"> have busted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> wedding on the</font> record to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get he didn't respond after</font> that he came past me<font color="#E5E5E5"> without slowing</font> down easily doing<font color="#E5E5E5"> 60 in a 45 zone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> watched him follow the curve to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> left</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> brake flights</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I heard the screeching of tires and</font> watched as he swerved off the road and <font color="#E5E5E5">into her pine tree I climbed out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of my</font> truck<font color="#CCCCCC"> and ran</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the truck was</font> smashed in and a branch was pierced through the windshield<font color="#CCCCCC"> I quickly opened</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the driver door and there I saw</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it</font> the branch had<font color="#CCCCCC"> impaled him through the</font> shoulder just<font color="#E5E5E5"> above the armpit blood was</font> leaking out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the area but the branch</font> was acting like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a plug almost preventing</font> excessive blood loss the driver was unconscious<font color="#CCCCCC"> I immediately</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">called 9-1-1</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> him the state route</font> and mile marker<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the accident the</font> nature of<font color="#E5E5E5"> his wounds they notified EMS</font> from the state<font color="#E5E5E5"> police right away 20</font> minutes later they arrived they had<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">use a saw to cut the branch both</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">front and behind the driver they had to</font> carry<font color="#CCCCCC"> him down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from the truck</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the</font> gurney<font color="#E5E5E5"> he finally came to he started</font> crying <font color="#E5E5E5">not out of pain but remorse the only</font> thing he kept saying was did I hit her did<font color="#E5E5E5"> I hit that poor girl</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was taken</font> aback<font color="#E5E5E5"> by shock the last house I'd passed</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> three miles away</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and there were no</font> houses<font color="#E5E5E5"> in sight of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this stretch of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> road<font color="#E5E5E5"> the ambulance rushed him off to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> hospital<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> police notified the towing</font> company to come and get<font color="#E5E5E5"> X truck and</font> called his company<font color="#E5E5E5"> to inform them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I gave</font> the State Police my witness statements <font color="#CCCCCC">and shortly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after the wrecker</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from my</font> truck arrived<font color="#E5E5E5"> along with a relay</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> driver</font> to finish my delivery the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Terman took a</font> look at my<font color="#CCCCCC"> airlines</font> all he said was<font color="#CCCCCC"> he is sorry</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't you</font> the dark you saw it <font color="#CCCCCC">shakin I replied yes all I got back was</font> it saved your life<font color="#E5E5E5"> kid remember that we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">got the truck hooked up and I was on my</font> way<font color="#E5E5E5"> having it towed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a dealership</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> 30 miles</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away that was the last</font> time<font color="#E5E5E5"> I ever saw the blacktop well so far</font> at<font color="#CCCCCC"> least</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I don't know what it is what it</font> wants<font color="#E5E5E5"> why it chooses who it does all I</font> know is that it saved my life <font color="#CCCCCC">so if in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your travels you ever see the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">black dog pull</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over immediately I have</font> plenty<font color="#CCCCCC"> more stories to tell but I don't</font> know if people<font color="#CCCCCC"> want to hear them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> let me</font> know and I'll<font color="#CCCCCC"> try</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to get more written</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down Oh</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after doing some research and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> houses to where this took place</font> well there aren't<font color="#E5E5E5"> any family homes no</font> children <font color="#CCCCCC">what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soil</font> this event takes<font color="#CCCCCC"> place about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">months after the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Black Dog</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> incident</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> I still just<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't understand what</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happened to this day I was traveling</font> through<font color="#CCCCCC"> a very rural part</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of Iowa later</font> at night<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably around 10:00</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> p.m. I</font> was doing my<font color="#CCCCCC"> best to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> avoid interstates</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> US routes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because the trailer I was</font> pulling did not have sliding tandems<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> as a result my trailer axle was overweight I didn't want to be hit<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> a thousand dollar<font color="#E5E5E5"> fine and an axe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> level</font> weight on my CSA score as a result of <font color="#CCCCCC">having to pull into a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> weigh station</font> for those of you who don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> know a lot</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">about Iowa</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's a very flat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stay for the</font> most part it's also home<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the world's</font> largest<font color="#E5E5E5"> truck stop the Iowa 80 got</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stopped there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> previously to pick up a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> things and visit the truckers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Museum</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's a place I'd recommend anyone to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">visit trucker or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know I'd</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> left there and</font> began my travels again avoiding<font color="#E5E5E5"> roads</font> that were weight restricted or had low clearance locations most trailers stand <font color="#CCCCCC">thirteen foot six inches</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and anytime</font> clearance is close to that on a bridge <font color="#E5E5E5">it's a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Parker mainly because in some</font> places<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> roads get repaved</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and they</font> don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> update clearance height</font> notifications<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was about 30 miles</font> away<font color="#CCCCCC"> from any municipality</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in all</font> directions<font color="#CCCCCC"> when my CB radio</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> studied</font> playing various<font color="#CCCCCC"> pitches of static</font> usually this<font color="#E5E5E5"> means someone is talking on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the CB but they're out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of range I pulled</font> my mic off<font color="#E5E5E5"> the hanger and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> tried to</font> communicate<font color="#CCCCCC"> I got no response I still</font> kept hearing the various pitches<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> static<font color="#E5E5E5"> I continued driving and came upon</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">an underpass</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> - a road that had no</font> clearance<font color="#E5E5E5"> high notifications</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> immediately pulled<font color="#E5E5E5"> off to the side</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font> the road not wanting the top of my trailer to look like the lid of an open can of sardines<font color="#CCCCCC"> I checked my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Road atlas</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the road I was on no clearance</font> restrictions<font color="#E5E5E5"> and this was a brand new</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Atlas the bridge in front of me look</font> very<font color="#CCCCCC"> old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not seeing anything to suggest</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I didn't have the clearance</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a slowly crept forward under</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the bridge</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was relieved to fully clear the bridge</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and continue driving and that relief was</font> surely I looked<font color="#E5E5E5"> into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my Maris after</font> passing under<font color="#CCCCCC"> the bridge and a chill</font> crept up my spine<font color="#E5E5E5"> there was no bridge</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's when things started getting</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">really weird I looked back forward and</font> realized there were<font color="#CCCCCC"> no houses no trees</font> no mailboxes<font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cows</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or anything worth</font> more<font color="#E5E5E5"> just this long stretch of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> road</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when my CB began to ring out with</font> very<font color="#E5E5E5"> old timey</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> music it was blaring in</font> volume<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I turned it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I immediately</font> pulled over again<font color="#E5E5E5"> got out my phone no</font> reception<font color="#E5E5E5"> my Qualcomm had no connection</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my GPS had no satellite signal my normal</font> radio had shut off<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I tried making</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">calls and sending</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> messages through</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> Qualcomm calls didn't get through<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> messages didn't send I had no choice but <font color="#CCCCCC">to drive this seemingly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> endless stretch</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> road so I kept driving after about an</font> hour<font color="#CCCCCC"> I realized that nothing was</font> changing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the moon in the sky hadn't</font> moved<font color="#E5E5E5"> my fuel hadn't gone down still</font> nothing but<font color="#E5E5E5"> road and fields off to the</font> sides<font color="#CCCCCC"> I continued to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> drive my Qualcomm</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> non-functioning now at this point I</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> to hell with the hours of service</font> regulations I drove eight more hours<font color="#E5E5E5"> until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was so</font> tired<font color="#E5E5E5"> I couldn't drive anymore</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I decided it best to shut down and try</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get some sleep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then it hit me the</font> entire<font color="#CCCCCC"> time I've been out here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I hadn't</font> been<font color="#E5E5E5"> hungry or thirsty nothing seemed to</font> change at all<font color="#CCCCCC"> I laid awake for a while</font> before<font color="#CCCCCC"> finally falling</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asleep</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I woke up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with the Rising Sun</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I sat up</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> realize that things weren't right I</font> woke<font color="#E5E5E5"> up in a bed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> inside a room</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">undoubtedly inside a house</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone</font> walked inside<font color="#E5E5E5"> the room and said good</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">morning sweetie</font> breakfast is<font color="#E5E5E5"> ready downstairs I found</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> undying urge to call her mom so I</font> did<font color="#CCCCCC"> I told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her I'll be down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a minute</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she was wearing a dress similar to that</font> you'd see<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the 1920s</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I realized</font> everything here was wrong but<font color="#E5E5E5"> I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being assimilated into this kid's life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> couldn't do anything about<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font> panic questions would pop up<font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> head</font> but I could<font color="#CCCCCC"> never voice them it was as</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">if I was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seat and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone</font> else was<font color="#CCCCCC"> driving I remember</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> crying in my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">head but the tears never fell from my</font> eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> I lived for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 70 years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in that</font> existence in time I'd come<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know my</font> name<font color="#CCCCCC"> was Edward I graduate high school</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fell in love</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> got married had</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> kids had a</font> stable<font color="#CCCCCC"> job</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> became a grandfather</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> died<font color="#CCCCCC"> I lived</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> every single day of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> existence always knowing it wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> right</font> but not<font color="#E5E5E5"> being able to do anything about</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> for almost 26,000 days I'd missed my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">family so much in my head I'd cried</font> every single day knowing I would<font color="#E5E5E5"> never</font> see<font color="#E5E5E5"> my family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> despair I felt</font> growing every<font color="#CCCCCC"> day</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was unimaginable</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eventually I just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> stopped caring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">tried</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to enjoy as much of this life as I</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> where my eyes closed that final</font> time<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was awoken</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> by a loud tapping</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sale</font> I was back<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my truck and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a wave</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> hunger and thirst so intense hit me that it buckled me<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my knees I went to my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">window</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> there was a state trooper</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">requesting for me to get moving</font> so I started driving<font color="#E5E5E5"> again and pulled</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">over at the nearest area I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I ate</font> and drank like I hadn't eaten anything <font color="#E5E5E5">in years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I looked down at my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> phone I had</font> 17 missed calls<font color="#CCCCCC"> ten from dispatch</font> five from my mother<font color="#CCCCCC"> and two from some</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">random number four days of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> past</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">asleep on the side of this road for four</font> days<font color="#E5E5E5"> after living another life for 17</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">years I refuse</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to IR</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> anymore</font> dispatch doesn't send me<font color="#E5E5E5"> there I've</font> never<font color="#CCCCCC"> told them what happened I never</font> tried<font color="#CCCCCC"> to do any research</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on what</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> did not want to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know about it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm now still wary of any bridge or</font> underpass<font color="#E5E5E5"> regardless of whether it's in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">a populated area or not the last</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> parties</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to this day</font> sometimes still have<font color="#CCCCCC"> trouble remembering</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that my name isn't</font> let me begin<font color="#CCCCCC"> by saying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the US Navy sadly</font> has among the highest divorce and suicide<font color="#E5E5E5"> rates of any profession the long</font> and extended deployments the stress of <font color="#E5E5E5">little to no communication with the</font> outside world<font color="#CCCCCC"> while overseas or the</font> little<font color="#CCCCCC"> amazing things we</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font> granted on land<font color="#E5E5E5"> the luxuries you just</font> can't bring onto a ship<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the many</font> other sacrifices<font color="#E5E5E5"> including not seeing</font> loved ones<font color="#E5E5E5"> for a very long time well</font> enough bitching we know what we<font color="#E5E5E5"> signed</font> up<font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> alright</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so now you have an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> idea</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or a glimpse perhaps on why it can be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> stressful<font color="#CCCCCC"> that of course is also</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> taking</font> into<font color="#CCCCCC"> account the job and the burdens</font> that come<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the territory</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> well we</font> won't<font color="#E5E5E5"> be going into too much</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that no you see this story</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> death<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the hereafter is there such a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">thing you asked years ago I may not have</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> so as I've</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> always questioned</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything when tried to rationalize</font> probably what<font color="#E5E5E5"> got me into trouble the</font> most questioning<font color="#CCCCCC"> Authority and such</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">however this event and those which</font> followed have certainly<font color="#E5E5E5"> changed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that for</font> me<font color="#E5E5E5"> no I've never told this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> story or any</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">others</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like it to anyone</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I've never</font> wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to open</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up about them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so consider</font> yourself<font color="#E5E5E5"> my audience</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be my therapists</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my own personal life draft anyway I</font> digress<font color="#E5E5E5"> imagine if you will you're on a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">floating prison</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a million</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and nautical</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">miles from anywhere</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a 900 foot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> massive</font> warship with<font color="#CCCCCC"> twenty levels</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">well decks on these tanks fighter jets</font> and several thousand sailors and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Marines</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ships so large in size even the most</font> experienced scurvy pirate be last there are so many hidden compartments<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">almost impossible to explore all the</font> entire<font color="#CCCCCC"> beast and I'd ask</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one to</font> attempt<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do so lest ye be ready to</font> lose your money the hallways on a ship<font color="#CCCCCC"> pys they're</font> called very narrow<font color="#E5E5E5"> the space is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> limited</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> such a vessel for precious cargo and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the like this detail</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is important as it</font> dictates the foot traffic<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the</font> actions of said personnel when navigating<font color="#E5E5E5"> a ship you always always</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">always let the superior officer or</font> enlisted person pass you as you slam your<font color="#E5E5E5"> back against the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is a</font> sign<font color="#E5E5E5"> of respect and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> long standing Navy</font> tradition<font color="#E5E5E5"> now at night all lights go out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you've only bought a dim red light</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">throughout the ship to illuminate your</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">path if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to step outside say</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">onto the flight deck of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the ship you</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> look in every</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> direction and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> see</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">nothing but the vast dark empty abyss</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is the unforgiving ocean very dark</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and dangerous to be out this time at</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">night midnight comes and I'm on watch</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> battle watch captain needs something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">oh god please</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't pick me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think to</font> myself<font color="#E5E5E5"> this place gives me the creeps</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">damn I'm that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chosen one or at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> least for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this mission</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I might time to take and</font> they're all great<font color="#E5E5E5"> we are out of printer</font> paper again don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> know what this means</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'll have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to travel</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the lowest decks</font> of the ship in the<font color="#CCCCCC"> middle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> unforgiving darkness and the ever so <font color="#CCCCCC">empty p weighs on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my quest to seek the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">holy grail</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> which in this case is copy</font> paper I'm all alone on<font color="#E5E5E5"> this one or so I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thought</font> I<font color="#E5E5E5"> begin my voyage to the stairs that are</font> marked<font color="#E5E5E5"> captain's stairway or something</font> to that effect <font color="#CCCCCC">hmm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's late no one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on tho your sides</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's a long way around</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't want to</font> be gone too long<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was a major</font> shortcut certainly he'll be<font color="#E5E5E5"> yelled at if</font> I'm caught well I made<font color="#E5E5E5"> my way down there</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">very steep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not quite nice narrow steps</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">until I reach the deck</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where I have to</font> get to in<font color="#E5E5E5"> order to retrieve my supplies</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I eventually find the compartment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> which</font> by the way is not<font color="#CCCCCC"> marked</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> and there's no lights well I</font> may not have<font color="#E5E5E5"> service but my cell phone</font> has<font color="#CCCCCC"> a flashlight at least so I fire up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that bad boy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> has a scar around for what</font> I need<font color="#CCCCCC"> where</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I just noticed s-- there's</font> no one in<font color="#E5E5E5"> here</font> normally a<font color="#CCCCCC"> supply officer is in these</font> quarters<font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah well</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I think I need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">grab</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my shit sign the paper and get the</font> hell out of here only<font color="#E5E5E5"> I wasn't alone I</font> hear what I can only describe as a man parenting<font color="#CCCCCC"> your</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> faint</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> deep breaths like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they're fighting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for air and I hear</font> rustling<font color="#CCCCCC"> then what sounded</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> someone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">struggling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I look around I open all the</font> doors I see move every large object that could obstruct someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> after all it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pitch black all of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sudden it goes</font> quiet<font color="#CCCCCC"> I see</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what appeared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be two dark</font> figures and then a<font color="#E5E5E5"> loud bang it's like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">metal slamming down against another</font> object or what sounds like a construction<font color="#E5E5E5"> site I looked the fuck out</font> of there<font color="#E5E5E5"> ran like hell</font> as I felt<font color="#E5E5E5"> eyes watching me as if my</font> every move was being fired<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ran so fast</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in the darkness I dropped my supplies</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I come for my heart</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> beating as</font> if I was escaping<font color="#E5E5E5"> gunfire something is</font> after<font color="#CCCCCC"> me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought am I going insane I</font> hear<font color="#CCCCCC"> footsteps nearing me as I make my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">way back to my workspace</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and again it</font> goes quiet<font color="#E5E5E5"> as if nothing had happened</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> arrived back<font color="#CCCCCC"> on my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> watch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> empty-handed</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">looking pale and out of breath</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font> happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> where the hell's my shit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> chief asks I began to explain the <font color="#CCCCCC">situation but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he stopped me shook his</font> head and<font color="#E5E5E5"> look down</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">fuck</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thought to myself I'm already on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thin ice with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this guy and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then emotions</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> me to come closer</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and I sit beside him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he quietly begins</font> to scold<font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I sit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down with my eyes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wide</font> open<font color="#CCCCCC"> a dumb expression on my face</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as he</font> informs me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I was never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to go back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> that space again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why not chief</font> yes<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's evil son pure evil</font> didn't anyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell you he looked at me</font> puzzled <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nodded unsure quite dumb head side to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">side still breathing heavily and said</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">quietly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no chief what the hell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is down</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> I like to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> found out there was a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">murder/suicide down in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that space some</font> type of<font color="#CCCCCC"> love affair I suppose and a lot</font> of guilt<font color="#E5E5E5"> that followed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't know the</font> full<font color="#CCCCCC"> details</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> surrounding why and what I</font> do now<font color="#E5E5E5"> is I'll never set foot on another</font> ship again<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't go back down there</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the rest of the deployment I'm not</font> certain what I encountered<font color="#CCCCCC"> that evening</font> all I know is I've<font color="#CCCCCC"> never been the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> same</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">since</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I work as an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> emergency medical career</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what's that you ask</font> basically<font color="#E5E5E5"> hospitals and retirement homes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">run out of supplies and meds like you</font> wouldn't imagine<font color="#E5E5E5"> oftentimes I'm</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">delivering blood or surgical tools to an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ER while someone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is on the operating</font> table<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a gunshot wound or stabbing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">effect cause where someone is having a</font> heart transplant and<font color="#E5E5E5"> needed blood</font> immediately<font color="#CCCCCC"> well they'd be dead there</font> must<font color="#E5E5E5"> be a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of gangs in my town</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because I still stay busy sometimes I'll</font> receive a delivery<font color="#E5E5E5"> for organs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even I</font> won't call<font color="#CCCCCC"> them constantly busy I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only</font> work at nights<font color="#CCCCCC"> as it's easier to travel</font> and to get to where I'm going<font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> much</font> faster let's turn the clock<font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">weeks</font> to where this all started going<font color="#E5E5E5"> downhill</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my life faded to black so I get a</font> call to<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick up some blood from the Red</font> Cross<font color="#E5E5E5"> and take it to the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hospital in</font> Paoli Indiana<font color="#CCCCCC"> ok no problem I thought</font> well it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> only an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hour-and-a-half Drive</font> easy<font color="#E5E5E5"> grab my keys and my service pistol</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm a veteran with a concealed carry</font> permit<font color="#CCCCCC"> and never leave home without it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I head out</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to retrieve the red blood</font> cells for delivery<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arrive at Red Cross</font> for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Bloods show my badge to get in</font> and sign for<font color="#E5E5E5"> it so far so good</font> it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> approximately 11:30 at night roads</font> are clear and<font color="#E5E5E5"> the weather isn't bad no</font> traffic<font color="#E5E5E5"> well aside from all</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over the</font> road<font color="#CCCCCC"> truckers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cross over the bridge to</font> Indiana I'm now<font color="#E5E5E5"> on Highway 150 westbound</font> to Paoli I have the<font color="#E5E5E5"> blood in the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">backseat and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> everything is going</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fine I</font> turn on cruise control<font color="#E5E5E5"> and set it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to 50</font> mpg<font color="#CCCCCC"> and sit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back and relax have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some</font> music<font color="#E5E5E5"> playing a slight drizzle begins to</font> calm down all around<font color="#E5E5E5"> now low visibility</font> with fall it's pitch black with no <font color="#E5E5E5">street lights on these long country</font> roads suddenly two large<font color="#CCCCCC"> deer in front</font> of me slam on my brakes<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they lock up on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the way</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">road smash a slam into the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> two deer</font> directly my<font color="#E5E5E5"> cars fucked now call</font> dispatch<font color="#E5E5E5"> and alert them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to the situation</font> I'm now<font color="#CCCCCC"> out in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the middle of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> freaking</font> nowhere<font color="#E5E5E5"> with blood that needs to get to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the hospital immediately</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> call triple-a</font> for a tow my car<font color="#E5E5E5"> is in complete disarray</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I wait</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a driver to come and retrieve</font> the blood to complete the delivery<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I</font> wait for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the tow truck as well</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my lively</font> it is driving for a living and now my car has junked the two deer scatter in different<font color="#CCCCCC"> directions as I get out of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">flashlight</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and assess the damage</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's 20</font> degrees out<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the heat</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doesn't work in</font> my now destroyed car eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> my car</font> and I make it<font color="#E5E5E5"> back home</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I order pass to</font> try to save my work vehicle<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I also</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have a family and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> need it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for everyday</font> use I'm now<font color="#CCCCCC"> out of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work or at least</font> until I can<font color="#CCCCCC"> make the necessary</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> repairs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">days come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and go and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I get the parts</font> radiator fan clutch coolant reservoir <font color="#E5E5E5">and the like</font> after days working<font color="#E5E5E5"> on my car bending</font> metal stomping on<font color="#E5E5E5"> my hood and replacing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">everything I need</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I did all this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the</font> freezing<font color="#CCCCCC"> cold huh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finally I get the son</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a bitch running yes finally</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can get</font> back to<font color="#CCCCCC"> work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so the weekend comes and</font> I'm working everything's normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I'm</font> happily making<font color="#E5E5E5"> money again to provide</font> for my now<font color="#CCCCCC"> two-year-old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> son wanting the</font> best<font color="#E5E5E5"> for him I'm working as much as</font> possible<font color="#CCCCCC"> I get home from work I'm</font> exhausted<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sleep and try to catch</font> a quick nap<font color="#CCCCCC"> before my next shift</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my wife</font> takes the kids<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's doing some</font> last-minute laundry as<font color="#E5E5E5"> we are moving</font> soon and our<font color="#E5E5E5"> lease</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> man up I'm</font> out like<font color="#E5E5E5"> a light after driving for 14</font> hours and wake up<font color="#E5E5E5"> to a monster on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> top of</font> me making<font color="#CCCCCC"> loud noises disoriented</font> I look around frantic<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's my German</font> Shepherd<font color="#CCCCCC"> Olien he's 2 years old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and 75</font> pounds<font color="#CCCCCC"> of pure hell</font> his fierce barking puts me in a frenzy<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> try<font color="#E5E5E5"> to look at my surroundings but all I</font> see is<font color="#E5E5E5"> a thickest dark black smoke you</font> could<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever imagine</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I grab my phone light</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">up my flashlight I can't even see an</font> inch<font color="#E5E5E5"> in front of my face wearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> t-shirt and<font color="#CCCCCC"> shorts Odin and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I make our</font> way<font color="#CCCCCC"> down stairs</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trying</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to escape I can't</font> breathe saying how the most horrible fumes and gases from<font color="#CCCCCC"> whatever</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hell is causing this</font> madness we're now<font color="#CCCCCC"> outside i call 9-1-1</font> coughing and falling to the ground <font color="#E5E5E5">slowly losing consciousness from the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">smoke inhalation</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh gee I yell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the</font> phone our five pound<font color="#E5E5E5"> Terrier is still in</font> the house<font color="#E5E5E5"> the operator makes it clear</font> I'm<font color="#CCCCCC"> not to enter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the home and to wait</font> for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the fire department no idea how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> long</font> they'll take opening the door to<font color="#E5E5E5"> my old</font> ass<font color="#E5E5E5"> Ford Ranger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Oden jumps in the</font> driver's seat<font color="#CCCCCC"> I raced back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the</font> smoke infested home<font color="#E5E5E5"> flames coming from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the basement</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">visibility is now zero and the smoke is</font> toxic frantically searching with my phone's flashlights<font color="#E5E5E5"> tried to yell with</font> whatever<font color="#E5E5E5"> voice I have left the operator</font> still on the line using<font color="#E5E5E5"> speakerphone</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> hear them asking<font color="#CCCCCC"> me sir</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> please remain</font> outside I feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> something brush up</font> against me<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I make my way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this top</font> story<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the house I scooped up</font> Dillinger<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we note the fuck out of</font> there just<font color="#E5E5E5"> as we make our escape the</font> flames<font color="#E5E5E5"> are rising</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as my wife</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and kids</font> pull up<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's freaking out and yelling</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and screaming</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I hand her the dog and</font> collapse to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> ground I'm sleeping in</font> and out of consciousness<font color="#E5E5E5"> what feels</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like</font> hours but was probably<font color="#CCCCCC"> only minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">later the fire department arrives as</font> well as EMS<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm now being carried by two</font> large firemen<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the back of the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ambulance</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as I see about 15 men getting</font> suited<font color="#E5E5E5"> up with gas masks axes and the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">big-ass water hoses they rush into my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">burning home hearing my wife yelling and</font> my<font color="#CCCCCC"> two-year-old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> boy crying from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I feel someone or</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something pushing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">against my ribs and something soft</font> against my mouth<font color="#E5E5E5"> and now no the EMS</font> woman was administering CPR and chest compressions<font color="#E5E5E5"> to keep me from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> passing out</font> I'm awake in the back of the ambulance <font color="#CCCCCC">being questioned by a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fireman and</font> investigators asking me<font color="#CCCCCC"> health-related</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">questions</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">choking and coughing I'm barely able to</font> relay much<font color="#E5E5E5"> still very disoriented and</font> confused as to what had just occurred<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> them as much as I know which wasn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">much as I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just sleeping before I had</font> to get<font color="#E5E5E5"> up for work</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I tried to go back</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">inside</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I learned that they cut</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the power</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> said we<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't stay there anymore</font> I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to grab</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> some things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if I could</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stuff I go sit back down then</font> wanting to<font color="#E5E5E5"> take me to the hospital</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I yelled</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how can I leave my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> family they</font> now have no roof<font color="#CCCCCC"> over their head and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's freezing cold</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they have no food the</font> hospital I have to take care<font color="#CCCCCC"> of them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">sergeant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we have a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> refusal I hear him</font> say it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> okay son but I must warn you</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> will be some</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> side effects</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font> smoke inhalation<font color="#CCCCCC"> you need to get it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">checked out in the next few days yes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">muttered well turns out the dryest</font> somehow<font color="#E5E5E5"> malfunctioned and caught on fire</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Lynne Trey was empty and the dryer plug</font> untouched and<font color="#CCCCCC"> unharmed it was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very</font> strange and they were all baffled<font color="#E5E5E5"> taking</font> notes the firemen get the model number for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> dryer to see if there were any recalls for<font color="#E5E5E5"> that particular one it's two days</font> later<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I'm cleaning the place out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">salvaging what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can get</font> throwing out<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was damaged</font> by smoke<font color="#E5E5E5"> and fire thankfully I had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">renter's insurance and they sent us some</font> emergency<font color="#E5E5E5"> funds so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we could have a roof</font> over<font color="#CCCCCC"> our head and food to eat my family</font> was up in a hotel<font color="#E5E5E5"> as I'm covered in soot</font> and smoke<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hear from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> their fire</font> investigator informs me that<font color="#E5E5E5"> if the dog</font> hadn't woken me up when he did <font color="#E5E5E5">a few minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later I would have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> dead<font color="#CCCCCC"> for sure two</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> things I'm grateful</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for renters insurance my best friend</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Odin the German chef</font> I heard you everyone<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get both I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">showered my best friend with some</font> well-earned<font color="#E5E5E5"> treats well I haven't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> slept</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> days</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I nearly died</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from simply</font> trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to rest</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so now I'm</font> terrified<font color="#CCCCCC"> every time I lay in bed so</font> here's to another<font color="#E5E5E5"> night of no sleep</font> I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> United States Navy veteran you've</font> seen many continents<font color="#E5E5E5"> around the world</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trained</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for scenarios in times of</font> war<font color="#E5E5E5"> spend a lot of time out in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> woods</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the desert</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> many of our training</font> is sizes dealt with<font color="#E5E5E5"> anything from</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">wildlife</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to terrorist snipers this is</font> important as my training<font color="#E5E5E5"> will come into</font> play later<font color="#E5E5E5"> on so I'm two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years out of</font> the service<font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my hometown I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">decided to get into the medical field</font> now<font color="#CCCCCC"> not what I was ever planning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to do</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> hey your decisions change based on</font> circumstance so I become an<font color="#CCCCCC"> emergency</font> medical<font color="#E5E5E5"> career as I said before there</font> must be a lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of gangs in my town kiss</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">or how I sure stay busy so here I am at</font> home with my baby boy<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I get a call</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> pick up some meds and drop them off</font> to his<font color="#CCCCCC"> facility over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three hours</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away I</font> get the drugs after<font color="#E5E5E5"> crawling out of bed</font> and stumbling<font color="#E5E5E5"> to my feet begin to drive</font> to the backwoods of Indiana<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> eventually</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">arrived at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the building</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dimly lit up in</font> the middle of a forest <font color="#CCCCCC">I had my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> service pistol</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on my hip at all</font> times<font color="#CCCCCC"> as I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have a concealed weapons</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">permit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so far pretty uneventful</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I have</font> the nurse sign for the medicine<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> hastily<font color="#E5E5E5"> make my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> exits on their outside</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here rustling and branches breaking</font> thinking<font color="#E5E5E5"> to myself it could just be a</font> deer<font color="#E5E5E5"> I continued walking to my car I can</font> see it about 20<font color="#E5E5E5"> feet away then I turn</font> around<font color="#E5E5E5"> be greeted by a monstrous</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 7-foot</font> tall <font color="#E5E5E5">beast it had to weigh at least 500</font> pounds it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> closing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in on me</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> reached back behind my waist</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and fire</font> my Roberta<font color="#CCCCCC"> 9-millimeter</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three times I'm</font> certain<font color="#CCCCCC"> each bullet reaches his mouth no</font> effect<font color="#E5E5E5"> started running nope the fuck out</font> of there I get to my car did I lock it well<font color="#E5E5E5"> why frantically</font> tossing my keys on a lanyard<font color="#E5E5E5"> grabbing</font> all the wrong ones<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to get</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">car</font> this beast reaches me<font color="#E5E5E5"> I quickly fall to</font> the ground and hide under<font color="#E5E5E5"> the car don't</font> move a muscle well they<font color="#E5E5E5"> still as a hair</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cowering</font> around the car<font color="#E5E5E5"> scratching and chlorine</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">trying to reach for me terrified</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> scream<font color="#E5E5E5"> at it loudly</font> stupid<font color="#CCCCCC"> huh no no effect I try fire two</font> more shots in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the Bears direction no</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hookers shot from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this angle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and there's</font> no room under<font color="#CCCCCC"> my car one bullet grazes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this master and the other strikes it was</font> like the<font color="#CCCCCC"> best go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is off back into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">woods man we have a signal of my phone</font> but I'm still able<font color="#E5E5E5"> to call the police</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the squad car shows</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up in about 20</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">minutes</font> my<font color="#E5E5E5"> adrenaline still rushing and blood</font> pumping fast<font color="#E5E5E5"> didn't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> realize it</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">while I was under the car but I'd been</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more blood running down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my leg as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> officer shines his<font color="#E5E5E5"> mag light to examine</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">me medical arrives and patches me up as</font> I make my full report<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the officer</font> apparently<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was illegal to fire my</font> weapon in city<font color="#CCCCCC"> limits</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> told me</font> well since<font color="#E5E5E5"> my life was in danger</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you'd</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">only issue me a warning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I thanked him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and asked if I could go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to things I</font> learned that night do not<font color="#E5E5E5"> fuck with</font> mother nature oh and the other<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm never</font> going back<font color="#CCCCCC"> to Kokomo ever again</font> allow me to<font color="#E5E5E5"> preface</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this and explain</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that the following days leading up to</font> this we<font color="#CCCCCC"> felt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> someone or something was in</font> our house<font color="#E5E5E5"> my wife</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from our newlyweds you</font> could say we've<font color="#CCCCCC"> just had our first child</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">together his name is Thomas by the time</font> he was six months<font color="#E5E5E5"> old this is a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">three-bedroom shotgun house a starter</font> home that needed a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> setup</font> goes like<font color="#E5E5E5"> this living room</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bedroom</font> bathroom nursery office and kitchen from front to back<font color="#E5E5E5"> in that order</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a huge</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">backyard leading to a back alley we were</font> thrilled<font color="#E5E5E5"> to have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> gotten the house in a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">quiet neighborhood and at such a decent</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">price</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I immediately got to work</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">moving in fixing little things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> plumbing</font> relatives<font color="#E5E5E5"> cleaning new</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> floors and the</font> like eventually<font color="#E5E5E5"> we had everything ready</font> to move in we had no neighbors on either <font color="#E5E5E5">side of us rocky I thought now this</font> detail is important for what follows <font color="#E5E5E5">I've been living</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a few months</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">now with no issues me working a lot and</font> the wife is<font color="#E5E5E5"> stay-at-home mom as we lay</font> in bed on a very warm dark night both of <font color="#CCCCCC">us began to hear loud banging sounds</font> coming from<font color="#CCCCCC"> what seemed to be every room</font> in the house I<font color="#CCCCCC"> grabbed my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> three cell police</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maglite</font> and barrettes<font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> nine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> millimeter with 16</font> rounds<font color="#E5E5E5"> searching the house and it's</font> completely<font color="#E5E5E5"> quiet</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I find nothing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there's</font> no animals<font color="#E5E5E5"> or anything the flashlight is</font> turned off<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I go back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bed putting</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my gun</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on the bedside table</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only for a</font> few<font color="#E5E5E5"> months</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later to hear it again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> almost</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">simultaneously in every direction every</font> wall is<font color="#E5E5E5"> being banged on back slam what</font> the fuck huh<font color="#E5E5E5"> are you hearing this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> asked<font color="#E5E5E5"> my wife this happened several more</font> times <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> continue to search the house inside</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> out I even go out to the crawl space</font> under the house<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing at this point</font> I'm confused because these noises are <font color="#CCCCCC">coming from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> inside the house very loud</font> sounds like if someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> were to slam a</font> door<font color="#CCCCCC"> new you'd know it was closed I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">arrived back in the house and my wife</font> tells me<font color="#E5E5E5"> she's calling</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the cops if it</font> happens<font color="#CCCCCC"> again it does happen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one more</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">time so being</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the protective mom she is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fires</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the police she officers</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">arrived with a guns drawn and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">flashlights bright I also do the same</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stay here I urge</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my wife</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> join them we</font> scour<font color="#E5E5E5"> every inch of the property again</font> nothing no<font color="#CCCCCC"> sounds no sign of anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">anyone one of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> officers tells me we</font> could have<font color="#E5E5E5"> been a draft I have this</font> tongue founded look on my face<font color="#CCCCCC"> no wait I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think these sounds were allowed several</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">days pass</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on similar incidents occur I</font> think nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> of it because well we</font> could never locate a source<font color="#E5E5E5"> no could I</font> ever find what or who the hell it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> until I do<font color="#E5E5E5"> the ceiling light bulb in the</font> living room explodes<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this point we</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">are pretty on edge though and still</font> alerted to<font color="#E5E5E5"> each and every sound</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">especially seeing how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we haven't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">neighbors close to us</font> my wife asserts that it must<font color="#E5E5E5"> be a ghost</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">warning us of something but what I come</font> home<font color="#E5E5E5"> from a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> long night of work it's dark</font> and raining<font color="#E5E5E5"> approximately 3:00 a.m. I'm</font> walking towards the nursery to get my son and<font color="#E5E5E5"> change his diaper</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and make him a</font> fresh<font color="#CCCCCC"> blur you know</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the loving dad stuff I bring him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into</font> the bedroom<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hold him with my wife by</font> my side time passes<font color="#CCCCCC"> maybe an hour or so</font> my wife tells me<font color="#E5E5E5"> she hears someone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">walking around outside</font> are you sure<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked just then a loud</font> crash<font color="#E5E5E5"> comes from the very large living</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">room window</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I hand the baby over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font> and grab<font color="#E5E5E5"> my beretta</font> without<font color="#E5E5E5"> thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I run straight to where</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'd heard the sound I'm now in the</font> hallway staring into the eyes<font color="#CCCCCC"> of a</font> shadowy figure about<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10 feet away to my</font> horror<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's a middle-aged man</font> crawling<font color="#E5E5E5"> through our window shattered</font> glass<font color="#E5E5E5"> everywhere coupled with a large</font> heavy object now sitting<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the middle</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of our living room floor at this point I</font> don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> know how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> many there are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or if</font> there's multiple<font color="#E5E5E5"> or well what are their</font> intentions<font color="#E5E5E5"> my gun is raised</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as well as</font> my heartbeat racing<font color="#CCCCCC"> I yell at the</font> intruder<font color="#E5E5E5"> what the fuck are you doing you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">take one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> step closer and I'll blow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">frickin head off now I wasn't being</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">courageous</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or some tough badass by any</font> means<font color="#CCCCCC"> but well at that moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> family</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">is life in danger I was John wick</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> intruder standing<font color="#E5E5E5"> there soaking wet</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">barely moving or saying anything he</font> mumbles after a brief<font color="#E5E5E5"> moments</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ain't</font> gonna hurt<font color="#E5E5E5"> you man</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I move a few steps</font> closer to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the burglar hurt me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my yelled</font> how<font color="#CCCCCC"> fuckin and you get out of my house</font> another inch closer I realized<font color="#CCCCCC"> geez this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">guy's so drunk he has no idea where he</font> is<font color="#CCCCCC"> or what's going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> I suppose that<font color="#E5E5E5"> front porch light</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> like a beacon of sorts for this crazed individual my wife has the<font color="#E5E5E5"> police</font> dispatcher on the phone<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">eventually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> arrive after over</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 20 minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it was a Mexican standoff as we waited I</font> can't begin to<font color="#E5E5E5"> tell you what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> willing<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do in the face of imminent</font> danger<font color="#E5E5E5"> adrenaline is a very powerful</font> chemical it will literally make<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> superhuman the police are here<font color="#CCCCCC"> they arrest the guy</font> turns out<font color="#E5E5E5"> he had a warrant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> out for his</font> arrest assaulting<font color="#E5E5E5"> a judge</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel</font> fortunate<font color="#E5E5E5"> to this day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had my gun</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">my training I'm also happy I didn't kill</font> a guy<font color="#CCCCCC"> over a window</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> although</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the police</font> later told me I was more<font color="#E5E5E5"> than justified</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they both said in unison</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I would have</font> shot him<font color="#E5E5E5"> now had he been violent</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or</font> charged at me<font color="#E5E5E5"> they would have certainly</font> been cleaning up a dead<font color="#CCCCCC"> body that night</font> so so that would be burglar<font color="#E5E5E5"> next time you</font> won't be so<font color="#E5E5E5"> lucky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so I really hope</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">enjoyed that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> collection</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of short</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stories</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">son</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> giggle quite a lot of shorter ones</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">posted on the subreddit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and you know I</font> like<font color="#CCCCCC"> to read longer stories</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I do</font> also like<font color="#E5E5E5"> the shorter ones as well but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> know that some of<font color="#E5E5E5"> you are out</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trucking</font> yourselves<font color="#E5E5E5"> some of you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> doing long</font> night shifts<font color="#E5E5E5"> others are just doing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">housework and you like a little</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something a bit longer to listen to are</font> you doing it<font color="#E5E5E5"> so hope 45 minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are is</font> enough<font color="#E5E5E5"> for you this evening</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I of course</font> will be<font color="#E5E5E5"> back again Christmas doesn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stop me I will be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> working through the</font> holiday period<font color="#E5E5E5"> so another video coming</font> for you<font color="#E5E5E5"> next</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> week</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but until then you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> nice weekend stay safe</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and remember they're</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just stories</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> sweet dream<font color="#CCCCCC"> from Papa</font> [Music] thank you so<font color="#E5E5E5"> much for choosing to spend</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your time listening to me now if you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">enjoyed the doctor creeping</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> experience</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and come find</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Facebook come and</font> chat with<font color="#E5E5E5"> me on Twitter listen to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">background music</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you can download it if</font> you like on soundcloud<font color="#CCCCCC"> drop by</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the store</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pick up a t-shirt and importantly if</font> you've got a story you'd like me to read <font color="#E5E5E5">send it to dr.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> creepers vault</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> subreddit I set<font color="#CCCCCC"> up so that I could read</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your stories looking forward to seeing</font> you all<font color="#CCCCCC"> again real</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> soon</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so come check me</font> out it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> okay</font> [Music]
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Channel: Dr. Creepen
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Length: 48min 0sec (2880 seconds)
Published: Fri Dec 21 2018
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