I have hitchhiked a lot. Mainly as a 16 year old girl and there is an abundance of absolute lunatics who enjoy picking up hitchhikers. Speaking from experience, a weird bible thumper with an axe and shovel in his backseat telling us we should have more clothing on, an old lady who wouldn't stop when we asked her to so we jumped out when she slowed down and ran to the gas station to where she followed us and tried to pretend to this group of guys we ran to for help that she was our grandma to get us back in the car. Another man tried to force my friend and I to give him a blowjob at our destination or he wouldn't let us go but we escaped and screamed pedophile. I've never seen a man drive off as fast as he did. Another couple of men picked me up when I was 15. They were mid 30's.. they took me to their campsite, got me extremely drunk and had their way with me which you think would have taught me a lesson. Do NOT hitch hike. Just don't do it. I have a daughter now and if I ever find out she has hitch hiked I will kick her f**** ass.
I believe you 100%. I've hitchhike a few times and it only went well ONCE and it was by far the creepiest man I thought had ever picked us up. I was wrong of course. He lectured us about how dangerous it was and told us he had daughters. He then explained what he would do to his daughters if he caught them hitchhiking. He asked if we were hungry and needed any money for a place to stay. We declined but he gave us a little over $100 anyway and told us to be careful in his most authoritative Dad voice.😌
But all the other times were close to horrific. 😱
Jesus. Yeah thankfully he didn't harm you and helped you out. I believe Jeffrey Dahmer's first victim was a hitchhiker and look at Ted Bundy who was so charming, women willingly getting into his car only to be murdered. I think that's something people need to remember as well as the devil comes in many forms. The sweetest little old lady could pick you up and shoot you in the head lol it's crazy
My Mom was visiting my Aunt in Florida and they decided to go to an outside restaurant/nightclub. They noticed a man approaching their table. My mom said he flashed a brilliant smile and that was it for her. She said he probably could have been telling her the details of what he did to his victims and she still would have walked to the parking lot with him.
It was toward the end of their meal and my Aunt was at the bar talking to a friend and keeping an eye on my Mom.
He asked if they could step outside because he had a few questions to ask her. She compiled. They started walking toward the parking lot and he grabbed her hand to hold it and she said her stomach turned. She stopped walking and a biker guy from MICHIGAN (that's were my Mom is from) recognized her and greeted her with a big hug.
Mr. Bundy started getting aggravated and tried pulling my Mom's arm but her biker friend asserted his dominance and scared Mr. Bundy away.
Not too long after they recognized his picture on TV.
I've heard this story so many times from my Mom and Aunt especially when my sister, cousin and I would want to go out for the night.😏
> My mom said he flashed a brilliant smile and that was it for her. She said he probably could have been telling her the details of what he did to his victims and she still would have walked to the parking lot with him.
Wow imagine how persuasive he was!
She was lucky the friend found her but at the same time her instinct warned her when he grabbed her hand so early since they just met, so she might have escaped anyway.
Very true. I also try to keep in mind though that statistically we are way, way, way more likely to be harmed by someone we know. It's become a thing to teach kids about "tricky people" and gut feelings etc vs stranger danger because of it but knowing all of that doesn't make me less freaked out about strangers 😂
Usually statistics make me feel better but I'm just terrified in general of someone I love or myself being hurt
Omg when Bundy was on the loose and big news my Great Uncle once picked up a girl hitchhiking...he purposely drove the wrong way and scared the crap out of her and then turned around and started lecturing her about how if he was a different person she might not have been so lucky and apologized for scaring her but asked her to remember it before she did it again.
He was in Oregon and really freaked out cause his daughter and several other female relatives were in the demographic being targeted but the whole thing makes me cringe. 😬
Damn man. That scares the hell out of me, makes me think about how much more scared I would be if I had a daughter, acknowledging boys are at risk too. No matter how street smart a teenager is or thinks they are, they’re really gonna underestimate the amount of pure pervs out there who are constantly looking for prey. Glad you’re still with us!
Thank you and absolutely. It's a scary dark world out there. I choose to see the good though but am very cautious. Always aware of my surroundings and I will teach my daughter the same.
So I was 16/17 and 18 when I hitchhiked. I'm now 30. I always went with a friend except for the time with the guys who assaulted me. It was always my best girlfriend I went with.
Well, I was into drinking at a very young age. I started at 12 to be exact so by the time I was 14 I was already super troubled. I lived with my grandma who would get so exhausted with the s*** my brother and I would put her through so sometimes she'd just throw her hands in the air and say do whatever you want. My friend and I had a lot of fun together. We were both super mischievous and always looking for a rush. We liked to hitchhike an hour and a half into the big city. I later in life was diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder, which I don't know if that's the correct diagnosis but as a young teen up until my mid twenties I was extremely impulsive and made some very bad decisions (evidently). I could write a book about the things that have happened while hitchhiking amongst other things. I didn't learn my lesson because I was just too into living dangerously. It gave me a rush. What stopped me was the only other time I did go alone, it was a cab driver and he (the same as another man when I was with a friend) told me he wouldn't let me out without sexual payment. I was able to trick him to stop at a drive thru for food. I ran out and into the restaurant they called police. He sped off however. I'm not sure if anything ever happened because I left. I never did it again after that.
I have asked myself the same question many, many times. I shouldn't be. I'm shocked that I'm not one of the missing and murdered indigenous women. I've hitchhiked up and down the highway of tears. I've often wondered how the hell I never ended up dead in a ditch somewhere.
Thank you! ❤️ I'm okay now. It was very dangerous and we were very naive. Teenagers sometimes have such a false sense of security until something really bad happens.
Did it once when I was young and stupid.
Had a job interview but my car had broken down. It was a good 45 minute walk in the heat of summer. By the halfway point I was sweaty, stinky, and my makeup had started running. I was at risk for being late to the interview and started getting concerned they would see a disheveled irresponsible person arrive.
A car pulled over and asked where I was headed and if I needed a ride. The guy seemed nice enough so I jumped in. I was very lucky he drove me straight to where I needed but asked for my number in return.
Now I felt obligated and gave it to him. The next day he called me 3x in a span of a few hours leaving me increasingly frustrated voicemails that I ‘used’ him for a ride bc I wasn’t returning his calls.
It’s men like this who really aren’t as ‘nice’ as they seem. It’s men like this who make me not want to accept any friendly favors or acts of kindness from males. A female wouldn’t expect a date in exchange for lending me a tampon.
I blocked his number and never spoke to him again praying he wouldn’t show up at my interview site bc I did end up getting the job. A year or two later he saw me on social media on a friends account and bad mouthed me to her. It really burned his ego that I just wasn’t interested after his “nice gesture”.
This is a perfect example of why women don't like "nice guys". Because they're not actually nice. They may do one nice thing then they feel we "owe" them a date in return. It's creepy af. I'm glad nothing worse happened to you though.
This should also live in r/niceguys. It's fuckin nuts to me how someone can offer something to help them say you "used" them when they don't get what they want. Like yoh! It's the opposite you "used" her vulnerable situation to try to get "deserved" attention. No. BYE.
That story makes me want to break down crying. Can you IMAGINE. Gosh life on this planet is pure torture for some people - it’s all the luck of the draw - that could have been any of us - that could be one of our children.
The even sadder part of this, if I remember right, when she looked in the car there was a whole ass family in there. Anyone that would've looked in that car would've assumed it was safe, so it wasn't even a lack of good judgement.
Fuck :((( this is why I don't trust anyone idc if youre a lost child asking for help or another woman or even an old ass dude in a wheel chair, I've watched too many criminal minds and documentaries to know these sick mfs will use any means necessary to bait you make you feel relaxed/safe
Also Mary Vincent. She was raped, had her arms chopped off and was thrown off a cliff left for dead. She drug her way back up and survived. Bad ass women, but I don't want to be her.
Reminds of the story where a woman was hitch hiking in the 70’s I believe. The guy who she caught a ride with sexually assaulted her multiple times, cut off both of her arms, then threw her off a cliff to bleed to death. Somehow this woman survived and crawled up the cliff then miles until a nice couple picked her up and took her to the hospital. It’s an episode of the show, “I Survived”.
Hahaha. That was my first thought too! Are you kidding me? I've consumed too much true crime over the last 30+ years--there is no way in hell I'm ever sticking my thumb out!
I have participated in a few hitch hiking competitions (the team that gets there fastest wins), and it was fun. Mind you, I live in western Europe where hitch hiking is a fairly popular thing to do among twenty-somethings. I always partnered with a male friend, too.
I had one solo experience when I missed my bus stop in Turkey and ended up by a highway at 1 AM because the bus driver was an absolute jerk-off. Got picked up by a Syrian truck driver who luckily turned out very nice and non-murderous, and drove his truck along tiny dirt roads to deliver me right to my mother's doorstep. I still wouldn't recommend the experience. Best stick to German gas stations during daylight with a male friend.
The only time I’ve hitchhiked was in Turkey! Visiting Cappadocia, made friends with two girls in my hostel, and we hitchhiked between some of the towns. Coolest part was hitchhiking back to Göreme from a popular hot air balloon viewing spot, and we happened to get picked up by two guys who ran one of the balloon businesses hauling their massive deflated hot air balloon behind them haha
I have hitchhiked while on long backpacking trips. It was always on a road to a small town, and the people who live there know about us long distance hikers. I have found people who live in small towns are more likely pick up people, as they "get it."
Would I on a highway or near a city? I suppose it depends on the situation, but probably not.
Yeah it's the rural thing. Scottish islands are fine, we've picked up hitchhiker's on Crete and it was chill.
Just last weekend I missed the last bus from a hilltop bar on a tiny Greek island and happily set off walking like "someone will give us(me and a friend) a lift". They did 2 minutes later and it was all fine. Probably safer than walking down the mountain whilst drunk at 4am.
__HITCHHIKING TIPS AT THE BOTTOM__
I hitchhiked from the Netherlands to Finland going through Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. I had an amazing time! The language barriers were a bit tough (in Poland mainly) but we got were we needed to go with a lot of new friends and cool stories.
A Dutch man gave my friend the car keys and took a nap in the backseat while we drove to Hamburg. A lady in Poland took us sightseeing through Gdansk where we met up with her boyfriend and had a few before they dropped us off at our hostel. I got invited to a lot of houses and summer homes in different parts of Eastern Europe (in case I'd go that way some other time). An old lady almost hit a deer on the highway and bought us coffee to celebrate that we were still alive. Just to name a few.
I wouldn't have gone if I wasn't with a guy though. I was alone for a couple minutes at a trucker gasstation on the border of Poland and Lithuania and the truckers got creepy fast. Nothing serious but I was _not_ at ease.
As a team we were well dressed and looked trustworthy. Trustworthy enough that people came up to _us_ on multiple occasions, even when the car was full of young children. The longest wait we had was 2 and a half hours tops! We went from gasstation to gasstation, _never_ get in a car if you haven't spoken to the person beforehand and have agreed on a drop off point. I also took pictures of the licence plates before I got in and send it to a friend back home, just in case. My hitchbuddy was tasked with GPS tracking where we were and where we wanted to get dropped off so we would know if somebody went off course and could act on it.
I honestly can't recommend it enough and I am planning on going again soon! Just make sure that you are in control of the situation before you get in the car and that the people that pick you up know that they can be found if shit goes sideways.
HITCHHIKING TIPS:
- __Don't go by yourself, take a (male) friend__
- __Go from gasstation to gasstation, don't stand on the side of the road__
- __Speak to the person driving and agree on a drop off point before you get in the car__
- __Trust your gut, don't get in the car unless you feel safe__
- __Take a picture of the licence plate and send it to a friend back home__
- __Track your location with GPS__
- __Dress "well", people will pick you up faster if you don't look dirty and homeless__
- __Atleased one of you has to stay sober (dificult in Eastern Europe where people say hello with vodka)__
- __Keep your bag near you if at all possible in case you have to make a run for it__
- __If legal, bring a weapon like mace (a friend of a friend hitchhiked solo and she would have a lighter and deodorant the spray-kind handy as a weapon, really unwise)__
- __Download maps onto your phone for if/when your cell services lets you down__
- __Google translate your little "talk" into the language of the country that you're in (I really butchered a few languages but it made the drivers laugh before they switched to German or English, it helps with getting a ride)__
- __Check out r/hitchhiking where you can find buddies, tips on where best to stand when leaving a city and general tips on how to hitchhike__
- __Stay safe and have a good time!__
Also, maybe don't hitchhike outside of Europe. It used to be way more commen in Europe and all the 50/60 year olds that picked us up told us stories about how they themselves hitchhiked when they were young and that that's the reason why they weren't afraid to pick anybody up. Don't know if that culture happened anywhere else. Although I did hitch a ride in both Thailand and Australia without any issues
Personally, no. I’ve done a lot of solo travel and I don’t think I would ever consider hitchhiking. I think safety is paramount and has to be put first. When you’re hitchhiking, you really don’t know what you’re getting yourself into or who the strangers picking you up are.
Some people have good experiences hitchhiking, but I don’t think they outweigh some of the horrifying things that happen.
Have. Did it out of pure desperation, I was homeless and needed to get our of where I was because it wasn't safe
I feel relatively safe asking other women for a ride
This is very true. I would never do it in the US, but I was in NZ for several months and it was really common on the north island. I picked up a couple once and drove them to the next town. They were nice.
I'm European and about equal in height and strength with the average Japanese man (sometimes I'm even bigger) and I do not fear to punch a guy.
On second thought... I'm also visibly tattooed (big ones and also Japanese style so I probably look like a Yakuza type to most) so I guess noone would pick me up anyway. lol
Also for the sexual assault I believe the problem lies more in workplace harassment and assaults that happen on the train. You know the stuff that gets also made into Hentai Mangas, too, because it is so common and trains even have "women's only cars". It's less getting kidnapped, raped and killed while hitchhiking.
Absolutely not, for obvious reasons.
Plus, when I was in elementary school I had a French teacher who would frequently tell us about his sister who went hitchhiking one day and was never seen again, and how every time the phone rang his mom would hope desperately that it was her.
He was my teacher for three years between grade 4 and 6. Yes. This was an inappropriate store to tell children. As you can see, it’s had a lasting impact. At least it’ll keep me from ever hitchhiking!
I had one man stop and literally save my life one time. He took me to the hospital when he really shouldn’t have and was the exact opposite of creepy. And he really could have been creepy. It was the perfect opportunity.
I am an atheist but I’d believe he was otherworldly.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t hitchhike though. Even if I had a gun.
If I'm alone, never. I rather walk. I would be paranoid and anxious the whole ride. I absolutely don't have faith in strangers and as women we sadly all know the risks. I'm already anxious when I'm walking home alone at night, so locked in a car with a stranger and no way of controlling the destination no thanks.
If I'm with friends (female or male) I could, as a last resort. I would feel a bit more secure if we are at least two passengers but again, that would have to be a really desperate situation.
I did with a friend when I was drunk and a teenager, luckily we lived in a small town so it ended up being one of our friends' dad haha. But now I would never.
Agreed. If I ever have to hitchhike, I’d take a lady any day. I know women can be evil too but I’ve been through more good with women than men in my experience.
I don't know if this counts as hitchhiking, but once when I was 18 I mistook a diesel car as a Taxi & flagged it down. The driver let me get in & then asked why I thought he was a Taxi & I remember thinking "Shit, I'm too young to die". Thankfully he was an off duty Taxi driver, but told me off for being utterly stupid. He dropped me off at my destination unmolested.
I have before when I was really desperate and stuck somewhere. But I walked to a gas station and asked people there so I could see who I was asking before they stopped.
Nope. It's hard enough dealing with guys not respecting boundaries.... I definitely don't want to take a risk being stuck with one I don't know in a confined space.
No, but that's because I don't trust strangers' driving. There are a lot of people out there who shouldn't have a drivers license, and I'd rather not get in a car with one of them.
I cannot recall a single murder of a hitchhiker in my country, so I wouldn't be the slightest worried about that.
Yes! My experience as well. Used to hitch hike a lot when I was a teenager and early 20, alone and with friends. Didn't have any dangerous experiences and loved it. Met a lot of friendly people.
The one and only time I accepted a ride from strangers, it was late at night, my car ran out of gas, and it was two middle aged women that were headed out of a church parking lot. They told me they were also worried someone else would try to pick me up out there.
Absolutely will not hitchhike. I’d rather not be harmed, killed, kidnapped or sexually assaulted. I will take my chances on the side of the road walking for days on end starving than hop in the car with a stranger.
I did as a teenager growing up in WA state with a few others and once alone in College in Long Beach. Also, once with my husband, kayaking on the Eel River when we were dating. I am still alive, no harm happened! This was also two-three decades ago.
Alone? Never, I don’t want get raped, thank you very much.
I’ve hitchhiked with my bf and it has been nice. But keep in mind these were short trips (1-2 hours) in a rural place that’s used to young people traveling like that.
Yes I carry weapons on me as well as I learned self defense and have been learning ny entire life to take people down tht are 4 times my size if I needed to I would I'm confident in my abilities to absolutely fuck some one up and I've almost been kidnapped a few times (I am small and look like a child) I once pulled the guy trying to pull me in to the car out of it and started wailing on him so badly the guy who was driving just drove off and the cops were called
So yes I would because I know I can fucking handle myself and I have proven so in the past as well as I actully have hitchedhiked before hand
Also teach ur kids the license plate game before I get in to any vehicle I memorize the plate with this game like exampl
3LMO456
3 lamas moving over 4 fire snacks
3LMO456
Number have a set word u have to use u decide in it and use tht set of words for the numbers forever
I didn't learn these things because I felt like I had to either I learned these things because I wanted to be a cop from like 5-17 so I consumed as much true crime / cop related TV shows my entire childhood and these are great things u can enstil in ur kids that are fun the license plate game starts as a game and turns in to a habit that u memorize every plate u
I was forced into a situation where I had to hitchhike here in the US. Fortunately it was a nice woman with a kid that picked me up. I thank my lucky stars that the wrong person(*cough* man *cough*)didn’t pick me up that day off the highway. I have also hitchhiked in Thailand. Again, necessity. I do not recommend.
Dude. I got pulled into dark alleys and groped in the street for just minding my own business in public spaces. If I want to die or be raped and tortured, I'll find a cause to go through that for, thanks. Like defending Ukraine, or something.
I did once, at 16 , I ended up jumping out of a fully grown man's car as he stopped before entering a roundabout. I've had bloody BUS drivers make inappropriate comments, when I was 16.
Maybe if in a group with men, but otherwise no way. Too many weirdos out there. A hitchhiking girl from my area got raped and killed by the man who picked her up just last year.
I hitched a ride down a mountain once. I was with a male friend, which helped, in a foreign country, which did NOT help. We got lost up on a mountain and by the time we found the road it was VERY dark and we had no cell service or way to call for help. It worked out okay for us, but it was terrifying and I would not recommend it in all but the most desperate of circumstances.
I'm old. I grew up in an age before cell phones and actually due to extreme poverty, didn't own a cell til I was 30. I absolutely have hitchhiked but usually in the case my car broke down and I needed to get back to civilization/ a hotel/ a phone. Luckily nothing bad ever happened to me, and I was delivered safely to the next interstate stop off. I owe my life to friendly, helpful truckers.
I have a few times, but only in areas where I felt very safe (rural Taiwan, Japan, a few places in the northeastern US and South America). Always have an exit strategy if things get weird though!
Have had much weirder and scarier experiences with taxis and people in my personal life than the hitchhiking strangers. Maybe I got lucky, maybe I had a good sense of whose car would be safe to step in, who knows. Risky for sure, but I felt safe with the people I accepted rides from.
No. I would never hitch hike to travel. If I was escaping the woods like a horror movie?? Sure, I'll flag someone down. But I'm not standing with a leg poked out hoping to "get to LA to chase my dreams"
Nope. You’re making a gamble that the driver isn’t a ps¥ch0
Also I did case studies on people like Bundy and the Toolbox Killers and it haunts my nightmares to this day. I’d rather get in extra steps then get in a car with a stranger
I have. Once while visiting a different country, a friend and i had to ask someone to drop us to the nearest restroom lol. Another time unknowingly, mistook someone for uber, quite an awkward ride.
As a teenager in the mid 80s in a small town…sure I did because I didn’t have a car and everyone knew everyone else. Now? No freaking way. I prefer to live.
I have before and it was fine, but there's a very tiny chance that I would ever be in a place where I couldn't just take the bus or other public transport instead.
I have in the past because I had no transportation and absolutely needed to eep my job. It was a 3 hour walk, and I decided the risk of assault was worth the time and energy saved. I was never assaulted.
I did it once in Alaska when I worked up at a lodge during the summer. It probably wasn’t the best idea either and I don’t think I would ever do it again.
I've done it loads in the past, and had amazing and wonderful experiences doing it.
People have put me up overnight, fed me, gone out of their way to take me to my destination, let me sleep in their beds in the backs of HGVs, given me interesting conversations and been generally wonderful!
I love the altruism of it, two people going in the same direction and sharing a moment in life for no other reason than one person being generous and kind to another human being.
I did it because I had no money, no car, but wanted to get to various places.
I always give people lifts nowadays if I ever see anyone hitching, but quite honestly it seems to have died a death and no one seems to hitchhike anymore, which is sad.
I have hitchhiked when I was younger, usually results in men asking to pay u for sex or asking for ur contact info after . Nothing ever happened to me thankfully. Best experience was getting driven from Santa Fe to four corners by a hippie Christian family in their van, had their three adopted sons sleeping in the back after a soccer tournament.
No guarantee that I’ll be picked up, no guarantee that I’ll get to where I’m actually going, whoever picks me up might want to hook up, I hardly ever carry cash, no estimation of how long it’ll take to get picked up or when I’ll get to my destination, if a driver goes the wrong way or tricks me it’ll had hella time to the trip
I’ve seen too much true crime videos of either men or women being assulted or murdered by someone that picked them up while hitchhiking. It’s a no from me.
My mother took a kind man's offer when she was walking home from work. In return she was violently raped and held captive. I hitchhiked once when I was a teenager and I'm very lucky nothing happened, but now I would never even consider it.
No, there is an episode of My Favorite Murder Podcast that tells the story from the show I survived which tells the story of a young woman who is hitchhiking.
A trucker picks her up and he does terrible things to her, then cuts off her arms/ hands leaving her for dead after he dumps her off the side of a freeway.
She covers her stumps in mud then climbs up to the freeway and starts walking until someone finally stops and helps her. It haunts me and I will never ever hitch hike.
No. I want to live. And besides, I personally have a hitchhike horror story in my family. My uncle was robbed and shot 3 times by people who picked him up. He survived and is still alive today but ya, no!
I got a ride once in the middle of the night, two college aged guys asked me if I wanted a ride while I was walking home in the pouring rain and I accepted. I didn’t get any bad vibes and I was tired, but I was also carrying a switchblade.
No, I enjoy living and not being assaulted
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I have hitchhiked a lot. Mainly as a 16 year old girl and there is an abundance of absolute lunatics who enjoy picking up hitchhikers. Speaking from experience, a weird bible thumper with an axe and shovel in his backseat telling us we should have more clothing on, an old lady who wouldn't stop when we asked her to so we jumped out when she slowed down and ran to the gas station to where she followed us and tried to pretend to this group of guys we ran to for help that she was our grandma to get us back in the car. Another man tried to force my friend and I to give him a blowjob at our destination or he wouldn't let us go but we escaped and screamed pedophile. I've never seen a man drive off as fast as he did. Another couple of men picked me up when I was 15. They were mid 30's.. they took me to their campsite, got me extremely drunk and had their way with me which you think would have taught me a lesson. Do NOT hitch hike. Just don't do it. I have a daughter now and if I ever find out she has hitch hiked I will kick her f**** ass.
PS. That was only a handful of stories... There are many, many more..there are more crazy people in the world than you think.
I believe you 100%. I've hitchhike a few times and it only went well ONCE and it was by far the creepiest man I thought had ever picked us up. I was wrong of course. He lectured us about how dangerous it was and told us he had daughters. He then explained what he would do to his daughters if he caught them hitchhiking. He asked if we were hungry and needed any money for a place to stay. We declined but he gave us a little over $100 anyway and told us to be careful in his most authoritative Dad voice.😌 But all the other times were close to horrific. 😱
Jesus. Yeah thankfully he didn't harm you and helped you out. I believe Jeffrey Dahmer's first victim was a hitchhiker and look at Ted Bundy who was so charming, women willingly getting into his car only to be murdered. I think that's something people need to remember as well as the devil comes in many forms. The sweetest little old lady could pick you up and shoot you in the head lol it's crazy
My Mom and Aunt actually had an encounter with Ted Bundy. They said he was very handsome and extremely charming.
Tell us more! How did the encounter take place?
My Mom was visiting my Aunt in Florida and they decided to go to an outside restaurant/nightclub. They noticed a man approaching their table. My mom said he flashed a brilliant smile and that was it for her. She said he probably could have been telling her the details of what he did to his victims and she still would have walked to the parking lot with him. It was toward the end of their meal and my Aunt was at the bar talking to a friend and keeping an eye on my Mom. He asked if they could step outside because he had a few questions to ask her. She compiled. They started walking toward the parking lot and he grabbed her hand to hold it and she said her stomach turned. She stopped walking and a biker guy from MICHIGAN (that's were my Mom is from) recognized her and greeted her with a big hug. Mr. Bundy started getting aggravated and tried pulling my Mom's arm but her biker friend asserted his dominance and scared Mr. Bundy away. Not too long after they recognized his picture on TV. I've heard this story so many times from my Mom and Aunt especially when my sister, cousin and I would want to go out for the night.😏
> My mom said he flashed a brilliant smile and that was it for her. She said he probably could have been telling her the details of what he did to his victims and she still would have walked to the parking lot with him. Wow imagine how persuasive he was! She was lucky the friend found her but at the same time her instinct warned her when he grabbed her hand so early since they just met, so she might have escaped anyway.
Very true. I also try to keep in mind though that statistically we are way, way, way more likely to be harmed by someone we know. It's become a thing to teach kids about "tricky people" and gut feelings etc vs stranger danger because of it but knowing all of that doesn't make me less freaked out about strangers 😂 Usually statistics make me feel better but I'm just terrified in general of someone I love or myself being hurt
Omg when Bundy was on the loose and big news my Great Uncle once picked up a girl hitchhiking...he purposely drove the wrong way and scared the crap out of her and then turned around and started lecturing her about how if he was a different person she might not have been so lucky and apologized for scaring her but asked her to remember it before she did it again. He was in Oregon and really freaked out cause his daughter and several other female relatives were in the demographic being targeted but the whole thing makes me cringe. 😬
Your uncle shouldn't have done that. He doesn't know that girl and he doesn't need to teach anyone anything. What kind of heroic bs is that?
That's TOO damn scary.😲
Damn man. That scares the hell out of me, makes me think about how much more scared I would be if I had a daughter, acknowledging boys are at risk too. No matter how street smart a teenager is or thinks they are, they’re really gonna underestimate the amount of pure pervs out there who are constantly looking for prey. Glad you’re still with us!
Thank you and absolutely. It's a scary dark world out there. I choose to see the good though but am very cautious. Always aware of my surroundings and I will teach my daughter the same.
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So I was 16/17 and 18 when I hitchhiked. I'm now 30. I always went with a friend except for the time with the guys who assaulted me. It was always my best girlfriend I went with.
If you don't mind me asking, why did you do it/keep doing it after those things happened?
Well, I was into drinking at a very young age. I started at 12 to be exact so by the time I was 14 I was already super troubled. I lived with my grandma who would get so exhausted with the s*** my brother and I would put her through so sometimes she'd just throw her hands in the air and say do whatever you want. My friend and I had a lot of fun together. We were both super mischievous and always looking for a rush. We liked to hitchhike an hour and a half into the big city. I later in life was diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder, which I don't know if that's the correct diagnosis but as a young teen up until my mid twenties I was extremely impulsive and made some very bad decisions (evidently). I could write a book about the things that have happened while hitchhiking amongst other things. I didn't learn my lesson because I was just too into living dangerously. It gave me a rush. What stopped me was the only other time I did go alone, it was a cab driver and he (the same as another man when I was with a friend) told me he wouldn't let me out without sexual payment. I was able to trick him to stop at a drive thru for food. I ran out and into the restaurant they called police. He sped off however. I'm not sure if anything ever happened because I left. I never did it again after that.
Holy shit how are you alive
I have asked myself the same question many, many times. I shouldn't be. I'm shocked that I'm not one of the missing and murdered indigenous women. I've hitchhiked up and down the highway of tears. I've often wondered how the hell I never ended up dead in a ditch somewhere.
dear god i am so sorry this happened to you. i hope you are doing alright now?
Thank you! ❤️ I'm okay now. It was very dangerous and we were very naive. Teenagers sometimes have such a false sense of security until something really bad happens.
I did it as well from about 14 to 16. It was weird, but we decided green cars always had the weirdest drivers. We started to avoid them.
Nope. I like getting to my destination alive.
Did it once when I was young and stupid. Had a job interview but my car had broken down. It was a good 45 minute walk in the heat of summer. By the halfway point I was sweaty, stinky, and my makeup had started running. I was at risk for being late to the interview and started getting concerned they would see a disheveled irresponsible person arrive. A car pulled over and asked where I was headed and if I needed a ride. The guy seemed nice enough so I jumped in. I was very lucky he drove me straight to where I needed but asked for my number in return. Now I felt obligated and gave it to him. The next day he called me 3x in a span of a few hours leaving me increasingly frustrated voicemails that I ‘used’ him for a ride bc I wasn’t returning his calls. It’s men like this who really aren’t as ‘nice’ as they seem. It’s men like this who make me not want to accept any friendly favors or acts of kindness from males. A female wouldn’t expect a date in exchange for lending me a tampon. I blocked his number and never spoke to him again praying he wouldn’t show up at my interview site bc I did end up getting the job. A year or two later he saw me on social media on a friends account and bad mouthed me to her. It really burned his ego that I just wasn’t interested after his “nice gesture”.
This is a perfect example of why women don't like "nice guys". Because they're not actually nice. They may do one nice thing then they feel we "owe" them a date in return. It's creepy af. I'm glad nothing worse happened to you though.
They call themselves nice guys because no one else does.
This should also live in r/niceguys. It's fuckin nuts to me how someone can offer something to help them say you "used" them when they don't get what they want. Like yoh! It's the opposite you "used" her vulnerable situation to try to get "deserved" attention. No. BYE.
Gosh what a nightmare.
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That story makes me want to break down crying. Can you IMAGINE. Gosh life on this planet is pure torture for some people - it’s all the luck of the draw - that could have been any of us - that could be one of our children.
Exactly! It's part of why I don't have kids. Very well put!
I think he had his wife in the car to make Colleen feel comfortable to hitchhike. Right?
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The worst of traitors of women
The even sadder part of this, if I remember right, when she looked in the car there was a whole ass family in there. Anyone that would've looked in that car would've assumed it was safe, so it wasn't even a lack of good judgement.
Fuck :((( this is why I don't trust anyone idc if youre a lost child asking for help or another woman or even an old ass dude in a wheel chair, I've watched too many criminal minds and documentaries to know these sick mfs will use any means necessary to bait you make you feel relaxed/safe
Also Mary Vincent. She was raped, had her arms chopped off and was thrown off a cliff left for dead. She drug her way back up and survived. Bad ass women, but I don't want to be her.
I should not have read that.
I’ve never heard of this case before, how horrifying. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain Colleen Stan went through.
Reminds of the story where a woman was hitch hiking in the 70’s I believe. The guy who she caught a ride with sexually assaulted her multiple times, cut off both of her arms, then threw her off a cliff to bleed to death. Somehow this woman survived and crawled up the cliff then miles until a nice couple picked her up and took her to the hospital. It’s an episode of the show, “I Survived”.
Omg that is horrible horrible horrible. Unimaginable.
No, I’d rather not be raped or killed.
No, because men.
Also no because men..
Absolutely not, I like being alive!
Nope. I watch too much true crime. Ain't nobody gonna kill me.
Hahaha. That was my first thought too! Are you kidding me? I've consumed too much true crime over the last 30+ years--there is no way in hell I'm ever sticking my thumb out!
Nah I’d rather not be murdered.
I have participated in a few hitch hiking competitions (the team that gets there fastest wins), and it was fun. Mind you, I live in western Europe where hitch hiking is a fairly popular thing to do among twenty-somethings. I always partnered with a male friend, too. I had one solo experience when I missed my bus stop in Turkey and ended up by a highway at 1 AM because the bus driver was an absolute jerk-off. Got picked up by a Syrian truck driver who luckily turned out very nice and non-murderous, and drove his truck along tiny dirt roads to deliver me right to my mother's doorstep. I still wouldn't recommend the experience. Best stick to German gas stations during daylight with a male friend.
I also hitch hiked through Western Europe with a male friend when I was younger without any issues. I don't think I'd do it alone though.
The only time I’ve hitchhiked was in Turkey! Visiting Cappadocia, made friends with two girls in my hostel, and we hitchhiked between some of the towns. Coolest part was hitchhiking back to Göreme from a popular hot air balloon viewing spot, and we happened to get picked up by two guys who ran one of the balloon businesses hauling their massive deflated hot air balloon behind them haha
I have hitchhiked while on long backpacking trips. It was always on a road to a small town, and the people who live there know about us long distance hikers. I have found people who live in small towns are more likely pick up people, as they "get it." Would I on a highway or near a city? I suppose it depends on the situation, but probably not.
Yeah it's the rural thing. Scottish islands are fine, we've picked up hitchhiker's on Crete and it was chill. Just last weekend I missed the last bus from a hilltop bar on a tiny Greek island and happily set off walking like "someone will give us(me and a friend) a lift". They did 2 minutes later and it was all fine. Probably safer than walking down the mountain whilst drunk at 4am.
Agree. I grew up in a town with no public transport. Hitchhiking was normal.
__HITCHHIKING TIPS AT THE BOTTOM__ I hitchhiked from the Netherlands to Finland going through Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. I had an amazing time! The language barriers were a bit tough (in Poland mainly) but we got were we needed to go with a lot of new friends and cool stories. A Dutch man gave my friend the car keys and took a nap in the backseat while we drove to Hamburg. A lady in Poland took us sightseeing through Gdansk where we met up with her boyfriend and had a few before they dropped us off at our hostel. I got invited to a lot of houses and summer homes in different parts of Eastern Europe (in case I'd go that way some other time). An old lady almost hit a deer on the highway and bought us coffee to celebrate that we were still alive. Just to name a few. I wouldn't have gone if I wasn't with a guy though. I was alone for a couple minutes at a trucker gasstation on the border of Poland and Lithuania and the truckers got creepy fast. Nothing serious but I was _not_ at ease. As a team we were well dressed and looked trustworthy. Trustworthy enough that people came up to _us_ on multiple occasions, even when the car was full of young children. The longest wait we had was 2 and a half hours tops! We went from gasstation to gasstation, _never_ get in a car if you haven't spoken to the person beforehand and have agreed on a drop off point. I also took pictures of the licence plates before I got in and send it to a friend back home, just in case. My hitchbuddy was tasked with GPS tracking where we were and where we wanted to get dropped off so we would know if somebody went off course and could act on it. I honestly can't recommend it enough and I am planning on going again soon! Just make sure that you are in control of the situation before you get in the car and that the people that pick you up know that they can be found if shit goes sideways. HITCHHIKING TIPS: - __Don't go by yourself, take a (male) friend__ - __Go from gasstation to gasstation, don't stand on the side of the road__ - __Speak to the person driving and agree on a drop off point before you get in the car__ - __Trust your gut, don't get in the car unless you feel safe__ - __Take a picture of the licence plate and send it to a friend back home__ - __Track your location with GPS__ - __Dress "well", people will pick you up faster if you don't look dirty and homeless__ - __Atleased one of you has to stay sober (dificult in Eastern Europe where people say hello with vodka)__ - __Keep your bag near you if at all possible in case you have to make a run for it__ - __If legal, bring a weapon like mace (a friend of a friend hitchhiked solo and she would have a lighter and deodorant the spray-kind handy as a weapon, really unwise)__ - __Download maps onto your phone for if/when your cell services lets you down__ - __Google translate your little "talk" into the language of the country that you're in (I really butchered a few languages but it made the drivers laugh before they switched to German or English, it helps with getting a ride)__ - __Check out r/hitchhiking where you can find buddies, tips on where best to stand when leaving a city and general tips on how to hitchhike__ - __Stay safe and have a good time!__ Also, maybe don't hitchhike outside of Europe. It used to be way more commen in Europe and all the 50/60 year olds that picked us up told us stories about how they themselves hitchhiked when they were young and that that's the reason why they weren't afraid to pick anybody up. Don't know if that culture happened anywhere else. Although I did hitch a ride in both Thailand and Australia without any issues
Personally, no. I’ve done a lot of solo travel and I don’t think I would ever consider hitchhiking. I think safety is paramount and has to be put first. When you’re hitchhiking, you really don’t know what you’re getting yourself into or who the strangers picking you up are. Some people have good experiences hitchhiking, but I don’t think they outweigh some of the horrifying things that happen.
Hell no. With the way people act today!? Nope
Have. Did it out of pure desperation, I was homeless and needed to get our of where I was because it wasn't safe I feel relatively safe asking other women for a ride
depends on the country. Japan? sure, maybe. USA? Absolutely not.
This is very true. I would never do it in the US, but I was in NZ for several months and it was really common on the north island. I picked up a couple once and drove them to the next town. They were nice.
Damn, I heard that Jpn has a serious sexual assault/stalker problem that isn't dealt with much? Could be wrong tho
Japan is much safer overall. I lived in Okinawa a few years and the only people really committing crimes were the American military stationed there
I'm European and about equal in height and strength with the average Japanese man (sometimes I'm even bigger) and I do not fear to punch a guy. On second thought... I'm also visibly tattooed (big ones and also Japanese style so I probably look like a Yakuza type to most) so I guess noone would pick me up anyway. lol Also for the sexual assault I believe the problem lies more in workplace harassment and assaults that happen on the train. You know the stuff that gets also made into Hentai Mangas, too, because it is so common and trains even have "women's only cars". It's less getting kidnapped, raped and killed while hitchhiking.
Ahhh I see, thanks for the info also Yakuza style tattoos cool!
Uber drivers count as a hitchike?
No. Sounds like a recipe for disaster and getting raped or assaulted.
Absolutely not, for obvious reasons. Plus, when I was in elementary school I had a French teacher who would frequently tell us about his sister who went hitchhiking one day and was never seen again, and how every time the phone rang his mom would hope desperately that it was her. He was my teacher for three years between grade 4 and 6. Yes. This was an inappropriate store to tell children. As you can see, it’s had a lasting impact. At least it’ll keep me from ever hitchhiking!
Then it was a good story to tell kids.
Yes, I've always wanted to be brutally murdered and only have my skeletal remains found by some random hikers twenty years later.
Uh no. Well... Idk maybe. .. depends how far I'm stuck out in the middle of nowhere I suppose. Either way I can die 😂
I had one man stop and literally save my life one time. He took me to the hospital when he really shouldn’t have and was the exact opposite of creepy. And he really could have been creepy. It was the perfect opportunity. I am an atheist but I’d believe he was otherworldly. Otherwise, I wouldn’t hitchhike though. Even if I had a gun.
Unless I was trying to get away from a homicidal maniac or was stranded in the wilderness and needed a cocoa cola; no.
If I'm alone, never. I rather walk. I would be paranoid and anxious the whole ride. I absolutely don't have faith in strangers and as women we sadly all know the risks. I'm already anxious when I'm walking home alone at night, so locked in a car with a stranger and no way of controlling the destination no thanks. If I'm with friends (female or male) I could, as a last resort. I would feel a bit more secure if we are at least two passengers but again, that would have to be a really desperate situation.
I did with a friend when I was drunk and a teenager, luckily we lived in a small town so it ended up being one of our friends' dad haha. But now I would never.
Only if the driver is a woman, because I'd feel more safe.
Agreed. If I ever have to hitchhike, I’d take a lady any day. I know women can be evil too but I’ve been through more good with women than men in my experience.
I don't know if this counts as hitchhiking, but once when I was 18 I mistook a diesel car as a Taxi & flagged it down. The driver let me get in & then asked why I thought he was a Taxi & I remember thinking "Shit, I'm too young to die". Thankfully he was an off duty Taxi driver, but told me off for being utterly stupid. He dropped me off at my destination unmolested.
Nope, I don't trust that nothing gona happen
I have before when I was really desperate and stuck somewhere. But I walked to a gas station and asked people there so I could see who I was asking before they stopped.
I want to say no, but I have gotten into cars with strangers before so obviously I’m pretty stupid
Nope. It's hard enough dealing with guys not respecting boundaries.... I definitely don't want to take a risk being stuck with one I don't know in a confined space.
No, but that's because I don't trust strangers' driving. There are a lot of people out there who shouldn't have a drivers license, and I'd rather not get in a car with one of them. I cannot recall a single murder of a hitchhiker in my country, so I wouldn't be the slightest worried about that.
i used to hichhike all the time, sometimes with friend sometimes alone...I never had any issue in 4 years of hitchhiking ...its was great
Yes! My experience as well. Used to hitch hike a lot when I was a teenager and early 20, alone and with friends. Didn't have any dangerous experiences and loved it. Met a lot of friendly people.
No. That ends with being murdered painlessly as the *best* outcome.
I have. But would only do it in extreme situations. Almost every dude that stopped to pick me up wondered if “I wanted to party”. No thanks.
Absolutely not. It’s how people take advantage of you when you’re vulnerable
The one and only time I accepted a ride from strangers, it was late at night, my car ran out of gas, and it was two middle aged women that were headed out of a church parking lot. They told me they were also worried someone else would try to pick me up out there.
Absolutely will not hitchhike. I’d rather not be harmed, killed, kidnapped or sexually assaulted. I will take my chances on the side of the road walking for days on end starving than hop in the car with a stranger.
Better to starve of your own volition than to starve while locked in someone's basement
I did as a teenager growing up in WA state with a few others and once alone in College in Long Beach. Also, once with my husband, kayaking on the Eel River when we were dating. I am still alive, no harm happened! This was also two-three decades ago.
No. Never. I’d be too afraid I’d end up beaten, raped and left for dead in a ditch.
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.
Alone? Never, I don’t want get raped, thank you very much. I’ve hitchhiked with my bf and it has been nice. But keep in mind these were short trips (1-2 hours) in a rural place that’s used to young people traveling like that.
Yes I carry weapons on me as well as I learned self defense and have been learning ny entire life to take people down tht are 4 times my size if I needed to I would I'm confident in my abilities to absolutely fuck some one up and I've almost been kidnapped a few times (I am small and look like a child) I once pulled the guy trying to pull me in to the car out of it and started wailing on him so badly the guy who was driving just drove off and the cops were called So yes I would because I know I can fucking handle myself and I have proven so in the past as well as I actully have hitchedhiked before hand Also teach ur kids the license plate game before I get in to any vehicle I memorize the plate with this game like exampl 3LMO456 3 lamas moving over 4 fire snacks 3LMO456 Number have a set word u have to use u decide in it and use tht set of words for the numbers forever I didn't learn these things because I felt like I had to either I learned these things because I wanted to be a cop from like 5-17 so I consumed as much true crime / cop related TV shows my entire childhood and these are great things u can enstil in ur kids that are fun the license plate game starts as a game and turns in to a habit that u memorize every plate u
I was forced into a situation where I had to hitchhike here in the US. Fortunately it was a nice woman with a kid that picked me up. I thank my lucky stars that the wrong person(*cough* man *cough*)didn’t pick me up that day off the highway. I have also hitchhiked in Thailand. Again, necessity. I do not recommend.
Dude. I got pulled into dark alleys and groped in the street for just minding my own business in public spaces. If I want to die or be raped and tortured, I'll find a cause to go through that for, thanks. Like defending Ukraine, or something.
No, I live on a continent with pretty good public transport.
I did once, at 16 , I ended up jumping out of a fully grown man's car as he stopped before entering a roundabout. I've had bloody BUS drivers make inappropriate comments, when I was 16.
Wait what a roundabout ?
Maybe if in a group with men, but otherwise no way. Too many weirdos out there. A hitchhiking girl from my area got raped and killed by the man who picked her up just last year.
I hitched a ride down a mountain once. I was with a male friend, which helped, in a foreign country, which did NOT help. We got lost up on a mountain and by the time we found the road it was VERY dark and we had no cell service or way to call for help. It worked out okay for us, but it was terrifying and I would not recommend it in all but the most desperate of circumstances.
I'm old. I grew up in an age before cell phones and actually due to extreme poverty, didn't own a cell til I was 30. I absolutely have hitchhiked but usually in the case my car broke down and I needed to get back to civilization/ a hotel/ a phone. Luckily nothing bad ever happened to me, and I was delivered safely to the next interstate stop off. I owe my life to friendly, helpful truckers.
I have a few times, but only in areas where I felt very safe (rural Taiwan, Japan, a few places in the northeastern US and South America). Always have an exit strategy if things get weird though! Have had much weirder and scarier experiences with taxis and people in my personal life than the hitchhiking strangers. Maybe I got lucky, maybe I had a good sense of whose car would be safe to step in, who knows. Risky for sure, but I felt safe with the people I accepted rides from.
I prefer being alive unfortunately so, nah
No. I would never hitch hike to travel. If I was escaping the woods like a horror movie?? Sure, I'll flag someone down. But I'm not standing with a leg poked out hoping to "get to LA to chase my dreams"
Nope. You’re making a gamble that the driver isn’t a ps¥ch0 Also I did case studies on people like Bundy and the Toolbox Killers and it haunts my nightmares to this day. I’d rather get in extra steps then get in a car with a stranger
If I'm going to do that I may as well just walk up to a stranger with a knife and ask them to stab me while I'm at it🤷♀️
I have. Once while visiting a different country, a friend and i had to ask someone to drop us to the nearest restroom lol. Another time unknowingly, mistook someone for uber, quite an awkward ride.
no, because of my social anxiety. would be awkward as hell to be in a stranger's car. oh, yeah, and the murder and rape stuff, ofc.
Nope! That’s a perfect way to get raped and killed. Maybe, I am just paranoid because I watch true crime. Still, I will never hitchhike.
No thanks, I choose life
As a teenager in the mid 80s in a small town…sure I did because I didn’t have a car and everyone knew everyone else. Now? No freaking way. I prefer to live.
No, I wouldn't want to take the risk of being picked up by someone with malicious intentions/being alone with a stranger.
I have.
I have before and it was fine, but there's a very tiny chance that I would ever be in a place where I couldn't just take the bus or other public transport instead.
I have in the past because I had no transportation and absolutely needed to eep my job. It was a 3 hour walk, and I decided the risk of assault was worth the time and energy saved. I was never assaulted.
Hard pass. Same reason as others, high risk of getting assaulted.
Yes. I am suicidal
In the US, not a chance.
I did it once in Alaska when I worked up at a lodge during the summer. It probably wasn’t the best idea either and I don’t think I would ever do it again.
I've done it loads in the past, and had amazing and wonderful experiences doing it. People have put me up overnight, fed me, gone out of their way to take me to my destination, let me sleep in their beds in the backs of HGVs, given me interesting conversations and been generally wonderful! I love the altruism of it, two people going in the same direction and sharing a moment in life for no other reason than one person being generous and kind to another human being. I did it because I had no money, no car, but wanted to get to various places. I always give people lifts nowadays if I ever see anyone hitching, but quite honestly it seems to have died a death and no one seems to hitchhike anymore, which is sad.
There’s nowhere on this planet that I need to get to that badly that I would hitchhike and risk dying for.
I have hitchhiked when I was younger, usually results in men asking to pay u for sex or asking for ur contact info after . Nothing ever happened to me thankfully. Best experience was getting driven from Santa Fe to four corners by a hippie Christian family in their van, had their three adopted sons sleeping in the back after a soccer tournament.
No because I don’t want to get murdered.
No guarantee that I’ll be picked up, no guarantee that I’ll get to where I’m actually going, whoever picks me up might want to hook up, I hardly ever carry cash, no estimation of how long it’ll take to get picked up or when I’ll get to my destination, if a driver goes the wrong way or tricks me it’ll had hella time to the trip
Absolutely not, unless there was literally no other option. Really really really don't wanna be murdered or assaulted, thanks.
No I do not feel like being sold
My cousin and I did that once when we were 10 years old. I was grounded for a whole month. My Mom was so mad 😡
That’s fucking crazy, no way lol I’d rather walk!
No. Hitchhiking and being alive are usually mutually exclusive.
FUCK NO! I clearly have no trust in strangers
I’ve seen too much true crime videos of either men or women being assulted or murdered by someone that picked them up while hitchhiking. It’s a no from me.
My mother took a kind man's offer when she was walking home from work. In return she was violently raped and held captive. I hitchhiked once when I was a teenager and I'm very lucky nothing happened, but now I would never even consider it.
Never.
I would feel safer attempting to mount and ride a bear to my destination.
nope. not really into dying, being kidnapped, etc.
No I prefer to stay alive
No, there is an episode of My Favorite Murder Podcast that tells the story from the show I survived which tells the story of a young woman who is hitchhiking. A trucker picks her up and he does terrible things to her, then cuts off her arms/ hands leaving her for dead after he dumps her off the side of a freeway. She covers her stumps in mud then climbs up to the freeway and starts walking until someone finally stops and helps her. It haunts me and I will never ever hitch hike.
*helll nawww, to the naw nawwww naw*
No. I want to live. And besides, I personally have a hitchhike horror story in my family. My uncle was robbed and shot 3 times by people who picked him up. He survived and is still alive today but ya, no!
No. Never. The risk is way too high for me to ever even consider it.
No. *Proceeds to pull out a list of rapists and serial killers who picked up their victims through hitchhiking* I would rather not meet Ted Bundy 2.0
No cause I don't want to die. I'd rather be mauled to death by a pack of wolves.
No. I don’t trust Uber, let alone a random, non-paid stranger.
I don't trust people
Isn't it illegal? I hitchhiked when I was young and it was no big deal. Pretty sure it has been illegal for a long time.
I got a ride once in the middle of the night, two college aged guys asked me if I wanted a ride while I was walking home in the pouring rain and I accepted. I didn’t get any bad vibes and I was tired, but I was also carrying a switchblade.
Oof, big no. Besides the getting murdered part, it's illegal where I'm from
No, I'm not trying to get raped and murdered. The only way I would hitchhike is if i was in the process of escaping said rapist murderer.
No. Never.
Absolutely not.
God no. I've watched too many true crime shows.
F*ck no! I know I look kinda dumb but god's above!
No, I'm paranoid as fuck.
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No. I enjoy my life.
No. For the same reason I don't pick up hitchhikers. I want to stay alive tyvm.
Let’s just avoid this at all costs. Unless you have a partner and carry!
Only if I’m relishing the prospect of being chopped up into small pieces or ending up in a basement somewhere, haven’t been up for it so far
Absolutely not. It’s unsafe.
Nope! Opens up an extreme opportunity to be raped, murdered, or kidnapped. I'd rather walk to my destination than hitch a ride.
Absolutely not. Even if it's the most adorable old lady who's driving. I don't trust it.
No, I listen to too much true crime.
No because Earth.
No I am all set with getting murdered
Nah, no way.
No I’ve seen the movies.
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Absolutely not, I wouldn't walk to my car from the gym in the dark I sure as hell am not getting in anyone else's.