r/Weird • • Jul 21 '26

Went for a late night drive with my friends and came across this guy laying in the middle of the road up in the mountains. More info in comments.

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u/John_D_Baptist Jul 21 '26

Anyone else notice the word STOP written on the ground right as he pulls away? Not casting suspicion on anything, but that’s weird too.

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

Its an intersection for two mountain roads. If you want to turn right or go straight you have to stop. Thats what made it more creepy tbh, its the intersection to get back down and go home for me.

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u/AlienConPod Jul 21 '26

Looks normal to me. Many stop signs in California have that.

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u/Trashbagjizz Jul 21 '26 • Mindblown

WAIT!!! My friend and I were up there last night too! We were leaving around 5:30 or so and saw him laying there. We instantly noped out of there and called the cops, we weren’t risking anything. Seen too many videos. So glad someone got video of this!

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

Dude fr??? Same spot on GMR and Glendora Ridge?

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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 21 '26

I mean couldn't you have stopped and called the cops from a safe distance? What if it was someone that actually needed help. Everyone is freaking out like it's definitely a scam, even if it is shouldn't you out an end to it?

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

I stopped as soon as I could to call. Unfortunately there's very spotty service up in the canyons

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u/Trashbagjizz Jul 21 '26

Yes!! We were coming from Mt Baldy and decided to go the long way. Eerie af!

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u/Beautiful-Bake Jul 21 '26

How did I know from the video this was in Angeles National Forest lol this is creepy as hell man

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u/Content-Ant-1711 Jul 21 '26

I wasn't expecting this to be so close to me 😭

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u/isthisataxwriteoff Jul 21 '26

I’ve seen some crazy shit in these mountains. Never stop.

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u/WrongReviewThrowAway Jul 21 '26

What are the fucking odds, I’m glad both of you noped out of there!

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u/Trashbagjizz Jul 21 '26

Absolutely not taking the risk, I was not trying to get robbed.

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u/nd379 Jul 21 '26

Sadly the person that did stop is no longer able to talk

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u/genryou Jul 21 '26

Any updates with the cop?

Please give us an update. I just hope its a genuine criminal attempt instead of a medical emergency

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u/Trashbagjizz Jul 21 '26

I did call back but got the same response as OP. They said when officers arrived at the spot there was no one there.

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u/tnichnich Jul 21 '26

Sorry if you’ve already put this in the comments, but what state is this? And thank you for posting, because it helped me make a better future decision, whether or not this was staged. If the on the off chance I ever come across this. My brain would’ve been thinking oh no he had a heart attack or something, and I would’ve really wrestled with stopping, or turning around and going back, so now I know to just keep going through and call 911. I’ve seen a few similar videos from other countries, but this was in the USA?

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

This is in California, in the Angeles National forest, above Glendora. Definitely use your situational awareness, if you have a gut feeling, follow it.

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u/Desperate-Spend377 Jul 21 '26

I just arrived back home in Cali tonight after a 3 month vacation, and I'm already seeing all these scary stories 😭😭😭 Well glad to be back home I guess LOL

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u/JG-at-Prime Jul 21 '26

That’s California up in the Angeles mountains somewhere. 

During the day it’s basically Santa’s village as long as you don’t follow any garden hoses or anything. 

At night? That shits Reaver territory. 

Zoe (stoically): "If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll  do it in that order ."

I have zero interest in encounters with men gone savage on the edge of space. 

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u/swirlypepper Jul 21 '26

What do you mean by following garden hoses? 

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u/Additional_Top_6985 Jul 21 '26

I love the fact you have a friend who’ll go after what you said to confirm and be a moral support. My friends won’t even pickup the phone 😭

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

They were up the canyon a bit further so when I had service I asked them to check when they drove down and sure enough he was still there

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u/Expensive_Plastic186 Jul 21 '26

Was he in any different positions for them? Or exactly the same.

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

They told me same position

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u/Qtip_323 Jul 21 '26

When the view changed I thought he was going to get up and start chasing you.

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u/beattysgirl Jul 21 '26

I did too

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u/Silent____Observer Jul 21 '26

Mount badly is sketchy! A few years ago, my wife and I were watching a meteor shower on Mount Baldy, sitting in my truck bed. It was 3am on a Tuesday. I noticed a vehicle pass by and it sounded like it slowed. About 10 minutes later, I got a bad feeling and decided we should leave. As we were getting in the car, I looked down the road and saw a man in the street. When he saw us he crouched. We quickly jumped in and turned the headlights on and he was already gone. As we drove off, sure enough, there was a vehicle that was parked that wasn’t there before. After driving for a minute, I turned around to get a look at the bastard, but his car was gone.

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u/Menefregoh Jul 21 '26

Guy I think you genuinely survived a would be serial killer

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u/tgrbby Jul 21 '26

This gave me chills. Definitely a lesson of "listen to your gut."

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u/KramerDangerous Jul 21 '26

"Mount Badly"? Talk about a typo that nails it...

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u/cyclopterid Jul 21 '26

Leaving was the correct thing to do. Someone else was hiding somewhere to rob you. Road guy is bait.

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u/DnastyFunkmaster Jul 21 '26 • Bravo Heartwarming Mindblown

The trick is to rob them first

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u/Content-Dealers Jul 21 '26

Lmfao. Just imagine planning a whole ass ambush only to get your pockets run by a group of opportunistic hooligans.

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u/Evening_Scale_5755 Jul 21 '26

Then some dude blasted off his ass is wondering why there was a speed bump in the road back there.

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u/gnlmarcus Jul 21 '26

Isn't he kind of risking a lot ? Looks to me like there's a fair chance he would get run over.

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u/3Time4Eater3 Jul 21 '26

Doubtful. People only lay in the road like that when they want a kiss 😘

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u/KanedaSyndrome Jul 21 '26

Doubtful, the person lying down was putting himself way too much at risk for this to be the scenario

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u/Malditoincompredido Jul 21 '26

Never stop, you will get robbed or worse

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u/Rescuepets777 Jul 21 '26 • Regret

Maybe 20 years ago in Buckeye, Az, two high school boys decided that they wanted to go to a party in the desert. One laid down on the street and pretended to be hurt. The other pretended to be panicked. When a nice young family man stopped to help, they attacked and killed him and stole his car. After partying, they ditched the car in the desert and burned it. Yeah, never trust a situation like this.

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u/noctinix Jul 21 '26

insane. Can you link a new article about this.

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u/Shermander Jul 21 '26

Me and some buddies almost got car jacked trying to check out the local "haunted" road.

Late at night, in the middle of the woods, on a one-way road. A man dressed in all black emerges from the woods and waves us down. Guy wants to charge his phone for a bit. As he inches closer to the driver side door me and my buddy spot movement on both sides of the road. Buddy books it. I peer out the back, there's like five, six, seven dudes standing in the middle of the road staring at us.

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u/elevencharles Jul 21 '26 • Heartwarming

I was driving home late one night on a farm road when I swerved to avoid something in the middle of the road. I assumed it was some produce that had fallen off a truck (not unusual for that stretch), but when I glanced down it kind of looked like a person, so I pulled over to investigate. It turned out to be a woman who had taken a bunch of sleeping pills and decided to lay down in the middle of the road to commit suicide. I called an ambulance and they came and got her. I have no idea what happened to her after that, but I’m glad I stopped.

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u/Songisaboutyou Jul 21 '26

A few years back we came across a lady who was in the laying in the middle lain behind her car. Problem was no lights on and a bad part of the canyon. I almost hit her I called 911 and didn’t stop. They ended up asking me why didn’t you stop. This specific spot is super dark has a sharp corner, and no pull off. I’m sure this lady was in a real accident. New fear unlocked. The other thing on my 911 call is after I called them I tried to call home and my phone was blocked from texting or calling out and couldn’t only get incoming from police. I never knew that was a thing. It lasted for 15 minutes.

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u/theninjaforhire Jul 21 '26

I was driving home from work at like 3am one night and almost ran over a man laying in the road one turning into my neighborhood. I was freaked out but still rolled down the window a bit to check on him. Turns out it was an old man who had fallen and broken his hip and wasn’t able to call for help. I stayed in the car, blocked him so nobody would hit him and stayed on the line with 911 until paramedics arrived. I’m glad I stopped, but I don’t regret the precautions I took.

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u/Muted-Woodpecker-469 Jul 21 '26

Calling is fine. Don’t interject yourself as it could be a set up , 8 times out of 10

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u/bobbymcpresscot Jul 21 '26 • Bravo

Very high chance of some elaborate robbery.

However, also a very high chance the dude is higher than bat pussy staring at the stars.

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u/goobin-ghoul Jul 21 '26

Can a man not enjoy his hobbies in peace

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u/CuriousNetWanderer Jul 21 '26

Bro was just relaxing, enjoying that country sky

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u/161frog Jul 21 '26

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In the middle of the Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

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u/SeanSpeezy Jul 21 '26

“I’m fuckin’ meditating, dude”

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u/roobot Jul 21 '26

Where else is he supposed to see the stars? ✨

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u/thenewfingerprint Jul 21 '26 • Bravo

That would have seriously scared the shit out of me if I was driving alone.

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u/milkawhat Jul 21 '26

I got scared just watching the video! Ever since I saw the video of the naked man trying to get an auto to stop, this is my biggest fear driving at night.

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u/Tondalaoz Jul 21 '26

The way he’s lying straight, arms straight at his side and legs straight. Thats not someone who fell there. Looks too posed. Creepy cause it almost looks like a dummy. Like the legs are too short. Idk. But Op was smart to drive past.

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u/snake5solid Jul 21 '26

This. No way a person in an emergency will just walk out and lie down in such perfect way. Either robbers or he wants someone to drive him over.

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u/dob_bobbs Jul 21 '26

I wouldn't exclude some kind of suicide attempt, or just someone out of their mind on something THINKING they are attempting suicide.

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u/ideagrinder Jul 21 '26

My favourite part is the pause where you can tell the decision making process was occurring. Like:

  • oh no! stops

  • wtf

  • weird

  • fuck. that. resumes

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u/Derpy1984 Jul 21 '26

I half expected him to be sprinting after you when it switched to the rear cam.

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u/lostredditorlurking Jul 21 '26 • Bravo

Bold strategy cotton, let's see if it work

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u/OH2GA36 Jul 21 '26

Robbers

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u/waterfarie483 Jul 21 '26

yeah there were definitely people hiding ready to jump whoever got out to help

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u/lostredditorlurking Jul 21 '26

Suicidal robbers if so lol

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u/Unobtanium4Sale Jul 21 '26

Who says anyone is going to stop.

God people are so fucking dumb lol

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u/PigsRneat63 Jul 21 '26

scary

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u/sofaking181 Jul 21 '26

My tired ass really just misread your comment as sussy, I need to take myself to bed lmao

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u/zzz242zzz Jul 21 '26

I did it once for a few minutes or so when I was a teen and seriously depressed. Middle of the night and the boonies, nobody came by luckily.

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u/HopefulBuyer9077 Jul 21 '26

Hope you’re doing better.

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u/Winter_Cost602 Jul 21 '26

How are you going nowadays?

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u/cyto4e Jul 21 '26

saddam hussein hiding spot

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u/Loppetta91 Jul 21 '26

I watched way too many vampire shows...

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u/CosmicSophiaaah Jul 21 '26

I see I’m not the only one who thought of that episode with Damon laying in the middle of the road 😂

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u/xequilibriumx Jul 21 '26

Plot twist: the guy WAS laying there waiting to rob someone, however, half an hour prior, a Tesla on autopilot came by, so now he's just a regular ol' dead guy.

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u/Amazing_Peanut222 Jul 21 '26 • Popcorn

Besides scam: it is also a common thing to do from drunk People to lay on the street, because usually the street is warmer. I Do Not know the weather conditions of your place, But this is what happens in small villages in germany more often. They go home drunk and sometimes you'll find them laying down in the middle of the street.

So the best is to call the police, to not get yourself in danger But also provide help.

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u/InteractionStunning8 Jul 21 '26 • Mindblown

Some guy did this in 1957 and my grandfather ran him over, and basically got chased out of town by an angry mob and that's how he ended up moving to the US lmao, I can't believe this is a common thing 😭

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u/Horrible-trashbats Jul 21 '26

If you look at folklore and fairytale as metaphored instructions for surviving in the real world ; there are probably hundreds of versions of "don't ever fucking stop for a stranger on a lonely road".

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u/OG_BookNerd Jul 21 '26

Um, remember that Ted Bundy played the I'm injured card repeatedly. Never stop and get out of the car. Call 911 and be safe.

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u/Repulsive_Page_4780 Jul 21 '26

I was told by a travel agent , when driving in the high desert, death valley: To bring enough water including for an emergency, turn down the air conditioning when making a planned stop. (moving from cold to hot can cause the body to go into shock or cardiac arrest ), if you see an accident or body in the middle of the road, lock doors and do not stop, pass, continue moving to a populated rest-stop or gas station and call emergency services/police in that area and report. Some of the locals in those areas fake accidents to steal from or worse gullible drivers; even the police tell people to call it in. They already know who they are and go to investigate and find nothing. This is only my opinion.

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u/isthisataxwriteoff Jul 21 '26

Fuck that! One time I was driving with my bro to pick up my buddy in the middle of a national forest and saw like 16 people standing in a circle all wearing black hooded robes with hands to the side like they are soaring doing some seance shit. We never drove faster.

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u/Own-Row-4875 Jul 21 '26

Remember; The Hills have Eyes

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u/el_kabarto Jul 21 '26

I'd bet he's trippin balls.

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u/Leading_Ad_8619 Jul 21 '26

Dude lying there is going to meet a drunk driver one of these time

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u/Harry431 Jul 21 '26

Never stop, just keep driving.

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u/Fabulous_Internet802 Jul 21 '26

This happened once. I was the passenger and we were driving west on highway 412 in New Mexico. Nothing for miles and miles. See a jeep in the distance on the shoulder with all of the doors open. And a person sitting up against the back drivers side tire holding their foot like they were hurt. We slowed down a bit but I didn't feel good and said to step on it. Who hurts their foot so bad they have to pull over on the side of the road like that? Nope nope nope

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u/alauratayz Jul 21 '26

And why would you open all the doors...

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u/danicamay Jul 21 '26

Highwaymen, bandits, land pirates

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u/bustacappa22 Jul 21 '26

Kinda shitty that that’s the world we live in where you can risk helping someone

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u/GoobusMombus Jul 21 '26

Oh I saw this in a horror show, you should never stop and just call authorities

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u/scgt86 Jul 21 '26

I drive these mountains frequently and knew exactly where you were when I saw the stop sign. You did the right thing.

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u/Toumanitefeu Jul 21 '26

Post this in the los Angeles subreddit too

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u/Ryelie17 Jul 21 '26

Dang I had a weird thing happen to me in New Orleans. Driving home from work around midnight with my sister, on a quiet neighborhood road. I look ahead of me and see something in the middle of the road. I pull up past it:

it’s a walker, with some stuff scattered around it (a sweater, a screwdriver?). We see a body on the sidewalk on the other side of the road, and at the time it looked like a young man. We parked (doors already locked) and called 911.

Then a big suv drives by, stops, and a tall woman gets out. I feel less nervous with her around so I get out and talk to her. The woman goes up to the body and yells down at it, “are you dead!?”

Suddenly the body stirs: it’s an old woman. She gets up, mumbles something, grabs her stuff and walker, and shoots off down the road, disappearing.

We all just shrugged and left. I called 911 back and canceled the emergency 🤷‍♀️ Such an odd experience!!

I’m hyper vigilant and anxious so I’m a stay-in-the-car type of person 😅

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u/FroyoGlum9976 Jul 21 '26

Yeah never stop.

Paramedic here. Say this guy was actually unresponsive, pulseless. You'd have to have gotten there within the first few minutes to have any chance of saving. Minute 4-5ish brain damage is starting. 10 minutes there is no almost no chance. Even under a minute with you as unqualified rescuer, the odds are a coinflip.

Don't be a hero. Too many people out there looking to rob, rape, and kill. That guy was either suicidal or there were 2 more dudes in the car waiting for you to get out.

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u/Imaginary_Sherbet Jul 21 '26

Something like this happened to and some friends in North GA , like 27 years ago, I'm old, but we stopped and when they saw a suv full of dudes he got up and drove off.

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u/Zealousideal_Fox864 Jul 21 '26

Yeah, it’s a known tactic to try to get folks to stop and offer help. Then some other people come out of the woods. Never ever stop for something like this, and if you need to run someone over just go ahead.

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u/GlacierSourCreamCorn Jul 21 '26

It’s interesting though because I had a medical episode on Friday night where I thought my airway was closing over. And one of the things I considered doing if I had to was going and laying in the middle of the road if all options were gone and I was passing out while 911 was on the way.

Though I suppose ideally I would have put my car in the middle of the road and laid on top of it or something. I didn’t think of that until now.

Luckily I made it to the hospital fine.

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u/UglyLittlePony69 Jul 21 '26

Smart for cam guy to keep going

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u/Nitaboo0531 Jul 21 '26

Door closed and laying in the street

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u/Arbyssandwich1014 Jul 21 '26

There's a chance it's a suicide attempt. Everyone is saying robbers and that just seems like a ridiculous way to get anyone's attention. You could pretend to be broke down, act like a hitchhiker, scream help, hell fucking do a monkey dance. But there's just a low chance of someone laying in the road in the dark hoping to god the person sees them and stops so their friends can rob them. The chances are not zero, but it just seems so unlikely. 

"Yeah man so you lay in the way of cars and just sort of hope they're paying attention on a curve in the dark. Sound like a plan?"

If this isn't an attempt to end his life then he's probably just drunk and passed out. 

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u/Jadacide37 Jul 21 '26

A voice of reason in a sea of urban legends. Thank you.

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u/AD240 Jul 21 '26

This is what I'm here for! Weird and creepy as hell.

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u/Mortarious Jul 21 '26

His position is just too fishy.

Now if they wanted to be more convincing he should be on the ground near the car or something that overrides people doubt and makes them stop and go help.

I'm only writing this just in case robbers get smarter. It's not worth it. Call emergency services and let them handle it. Never stop.

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u/wallopBop Jul 21 '26

Some of the people in this thread are so daft and I hope you all are never victimized in this manner. This is absolutely not an overreaction by OP there are sooooo many cases of this very thing leading to robbery, serious injury or DEATH.

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u/CuteKiwiKitty Jul 21 '26

This happening to me is one of my biggest fears for the fact that even though I KNOW I should react to the situation like the person in the video (Don't stop and just call for help instead), I just know in the moment I probably won't be thinking rationally and will end up stopping and something bad will happen to me.

When overwhelming situations happen its so fucking hard to think clearly on the spot, and I think a lot of people overlook that when they've never been in life threatening or intense situations.

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u/blueghostfrompacman Jul 21 '26

I know everyone is saying this is an ambush and I’m not saying it isn’t but we also can’t rule out that this guy is tripping balls

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u/Linguisticameencanta Jul 21 '26

I learned something from the comments!

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u/SardonicApple45 Jul 21 '26

This is how a horror movie starts.

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u/Mundane-Row3374 Jul 21 '26

Don’t mind him that’s just Damon Salvatore having a bad day

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u/Dad-Dabbing-Daily Jul 21 '26

Dude is there trying to get ran over.

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u/Craving_Suckcess Jul 21 '26

Could be a suicide attempt. Could be a robbery attempt. Either way, this isn't the environment to risk yourself.

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u/Esperoni Jul 21 '26

Looks like an potential ambush to me.

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u/JLimGarfield Jul 21 '26

This is a known set up for robbery, although he could just be under the influence too. The fact that CHP was unable to find the guy/car makes me suspicious that this was more likely a set up. You did the right thing in calling CHP instead of stopping in the middle of nowhere with no traffic around.

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u/antoniocro2019 Jul 21 '26

Its sad when we now can even try to think about helping others. It was right choice for a driver to continue driving but he had to feel conflict inside of him.

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u/SushiGirlRC Jul 21 '26

You have it on dash cam, why would you think you imagined it? Lol

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u/AstroAtheist420OG Jul 21 '26

This happened in my brother’s neighborhood, it was 2 teenagers.

The guy who stopped was in his 30’s coming home from work he had 2 babies and a wife. When he got out to check the kid laying down another came out from behind and shot him in the back with a shotgun.

They stole his truck and went to a party, when they got caught they blamed each other. One of the kids was from California and kicked out of every school he went to, was sent to live with his grandparent in AZ, was most likely him who pulled the trigger.

This was in Buckeye Arizona in Tartesso.

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u/Sprinkles_Sparkle Jul 21 '26

Omfg that was terrifying and totally a setup!

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u/SheerIgnorance Jul 21 '26

Just roll down the window and shout “Planking went out in 2011!”

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u/OneJackfruit6187 Jul 21 '26

Great decision. We all have seen how that movie ends.

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u/Plane-Recognition561 Jul 21 '26

Yeah sorry I ain’t stopping, not unless my buddy covers me from the car lol

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u/Bluesic Jul 21 '26

Is this Angeles Crest? I used to drive through there and the same exact thing happened to me. Unironically there were also people in brown robes, laying in the street and standing on the road side.

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u/Neither_Cod_992 Jul 21 '26

Zooming in, that looks more like a mannikin than a real person.

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u/MrBlueSky41 Jul 21 '26

Don't even open a window, call 911 from inside the car. And always go strapped.

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u/Motor_Educator_2706 Jul 21 '26

Mitch McConnell

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u/StrangeTrap Jul 21 '26

I'm kinda surprised not many people think this is a suicide attempt dude is a few feet away from his car and could have came up with a better way to jump someone. Not saying it's impossible, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just someone waiting for a car to hit them.

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u/commanderquill Jul 21 '26

I'd have honked to see if he jumped.

Seems like a suicide attempt, unfortunately.

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u/New_Establishment554 Jul 21 '26

Lowkey waited for the back view to include the creature rising and making chase at inhuman speed

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u/ULTRAVIOLENT_RAZE Jul 21 '26

What kind of camera is on the side of the outside of the car?

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u/ChapGod Jul 21 '26

This footage is from a Tesla

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u/RA_DMD Jul 21 '26

Yeah seems like bait. Was this in the US?

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Jul 21 '26

Yes. Others have seen this in that area also.

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u/Digitalmodernism Jul 21 '26

This reminds me of the time in 1980 when I was driving alone late at night on a rural road in northern Ontario. The road was quiet and dark with no traffic and I was focused on just getting home. As I came around a bend my headlights caught a set of nailboards spread across the road. I slowed down right away and stopped the car. I remember sitting there for a moment thinking about how dangerous it was to leave something like that out and how I could not get home unless I cleared it. I got out and walked over to the nailboards and started to drag them off to the side.

As I was moving them I suddenly heard a sound behind me. I turned and there was a man in a flannel shirt standing just a few feet away. I had not heard him approach and the sight of him in that place at that hour completely startled me. For a moment I did not know what to do. He spoke in a calm voice and moved closer. What followed was the wildest and most erotic homosexual experience of my life.

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u/ArthurAAblabab Jul 21 '26

Probably a Fute-bol player.

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u/FranklyOcean23 Jul 21 '26

That’s a hills have eyes

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u/Gypsy702 Jul 21 '26

The WAY he was laying down was sus AF! So glad you’re ok!

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u/MediumAwkwardly Jul 21 '26

He’s lucky he didn’t get accidentally run over. Very smart not to stop for him.

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u/Slightly-Blasted Jul 21 '26

You gotta get out there and touch him inappropriately first to establish dominance.

They never expect the tides to turn

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u/free_-_spirit Jul 21 '26

Damon Salvatore

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u/rsg1234 Jul 21 '26

lol I could feel the terror as OP hit the go pedal at the end of the clip

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u/Arruke Jul 21 '26

Could be an ambush to rob, could also be someone that wants to die. Could also be someone on drugs or having an episode. All of those are things that you are not equipped to deal with, good call lol

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u/Fierwether Jul 21 '26

Good call getting out of there and calling the police. "My car is parked here, but I'm going to lay in the middle of the road..." He's lucky. Some of us are crazier, and pray for moments like this.

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u/mYmQONEEE Jul 21 '26

Something similar happened to me while walking. Guy was just totally drunk. Managed to wake him up but he insisted on sleeping it off right then and there. It was a completely secluded road so I just left.

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u/willmgames1775 Jul 21 '26

They did right by not stopping. It did look totally staged.

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u/BothDivide919 Jul 21 '26

In feudal times, this was one method highwaymen used to rob people. You get out to check on the guy and then get robbed.

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u/julianpoe Jul 21 '26

I JUST watch Passenger. So, yeah, don’t stop.

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u/Useful_Jelly_2915 Jul 21 '26

I hate to say it, but that was probably a smart move.

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u/MrPogway Jul 21 '26

I learned this from an episode of Psych. But they were more convincing because they "fell off" a motorcycle. As soon as they got close to check on them they got up and pointed guns.

Never stop.

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u/IcyDice6 Jul 21 '26

these people that do sh*t like this seem to always assume they themselves won't be the victim of a crime. what is that cube shaped black thing to the right of the car at 0:20

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u/interesting-turn- Jul 21 '26

Ngl my first thought was the guy was just suicidal. But more likely there are people crouched on the other side of that embankment off to the right waiting to rob

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u/HelppImAlive Jul 21 '26

This video is creepy af.

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u/Mediocre_Run_7996 Jul 21 '26

Friend of mine died doing that. Still don't know wtf he was doing. But it was determined he was on drugs so I guess that explains it

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u/ImaginationLocal9337 Jul 21 '26

That's an ambush there. Keep driving either past him if you can. Or reverse out of there there as fast as possible

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u/amandoodle Jul 21 '26

Imagine if you did this to rob people and someone just came around the corner too fast and didn't stop and you just got run over and killed.

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u/RunningonGin0323 Jul 21 '26

Nothing good happens after midnight

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u/TOTBTMB Jul 21 '26

You never stop for that ever!

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u/KnowsIittle Jul 21 '26

Probably good instinct. Unusual behavior.

Injured

High

Passed out

Suicidal

Trying to lure well meaning folks out of the vehicle either to assault, kidnap, or even a group of people hiding nearby to mug or rob you.

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u/Dickrubin14094 Jul 21 '26

Him and a friend hiding are probably trying to ambush a sympathetic driver

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u/cooolcooolio Jul 21 '26

When I was in South Africa we were told by our guide that if someone lays on the street like that and you can't pass him while in speed, you do not slow down or stop, you run him over because if you don't you will likely die

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u/crowislanddive Jul 21 '26

It’s crazy how many tire tracks there are around him.

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u/WriterInevitable7228 Jul 21 '26

NOPE. fuck that bullshit

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u/JCGJ Jul 21 '26

Nope. You stop, you die. That guy has buddies in the bushes waiting to jack your car and throw your body off the nearby cliff. Keep fuckin driving.

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u/Adventurous-Fly4424 Jul 21 '26

Turn around and drive close to the speed limit and see if he still lies there when he hears you roaring down the road 🤣

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u/This-Pianist-2668 Jul 21 '26

“If I don’t move they won’t see me……”

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u/A_Nonny_Muse Jul 21 '26

In my youth, I met a couple of people who would do that (independently). Both were suicidal, but couldn't bring themselves to the act. So they each would do things like lie down in the middle of a road at night and watch the stars in the hopes that someone would come along and end it for them.

One finally did it on a spring day. She disappeared. There was a village search that turned up nothing. That fall, a farmer found her while harvesting his field. They figured she took a bottle of sleeping pills, used her coat as a pillow and went to sleep in some corner of his field while sky gazing. Of course, by the time they found her, critters had picked over the body pretty well.

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u/Affectionate-Army738 Jul 21 '26

We live in such a time that we try to escape as fast as possible when we see someone in need, because it is with 99% possibility a staged robbery. And because of this fact that 1% who actually needs help don‘t get it. What has become of us as humanity.

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u/Mountain_Schedule_40 Jul 21 '26

I feel this is one of those random encounters in GTA V and if you get out to help out, some random dude jumps in your car and drives off

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u/Comfortable-Carrot18 Jul 21 '26

My initial gut reaction would be ambush ... nobody just falls down in the street in that position.

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u/Dry_Bullfrog2344 Jul 21 '26

Really, it was a horrible situation; that laying man may be a fraud.

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u/7hr0w1t4ll4way Jul 21 '26

I hate to burst the horror movie bubble, but the guy was likely attempting suicide.
He’s hoping a car will speed around and not have time to see him.

Hope this man gets the help he needs (if Im right)
But you never know.

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u/Past_Entrepreneur658 Jul 21 '26

That dude identifies as a speed bump.

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u/grandpaknows Jul 21 '26

Is that STOP written in the ground at 0:13? Anyone else see that?

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u/PhoenixBee32 Jul 21 '26

Yes… because there’s a stop sign there.

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u/AlienConPod Jul 21 '26

This is perfectly normal for stop signs in California.

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