Don’t Look at the Window, Just Drive

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What is the opening premise of the midnight drive story?

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IC juna 80 hämen linnasta kiihdytti asemalta. Asur tuijotti itseään silmiin ja pohti, minne haluaisi asettua. Italian maaseutu tuntui ylempaalttiselta, modernin arkkitehtuurin ankara valkoisuus taas liian kylmältä, Hän päätyi sumuun. Oliko videopalaverin taustan valitseminen aina ollut näin vaikeaa? Me huolehdimme matkasta. Sinä päätät, miten sen käytä. Vejare.
Be. Busta 0:28
Yhteisellä matkalla. G'day mates, it's BBuster here. And before the episode begins, I would just like to let you know that Be Scared, which is produced along with Studio 71, features scary stories from around the globe on a weekly basis that aim to fuel your nightmares with a smile. And if you enjoy the podcast, it would be great if you could hit that subscribe button and drop a review. But thanks for listening guys, and without further ado, let's begin.
Be. Busta 1:07
I've been white knuckling the steering wheel literally every time that I have to drive to work lately and You see, three nights ago, I was heading out to the remote research site that I work at, about an hour from the main regional highway. It's a dead stretch of road, miles of nothing but dense overgrown scrub and narrow winding gravel paths. I hit a section where the road sort of narrows down to a single lane due to a collapsed embankment. There's a makeshift temporary signal there as well that's been active for a few weeks now. I pulled up and killed the engine to wait for the light. It was pitch black, no moon, and the forest around the road was dead silent. I was exhausted that day too, checking my mirrors out of habit when I saw something move in the tall brush off the shoulder.
Be. Busta 1:59
I initially thought it was a deer, but the movement was all wrong, too calculated and too low to the ground, and My partner, who was actually in the passenger seat with me this day, suddenly stiffened and grabbed my arm, and She didn't even scream. She just whispered, Don't look at the window. Just go and Glance toward the passenger side. A person was on their hands and knees, crawling through the thick dry grass toward the rear wheel. They were wearing a dark heavy coat and a smooth featureless white face covering, not a mask, but like a piece of fabric almost, pulled tight with no cutouts. They were moving in complete silence, trying to get into the blind spot of the back seat.

How does the narrator describe the remote research site and the single‑lane road?

Be. Busta 2:46
I didn't wait for the light. I slammed the truck into gear and I punched it through the red, tires spinning on the gravel as I tore away and everything. We didn't slow down for the next twenty miles too. We called the authorities from a gas station further up the line, but they were pretty vague, basically saying that they'd monitor the area, which we both knew meant nothing. The uncanny variable, if that's what you want to call it, that keeps me up at night though, is what I saw in the side view mirror just before I cleared that embankment. You see, as I sped away, I looked back and saw the figure stand up fully, and They weren't running after us, they were just standing there, perfectly still in the middle of the road, holding what looked like a long rusted steel spike.
Be. Busta 3:35
It was pointed upward like they were signaling something hidden deeper into the trees, which I interpret to mean that this person wasn't alone. We spent the next day checking the undercarriage of the truck for trackers or loosened to lug nuts or anything that we could find. Thankfully we didn't find anything, but I haven't slept more than an hour at a time since then. I can assure you too that it was not a prank. No one plays a joke like that in the middle of a wilderness corridor where you might not see another soul for six hours at least. In the middle of the night when it's completely dark like that. I was right to be shaken. I know that, but And I guess the message here is trust your gut. Lock the doors, and if you're ever stuck in that spot again, then don't wait for the light to change.
Be. Busta 4:28
Just get out of there and drive.
Be. Busta 4:39
I was working as a surveyor for a massive infrastructure project in the Scottish Highlands. My job was to map a series of drainage culverts along a remote stretch of road that hadn't been serviced well, since I think the seventies or something.

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