Cactus Jack
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We had a bad experience one time while we were driving to Sydney (150 k's away) .
We made the mistake of picking up what appeared to be a "poor" unfortunate hitch
hiker ! He was a giant of a guy - about 6'4" 250 lbs . At first he was friendly ,
chatty and polite but then things slowly began to change as time went by !
He stopped talking , went quiet and started acting strange . I thought to
myself "WTF?" ...
He was clutching this briefcase really tightly and looking around nervously .
We instantly sensed that something wasn't "quite right" with him . So to break
the ice we asked him where he was from and where he was going . In response
he got agitated and bluntly said "NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS".
Alarmed , we let it go for a while and kept driving but he just kept looking
back out of the rear window and clutching nervously at this briefcase ... he was
sweating as well . We both thought to our selves , what's he got in that
freakin' briefcase ? A gun , drugs , a knife , maybe money ... maybe he's an
escaped crim or something ?
I thought stuff this for a joke , we're going to have to lose him at the
first chance we get . So I pulled into a service station to get fuel hoping
he'd go to the rest room ... but he just sat in the car clutching his friggin'
briefcase . Then as soon as my missus got out of the car and went into the
shop to buy some coffee plus something to eat , he quickly got out and
walked briskly to the toilet , taking the briefcase with him but looking around
frantically like he was paranoid or something !
I ran to pay for the fuel and told the missus to forget the coffee and head for
the car so we could take off and leave him behind - but just as we reached it ,
he rushed back and got back in . Man I was pissed off and getting agro so I
outright said to him - what's doin' with you man ? What's with all the weirdness ...
what the hell are you running from chum , and what the hell's in that damned
briefcase that's making you clutch it like there's NO tomorrow . He looked
alarmed at my questions and replied in a mean tone "NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS".
I just thought - man we have a live one here . Why in hell did we pick
him up ? NEVER AGAIN !!!!!
So I sent the missus back in to get 3 coffees and some snacks , hoping
the guy would lighten up after having something to eat - which he did a bit
- and it seemed that we were all getting along well again as we drove ! Then
the missus just had to do it ! She just had to ask him again ... "Come on mate !
What's in the briefcase ?" ... This time he went right off and screamed angrily ,
"NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS !!!!!" again ...
I immediately pulled the car over and told him in no uncertain terms to
cool it and stop swearing or he could get out and walk ... He was still wary
of the lights from cars going past and seemed to duck each time one went by.
Then he just bluntly said to me "OK mate ! But just stop asking f'cking
questions - it's none of yours , hers , nor anyone elses' F'CKING BUSINESS
what's in the case " !
I just shook my head and thought it won't be long and we'll be rid of him
- he was way too big for me to man handle out of the car anyway.
After that , it was really eerie as we drove the rest of the trip in complete
silence - We didn't dare question him anymore about ANYTHING ! We got to the
end of the Expressway and drove through the suburbs of Sydney - then he
suddenly yelled out frantically - "STOP the car !!! STOP the car !!! This will
do !" ... He just jumped out , slammed the door , and took off without saying
thanks , kiss my ass , goodbye or anything !
Man , what a relief that was !!!!!!!!!! We vowed to NEVER , EVER pick up hitch
hikers from that day on . We drove to our friends house in Sydney thinking -
boy have we got a story to tell everyone .
We pulled into their driveway and got out of the car - THEN to our disbelief !
We saw it on the back seat !!!!!!!! The fricken' BRIEFCASE !!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ...
After ALL that carrying on and weirdness - he'd jumped out and took off leaving
it behind in the car !!!!!!!
Man - we just couldn't believe it and when we told our friends - they said
we were lucky we weren't killed or something !
We most certainly learnt our lesson that night and now we drive straight past
hitch hikers ... Even IF it's freezing cold and pouring rain ...
We made the mistake of picking up what appeared to be a "poor" unfortunate hitch
hiker ! He was a giant of a guy - about 6'4" 250 lbs . At first he was friendly ,
chatty and polite but then things slowly began to change as time went by !
He stopped talking , went quiet and started acting strange . I thought to
myself "WTF?" ...
He was clutching this briefcase really tightly and looking around nervously .
We instantly sensed that something wasn't "quite right" with him . So to break
the ice we asked him where he was from and where he was going . In response
he got agitated and bluntly said "NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS".
Alarmed , we let it go for a while and kept driving but he just kept looking
back out of the rear window and clutching nervously at this briefcase ... he was
sweating as well . We both thought to our selves , what's he got in that
freakin' briefcase ? A gun , drugs , a knife , maybe money ... maybe he's an
escaped crim or something ?
I thought stuff this for a joke , we're going to have to lose him at the
first chance we get . So I pulled into a service station to get fuel hoping
he'd go to the rest room ... but he just sat in the car clutching his friggin'
briefcase . Then as soon as my missus got out of the car and went into the
shop to buy some coffee plus something to eat , he quickly got out and
walked briskly to the toilet , taking the briefcase with him but looking around
frantically like he was paranoid or something !
I ran to pay for the fuel and told the missus to forget the coffee and head for
the car so we could take off and leave him behind - but just as we reached it ,
he rushed back and got back in . Man I was pissed off and getting agro so I
outright said to him - what's doin' with you man ? What's with all the weirdness ...
what the hell are you running from chum , and what the hell's in that damned
briefcase that's making you clutch it like there's NO tomorrow . He looked
alarmed at my questions and replied in a mean tone "NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS".
I just thought - man we have a live one here . Why in hell did we pick
him up ? NEVER AGAIN !!!!!
So I sent the missus back in to get 3 coffees and some snacks , hoping
the guy would lighten up after having something to eat - which he did a bit
- and it seemed that we were all getting along well again as we drove ! Then
the missus just had to do it ! She just had to ask him again ... "Come on mate !
What's in the briefcase ?" ... This time he went right off and screamed angrily ,
"NONE OF YOUR F'CKING BUSINESS !!!!!" again ...
I immediately pulled the car over and told him in no uncertain terms to
cool it and stop swearing or he could get out and walk ... He was still wary
of the lights from cars going past and seemed to duck each time one went by.
Then he just bluntly said to me "OK mate ! But just stop asking f'cking
questions - it's none of yours , hers , nor anyone elses' F'CKING BUSINESS
what's in the case " !
I just shook my head and thought it won't be long and we'll be rid of him
- he was way too big for me to man handle out of the car anyway.
After that , it was really eerie as we drove the rest of the trip in complete
silence - We didn't dare question him anymore about ANYTHING ! We got to the
end of the Expressway and drove through the suburbs of Sydney - then he
suddenly yelled out frantically - "STOP the car !!! STOP the car !!! This will
do !" ... He just jumped out , slammed the door , and took off without saying
thanks , kiss my ass , goodbye or anything !
Man , what a relief that was !!!!!!!!!! We vowed to NEVER , EVER pick up hitch
hikers from that day on . We drove to our friends house in Sydney thinking -
boy have we got a story to tell everyone .
We pulled into their driveway and got out of the car - THEN to our disbelief !
We saw it on the back seat !!!!!!!! The fricken' BRIEFCASE !!!!!! Ha ha ha ha ...
After ALL that carrying on and weirdness - he'd jumped out and took off leaving
it behind in the car !!!!!!!
Man - we just couldn't believe it and when we told our friends - they said
we were lucky we weren't killed or something !
We most certainly learnt our lesson that night and now we drive straight past
hitch hikers ... Even IF it's freezing cold and pouring rain ...
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