19. The Phantom of the Freeway
I was probably the cause of someone’s weirdest thing. I was out on the highway hitchhiking — trying to get home for Christmas. An elderly couple going around 5 miles-per-hour under the speed limit passes me without stopping. A short time later, I get picked up and we quickly catch up to the old couple. I got out of that car when we got to his exit, and resumed hitchhiking.
Along comes the old couple again. When they see me, I can see that their mouths are open in surprise. Same thing happens again. I get picked up, we pass the old folks, and then get let off miles down the road.
The third time they passed me, the old couple quite obviously are freaking out a little bit. They actually swerve over to the other lane and stare at me the whole time.
So that day I became the phantom highway hitchhiker who kept mysteriously reappearing.
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