He Works At A Rural Gas Station, And He Had A Terrifying Experience In The Basement That Made Him Too Scared To Return To Work
Have you ever been on a road trip and had to stop at a sketchy gas station late at night?
One 18-year-old man works at a gas station in a rural area in Tennessee and had a terrifying experience that made him too scared to return to work.
The other night, he arrived at the gas station around 8:00 pm and clocked in for work as usual.
“I figured it was going to be a pretty easy night because the road this station is on is not the main road,” he said.
The gas station is located in an area that used to be filled with small businesses that eventually shut down after a new freeway was built. As a result, for the last ten years, the buildings surrounding the gas station have been abandoned and often frequented by homeless people or drug users.
That night, around 11:00 pm, he had about an hour left of his shift and began doing extra work around the store instead of sitting behind the cash register for the rest of the night.
At one point, he noticed the shelves were low on barbecue-flavored chips, which meant he had to go down to the basement to grab some more.
“I’ve always hated going down there just because it gives me the creeps,” he explained.
“Why the owner decided to store everything down there is beyond my comprehension.”
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When he was halfway down the basement stairs, he heard something fall on the other side of the room, followed by footsteps. Creeped out, he ran back up the stairs and shut the door.
He knew a security camera was down there, so he logged onto the computer to check the camera’s live feed. That’s when he saw something insanely creepy.
“There was this guy just standing there smiling up into the camera,” he remembered.
“He had a look of absolute insanity in his eyes.”
Surprisingly, the man was well-dressed and clean-shaven, unlike some of the trespassers he’s encountered. If that man had walked into the store as a customer, he wouldn’t have batted an eye at his presence.
The man’s look on his face shook him to his core, and he immediately called the store owner to tell him what was happening. He was instructed to lock the door and keep the man downstairs until he arrived.
He watched on the camera as the man stared into the lens for a few minutes more before walking out of view.
When the owner did arrive, he was in full defense mode with a weapon and went to the basement as soon as he got there.
“I went with him just because I felt safe with there being another person,” he recalled.
“We found nothing. My boss ultimately chalked this up to me being tired and hallucinating the man, but I know what I saw.”
After this experience, he’s been dreading clocking back into work.
What do you think that man was doing in the basement?
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