- 7/5/2025
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00:00Have you ever picked someone up who seemed like they didn't quite belong anywhere?
00:03I mean, not in this time, not in this city, not even in this world.
00:09I've been driving for Uber for 5 years now, and nothing.
00:12Not drunks, not creeps, not even a guy who once tried to steal my car.
00:17Prepared me for the man I picked up on the night of December 2nd.
00:20A man who never gave a destination.
00:22A man who wasn't on the app.
00:24It was a Thursday night.
00:25I remember because my Thursdays are always dead.
00:27I drive the graveyard shift, midnight to 6am, so I get the bar crowd, the night shift workers, and sometimes the weird ones.
00:37That night it was unusually foggy.
00:39The kind of fog that clings to the road and swallows your headlights whole.
00:43I was parked outside a closed diner, sipping coffee, and half watching an old slasher movie on my phone when a ride request came in.
00:51It was odd from the beginning.
00:52The pickup location was in the middle of nowhere, literally an unmarked service road near the edge of the forest just outside of town.
01:00I thought maybe someone got stranded, or their car broke down, so I accepted it.
01:04It took me almost 20 minutes to reach the location.
01:08As I rolled up, I could barely see through the fog.
01:11No street lights, just the soft crunch of gravel under my tires and the beam of my headlights illuminating the trees.
01:18That's when I saw him.
01:19He stepped out of the trees like he'd been waiting, not walking along the road, not waving me down, just standing there, staring directly at me.
01:28He was tall, wearing an old-fashioned suit, black, like something from the 1920s.
01:33His face was pale and sharp, and his eyes were dark.
01:37Not just colorless, dark like pits of ink.
01:40I felt something cold crawl over my skin the moment our eyes met.
01:44My instinct screamed to drive away, but I didn't.
01:47I unlocked the doors.
01:49He slid in the back seat without a word.
01:51No greeting.
01:52No name.
01:53I turned to him and said,
01:55Where to?
01:56He didn't answer.
01:57I looked at my phone.
01:58No destination was entered.
02:00I asked again,
02:01Hey, where are you headed?
02:03He finally spoke.
02:04Drive.
02:05I'll tell you when to stop.
02:06Now, I've had vague riders before, but something about this man felt wrong.
02:11My chest was tight.
02:12My fingers felt numb on the steering wheel.
02:14Still, I put the car in drive and pulled away.
02:17We rode in silence for about ten minutes through winding back roads.
02:22He never looked out the window.
02:23Never blinked.
02:24Just stared at the back of my head like he was burning holes into my skull.
02:28I turned the radio on, just to cut the silence.
02:31That's when I noticed something strange.
02:33The rearview mirror wasn't reflecting him.
02:35I blinked.
02:36I thought maybe it was the angle or the fog.
02:39But no.
02:40My seats were empty.
02:41The back seat was empty.
02:43But I could feel his presence.
02:44I could hear his shallow breathing.
02:46I jerked the wheel a little.
02:48I looked over my shoulder.
02:49He was still there.
02:50But the mirror said otherwise.
02:52I tried to calm myself down.
02:54Told myself maybe it was a trick of the light or my tired eyes playing games.
02:58But the hairs on my arms were standing straight up.
03:01And I couldn't shake the thought.
03:03This man didn't come from the app.
03:05He didn't belong in my car.
03:06He didn't belong in this world.
03:08Turn left.
03:08He said, I didn't even know there was a road there.
03:12It was barely visible.
03:13A narrow dirt path into the forest.
03:16I hesitated.
03:17He leaned forward slowly.
03:19I said turn left.
03:20I did.
03:21The road got darker the deeper we drove in.
03:24Trees leaned overhead like they were watching.
03:27The air felt heavy.
03:28Like something ancient was watching me from between the trunks.
03:32And then, out of nowhere, he spoke again.
03:35Do you believe in death?
03:37What?
03:37I asked.
03:38In death, he repeated.
03:40When the body dies, but the mind lingers.
03:43When a soul forgets where it belongs and wanders endlessly.
03:47I laughed nervously.
03:49Trying to lighten the mood.
03:50You mean like a ghost?
03:52No.
03:52He said.
03:53I mean like me.
03:54My windows were up.
03:55But I felt wind.
03:57Icy wind.
03:58Rush across my neck.
04:00I nearly swerved.
04:01I glanced in the mirror again.
04:03Still no reflection.
04:04I think.
04:05He whispered.
04:06You're driving in circles.
04:08Have you noticed?
04:09I looked around.
04:10The trees were identical.
04:12I could have sworn we'd passed the same twisted stump at least three times.
04:15I want to go back.
04:17I said more forcefully.
04:18I don't care where you wanted to go.
04:20He didn't move.
04:21You can't go back now.
04:22You said you'd take me.
04:24I slammed the brakes.
04:25I never said that.
04:26He smiled for the first time.
04:28A horrible, jagged smile.
04:30And then, he vanished.
04:32I mean completely disappeared.
04:34One second he was sitting there.
04:36The next, gone.
04:37I jumped out of the car.
04:38No sign of him.
04:39No footprints.
04:40No disturbed leaves.
04:42Just silence.
04:43Oppressive, deafening silence.
04:45I got back in a car and floored it.
04:48I don't even remember how I found my way out.
04:50I just remember that when I made it back to the highway, my clock was blinking.
04:54It read 4.44 AM.
04:57And my Uber app, it had no record of any ride request that night.
05:01None.
05:01But in my back seat, there was a black fedora.
05:04Still damp with fog.
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05:15ever had an experience with something, or someone, that shouldn't be here.
05:20Share this with your horror-loving friends.
05:23And don't forget to check your back seat.
05:25There's something they don't tell you when you sign up to drive for Uber.
05:28They tell you about insurance, safety, even what to do if a rider throws up in your car.
05:33But they don't tell you what to do.
05:34When the person you dropped off doesn't leave.
05:37Not just your car.
05:38I mean your life.
05:38Back in late 2021, I was working night shifts, doing rideshare in a mid-sized city just outside
05:45Portland.
05:46I'd clock in around 9 PM, drive until 4 or 5 AM, and then head home.
05:52Easy enough.
05:53Until the night of October 17th.
05:55That was the night everything changed.
05:58I was near the end of my shift.
05:59It was 3.22 AM, and I just dropped off a couple at a motel when I got one last bing.
06:05The pickup was only a few blocks away, Crescent Street.
06:09A quiet residential area.
06:10Mostly old houses, most of them dark by that hour.
06:14When I pulled up, there was a man already standing at the curb.
06:17No profile photo.
06:19No name.
06:20The app just said,
06:21Rider approaching.
06:23He was thin.
06:24Maybe early 30s.
06:25Pale skin like candle wax.
06:27Black hoodie.
06:28Hood pulled tight.
06:29His hand stayed buried in the pocket of his sweatshirt the whole time.
06:32He got in the back seat without saying a word.
06:35Hey.
06:36Good morning.
06:36I said, trying to keep things light.
06:39He didn't respond.
06:40My screen said,
06:41Destination.
06:42West Pine Cemetery.
06:44Odd.
06:44The cemetery's gate closed at dusk.
06:47No reason to go there at 3.30 AM.
06:50I clear my throat.
06:51Are you sure about this location?
06:53He finally spoke.
06:54His voice was dry, almost cracked.
06:57Like someone who hadn't spoken in days.
06:59Yes.
07:00So I drove.
07:01We passed through the industrial area and hit the edge of town.
07:04No traffic.
07:05Streetlights flickered.
07:07The whole city fell asleep.
07:09Like even the buildings were dreaming.
07:11The ride was silent.
07:12Not a single word.
07:13But I started to feel wrong.
07:15Like I wasn't alone in the car.
07:17Even beyond the passenger.
07:19Like there was a third presence.
07:20Watching from inside the darkness.
07:23Every time I looked in the rearview mirror,
07:25I expected to see him staring.
07:27But he wasn't.
07:27He was always hunched, looking at the floor.
07:30Except, every so often, I glanced quickly.
07:34And I could swear, his head would suddenly jerk up.
07:37Eyes wide like he'd just been caught.
07:39And then he'd look back down again.
07:41At one point, I thought I heard him muttering.
07:44I turned down the radio and listened.
07:46He was whispering.
07:47Quiet.
07:48Rhythmic like a chant.
07:49Don't leave me.
07:50Don't leave me.
07:51Don't leave me.
07:52I gripped the steering wheel harder.
07:54The air inside the car had gone cold.
07:56And then, he spoke louder.
07:58Have you ever been followed home?
08:00What?
08:01I asked, nervous.
08:03Sometimes, when you drop someone off, he said,
08:06they don't stay where you leave them.
08:08I chuckled awkwardly.
08:09You mean like clingy exes?
08:11No, he said.
08:12I mean things.
08:14Things that hitch a ride.
08:15Then need a body to take them somewhere else.
08:17I didn't respond.
08:19We were nearly at the cemetery.
08:20When we pulled up to the rusted black gates,
08:23I turned to ask him what he wanted to do next.
08:24The screen still said the ride was active.
08:27He reached slowly into his hoodie.
08:29I tensed, thinking he was pulling a weapon.
08:32But instead, he handed me a single folded photograph.
08:36It was old.
08:37Black and white.
08:38A woman and child.
08:40Standing in front of a wooden house.
08:42Both had their eyes scratched out.
08:43Drop this, he whispered.
08:45On the third grave to the left inside the main gate.
08:48Face it north.
08:49What is this?
08:51I asked.
08:51He opened the door and walked straight through the cemetery gate, which was locked.
08:57I swear to God.
08:58I watched him disappear through solid metal.
09:01I sat there in stunned silence.
09:03My heart was pounding.
09:04I didn't even realize I was still holding the photo until I felt something wet on my fingers.
09:09It was blood.
09:10Just a smear on the back of the photo.
09:12Fresh.
09:13I dropped it instantly.
09:14My hands shook as I ended the ride.
09:16I didn't even care about the five star rating.
09:19I just wanted to get home.
09:20I drove back in a daze, trying to shake the feeling that something had gone horribly wrong.
09:25But when I pulled into my driveway, something else was off.
09:28My porch light, which always stayed on, was flickering.
09:32My dog, Rocco, was barking furiously behind the door.
09:36And my phone was dead.
09:37Completely.
09:38Like the battery had been sucked dry.
09:40I got out, walked slowly up to the door, and just as I reached for the handle, I heard footsteps behind me.
09:47I turned around fast.
09:48No one was there.
09:50But the back door of my car, it was open.
09:52Why?
09:53I know I closed it after he got out.
09:55I heard it shut.
09:56Shaking.
09:57I ran inside and locked the door.
09:59My dog was still barking, staring at the back of the house like something was in there.
10:04I didn't sleep that night.
10:05I kept all the lights on and sat in the kitchen with a knife.
10:08Around 4.44 a.m., same time as the other story, I heard it.
10:13A whisper.
10:14From the living room.
10:15Don't leave me.
10:16I turned on every light.
10:18Nothing there.
10:19The next morning, I went to throw out the trash.
10:22And inside the bin, right on top was the photo.
10:25The one he gave me.
10:26The one I dropped to the cemetery.
10:28Same smear of blood on the back.
10:30I never picked it up.
10:31Never brought it home.
10:32But it was there.
10:33And that night, I saw him again.
10:35In my bedroom mirror.
10:37Just for a second.
10:38Standing behind me.
10:39Head down.
10:40Put up.
10:41Found the moment I turned.
10:42I deleted the Uber app that week.
10:44I haven't driven since.
10:46But sometimes, when I'm sitting in traffic.
10:48Or at a red light.
10:50Or home.
10:51Alone.
10:52Watching TV with the lights low.
10:54I'll catch a glimpse in the mirror.
10:55Back seat empty.
10:57But my spine?
10:58Cold.
10:58Like something still waiting for the ride to continue.
11:01If you're still here, turn on your lights.
11:04Check your doors.
11:05And look in your rear view mirror.
11:06Right now.
11:08Before it looks back at you.
11:09If you enjoyed this story.
11:11And want more terrifying tales from the shadows of everyday life.
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11:19Drop a comment below if you've ever picked up.
11:22Or been.
11:23A passenger that never really left.
11:25Thanks for riding with us.
11:27Just be careful who you pick up next time.
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