That have happened to you in the past that make you wonder. Here’s mine.
I still think about this often enough. I’m not saying I’m just saying. When I was 17 I had a 1968 Firebird(just told my age). It was late one night, about midnight if I remember correctly and I was headed home(Huntington). It was misting rain and about 40 degrees. A few street lights were on and no traffic because of the late hour. As I got to the top of the hill going out of Huntington I saw a couple walking and the lady was carrying something. I guess my raising kicked in so I reluctantly turned around and stopped, hoping they lived near and I could give them a quick lift out of the weather.
To my surprise the lady was holding a baby. So I asked them where they were headed. The man said Jasper…not what I wanted to hear… I told them I could carry them to Zavalla and maybe they could catch a ride from there. They got in the back set of the firebird which was cramped.
When I would try to converse the man was very short. The woman and baby never made a sound. When I got to Zavalla the rain had picked up and I just couldn’t put them out, so to Jasper it was. Finally got to Jasper and I would have to keep asking the man for directions. So we went through Jasper and turned off onto and old road. About a mile the man said this is the place…no house, car or anything, just a pine sapling thicket. Neither the woman nor the baby still hasn’t made a sound. So I said are you sure, I can carry you a little farther? He said no this is the place. So they got out. I drove about a hundred yards and turned around headed back. And they were gone. No sign of them.
It didn’t make sense then and it still doesn’t today.