{"id":40643,"date":"2025-07-28T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=40643"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:18:16","slug":"the-night-we-were-saved-by-a-future-criminal-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=40643","title":{"rendered":"The Night We Were Saved by a Future Criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-2\" title=\"2024-12-27 00.56.26\" src=\"https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magfeeds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-27-00.56.26-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" \/><\/div>\n<p>My wife and I were returning from a party at 2 AM when our car died in a remote area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>There were no mobiles then, so we waited. An hour later, a college student passed by and drove us to town.<\/p>\n<p>We offered money but he said, \u201cHappy to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>Years later, my wife called in tears. With a shaky voice she told me to open the news.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that student was actually a 35-year-old man who had robbed over 30 people in forests and abandoned areas, targeting drivers late at night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>I had chills when I saw that he had been wanted by the police in several states.<\/p>\n<p>His methods were chillingly clever\u2014he\u2019d either pretend to be a lost hiker to hitch a ride or pick people up in his own car.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<p>After gaining their trust, he\u2019d rob them of everything and leave them stranded in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and I were returning from a party at 2 AM when our car died in a remote area. 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