Any of y’all ever pick up Hitchhikers?

[Goodfellah]

My 8th grade teacher had a screw driver puncture his lung thanks to a hitchhiker so it's a no for me. If you want a ride you better not have a big backpack. I will help those who were out of gas, or broke down. I've been there myself a time or two and really appreciated the help.

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This dude had two big backpacks, with a cheap, convenient store Rambo knife hanging off of it. But, me and my buddy can handle ourselves, plenty. It was a tough call, it was bad hot, you never know what someone is going through. That was a tough call.

[Big Lee]

I dated a girl in college, her mom hitch hiked from Pennsylvania to California and back. She even spent time at Woodstock. She is now married to a Baptist preacher (last 40 or so yrs) she said her time hitch hiking was sone of the best in her life.

[Quackerbox]

Yep. The guy asked me if I was worried he was a serial killer. I said “no, the odds of two serial killers in the same vehicle are astronomical.”

That's actually funny.

Well done

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[rvd]

Yep. The guy asked me if I was worried he was a serial killer. I said “no, the odds of two serial killers in the same vehicle are astronomical.”

Some of your best work right here

[Goodfellah]

Some of your best work right here

Lol, better watch your six if you break down near Votaw

[DCT]

I pulled in to the gas station in Spurger for fuel, headed to lease on east side of Dam B. Ole boy claimed to be walking barefooted to hospital in Jasper when he loaded up.

Your a brave man picking up a hitchhiker in Spurger!

[Goodfellah]

Your a brave man picking up a hitchhiker in Spurger!

Ended up uneventful, we agreed to a drop off at the 92/190 store, matter of fact, I almost fished tailed that trailer trying to stop in time to pull in there, forgot I had the dude sitting on my corn sacks in the back. He hopped out, we went on our way. Kinda regretted not taking him all the way to the hospital in Jasper. No idea what he thought they were going to fix on him at the Jasper hospital though.

[okrattler]

My great grandpa got shot and killed by two guys that were broke down out here in the middle of nowhere back in 1977. If it happened back then it can definitely happen now. If I don't know you/like you or if you ain't pretty and have some skimpy clothes on I'm blowing right on by. I wouldn't even ask for a ride from someone I don't know. Can't trust nobody.

[Katsaregood]

The one time I was on foot during hot weather I was especially grateful for a guy who stopped to ask if I’d like a ride. The JD 4440 sprung a fuel leak while stacking round bales of hay. That time of day the temperature was easily around 100 and the shop was about a mile away down rough gravel and dirt roads. I walked back and picked up the parts and tools needed at the shop to fix the tractor and then came back on a four wheeler. The tractor wasn’t anywhere near the road. So after finishing up repairs I had to ride the four wheeler back across the hay pasture and then down the road in a different direction to another hay pasture. The reason was to hide the four wheeler behind a long line of round bales so nobody could see it from the road and steal it.

My clothes were dirty with grime and diesel fuel after fixing the fuel leak. Along comes a guy in a nice Jeep while I’m making the long walk back to the tractor. He pulls up and says get inside, you’re a long ways from the tractor. I told him my clothes were too dirty to do that but he insisted. Offered to pay him but he wouldn’t accept anything. It sucks to be that far out and have a breakdown on a tractor or any kind of vehicle for that matter. Sure appreciated that guy for helping me out on that hot summer day. The bottom of my feet were hurting from walking on the rough gravel.

[W-O]

I am pretty picky about who I pick up. I became weary of who I picked up after I gave a lady and here little daughter a ride when I was in high school. I was headed to school one cold rainy morning and saw a lady and her child hitchhiking so I pulled over. The lady and her daughter got in and she said she was going to the town our high school was in. In route she told me she was leaving her husband which made me start looking in the rear view mirror for an angry husband. I couldn't get her out of my truck fast enough when we got to town. I looked over my shoulder for a couple months after that.
I am not as likely to pick up someone since.

[matagordian]

You should write the story in one full post. Dropping little nuggets of the story every few post is hard to follow

[rtp]

Some of your best work right here

Funny but not AC original. [emoji3].

I pick up people that are broke down not hitch hikers. I’m more worried about the stench they may leave in my truck more than anything else.


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[cva34]

Yep. The guy asked me if I was worried he was a serial killer. I said “no, the odds of two serial killers in the same vehicle are astronomical.”

LOL!!!!!!!!



I used to /But no more TooMany CRAZIES out there now days!

[BTLowry]

I have picked up a few but not routinely

[Crabtrap]

I've always wanted to start a podcast called "covid cab" where I just drive around and find hitchhikers and take them where they need to go while they tell me fun stories about life on the road.