This is a little bit out there, but I’ve been wondering about this for a long time.
About 15 or 16 years ago, I was driving I-90 East from Seattle to Philadelphia late at night. At the time, smartphones and map apps weren’t very common, and I didn’t have one, so I don’t know exactly where I was. But I remember there were tall trees on both sides of me, and it seemed like it was deep forest on both sides.
Out of nowhere, I saw what looked like a young woman with dark hair in a white dress or nightgown and I think no shoes running across the highway. I slammed on the brakes and almost ran off the road. Came to a complete stop. I looked behind me, and there was nothing there. There were no off-roads, ramp, nothing that would have indicated where she came from. And I didn’t see her.
After I had a moment to collect myself, I figured I was just getting tired (I had been in airports for 20 hours that day) and seeing things. I tried to pull my car over to the side of the highway and take a short nap, but it was a narrow section of the highway, and an 18-wheeler drove past close enough to make me think that wasn’t safe.
I kept driving, and I swear I saw a sign for a hotel that was 1 or 2 miles north of the highway. So I took that exit and I drove North on that road for what felt like 10 miles, and I found nothing. I kept driving until I found some strange building that had concrete or steel pylons blocking the road. Government building maybe?
I turned around, got back to I-90, and kept going until I found a rest stop.
Based on what I remember, and looking at Google maps today, I think I was in that section of woods somewhere between Seattle and Ellensburg, and I ended up at the rest stop either in Snoqualmie Pass, or Indian John Hill.
I guess I’m wondering if anyone has had similar experiences. Are there any stories from that area, or was I just tired and seeing things? Can anyone at least tell me where the heck I was? Why did the sign say there was a hotel? What was that weird barricaded building at the end of a long road to nowhere?
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