“Okay, so a little back story, I live in a rural area outside of Plant City, Florida and I always take back roads because the main road takes longer. The way I drive does not have any street lights for most of the drive and its always really dark.

I was driving home from work one night and it was 11pm, I think. I just remember it was really late, and I swear I thought a small child ran across the road with a dog. Scared the hell out of me and I swerved to miss it only to nearly crash head first into a car that was on the other side. I got back in my own lane and pulled off the side of the road and looked back in my mirror. The little girl seemed to be standing there smiling and just disappeared after I looked away.

I have seen many things on the drive down that road super late, but that girl was the one I remember most because it nearly killed me.”

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