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08/24/2024
I TOOK A WRONG TURN AND ENDED UP IN A TOWN WHERE EVERY ROOF WAS PAINTED GREEN – WHEN I MET WITH THE LOCALS, I FLED AS FAST AS I COULD!
Okay, I know there are a lot of weird places in the US, but it looks like I stumbled upon the weirdest of them all. I was on a road trip with my son when the GPS told me to take a turn onto an old, bumpy road. I hesitated for a second but followed the instructions. Oh, I wish I hadn't.
After an hour of driving down this bumpy road, I knew it was leading me the wrong way, and I found myself completely lost. My son started getting fussy, so I hurried to find a place where I could feed him. This is how I drove into this strange town. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the town; they didn't have a welcome sign.
I slowed down, looking around for a McDonald's or at least a gas station, but all I could see were one-story houses with green roofs. All the roofs in town were green. It looked strange but not particularly disturbing. The disturbing things were yet to come.
Finally, I stopped next to an old, shady diner. By this point, my son Noah was already crying, so I didn't have much of a choice. I parked in the empty lot and walked in. There were two men sitting at a table and an old lady working there. They all turned around when I walked in and stared as if I wasn't supposed to be there.
"Um… Are you guys open? I wanted to order lunch for my son to go." I didn't want to admit that I was lost. It sounded like a bad idea. The lady looked me up and down. One of the men answered for her.
"Leave your phone in the car, and then your son can eat here." That's when it struck me — there was no radio, TV, and not even a cash register in this place. Okay. I only needed some oatmeal and fruit. I could get through this. I went back to the car, pretending to leave my phone. Instead, I just turned the sound off and hid it in my pocket. There was no signal anyway.
When I came back inside, the air was stiff. I took a seat to look at the menu, and then the two men came over to me. What they told me about the town still makes me shiver. The full story of how I made it out of there is in the comments below