witnessing a crime
i was gonna sleep at the walmart again, but i witnessed something and felt it would be best to sleep elsewhere for the nite...
around midnite, i pull into the walmart lot. park far out where the rvs and other travelers usually do. the walmart here is under construction so there are trailers, dumpsters, and construction equipment out here as well. as i pull into a space to park, i notice another person sitting in a beat-up chevy caprice 2 spaces to my right. engine and lights turned off. i think nothing of it. figure it's another traveler like me getting ready to go to bed. i turn off my car. take out my road map and munch on some raisin bran. try to figure out where to head to tomorrow. about 20 minutes go by. look up at some point to re-adjust my neck. see a white male run and dart between the trailers right in front of me. about the equivalent of 2 parking aisles away. a red mustang is also visible between two of the trailers. i see the white male's pant legs as he is standing at the front end of one of the trailers. looks like he is trying to find a place to leave, or pick up, something. i slide down far into my seat as to not be noticed. then a black male races from the right towards the mustang. jumps into the driver's seat. the white male jumps into the passenger's seat. they immediately speed out from behind the trailers. then off and out of the walmart lot onto the main road.
at this point, i'm thinking some illegal pick up/drop off just occurred. i look to see if the guy in the caprice parked 2 spots to my right also witnessed the event. there is no one in the car now. guessing the black male who hopped in the mustang was the same guy sitting in the caprice earlier.
i'm a little spooked. debate calling the cops or going into the walmart to get a security guard. about 5 minutes goes by. nothing happens. no one comes back to pick anything up. the trailer doesn't explode. nothing. nervously decide to check it out for myself. hide my camera under my coat. then quietly open my car door and walk over to the trailers.
there's a tarp loosely tied to the hitch on the front of the trailer. lift it up but don't see anything. nervous that someone might come back, i quickly walk back to my car. two vehicles pull into the parking lot and start heading my way. one of them a pick-up truck. the other a parking lot sweeper vehicle. get into my car and drive out of the parking lot. loop back around to the front of the walmart. pass the pick-up truck. nothing unusual. park in the middle of a pack of cars. the sweeper vehicle is now out by the trailers. whether sweeping, or doing something else, i do not know.
suspicious about it all, i run inside to get a security guard or cop. none on duty. so, i get a manager to follow me back outside to the trailers. explain everything to him. my voice shaking from nerves and the cold temperature. i notice the sweeper vehicle has since moved and is now a few spots away from my car. keep an eye on it suspiciously. the manager and i check out the trailers. he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. i can tell he's cold as hell. so, we don't stay out there snopping around for very long. we head back. says he'll call the cops and have them keep an eye on it for the nite.
go in the walmart for a little bit. try to settle myself. then walk back out to my car. the sweeper vehicle has moved once again but is spooking me out quite a bit. get in my car. turn it on and drive out of the walmart lot heading back downtown for the nite.
around midnite, i pull into the walmart lot. park far out where the rvs and other travelers usually do. the walmart here is under construction so there are trailers, dumpsters, and construction equipment out here as well. as i pull into a space to park, i notice another person sitting in a beat-up chevy caprice 2 spaces to my right. engine and lights turned off. i think nothing of it. figure it's another traveler like me getting ready to go to bed. i turn off my car. take out my road map and munch on some raisin bran. try to figure out where to head to tomorrow. about 20 minutes go by. look up at some point to re-adjust my neck. see a white male run and dart between the trailers right in front of me. about the equivalent of 2 parking aisles away. a red mustang is also visible between two of the trailers. i see the white male's pant legs as he is standing at the front end of one of the trailers. looks like he is trying to find a place to leave, or pick up, something. i slide down far into my seat as to not be noticed. then a black male races from the right towards the mustang. jumps into the driver's seat. the white male jumps into the passenger's seat. they immediately speed out from behind the trailers. then off and out of the walmart lot onto the main road.
at this point, i'm thinking some illegal pick up/drop off just occurred. i look to see if the guy in the caprice parked 2 spots to my right also witnessed the event. there is no one in the car now. guessing the black male who hopped in the mustang was the same guy sitting in the caprice earlier.
i'm a little spooked. debate calling the cops or going into the walmart to get a security guard. about 5 minutes goes by. nothing happens. no one comes back to pick anything up. the trailer doesn't explode. nothing. nervously decide to check it out for myself. hide my camera under my coat. then quietly open my car door and walk over to the trailers.
there's a tarp loosely tied to the hitch on the front of the trailer. lift it up but don't see anything. nervous that someone might come back, i quickly walk back to my car. two vehicles pull into the parking lot and start heading my way. one of them a pick-up truck. the other a parking lot sweeper vehicle. get into my car and drive out of the parking lot. loop back around to the front of the walmart. pass the pick-up truck. nothing unusual. park in the middle of a pack of cars. the sweeper vehicle is now out by the trailers. whether sweeping, or doing something else, i do not know.
suspicious about it all, i run inside to get a security guard or cop. none on duty. so, i get a manager to follow me back outside to the trailers. explain everything to him. my voice shaking from nerves and the cold temperature. i notice the sweeper vehicle has since moved and is now a few spots away from my car. keep an eye on it suspiciously. the manager and i check out the trailers. he's wearing shorts and a t-shirt. i can tell he's cold as hell. so, we don't stay out there snopping around for very long. we head back. says he'll call the cops and have them keep an eye on it for the nite.
go in the walmart for a little bit. try to settle myself. then walk back out to my car. the sweeper vehicle has moved once again but is spooking me out quite a bit. get in my car. turn it on and drive out of the walmart lot heading back downtown for the nite.
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