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04/07/2006 Entry: "Park Anywhere"

My old officemate Geoff Duncan had a spooky incident with a seemingly abandoned car, in the street in front of his house in the middle of the night. "A little before 1:30 AM, I wake [to] loud grinding sounds and a car alarm going off. Concerned that someone has pulled into the parking strips next to the house and perhaps collided with a retaining wall, I peer out the window, but see nothing. Switching rooms (and windows), I see the source of the noise: a mid-90's Tercel in the middle of the street, revving its engine to maybe 5,000 RPM, making loud clanging and grinding sounds, and going up hill at a snail's pace. Wait, no, scratch that: the engine is revving for all its worth, but the car is actually creeping backwards downhill, making grinding and clanging sounds. Brake lights and reverse lights turn on and off, the driver coasts the car backwards a few feet then...stops. And turns off the engine and the lights."

(tags: GeoffDuncan, quibble.com)

Posted by Joseph @ 04/10/2006 02:49 AM PST