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One night, back when I lived in my car with my husband and two dogs, some strange shit happened.

It had been at least eight nights since I had been able to sleep well,

so I was pretty damn tired and grouchy. As I lay down in the makeshift bed and the back of the car

that night, I pretty much immediately started falling asleep. Since it was almost midnight,

it was pretty quiet at the vista point by then. Just as I was barely starting to dream,

there was an urgent shaking to my shoulder. Loudly I startled awake and demanded what?

At that point, I opened my eyes and quickly realized that our car was illuminated in a very bright light.

Since it was a popular vista point, it wasn't that unusual to see other vehicles with people pulled

over beside you. Plus, it was so dark that the light was necessary. By then, I heard this strange

male voice. It said, sorry, I just thought maybe you needed some light since your car was so dark

over there. My husband immediately responded with, no thanks man, we're actually trying to sleep.

That's why we have it so dark over here. For a few seconds, I heard only silence.

Until the stranger answered, well, what if I needed more light or something?

It was an odd thing to ask, seeing as how he was the one with the bright light,

which he was pointing at our car. So I spoke up, finally replying with,

we don't have any good lights. The stranger simply replied, oh, so once again, I rolled my eyes,

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