This happened to me and my mom in 2015 when I was still a teenager.

We were heading to our beach house, which was two hours away from my hometown.

My mom liked to drive at night because there was no traffic.

I didn't mind and loved to listen to music or sleep during the trip.

I remember it was a very chilly night, perhaps during winter.

It wasn't unusual though since we liked to stay at the beach no matter the season.

So there we were, driving on a regular road.

It was after midnight and I was listening to my iPod.

I remember hearing my mom say that the car was almost out of gas,

but predicting we could still make the drive anyway.

That didn't worry me much since my mom is a great and responsible driver.

She always handles her car very well and never had any issues.

Until this creepy, daunting night.

After a while, I opened my eyes and knew exactly where we were.

We've been driving along this road for as long as I can remember.

Therefore, I knew by heart that we were about to take a sharp turn in a few moments.

I closed my eyes again and dozed off.

Then, I was suddenly shaken awake by my mom.

Still groggy, I looked at her and at once could see she was worried.

Maybe even a little frantic.

That was very uncommon since she's a very level-headed person

and keeps her cool most of the time.

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