Hey, Prime members, you can binge eight new episodes of the Mr. Ballin podcast one month early

and all episodes ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today. Today's podcast

will feature three stories where things are not what they seem. The audio from all three of these

stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's

episode.

The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description.

The first story you'll hear is called Deer Crossing,

and it's about a man's drive home from a night out quickly turns into a nightmare.

The second story you'll hear is called Ancient Beast,

and it's about a plane crash survivor who describes the insane final moments before impact. And the third and final story you'll hear is called Stay Forgetful, and it's

about a man who wakes up on the side of the road with no idea who he is or how he got there.

But before we get into today's stories, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious

delivered in story format, then you come to the right podcast because that's all we do

and we upload twice a week, once on Monday and once on Thursday.

So if that's of interest to you, please tell the follow button you're taking them on vacation

to Universal Studios, but then just take them to the dentist for a root canal.

Okay, let's get into our first story called Deer Crossing.

Okay. At around 8 p.m. on December 16, 2023, a 31-year-old man named Nestor Flores was driving down a highway just outside of Dallas, Texas, with both his hands tightly gripping the steering wheel.

Nestor was very stressed out on this ride. All he wanted to do was get home because he was

worried that on this ride he might get pulled over by police. I mean, this was a route he had driven a bunch and he knew there were loads of state troopers that patrolled the area. And from his perspective, it seemed like they kind of pulled people over all the time. And Nestor had spent the night out with a couple of friends and he had had a couple of drinks. You know, he didn't feel he had too much to where he couldn't drive, but he knew if he did get pulled over, you know, he didn't feel he had had too much to where he couldn't drive,

but he knew if he did get pulled over, you know, he could be in trouble. And then on top of that, you know, in the back of Nestor's mind was the fact that he had had a couple of minor run-ins with the law over the past couple of years. And so he kind of had this fear of police already. And also, Nestor was not born in America. And so he was worried that on top of all that, if he got pulled over,

you know, he could risk being deported.

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