3 Horrifying TRUE Diner Horror Stories

I live in the state of Washington in the Pacific Northwest I used to work at a late night Diner on the side of the highway I was 29 years old I worked the closing shift pretty often the diner would close at 2:00 a. m. which was incredibly late considering how scarcely populated the area is but even so given the proximity to the high way there would usually be at least one or two customers in the building until closing time having grown up in the South and moved up here I can tell you the people are different in the South there's a huge emphasis on hospitality and small talk but up here people here are kind but not overly friendly I feel like the air lends itself more to introversion I used to be a waitress down south and I'm telling you from experience the customers were a lot chattier down there up here people seem to want to keep to themselves a little more more this was approaching closing time the kitchen's last call was at 2 technically even though the diner was advertised to close at two it was really frowned upon if a customer would come in and order something that late but it did happen it happened that night as a matter of fact there were only two employees in the building myself and the chef it was like 1:50 a.

m. and in comes a lone heavy set man he was wearing awkwardly high jeans a gray shirt tucked in a brown jacket and and he had a brown mustache and glasses I asked him if he'd like to sit at the bar or a table and he asked for a table he kept smiling the whole time so I smiled back I gave him a menu and informed him the kitchen closes in 10 minutes he looked at the menu for a few seconds and then said he'd like a black coffee and some french toast around this time he also introduced himself as Nolan luckily his order was simple enough I went into the kitchen and told the chef the order who still had a slightly face and reaction which I just responded to with I know I stepped back out to the dining area and Nolan waved me over as I neared he struck up a conversation with me something rather unusual for folk around here at this hour he asked me if I was from the area and started complaining about all the potholes in the road around here I responded yeah it's all the freezes we get in the winter basic small talk I did tell him that I'm from around here and he perhaps pressed a bit too specifically about where I was from I told him a vague general area I never tell people exactly where I live obviously he said he just moved to town not too long ago as he spoke I analyzed his body language and character in general he seemed like a somewhat nerdy older guy and this may have been his idea of flirting didn't bother me much though I dealt with it back home in the South all the time so I was used to it since this was the last customer of the night the chef personally came out and placed his food on the counter I went to grab it and bring it to Nolan by this point he had his food and coffee and everything else was about ready to close up shop I wiped down the counters and tables and everything already I stayed behind the counter a little further away from Nolan because I was tired of conversing with him my social energy was drained and I was ready to get home and go to sleep when he finally finished his food I went to drop off his check before he even asked for it politely nonverbally implying that we were closed and we wanted to get home he paid by card and then he left the chef would be the one closing up the place so after cleaning Nolan's table and Gathering all my belongings I said goodbye to the guy working in the kitchen and walked out to my car there were three cars in the lot mine the chef's and a third one that I couldn't explain it was a silver older looking car like a 2005 Toyota or Audi or something I wasn't sure I also couldn't tell if the windows were tinted or if it was just so dark out that I couldn't see into the car but I wasn't able to tell if someone was in the car or not it was parked on the dirt closest to the highway I wondered if it was Nolan's car I got my car and started heading home the diner to my home is about 20 minutes I was on the highway when a ding came from my dashboard and the tire pressure screen popped up I started freaking out I didn't know how to change a tire I'd never even called my roadside assistance company I was still a decent way from home the tire press pressure to my rear passenger side tire was dropping rather rapidly all of a sudden from 20 down to 10 and then I started feeling not just the steering wheel Shake but the entire car shake I had to pull off the road I came to a stop and got out of the car real quick to look at the tire and it was as flat as could be suddenly as if they were just flicked on a pair of headlights lit up the side of the road as it approached me then slowing to a stop I hurried back inside my car and locked the door I truly didn't know what to do and then there was a light tap at my window I looked up and saw Nolan the man from the restaurant he waved at me with a smile he was wearing gloves now for the sake of the story I'll use a fake name for myself Nolan said through the window Cathy is that you are you okay he laughed acting like it was such a coincidence I felt a knot in my stomach suddenly I instantly knew he did this I'm not a dumbass he motioned for me to lower the window I lowered it literally maybe 2 in just enough to speak through he asked if I needed help I told him I had a flat tire he played dumb asking me which one I said the back passenger sight he started walking over to the other side and at this moment I dialed 911 on my phone I let the phone sit on my lap as Nolan walked back to my side he set through the window with his creepy smile that he knows how to change a flat he he asked me to step out of the car and I said I'm waiting for my boyfriend to come and help me change it during all of this I heard the 911 operator speaking into the phone but it wasn't loud enough for Nolan to hear it I tried to make it as clear as possible my situation to the operator without being too obvious for Nolan to catch on I basically said I'm not sure how I got a flat but I'm waiting for my boyfriend to come help me change it thanks for offering to help sir he stood there for a second with a much less friendly look on his face then he walked away from the window I took this opportunity to speak very quietly into the phone that this man slashed my tire and he's trying to get me out of the car the operator asked my location and I quickly opened the map on my phone and told her the name of the road I pulled off onto the deafening shattering of glass immediately to my left made me scream as shards of glass fell onto my lap I screamed at the top of my lungs at the man I'm on the phone with the police it's the police as I showed him the phone screen he looked at my my screen and then reached inside the car I screamed again at the top of my lungs as I was hysterically crying expecting him to try and grab me or choke me but instead he grabbed my phone and launched it in the direction of the highway he then ran back to his car and sped off down the dark Road I heard the screeching of his tires as he made a sharp right turn and then disappeared I wanted to go look for my phone but with no flashlights in the car I'd be running out there to look in the pitch dark the only light was from my car car I had no choice but to wait and pray that Nolan or whatever his real name was didn't come back I'm very grateful that I was able to tell the 911 operator my location in time I heard the unmistakable sound of police sirens in the distance and I started to cry tears of joy when I realized they were getting closer I got out of my car and started waving my arms in the air until I saw the flashing lights turn off the highway onto this random road pretty soon a second police car showed up and then a third during all this time we found my phone which was completely destroyed I described the man to them along with his car and pointed the direction in which he went one of the police officers left in that direction as they also put the word out on their radio they were honestly the nicest cops I'd ever met in my life they changed my tire for me and one of them even gave me an escort home having me follow from behind the main officer told me that they would investigate the video surveillance from the diner and keep me updated with any news I got a call a week later from that officer informing me that the investigation was still ongoing based on the surveillance footage that was the last I'd heard of it I don't think they caught him sadly I never returned to that Diner job again after that night I was not risking that man ever finding me again I'm a 15-year-old guy working at an amusement park in Upstate New New York this only happened a year ago and it still gives me chills thinking about it it was a crisp October Sunday one of the last few days the park would be open until it closed until May it seemed like just another normal day at work boy was I wrong after checking in and working at my station for about 5 hours I looked at my watch 4:55 p. m.

was the time my shift ended in 5 minutes I felt relieved and exhausted as I began packing up my things a man with a scraggly beard and messy hair approached me he was wearing a gray T-shirt with a few stains on it and black sweatpants covered in holes I thought to myself I just need to get through this last one can I help you I asked the man he stared at me for a few seconds and then he kept turning his head as if someone were following him I was starting to get a little creeped out Sarah can I help you I repeated my question starting to sound a little annoyed he looked at me for a couple seconds and finally responded saying with a stutter where are your bathrooms he said this in a whisper tone of voice up the hill to the right I responded cheerfully the man started to walk in that direction as he did he kept turning and looking at me I avoided eye contact even though I was more freaked out than ever next thing I knew one of my co-workers came to take my spot I grabbed my things practically sprinted through the park to the back room to punch out of my shift and then to the bathroom I changed out of my work clothes and headed to the employee parking lot I sat on a bench and waited for my cooworker Jordan who was 17 to pick me up after waiting for what seemed like hours Jordan finally picked me up before going home we went to the local Diner to eat some cheese burgers for dinner while eating in the diner I noticed something odd the same man who I helped find the bathrooms at the park was at the diner sitting a couple tables down staring right at me my heart skipped a beat I told Jordan about it and he just Shrugged it off probably just a coincidence Ben don't worry yeah I said even though I was pretty concerned after dinner we got back in the car and started the 35-minute drive back home at the first red light we came to I saw something that made my heart skip another beat there sitting in his white Honda to the right of us the man from the park and Diner sure enough he was staring back at me I told Jordan and he started to worry a little after arriving to our street we made sure to take a couple laps around the block to make sure that man wasn't following us once it was clear Jordan dropped me off at home my mom and sister were out at the mall and my dad was on a business trip so I was home alone after immediately jumping into bed I heard a noise at my window I slowly got up and looked outside and saw something that will forever send chills down my spine right there on my front lawn was the man looking right at my window smiling I immediately grabbed my phone and called 911 but once the police arrived the man was gone I immediately quit my job at the amusement park right after the Park closed for winter I haven't seen the man since this incident this was an experience that I'll never forget I was working a late night shift at the diner I worked at for a year it was a rainy night in fact it was pouring nights like these usually meant less customers because people aren't exactly rushing to drive in the rain I was expecting a slow night it was for the most part I was working until midnight at some point closer to the end of my shift in came a man and a woman significantly younger looking than him he looked about 40 she looked like she were in her 20s they both looked at me the second they walked in and so I went over to greet them and ask how many they said just too so I brought them to a table they took a while to order and I noticed they were talking really quietly to each other after they did order the man started striking up a conversation with me I'm a generally talkative person which was why I've always thrived in the hospitality industry so I started chatting their ears off since it was a slow night anyway typical waitress customer back and forth the girl oddly didn't say much the man did most of the talking so I started directing my questions more to him I can't remember every last thing we said to each other obviously but one thing that stuck in my head was when the man asked me do you live alone I did live alone and still do live alone I answered his question honestly saying I live about 10 minutes north up the road and that it's really quiet and boring around here at the time I didn't see his question as any kind of red flag albe it maybe a bit strange of a question but something about a man being with another female makes you automatically assume they're not a threat I made jokes about being stuck here forever and such and then walked away from the table I'd say about 45 minutes later they finished and left Fast Forward probably an hour later and we were closing up the place I said goodbye to my co-workers and rushed to my car to avoid getting more soaked than I needed to from the rain it was still pouring outside I drove home slow because of the conditions the second I got home I ran straight to the front door and let myself in I didn't even notice that neither of the other tenants cars were parked outside my living situation was the middle floor of a home with three apartments in it there's a side entrance with a Stairway that has an entrance to all three floors my being on the first floor meant that I could enter through the front door after setting my keys and stuff down on the kitchen counter there was a manic pounding at the front door it was nearly 1:00 a. m.