Such a weird night. I have been stealth camping for a few weeks and finally rented a campsite bc I got tired of worrying about being noticed in hotel parking lots and stuff. I slept in this campsite for 2 nights, but after I fell asleep tn, I kept having nightmares and hearing voices from other campers (irl, not in the dream). My intuition was telling me to flee, idk why.

So it's like 1:30 AM when I peel out of this campsite, going who knows where. I drive around for like 45 min, just wandering bleary-eyed. I stop in a Trader Joe's parking lot to get my bearings, and a pickup truck follows me out... Then proceeds to follow me for like 5 miles, even when I'm making random, quick turns. I have out-of-state plates, it's 2 AM, dark country roads. I'm freaking out.

Eventually, I pull into an empty church parking lot to pop a u-turn, and they FOLLOW ME Into THE LOT. I am so grateful my stick shift car accelerated enough in 2nd gear to gtfo there. Thankfully, they didn't follow me, and I pulled into the sheriff station parking lot a few miles away to calm down and monitor the situation.

Now I'm parked on a residential street, in my sleeping bag in my driver's seat bc I'm scared to get back into bed. I am eyeing every set of headlights that turns onto the street.

I didn't want to call anyone (friends, etc) to wake them up to talk about this, so I'm venting here. Wtffff???

Meanwhile, I have the campsite rented for another four nights, and I'm freaked out about going back. I'm not sure what made me want to leave (maybe it was the Denzel thriller I watched just before bed?) but now I'm just freaked out.

Meanwhile, as I was typing this, someone walked a bicycle with a light on (it's 4 AM, people!) past my car. Didn't see me sitting here, but omg I'm, like, freaking out. My adrenaline is rushing, and idk if I'll ever get back to sleep. Pls help!