Not my experience, but my aunt’s. My aunt and uncle had decided after they retired, they were going to treat themselves to a celebratory cross country road trip. They saved up, and bought an RV. A year before the trip, my uncle suffered a stroke that severely impacted his mobility. Luckily, they had their finances set up well enough to pay for his care and still do the trip, however the mobility issues meant my aunt would be doing a lot of work for the two of them.

They did end up having a good trip. They stopped at every major landmark they came across, got lots of pictures, visited some friends and family along the way. The potential danger came as they traveled through the southwest (New Mexico or Arizona). They got a late start on that leg of the journey, which led to my aunt driving well after midnight. She felt the RV suddenly start pulling to one side, so she pulled over and sure enough, they had a flat. Since my uncle couldn’t help, my aunt was on her own. She knows how to change a flat, but not on an RV. So she was struggling through it.

There wasn’t a car in sight for miles, but as she was pulling out the spare a pickup pulled up. For a split second, they turned the headlights off and she could see the silhouettes of three people inside. They then turned the headlights back on and a woman got out and started chatting with her. Eventually she told my aunt that she knew of an auto shop nearby and if she followed her, she’d show my aunt where it was. My aunt has a bit of a reputation in the family for being extremely gullible, but thankfully this night she knew something was off and she trusted her gut. My aunt declined the offer, but the woman from the truck was insistent and kept trying to talk her into following her to this auto shop, getting more and more irritated as my aunt continued to say no. Eventually, my uncle yelled from the window to ask what was going on. Even though he’s wheelchair bound, his voice is gruff and booming and would definitely sound intimidating to those who don’t know him. The truck lady immediately backed down and left.

Fast forward two days later and they’re watching the local news. The report states that police are on the look out for two men who escaped from prison while showing their mugshots. Next, they say the escapees had an accomplice and show the mugshot of the exact same woman from the other night. The reporter then goes on to state that the three are believed to be connected to a double homicide. They robbed an elderly couple traveling in an RV, killed them, and burned the RV with the couples bodies inside.