Driver captured strange encounter with creepy hooded man on dark lonely road

A lone driver cruising along a deserted road at night had a terrifying encounter after slowing to help a man. The driver, who gave his name only as Peter, was driving near Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, in the early hours of Sunday morning when he came upon a hooded man standing near a parked pick-up.



As the driver slowed to see if the man needed help, the hooded man bizarrely stood still for a few seconds staring at the ground, before suddenly lunging and yelling, but the motorist stepped on the gas and sped away.His dashcam recorded the encounter and he was forced to try and call his wife, who was travelling about a minute behind with a girlfriend. He couldn't reach her, and the women were forced to encounter the same horror show.

"I almost stopped before I could go around this guy, and as we went past he just lunged at our door," the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. "We still don't know what he was trying to do, whether he was trying to rob us, was he trying to take our car or was he trying to hurt us. It has really shaken us up." The couple said their reports to police had received a cold reception and were concerned what the man had tried to do to other people - and whether he would try it again.


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"For starters, we need to find out what the bloke's intentions were, whether he might even have mental health issues," the woman said. "The bottom line is we need to know what was going on." Central Hunter duty officer Inspector Greg Lindsell said police had seen the footage and identified a man who was located living in bushland at nearby Elrington. He was arrested on Sunday afternoon after police had allegedly seized drugs in the bush. Inspector Lindsell said the video was horrifying but he did not believe it was an attempted carjacking and no charges would be laid regarding the traffic incident.