On a chilly, snow-filled day in the winter of 1972, 22-year-old student Sotria Kritsonis was heading to college, donning a cozy wool hat to shield her fresh haircut. After waiting for a bus for nearly an hour, a light yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulled up at the bus stop on Seattle’s Rainer Street, and the driver motioned for her to hop in.
She didn’t recognize the man but was thankful he had stopped. Podcaster Mr Ballen shares that Sotria was already running late for school and was excited to meet her friends.
He said: “Despite that she loved her new hair in fact she deliberately wore this big hat to hide her haircut because this would make the reveal to her friends at school that much better.”When the VW driver offered her a ride to school, she was thrilled and quickly got into the car. “Sotria sat back in the seat, enjoying the warm air blasting out of the vents and as she did she looked out her window at the familiar route passing by,” Mr Ballen added.