PENDER COUNTY, NC — A North Carolina man driving alone at night says he experienced a terrifying and unexplained encounter on the highway — one that ended with an unidentified creature leaping onto his truck, leaving scratches, and sparking viral speculation online.
The story, first shared on the Carolina Case Files YouTube channel, quickly spread across TikTok and other platforms, where people debated whether it was a ghost, a cryptid, or something even stranger.
The 911 Call and Initial Encounter
The driver, identified only as “T,” placed a 911 call on August 31, 2021 at 11:03 p.m., saying he saw a bleeding man in a Civil War uniform along Route 210 near the Black River.
Believing he had witnessed an injured person, T slowed down to look for a safe place to stop. That’s when he heard a loud thud in the bed of his pickup truck…