Las Historias Más Extrañas de Traileros (Octubre de Relatos vol. 1)

Relatos de la Noche

This episode of Relatos de la Noche presents two first-person paranormal accounts from long-haul truck drivers navigating Mexican highways. The opening story

Key takeaways

• Two truck drivers stop at a roadside gas station and encounter strangers wearing identical dark blue mesh jackets and black caps with Tomateros de Culiacán embroidery, including matching cigarette burns.
• Both men experience swapped visual perceptions in the bathroom, seeing each other as significantly older or younger than they actually are before realizing they both spoke to imposters.

Main topics

• truck driver paranormal experiences
• doppelgänger encounters at roadside stops

Notable quotes

"I saw that man raising his phone, and then answer a call. Where are you dude?"

Conclusion

The episode delivers atmospheric, first-person accounts that blur real

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:04) The roads are a common scenario of paranormal stories. The trailers, some of the people more prone to experience something supernatural. Speaker 1 (0:16) But nothing, nothing like unity. can prepare you for the stories that are going to be told in this episode. Speaker 1 (0:30) We start October of stories and we do it in a strong way, my dear community, with very rare stories, but also terrifying, that I hope you know how to explain, because I definitely can't. Dediquemos este episodio a toda la gente que pasa sus días en las carreteras. Ya saben que siempre esperamos sus historias. Estás escuchando Relatos. of the night Speaker 1 (1:04) This happened several years ago, Uriel, when I was still working on a trailer. I lasted a long time in that, almost 20 years, although there were seasons in which I left and then returned, because the truth is that it always ended up being the same. My dad was also a trailer driver, and two of my brothers dedicated some time to that, so I practically grew up among trucks. When I was younger, I liked it a lot. I liked to go out at night, drive for hours, know roads, get to places where I had never been. After a while, you get tired. Speaker 1 (1:44) especially when you have family. You start to feel that you know more about the roads than your own house. Speaker 1 (1:52) The story I want to tell you happened during a trip I made with a partner who I'm going to call Martin, because I know he wouldn't like me to say his name. Él y yo trabajamos para la misma empresa y nos conocíamos desde hace unos 5 o 6 años en ese entonces. Nos llevamos muy bien. Habíamos hecho varios viajes juntos y hasta nuestras familias se conocían. Speaker 1 (2:16) I say this because later some people who have heard the story asked us if there was a possibility that we had confused ourselves. For me, that has always been impossible. Speaker 1 (2:30) I knew Martin perfectly. I had spent days with him. We had slept in the same cabin when it was time to eat. We ate together on the road and many times we had to help each other when someone had a problem with the truck. Speaker 1 (2:46) Sabía cómo caminaba, cómo hablaba, cómo se vestía. Era de esas personas que puedes reconocer desde lejos. Speaker 1 (2:55) to which I recognize the steps. Speaker 1 (2:59) That trip we had to leave almost at the same time. Each one carried his unit, and the idea was to stay together for a good part of the journey. I don't remember exactly what we were carrying because it changed a lot, but I do remember that we were quite loaded and that's why we tried to move forward during the night when there was no traffic. Speaker 1 (3:21) We had left in the afternoon and had been driving for several hours. We communicated on the radio from time to time. Martín was ahead and I followed him closely. At some point around midnight, he told me he needed to stop. I also wanted to stretch my legs and go to the bathroom, so we stopped as soon as we found a place. We didn't know that part of the road too well. We had been there, yes, but probably once or twice during the day. Also, in those years, Uno didn't bring all the information we have now on the phone. We knew more or less where the big stops were, but it is also very common to find small gas stations, restaurant for trailers, or places that simply appeared on one side of the road and one stopped because he saw other trucks. The famous cachimbas. After about 20 minutes we saw a gas station. Martin put the address card and I went in behind him. Speaker 1 (4:27) I remember perfectly that there was light. This is important for what happened later. There was a tall sign next to the road and it was very dimly lit. The fountains also had light, and a little further back there was a construction where the store, the bathrooms, and a very small restaurant were. Speaker 1 (4:48) It looked old even for those years, but it was working. Speaker 1 (4:53) There were several vehicles parked. It reminded me of a white truck and at least two trucks. One of them was loaded, although I couldn't tell which type, because it was deep in the dark. Speaker 1 (5:07) We parked the units almost in front of us, where there was space, and we got off. Speaker 1 (5:13) I was tired. I had been sitting for so many hours that my back hurt, and I remember that while we were walking towards the local, I was stretching my arms. Martín laughed at me because he said that I walked like an old man when I got off the truck. We were talking about anything. We had no strange feeling. Speaker 1 (5:33) I don't remember there being silence or something that caught our attention either. It was a road stop, like hundreds we had seen. Speaker 1 (5:43) We first entered the part of the restaurant because from there you could get to the bathrooms. There were people inside. I also remember that perfectly. Speaker 1 (5:54) A few people. There was a man sitting alone at the table, and behind him there were two men eating. I also remember the woman who was behind the counter. Speaker 1 (6:06) Tendría unos 50 años, a lo mejor un poco más. Nos saludó cuando entramos y nos preguntó si queríamos cenar. We told her no, that we would only go to the bathroom and have a coffee. The lady told us she had just done it, and insisted on offering us something to eat. She said there were eggs with beans that had turned out very good, or something like that. Martin said thank you, we had already eaten. Actually, I don't think either of us had eaten well, but we wanted to move forward. And she insisted even more. She told us to at least eat a bread with coffee, because we still had a lot to find another place open. Speaker 1 (6:50) I said no again. That's something I remember because Martin later made a comment, already walking to the bathrooms. Me dijo que la señora parecía nuestra mamá, queriéndonos obligar a comer. Speaker 1 (7:06) I laughed. It was a conversation of a few seconds and we continued. Speaker 1 (7:13) The bathrooms were at the bottom of a corridor. There was one for men and another for women. Speaker 1 (7:19) We entered the men's room and everyone got into a cubicle. I finished first. Speaker 1 (7:25) I went out, washed my hands, and when they were drying, I heard them open the door to one of the cubicles. Speaker 1 (7:33) I turned around thinking it was Martin. Speaker 1 (7:36) A man came out that I had never seen before. Speaker 1 (7:40) He was older than us. We would be about 30 years old. And that man easily over 60. He was robust, had a round face and had a mustache. Speaker 1 (7:53) I remember him quite well because we were looking at each other for a few seconds. I guess he got scared when he saw me because his expression was similar to mine. I even put myself aside to let him pass. Speaker 1 (8:07) The man washed his hands. And then I saw his jacket. Speaker 1 (8:13) Martin had a jacket that he used a lot to drive. It was a dark blue mesh, quite simple, and in one of the