A repaired semi truck, a recurring cold feeling, and a buried trailer
The caller retells a story they say they read in a trucking magazine. A semi truck involved in a fatal wreck is repaired and sold again and again, but each buyer brings it back because something is wrong. A woman who buys it reportedly feels a cold sensation whenever she passes a certain area. Later a buried trailer that belonged to the dead driver is exposed, she hauls the truck to its final destination, and the cold feeling stops. The host then asks whether it was the dead driver's spirit or some energy in machines, but this part of the broadcast does not include the caller's answer.
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The story as told
The caller says they are retelling a story they read in [quote withheld] and warns that they may miss some details. The caller says the story is about a semi truck that had been in a wreck and killed its driver, and that no trailer was attached to it. The truck was repaired, placed on a lot, and sold. Every time it was sold, the buyer brought it back and said they could not drive it, because something was weird with the truck. Eventually, according to the caller, a woman bought it because she wanted to enter the trucking industry and prove to her family and others that she could survive in it. The caller thinks it happened in Kentucky. The caller says that every time she passed through one area, she got a cold feeling over her shoulder. The caller says it was as if the truck was beckoning her through there. It turned out, the caller says, that the driver killed in the truck had left their trailer somewhere, and it was never found or traced. The caller says the driver had parked it next to a cliff, the cliff gave way, and the trailer was buried. The woman kept getting a cold feeling in the truck whenever she went by that area. Finally, the caller says, rains or something washed “that truck” and it showed, and she somehow got hooked up to it. She took the truck to its final destination, and after that the cold feeling in the truck disappeared. The caller adds that they were sitting in a semi somewhere when they read the story and got cold shivers. Host Art Bell asks whether the caller thinks it was the spirit of the person who originally had the truck, or whether machines and things have energy. This part of the broadcast does not include the caller's answer.
Reported events, in order
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The caller says the story is about a semi truck that wrecked and killed its driver. No trailer was attached to it.
- 0:09
The truck was repaired, put on a lot, and sold.
- 0:13
Every time it was sold, the buyer returned it and said they could not drive it. Something was weird with the truck.
- 0:24
A woman bought it because she wanted to get into trucking and prove to her family she could survive in the industry.
- 0:28
The caller says they may miss details because they read the story in a trucking magazine, and they think it happened in Kentucky.
- 0:43
Every time the woman went through one area, she reportedly got a cold feeling over her shoulder. The caller says it was like the truck was beckoning her through there.
- 0:54
The driver killed in the truck had left their trailer somewhere, but it was never found or traced.
- 1:06
The driver had parked the trailer next to a cliff, and the cliff gave way and buried it.
- 1:11
The woman kept getting a cold feeling in the truck whenever she went by that area.
- 1:16
Rains or something washed “that truck” and it showed, and she somehow got hooked up to it.
- 1:24
She took the truck to its final destination.
- 1:26
The cold feeling in the truck disappeared.
- 1:32
The caller says they were sitting in a semi when they read this and got cold shivers.
- 1:54
The host asks whether it was the spirit of the person who originally had the truck, or whether machines and things have energy.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- hearsay· 0:00
The semi truck had been in a wreck that killed the driver.
- hearsay· 0:13
Every time the truck was sold, the buyer returned it, saying they could not drive it.
- hearsay· 0:19
Something was weird with the truck.
- hearsay· 1:14
A cold feeling kept coming back in the truck.
- hearsay· 1:26
The cold feeling in the truck disappeared after the truck was taken to its final destination.
- interpretation· 0:51
The caller describes the woman's feeling as the truck beckoning her through the area.
- host statement· 1:54
The host asks whether it was the spirit of the person who originally had the truck.
- host statement· 2:03
The host wonders aloud whether machines and things have energy.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a secondhand magazine story, vague on names and dates, and the caller admits they may miss details. The sequence is mostly coherent, but ordinary explanations fit the truck returns and the cold feeling.
Evidence for and against
- The caller names the kind of source: [quote withheld]
- The caller gives a tentative location: “in kentucky.”
- The story runs in order: truck wreck, resales, woman buyer, cold feeling, buried trailer, final trip.
- It is secondhand, from an unnamed magazine, with no issue, date, names, or author.
- The caller warns they may miss details: [quote withheld]
- Easy ordinary explanations fit: mechanical trouble, a cold draft in the cab, and cliff erosion burying and exposing a trailer.
- The transcript says “washed that truck,” although the surrounding story is about a buried trailer. The wording is unclear.
- The labels showing who is speaking around the host's questions are uncertain.
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- 0:13
- 0:28
- 1:26
What the model inferred (not said on air): The source-proximity and specificity scores are low because the caller is retelling an unnamed magazine story, not reporting something they lived through.
There is only the caller's word, and even that is secondhand from an unidentified magazine. No documents, names, dates, or on-air witnesses are present.
Evidence for and against
- The caller cites the kind of source: [quote withheld]
- A tentative location, “in kentucky.”
- The caller mentions several resales and a woman buyer, but gives no names or dates.
- No magazine title, issue, author, or date is given, and no copy was examined.
- No second witness speaks on air.
- No physical evidence, such as the truck, trailer, or records, is examined.
- The magazine story itself is unavailable and may be a mere anecdote that cannot be verified.
- 0:28
- 0:42
- 1:26
What the model inferred (not said on air): Because no independent evidence that could be checked is supplied, the story falls at the bottom of the evidence-strength range.
The story has a dead driver, a haunted truck, and a cold sensation that keeps coming back. But it is told as a secondhand magazine anecdote, contains no threat or physical harm, and ends with the strange events stopping.
Evidence for and against
- Fatal wreck: [quote withheld]
- A cold feeling that comes back in the truck or over the shoulder.
- A buried trailer is linked to the dead driver.
- No malevolent being, attack, or threatening behavior is reported.
- The strange events end: [quote withheld]
- It is framed as a magazine story, and the caller's own reaction is “cold shivers” while reading.
- 0:00
- 1:14
- 1:26
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score is raised a little by the fatal wreck and cold sensation, but lowered by the resolved ending and the detached, secondhand telling.
Haunted vehicles are a common ghost-story setting. But the particular combination is a distinctive detail, not a stock bedroom or staircase haunting: a repaired semi that keeps being returned, a cold feeling that comes back only in one area, and a buried trailer exposed later.
Evidence for and against
- The central object is a semi truck, not a house or bedroom.
- The cold feeling is tied to a stretch of road or an area and to finding a buried trailer.
- The ending involves hauling the truck to a final destination.
- It uses familiar themes: fatal wreck, haunted vehicle, cold spot, buried secret.
- It is told as a magazine anecdote with little sensory detail.
- Originality compared with the rest of the archive was not computed, so the score is provisional.
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- 1:14
- 1:25
What the model inferred (not said on air): The model's score is provisional because the comparison with the rest of the archive is not done here.
Scoring confidence 0.72 · analysis confidence 0.78 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: A secondhand retelling of a story said to be read in a trucking magazine; No magazine issue, names, dates, or documents examined on air; No second witness speaks. The caller describes their own cold shivers while reading.. The originality score blends the model's score (60) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- Mechanical problems or trouble driving the repaired semi truck. · The buyers [quote withheld] and [quote withheld]
- Cab temperature, air flow, weather, or road conditions caused a cold sensation. · The cold feeling comes back while she drives through one area and in the truck.
- Natural cliff erosion or heavy rain exposed a buried trailer. · The caller says the cliff “gave way” and [quote withheld] the area.
What stands out
The story centers on a supposedly haunted semi truck whose recurring cold feeling is linked to a buried trailer that was later exposed. The caller tells it as a magazine story they read while sitting in another truck, not as something they lived through.
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