We Took the Empty Highway… Only One of Us Came Back  
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Did we take the empty highway? This scary story is a horror story short, one of many true scary stories we'll share.  
We Took the Empty Highway… Only One of Us Came Back  
This story was never officially reported.  
And the only survivor was told it was a hallucination.  
  
In the summer of 1988, four college graduates took a shortcut down U.S. Route 666 — once known as the Devil’s Highway. What started as one last road trip through the Arizona desert turned into something none of them could explain.  
  
Mile 13.  
2:17 AM.  
A radio frequency that shouldn’t exist.  
  
Some say the crashes along the old highway were caused by poor road conditions. Others blame exhaustion or altitude sickness. But many drivers have reported seeing things they can’t explain — shadowy vehicles, repeating mile markers, and a presence that follows too closely in the rearview mirror.  
  
This is a calm, realistic horror narration inspired by true scary stories and American road legends.  
  
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