MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR — Two teenage girls were left hysterical Friday night after encountering what they describe as a “smiling demon man with a gas can and no regard for blinking.” The girls, on a late-night backroad drive, ran out of gas near Dead Possum Hollow, a spot locals already avoid for obvious reasons.
According to 17-year-old driver Kaylee McGraw, the girls had just finished screaming along to a breakup playlist when the car sputtered to a stop. Moments later, a tall dark figure emerged from the tree line carrying a rusty gas can and a smile so wide it “felt illegal.” He never spoke. He never blinked. He just smiled like a lunatic from a cursed toothpaste ad.
Passenger Jenna Slate, 16, reportedly attempted to lock the doors but pressed the window switch instead, making eye contact with the man for eight full seconds. “He looked into my soul,” she later said. “Then calmly filled the tank like this was his job.” The girls were too frozen with fear to scream until it was too late.
After silently topping off the gas, the figure gently closed the tank lid, turned toward the forest, and began walking backward into the woods. Eyewitnesses say he started laughing softly until his head unexpectedly rolled off his shoulders and landed with a wet thud. His body kept walking. The girls immediately leapt into the car, drove thirty miles over the speed limit, and cried at a Dollar General.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived shortly after but found no trace of the man, only the empty gas can and several damp boot prints. Locals aren’t surprised. “That’s just Carl,” said one gas station attendant. “He’s been dead since ‘94 but still enjoys helping stranded folks. Creepy? Sure. But reliable.”
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