potential thing to look out for near love field, guy blocking the road with objects

Posted by OneLastSmile@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 22 comments

i think i nearly got carjacked or something tonight on shorecrest road between love field and bachman lake

there was a guy who had blocked both lanes with a big branch and what i think was his stuff in a couple trash bags.

it was right around the turn where it gets very dark, i didnt see him at first and slowed down to drive around the branch and he suddenly approached my car waving his hands and yelling "help me"

i sped away. it doesnt really matter to me if it was really a guy in distress, you dont get help by blocking the road with objects and your body and approaching a car at 2 am.

the Whataburger was like 500 feet away, and its open 24/7, if he genuinely needed help he could have gone there right?

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letscallthis_trash@reddit

Hey man. That was me. And I’m not homeless.. I’m homefree bro

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Seargant-Shitpost@reddit

Lol here is the guy that was broken downs post :

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dallas/s/R7d2BYJmuO

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OneLastSmile@reddit (OP)

the thing is there was no car in sight. just a guy and shit all over the road. so i am guessing this is a troll post

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Seargant-Shitpost@reddit

That circumstance/timeframe/location I think 99% of people aren't stopping.

No car changes everything. Without a car I'm gonna call "tweaker madness" on that incident.

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OneLastSmile@reddit (OP)

no yeah absolutely, it was 2 in the morning in a dark corner of the road

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Seargant-Shitpost@reddit

Corner of the road is terrible planning or an actual ambush too. Like wtf.

I used to drive a wrecker and actually take lanes when necessary with flares and cones. You can't take a lane in any corner or just after one - in any circumstance

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As someone who used to work in that area and have been in that area both late at night and during day, that part of love field has issues so I wouldn’t be shocked and never go there now. I mean, someone randomly shot at the cockpit of a Southwest plane for no reason off Shore Crest. Basically everywhere around love field other than MAYBE Lemmon Ave is a mess.

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smellthing@reddit

having moved to that area from east side of san antonio, i will say it is so much better.

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Suspicious_Prior_808@reddit

Yeah its not as bad as it used to be but with recent funding cuts to mental health care in the area I expect it to get worse not better

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SipoteQuixote@reddit

Lemmon aint great either lol

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Suspicious_Prior_808@reddit

Yo thanks for sharing. I think I saw him setting up last night off lemon and inwood. He was in the middle of the lanes setting up something

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durtyprofessor@reddit

That really sucks. I love taking Shorecrest Drive as the scenic route to the shopping areas over there. It’s usually so peaceful compared to going around love field the other way.

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Severe-Ad-805@reddit

you did the right thing, i hope he got the help he needed even though he definitely wasn’t going about it in the best way.

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IShouldLiveInPepper@reddit

You should call the police

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OneLastSmile@reddit (OP)

i did don't worry

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nsfwfrient@reddit

And im sure they literally did nothing

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OneLastSmile@reddit (OP)

pretty much. they just said "okay thanks for letting us know"

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CatteNappe@reddit

Stuff in a couple trash bags signals "homeless", and also suggests someone who didn't really have a viable "plan". Still, you did the smart thing because there's not much practical help you can offer in that location at that time.

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OneLastSmile@reddit (OP)

Yeah agreed

He was def homeless but if he genuinely needed help, the Whataburger wasn't more than a couple hundred feet away. Blocking the road with his stuff and massive branches in a very dark area is shady as hell, no point risking becoming a statistic.

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