Great story, well told! I gotta ask though, when you saw that pickup, what were you feeling? I can imagine feeling "I'm saved!" and "I'm about to be murdered..." in equal measure.

Although if I was you, I'd have been emotionally spent at that point. Detached curiosity with some vague panic is a definite possibility.

As a side note, I have a couple of things in my past that were similar clusterfucks and bothered me for years. Intrusive thought stuff. But anyways, once I shared the stories, the events became less traumatic. In the event this isn't just a funny story, and you feel a certain way about it, I'm optimistic that sharing it here could be helpful.

Thanks for sharing, take care!

Edit: Sweet username by the way.