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I drove to the Maxton/Laurinburg area on work-related assignment two times in the past couple weeks. I had never been to that area of North Carolina before. I have been to other fairly rural parts of NC out in the mountains and along the coast, but while I'd see a confederate flag or two flying around, I never felt creeped out. Once I got off the 501 and started driving through rural towns like Wagram and out into the country, I felt this absolute sense of dread. I was the only car on the road in the middle of the day. It was very quiet. The buildings were run down and many were abandoned and boarded up. Among other creepy things I saw were a mailbox standing literally in the middle of nowhere; I could see tents in the trees off the road in the middle of nowhere; I saw a disheveled man walking down the middle of the road out in the boonies. I have never felt so unsettled while driving, and I have been in much more remote locations than that up in Northern Canada, etc. where there wasn't a person for 50 miles. But rural, southern NC really gives me the creeps. It seemed like something out of a horror movie. I locked my car doors and was trying not to die haha.
You mean to tell us that even though you've been in "other fairly rural parts of NC out in the mountains and along the coast," the only area in the state that gave you the creeps--in the daytime no less--was one probably no more than 10 minutes from I-74 and a half hour from I-95?! Buddy, you need to get out more often.
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I drove to the Maxton/Laurinburg area on work-related assignment two times in the past couple weeks. I had never been to that area of North Carolina before. I have been to other fairly rural parts of NC out in the mountains and along the coast, but while I'd see a confederate flag or two flying around, I never felt creeped out.......
It must be too close to Halloween for you.
I often kayak near there with the Lumber River Canoe Club and I really don't know what you're talking about.
Most of North Carolina is pretty creepy. So is the rest of the South and Midwest there days. Pity.
Have you ever lived in NC? I have and I find NC to be one of the best places in the US.
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