When friendship takes you down a literal dark path…
By Amber
@AmbiePam (93961)
United States
October 16, 2024 4:55am CST
My best friend called me late one night and asked me to go with her to pick up a dog. I didn’t know why she wanted me with her, but I hadn’t seen her in person recently so I thought maybe she wanted to catch up. My best friend rescues animals, primarily dogs, but also cats, and oddly, goats (she has seven).
So, around 10pm she texted me that she was downstairs, and I headed down to her SUV. About ten minutes after leaving my place we pull into a deserted wasteland of weeds and shrubs, and she looks at me and grins. “We’re here,” she said. Come to find out, someone had spotted a stray dog in the middle of nowhere, and she wanted to set a trap to catch it as soon as possible. Not what I was imagining! She told me not to worry, she brought her gun (she is licensed, and as a single woman living in the country this is not unusual). So blind-as-a-bat-in-the-dark-me kept watch while she set the trap for the dog she had already named Freddie. About thirty minutes after arriving, I moved my scared rear end back to the car and she soon joined me to take me back home.
Two days later she checked the trap for the second time, and introduced herself to Freddie. And the next time she asked me to go with her somewhere I asked for specifics.
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28 responses
@allknowing (137822)
• India
16 Oct
No one in their senses would ever want to accompany someone that late in the night and I wonder where were your senses 
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@abhi_bangal (5518)
• Ahmednagar, India
17 Oct
I think why @AmbiePam, our friend Amber, decided to go was that, because they are the best friends. So there's no issues if they haven't seen either of them in recent times. They are still trustworthy. When with friends, we have to keep our senses aside.
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@Juliaacv (51407)
• Canada
16 Oct
Did you even sleep after that terrifying ride in the dark?
I would not.
She must be somewhat good for you though, pulling you to do things that you may not usually do, but maybe next time it will be light outside, I mean if you had tripped and fallen, could she have gotten you back up again and got you to safety?
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@wolfgirl569 (108231)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Oct
She sounds like lots of fun. Glad she did catch the dog.
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@JordanLader (5208)
• Sparta, Tennessee
16 Oct
Sounds like me and most of my friends lol. Then again me and my sister were always hanging in graveyards lol. Glad that she rescued the puppy though :)
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@JordanLader (5208)
• Sparta, Tennessee
18 Oct
@AmbiePam We would play Buffy and make up stories about the people.
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@somewitch (1404)
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16 Oct
That was a very special rescue mission, I wonder if it felt like a movie but it was certainly scary. 
You got a badass of a bestie, I must say. 
You got a badass of a bestie, I must say. 4 people like this
@snowy22315 (182240)
• United States
16 Oct
Did ya think the boogeyman was around the corner? Reminds of the time I accompanied friend out in the boonies to do a notary assignment..smack dab in the middle of nowhere..with a rutted road, the whole works. At least it was daytime.
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@psanasangma (7280)
• India
16 Oct
The rescue mission itself sounds challenging ...
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Oct
That would have really upped my anxiety and i would not want to go anywhere with her again. So did Freddie become her pet dog?
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
16 Oct
That sounds like a very scary experience and glad that you'll ask for specifics next time. Hope Freddie appreciates getting rescued.
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@AmbiePam (93961)
• United States
16 Oct
@Marilynda1225 Yes! Naomi is a nurse so she cannot stand to see any being suffer.
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
16 Oct
@AmbiePam that's so good to hear, Freddie is one lucky dog
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@Shivram59 (36506)
• India
16 Oct
If I were you;I would never never gone that late.I had had had a bad experience;but I don't want to recall it.It still haunts me.
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@Shivram59 (36506)
• India
16 Oct
@AmbiePam Thanks.I somehow managed to come back home.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
17 Oct
Never know where friendship might lead you. Glad it was a safe ending for you and a happy ending for Freddie.
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@luisadannointed (6308)
• Philippines
17 Oct
Woah! That's too dangerous. I hope she will never do that in a very late night. I hope you both will never do that again, that's very dangerous.
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@luisadannointed (6308)
• Philippines
17 Oct
@AmbiePam Glad you will not do it again. Thank you. This post makes me worry a lot. Hehehe. ia m just so glad you are both fine.
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@Letranknight2015 (52079)
• Philippines
16 Oct
She's doing good job helping out those stray dogs. It can be dangerous out there.
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@anya12adwi (9889)
• India
16 Oct
Bestfriends or anyone can use you! Even parents and siblings too!
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