We Don't Like Folks Like You Out Here, Mister

"I was shocked. I remember my wife edging back towards the passenger seat of my car, but I'm not even sure the thing will start again," says Bob Greene. "The whole incident took us completely by surprise and that left us considerably shaken for some time afterward." The couple eventually made it to a gas station just shy of the main highway where they were met with an angry mob who spit on them. After trying over and over to bring the engine to life, 'the single sweetest sound I'd ever heard in years preceded us,' writes Greene.