0545, I-25, North Chugwater, WY Exit, a roadside pit stop was in order. Off on the service road next to the railroad
tracks was a good spot. About 100 yards away was a parked pickup truck with an
attached gooseneck trailer. Nothing
unusual, many trucks large and small park there to catch some sleep.
About to finish, I hear short, random beeps.
Not quite as loud as a truck horn, but they are coming from the parked pickup. Even
with a clear sky and full moon, this 72 year old fat body isn’t walking up to
another vehicle in a deserted area. On the cell phone, call 911. (Should add the WY 511 number didn’t work)
“911, what is your emergency?
“Not an emergency, but a situation that
may be a problem”.
“Go ahead”.
So we discuss what I see, hear, where I’m
at, where the vehicle in question is at, etc.
Going North to Wheatland, I see the State
Trooper headed South with his gumballs flashing followed by an ambulance
running code.
My stop, the Wheatland hospital, is small
and I enter by the emergency room. Stop to chat with the nurses. They are
listening to the scanner. Lurid nonsense about a jackknifed truck/gooseneck
pointed South in the Northbound lanes!!!! Clue them in.
My business at the hospital takes awhile.
Going back to I-25 I spot a Wyoming trooper pulling into Arby’s drive through.
Stop and have a chat. Tell him my version. He laughs. He was the one making the
run.
We drive through his zone at the same
time six days a week. Our Prius is noticeable with no wheel covers and a fleet
license plate. Don’t need police problems.
Not sorry I made the call. Am sorry the
911 dispatcher didn’t listen and made assumptions. Maybe she was bored?
