ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — Ross County deputies responded to a call about a creature inside a man’s vehicle near Crouse Chapel Road and route 23 on Sunday.

According to the man, he abandoned his vehicle along the roadside after a “creature freaked him out.”

Deputies found the man, who told them that that a person had also jumped into the back of his pickup and was hitching a ride.

The deputies on scene searched the vehicle and surrounding area for the invisible hitch-hiker, and the terrifying creature. Neither were located.

Police went on to cite the caller for driving under suspension and the vehicle was impounded.

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