Person in trunk?

AuntG · ‎03-09-2010

Today when I was in town, I got behind a compact car with just the driver visible. There was a great deal of thumping coming from the trunk. Even the license plate vibrated. This was not a mechanical sound. Maybe I read too many mysteries, but all I could envision was a person back there with a tire iron. The driver acted as if nothing was wrong as we went from stop sign to stop sign. Anyone have a logical explanation I might had missed?

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

Maybe a dog or cat in the trunk. Intentionally or not. I used to have a pound dog (beagle) who was trained to retrieve ducks. Anyway - she would only ride in the trunk. Refused to get in the inside of the car.So my husband drilled some holes in the floor of the trunk so she would get air flow. Also on my old MGB the trunk lid would hook closed but was still open about a half inch until you pushed a button and slammed it.So we would leave that 1/2" open for her to see out.Apparently, her original owner had made her ride in the trunk.She mostly was quiet back there but occasionally she'd start jumping around.

OfCourse · ‎08-26-2017

I would have taken down the license plate and noted the color and brand of car and called 911, telling them where the car was. It's better to call than to have the cops miss someone or a pet locked in a trunk.

LUVNLIFE · ‎08-31-2015

You could always write the license plate # down and call your police dept. non-emergency number to report your concerns.

fortune · ‎03-14-2010

Call the police! You may save someone's life!!

spent2much · ‎03-10-2010

If I had heard/seen that, I would have called 911 immediately!

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RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

If, in fact, this truly occurred and you didn't take down the license number and dial 911, it may be too late to mull over the what ifs at this point. Hopefully, it was a large bag of groceries bouncing around and not a living, breathing entity.

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NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

Did you consider calling 911? That's what I would have done. If there was a person or a dog in the trunk you could have saved a life.

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godi · ‎03-09-2010

Some people have big bass speakers in the trunk they can bang and thump and shake a license plate. Maybe this was what you heard and saw. I hope.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

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Some people have big bass speakers in the trunk they can bang and thump and shake a license plate. Maybe this was what you heard and saw. I hope.

This^^^

In SoCal this is so common I wouldn’t even have wondered. Raised/lowered chassis engineered to bounce a LOT, and woofers in the trunk.

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