Eleven of the most buck wild trucking stories we’ve ever heard

If you’ve been in trucking long enough, you know that things can get weird. Really weird, really fast.

Most truck drivers have just accepted the fact that late nights, long hours behind the wheel, and truck stops full of sketchy characters can make for some unbelievable tall trucker tales.

But when we came across these eleven stories on a recent Reddit thread, we almost did a spit take. These stories are almost too crazy to be true — and maybe they are just a little bit embellished — but you can’t say that they aren’t entertaining.

1. Bear bites back

Bear Story

2. This’ll make you think twice about picking up an abandoned truck…

Abandoned Truck

3. Trucking has changed a lot since the ’70s

Vietnam

4. A real heart-stopper

Owl

5. Disappearing bloody footprints

Footprints

6. Another reason to hate E-Logs

E-Logs

7. Happy Thanksgiving

Turkey

8. No monkeying around at the truck stop

Monkey

9. This no pockets prank

Pockets

10. Bull hauler meets his match

Bull Hauler

11. The craziest story?

Paycheck


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