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**Part 1: The Midnight Encounter**
It was just another typical night for Billy Ecker, a seasoned truck driver making his usual run from Detroit, Michigan, to Ohio and back. The highway was quiet, the moon casting a cold, silver glow over the asphalt. Billy, 32 years old, knew these roads like the back of his hand - familiar landmarks, the rhythm of passing mile markers, the lull of the eng ...