Officer Daniels had seen plenty of strange things during his night shifts, but nothing prepared him for what he encountered on that quiet street. As his patrol car turned the corner, his headlights illuminated an impossible sight – a polished wooden coffin standing upright in the middle of the road. The seasoned cop felt his pulse quicken as he stepped out of his vehicle, hand instinctively moving toward his service weapon.
Approaching cautiously, Daniels noticed the coffin’s brass handles gleamed under the streetlights. The wood smelled freshly varnished. With a deep breath, he lifted the heavy lid, only to find… nothing. The complete emptiness somehow made the discovery more unsettling than if there had been a body inside.
Back at the station, the mystery unraveled. A delivery truck carrying funeral supplies had hit a pothole hours earlier, sending one coffin flying unnoticed. The security footage showed something even stranger – the moment the coffin appeared, the normally busy street had mysteriously emptied of all traffic and pedestrians, as if the city itself held its breath.
