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Man Walks 20 Miles To Work Everyday Until One Day Cop Follows Him And Discovers This
Jan 24, 2026
Man Walks 20 Miles To Work Everyday Until One Day Cop Follows Him And Discovers This.
When The officer first heard about Michael, he could not believe it was true. The man supposedly walked 20 miles to and from work every day.
A very strange, but true story. Michael was not very open about his reason, however. Or anything about his job for that matter.
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When the officer first heard about
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Michael, he could not believe it was
0:03
true. The man supposedly walked 20 miles
0:05
to and from work every day. A very
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strange but true story. Michael was not
0:10
very open about his reason, however, or
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anything about his job for that matter.
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And so, the officer had to do some
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digging himself. And the policeman was
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completely stunned by what he ended up
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finding out about Michael. Michael did
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not know where to look when the
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policeman confronted him with what he
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had discovered about him. It was clear
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that he had never wanted anybody to find
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out the truth. But now he knew that
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there was probably no way around it. It
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all made sense now. The officer was
0:32
still very surprised that Michael had
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been able to keep up the ridiculous
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walking distance daily for so long. But
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now that he found out why Michael had
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been so consistent in keeping it up, it
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all made a lot more sense to him. The
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officer put his hand on Michael's
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shoulder and told him that he did not
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blame him. But they did need to take
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action as soon as possible. But what did
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the police find out about Michael? Why
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was he walking so far to work every day?
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And what job was he even really doing?
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But before we start, smash the like
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notification bell so you never miss any
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of our upcoming stories. Nobody in the
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area batted an eye anymore when they saw
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Michael walking in the street in the
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early hours of the day or very late in
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the evening. He was out there around the
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same time, Monday to Friday, no matter
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the weather. People who had said hello
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to him or asked why he was walking so
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quickly every morning only got very
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short responses. It seemed like he did
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not want to share much more that he was
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walking to work. But at that time,
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nobody really knew how long he had to
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walk. Most people just assumed that he
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was working really long days, which was
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not uncommon for people trying to work
1:30
their way out of poverty. And by the
1:31
look of Michael, people guessed that he
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firmly belonged to that category. His
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clothes were looking very old and worn
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down, and not even the shoes seemed to
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be in any kind of condition, which made
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it even more bizarre that he was walking
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to work every day. It really seemed like
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Michael had gone through some hard
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times. But nobody had any idea just how
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hard these times were. Michael's daily
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walks to work went on for about 2 months
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before somebody actually found out more
1:54
about it. And that person was Maria, a
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woman that lived on the route Michael
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walked daily. Normally, she would not be
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out and about so early. But this was an
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exception. She had to appear and speak
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at an event, but it was a 3-hour drive
2:06
away, and so Maria had to leave
2:08
extremely early, and that just happened
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to be at the same time that Michael
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walked by. She had seen the man most in
2:13
the evening, looking tired as could be,
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and figured maybe she could give him a
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rock. She waved him over and after a bit
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of hesitation, Michael nervously
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approached her. Maria asked him where he
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was going and offered to give him a ride
2:24
if it was on the way, but Michael was
2:26
obviously reluctant to tell her where he
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needed to go. Eventually, he caved and
2:30
named the place he was working at. Maria
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quickly typed into her navigation and
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when she saw the route, it wiped the
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smile straight off her face. It was
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actually on her route to the event, but
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it was a lot further along that route
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than she expected. It was still 15 mi
2:43
away. And according to Michael, he had
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already been walking for 5 miles today.
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She asked him if it was an incident that
2:49
he had to go this far, but he confirmed
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to her that he needed to walk this
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distance every single day. Maria could
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not believe what she was hearing. She
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had seen that Michael could walk
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relatively fast, but that still meant he
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was probably walking about 4 hours to
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and back to work. How could a person
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possibly be able to manage that for so
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long? She asked him why he did not take
3:07
public transport to work, but a car,
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moped, or even bike. But Michael just
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looked at the ground, embarrassed. He
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thanked Maria for her offer of a ride,
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but was ready to just start walking
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again. He did not want to bother her or
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answer her questions. It was clear to
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Maria that he did not want to talk about
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the reality of the situation, but she
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still wanted to give him that ride. She
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called him back and promised him that
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she would not discuss anything during
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the drive. And under that promise,
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Michael was happy to accept the offer.
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Maria also told him that he did not need
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to split the grass bill with her as she
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was getting compensated for the journey
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by her company. Michael seemed really
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happy about that. Although he ensured
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her that he would have been perfectly
3:44
happy to split the costs. The drive to
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Michael's work took about 30 minutes. It
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was mostly quiet between Michael and
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Maria. They talked a bit about her and
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general topics, but as soon as something
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was directed at Michael's life, he
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immediately shut down. She could not get
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a word out of it. Maria dropped him off
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at an industry terrain. She was willing
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to bring him closer to the entrance of
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his work, but Michael did not want to.
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He would walk the final 15 minutes. He
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clearly did not want Maria to know where
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he worked either. The whole situation of
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that morning kept playing in Maria's
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mind during the entire day. Something
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just did not sit right with her. There
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were so many questions unanswered about
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Michael's situation, but it was obvious
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that he was struggling. The more Maria
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was thinking about it, the more she
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started to feel like he might be
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exploited by his employer and that maybe
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that employer had a good reason for
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Michael having to keep his place of work
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a secret. Maybe they were partaking in
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some illegal activities. It might be a
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long shot, but even if she was wrong,
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maybe the police could find out more
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about Michael's situation. Maybe they
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could help in some way, even though he
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would probably never admit that he
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needed any help. When Maria managed to
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get in contact with an officer, Jack, he
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first responded fairly surprised.
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Maria's theory seemed really
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far-fetched, and he doubted whether this
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was even a case of the police at all.
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But he could not help but admit that the
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story of Michael was strange. Whether
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the man was being exploited or not, it
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was clear that he needed help. And maybe
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he or another officer could help him
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find that. Maria and Michael were lucky
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it was a slow week at the local police
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station. And so, the officer decided he
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would try and get in contact with
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Michael. And it was relatively easy to
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find Michael, seeing as he held such a
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rigid daily walking schedule. Maria knew
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just about where he was going. So that
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next morning, the police started to
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drive past the most likely walking
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route. And about 10 miles from Maria's
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house, Officer Jack found him. Michael
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looked very tired, which was no
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surprise, as the poor man had already
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walked 15 mi by this point. When Officer
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Jack pulled up beside him, Michael
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seemed very startled and could barely
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get a word out when the officer started
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talking to him about how he was doing.
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Officer Jack explained that they had
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gotten some concerned reports from
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people who had seen him walking every
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single day, and he was hoping to get
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some answer from him about why he was
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doing it. But Michael was not about to
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make this easy. He just kept repeating
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that there was nothing wrong and that he
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was doing well, that it did not matter
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to him that he was walking so many hours
5:53
daily and that he preferred to be left
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alone. Officer Jack realized that he was
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hitting a brick wall here and so he had
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to come up with a different approach.
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The officer thanked Michael for his time
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and drove off. At least he made Michael
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think that he drove off. Maria had also
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revealed to him where exactly she had
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dropped Michael off the previous day and
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so the officer drove there to secretly
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wait for Michael. Officer Jack parked
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the police car about a block away and
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changed into his regular clothing with a
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cap and sunglasses. No way that Michael
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would recognize him now. He then waited
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near the spot for Michael to arrive so
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that he could hopefully follow him for
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the last 15 minutes of his walk. It
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wasn't long before officer Jack saw
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someone walking his way. He couldn't
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immediately see if it was Michael, but
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judging by the sloughed walk and worn
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clothes, it definitely was. He hid
6:36
behind a tree, pretending to look at his
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phone and waited until Michael was at
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least a few minutes in front of it. Then
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he slowly put his phone away and started
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walking after Michael. It was a quiet
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industrial terrain and Jack wondered
6:47
what Michael was doing there. It didn't
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look like a place for a decent man to
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work or anyone actually. But then he
6:53
noticed where Michael was heading
6:55
toward. There was a big factory at the
6:56
end of the terrain, but it had been out
6:58
of use for many years. It used to be a
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tobacco factory in the '90s, but it shut
7:02
down because of many deaths and lousy
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working conditions. If Jack remembered
7:06
correctly, the factory was due to be
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demolished at the end of this year.
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Suddenly, Michael picked up the pace and
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officer Jack had to do his best to keep
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up with him. Michael hadn't turned
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around, so he couldn't have seen Jack,
7:17
but he could have noticed the slight
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sound his shoes made on the concrete.
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His plan was failing, and he wasn't sure
7:21
what to do next. If Officer Jack yelled
7:24
for Michael to stop, he would definitely
7:26
start running and might hide in the
7:27
empty buildings. Michael had been here
7:29
many times before, so he knew the
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terrain much better than Officer Jack.
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If he were to lose Michael, he wouldn't
7:34
be able to locate him again. So, Officer
7:37
Jack turned into an ally himself. By
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doing so, he gave Michael the feeling he
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wasn't being followed, but that Jack was
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just someone who had to be at the same
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place at the same time, and it worked.
7:46
Officer Jack peaked around the corner,
7:48
and Michael was walking at his normal
7:50
pace again. Officer Jack now waited
7:52
until he was just able to see Michael in
7:53
the distance and started his pursuit
7:55
again. This time, he left more space
7:57
between them so Michael wouldn't hear
7:58
the sound of his shoes. Finally, he saw
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Michael walking to a side door of the
8:02
factory. He stopped and looked around
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him before pushing the door open.
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Officer Jack quickly hid behind a
8:07
building and watched as Michael entered
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the building. What was he doing there
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for such a long time? Day after day, the
8:13
factory was definitely out of use. So,
8:15
Michael wasn't working an actual job
8:17
there. And was he working there alone or
8:19
with other men? Officer Jack decided to
8:21
call for backup. He ordered his team to
8:23
be as quiet as possible and wait for his
8:25
sign before entering the factory. After
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giving his team the facto's address, he
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hung up, slowly walked over to the same
8:31
door Michael had entered and paused for
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a second. The door was made of heavy
8:36
metal, and it would make a lot of noise
8:37
if Jack pushed it open. And because the
8:39
factory was empty, the sounds of the
8:41
door opening would most likely echo
8:42
through the building, and Michael would
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know someone had entered shortly after
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him. There had to be another way. So,
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Officer Jack made his way around the
8:50
factory. The windows were all boarded
8:51
shut, so there was no way he would get
8:53
inside through there. The other doors
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were locked with thick chains and
8:56
padlocks. So that left the heavy door as
8:58
his only option. Or so he thought.
9:00
Because when he looked up, he saw an
9:02
open window on the first floor. It was
9:04
cracked open just enough for Jack to
9:06
squeeze through. But how could he get up
9:07
there? He took a few steps backward and
9:09
scan the building. Then he had a
9:11
breakthrough. This could work. There was
9:13
a rain pipe at the side of the building,
9:15
very close to the open window. He could
9:17
climb up the pipe and jump toward the
9:19
window. There was too much space for him
9:20
to be able to reach it from the pipe
9:22
alone, but he could jump and grab the
9:24
window sill. So that's what he did. The
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climb wasn't that hard. He had done it
9:28
before, but the jump to the window was
9:30
new and somewhat optimistic. He could
9:32
easily miss the window sill and fall
9:33
down on the ground. He took a few deep
9:36
breaths and focused on the spot he
9:37
wanted to grab. Then he jumped. In his
9:40
head, it looked like something James
9:42
Bond would do. He was able to grab the
9:43
window sill and was now dangling beneath
9:45
it. After that, he slowly pulled himself
9:48
up, squeezed himself through the
9:49
opening, and quietly landed on the
9:51
wooden floor of the factory building. He
9:53
was now inside. The factory was dark and
9:55
dusty. The floors were filled with
9:57
holes, and it looked like nature was
9:59
slowly getting a hold of the building
10:00
with plants and branches growing
10:02
alongside the wall. Officer Jack had to
10:04
look at the ground as he walked because
10:05
one wrong step, and he could plummet to
10:07
the ground. He followed the sound of men
10:09
talking and noticed two men working on
10:10
something on the ground floor. Officer
10:12
Jack lay down on the floor and looked
10:14
through a small hole. The men were all
10:16
dressed in dirty clothes and looked
10:18
underfed just like Michael. What was
10:20
going on here? Then he suddenly heard a
10:23
familiar voice. It was Michael. He was
10:25
talking to one of the men about him
10:26
feeling like he was being followed here.
10:28
The man laughed Michael's worries away
10:30
and told him no one but them had come to
10:32
this terrain in years. But Michael
10:34
didn't believe him. Suddenly, one of the
10:36
floorboards Officer Jack was lying on
10:37
gave away and landed on the ground floor
10:39
with a bang. Officer Jack crawled
10:41
backward just in time and hid behind a
10:43
large barrel. He had no idea what these
10:45
men would do if they found him. If they
10:47
were into illegal activity, this could
10:48
end badly for a single officer. But
10:50
instead of running upstairs and
10:52
searching for the intruder, the men all
10:54
fled the scene. Within an instant, the
10:56
factory was empty. And officer Jack
10:58
could see the men running away outside,
11:00
including Michael. What were they all so
11:02
afraid of? It wasn't like they knew the
11:04
police were here. Jack started walking
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around the factory now that everyone was
11:07
gone and quickly noticed what was left
11:09
behind. The floor was scattered with
11:10
clothes and cardboard boxes. This only
11:12
raised more questions with officer Jack
11:14
as he expected to see something illegal
11:16
or criminal, but he had never seen
11:18
anything like this before. He took
11:20
photos of the scene and waited for this
11:21
team to show up. Then they bagged
11:23
everything and took it with him to the
11:25
station. Maybe they could get more
11:26
information. After doing a few tests,
11:29
the men weren't wearing gloves, so they
11:31
might have left some DNA behind. As they
11:32
waited for the test results, Officer
11:34
Jack decided to see if he could find
11:36
Michael again. maybe he would go back to
11:38
the factory as the men didn't see Jack
11:40
so they might think it was safe for them
11:41
to return and Jack was in luck because
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that was exactly what Michael was
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thinking but as soon as Michael saw
11:46
officer Jack he picked up the pace again
11:48
and tried to run away however officer
11:50
Jack could easily catch up to Michael
11:52
because he was already very close and
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Michael wasn't a fast walker ich please
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I have to ask you a few questions he
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said as soon as he walked alongside him
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refused to talk at first but when
12:04
officer Jack threatened to take him to
12:05
the station He stopped walking. "It was
12:08
you inside the factory yesterday, was
12:09
it?" Michael said while squinting his
12:11
eyes. "Yes, it was. So, you understand
12:13
what I have to do now, right?" Officer
12:15
Jack replied. Michael sighed and looked
12:18
at the ground. Officer Jack took this as
12:20
his cooperation and asked him what they
12:21
were doing in the factory. "You wouldn't
12:23
understand," Michael answered. He
12:25
clearly didn't want to tell Officer Jack
12:27
the truth. "But how could he lie to an
12:29
officer?" "Try me," Officer Jack
12:31
insisted. "It's not what you think.
12:33
We're just selling clothes, Michael
12:35
explained. But Officer Jack wasn't
12:37
buying it. If they were doing something
12:38
as innocent as selling clothes, why run?
12:41
Why do it at a place where no one would
12:42
find you? There had to be more to the
12:44
story. He was hiding something. Officer
12:46
Jack had enough and placed Michael under
12:48
arrest. Michael tried to tell Officer
12:50
Jack he wasn't doing anything wrong, but
12:52
it didn't work. Before he knew it,
12:54
Michael sat in the back of Officer
12:55
Jack's police car on their way to the
12:57
station. The car ride was quiet, and
12:59
Officer Jack wondered what the truth
13:01
might be. Once at the police station,
13:03
Michael was placed in an interrogation
13:05
room while officer Jack looked at the
13:06
test results. Most men whose DNA was
13:09
found were homeless or very poor, but
13:11
none of them had criminal records. There
13:12
was no other personal information about
13:14
them, which made it very hard to track
13:16
them down. Michael was his only chance
13:18
of figuring out the truth. With this in
13:20
mind, Officer Jack entered the
13:21
interrogation room and sat down opposite
13:23
Michael. We found your DNA at the
13:25
factory, Michael, together with the DNA
13:27
of all of your other colleagues. Can you
13:29
tell me what you were doing there? But
13:30
Michael kept his mouth shut. We know you
13:33
walk every day to that factory. We know
13:35
what you guys are doing there is illegal
13:36
and most of your colleagues are
13:38
homeless. We know this could ruin all of
13:40
your lives. Do you want us to arrest
13:41
everyone for breaking into an abandoned
13:43
building? It wasn't the approach officer
13:45
Jack wanted to take, but Michael left
13:47
him with no other choice. If he wasn't
13:49
going to talk on his own, Officer Jack
13:51
had to force him to. Michael was visibly
13:53
takenback by Officer Jack's thread, but
13:56
it worked because Michael's demeanor
13:57
suddenly changed. Fine, I'll tell you.
13:59
But please leave my colleagues out of
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this. Their lives are already a mess.
14:03
They don't need more trouble. I promise
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you, your colleagues will never know you
14:07
were even here," Officer Jack said. But
14:09
little did Michael know, his colleagues
14:11
addresses weren't even in the system.
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"What I said before was the truth,"
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Michael began. "We do sell clothes, but
14:17
the clothes we sell are donated. It's
14:19
unethical and wrong. But this job was
14:21
the only job that paid me enough to care
14:23
for my sick and uninsured mother. She's
14:25
almost 95, you know, and I can't just
14:27
let her die. All right, all right,
14:29
Officer Jack responded. But what's the
14:31
name of the company? Michael told
14:33
Officer Jack everything he needed to
14:34
know and even remembered the name of the
14:36
man who recruited him. Officer Jack
14:38
immediately ordered the company to shut
14:39
down and in the following weeks arrested
14:41
the owner as well. Michael and his
14:43
colleagues were never arrested. Officer
14:45
Jack actually felt very bad for Michael
14:47
and his colleague. They were taken
14:48
advantage of in their most vulnerable
14:50
state by someone who only thought about
14:52
making enough money. So, Officer Jack
14:54
did something no one expected. He gave
14:56
them a new job. It wasn't much, but
14:58
Officer Jack arranged for the men to
15:00
work as cleaners. From there, they could
15:02
save enough money to get a degree or
15:04
provide for their family. Michael was
15:05
very grateful for Officer Jack's mercy
15:07
and was able to care for his mother
15:09
until the very end. Thank you for
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