Were you born in Seattle in fall of 1977? You might be key to 37-year-old mystery

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Local Good Samaritan seeks out news of family he helped decades ago

Local Good Samaritan seeks out news of family he helped decades ago



SEATTLE -- It's a stormy night in the early fall of 1977. A man driving in the pouring rain suddenly encounters a crazed man in the middle of Interstate 5, jumping up and down and waving his arms.

Sound like the beginning of a horror movie?

Nope. In fact, it's part of a Redditor from Seattle's crazy tale. And he's hoping you can help him put an end to a longtime mystery.

Redditor /u/gnique posted his story to the Seattle subreddit Tuesday afternoon. In it, he describes driving in torrential downpour, being stopped by an "idiot father" and expectant mother out of gas, and performing what is possibly one of the greatest good Samaritan moves to ever go down in the history of I-5.

Now, he's hoping you can help figure out how this story ends.

/u/gnique explains:


The story is blowing up on the popular Seattle forum, with reporters (including myself) hoping to contact the poster to see if his story is legitimate, and there is indeed a 38-year-old out there was was nearly born in the back of a stranger's BMW.

What do you think, Seattle? /u/gnique has wondered about this baby for years. Can you help find him?