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Four Wheel Drive Angels - Angel Stories

By: John Haas

Location: Memphis TN USA

It was in December, somewhere between 1983 Christmas and The New Year [ the Solemnity of Mary ], and I was driving my wife's car. The ice on the streets was of Olympic game quality.
I was well familiar with driving on snow and ice and was always able to pull out of any problem.


I soon found an exception. A motorist pulled out across an intersection in my path which forced me to take evasive action. I avoided hitting that person, (he actually watched me headed for trouble and left) but as a result of my sudden correction, I slid onto a slippery slope at the road's edge.


I struggled and fought the slope but eventually I gently slid into a ditch at the roadside some ten feet below the level of the road. I was not hurt, nor was the car even damaged. I was, however, profoundly stuck. There was no driving out of this one! I sat in the car, some six years before the era of cell phones, pondering my plight. I had been there for about twenty minutes, still without a solution. I heard a voice coming up above me from the road. There were two men in an old red Ford Four-wheel-drive Pickup truck.


One of them yelled down to me. "Are you alright?"


I answered affirmatively.


He asked, "What are you doing down there?"


I responded, "Well, things looked rather interesting down here, so I thought I'd come down for a closer look."


I heard some distant talking and laughter coming from within the truck.


He asked, '"Would you like for us to pull you out?"


I replied, "Sure, if you think you can do it. It's really slick around here"


With that they lowered a chain and one of them attached it to the frame of the car.


Amazingly, they had it up on the road in minutes!


"I really appreciate you guys" I declared and offered them a Twenty. I heard them decline it.

As I was reaching for the money I looked up from my billfold...and they were gone. The truck with the two "men" could not be seen or found.


John Haas
Memphis, Tennessee


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Angel Stories

Some may never see with earthly eyes these heavenly beings or know that they exist. Many are unaware of the numerous ways they have protected and guided us. We would like to share with you the stories of people who take pleasure in expressing how real angels are.

Angel Stories


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  1. Guardian Angel, by B. Baptiste
  2. My Grandmother's Grave, by Michelle Brylowska
  3. My mom came to see her grandson for the first time, by Dawn Gudat
  4. Joan of arc, by Meagan Kaminski
  5. Two Angels in one day, by Trina Moore
  6. Dreams, by Michelle Vargas
  7. I believe, by Samantha Wynkoop
  8. Autistic Son, by Anonymous
  9. Ignatius, by Theresa Smaroff
  10. God's Will, by Jennifer Martin
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  1. Grandfather as an angel, by Kathleen Liner
  2. Homeless Angel, by Angela Ohanian
  3. An Angel in my Kitchen, by Joycelyn Smith
  4. Angels are Everywhere, by Jaci Tron
  5. Four Wheel Drive Angels, by John Haas
  6. Angels in the Train Station, by C. E.
  7. Someone has saved me!, by Mary Leeneth Lauron
  8. Angel Couple, by Randy Rodriguez
  9. Not my time, by FIONA MALONEY
  10. Missing Grandfather, by Christina Song
  11. One night, by Christian Elizalde
  12. Police Officer's Partner, by Alfredo Lopez
  13. An Angel's Message of Warning, by Joan Fowler

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