I was working as a night auditor at a small chain motel in the midwest. My hours were normally 11:00PM to 8:00AM. With those kinds of hours, and being a woman, I'm bound to have some weird experiences. The scariest experience I've ever had while working there, happened within my first month on the job. I was 22 and single at the time. It was just before my shift started so I browsed Tinder for a bit. I matched with this guy who seemed cool. A little goth, and into ouija boards and Tarot, which is exactly my type. I was hyped. We chat for a bit, I tell him I have to go to work and we say goodbye. That night was my first night off training, so I was running the motel by myself for 9 hours straight. I was already a little nervous, but then this vaguely familiar guy comes up to the front desk and asks for me by name. This dude was weird… I have red flags popping all over in my head. I tell him that it’s me, and he explains that he was the guy from Tinder, and he saw that i was less than a mile away, so he went to see if I was possibly working at his motel. That's right, this guy was staying where I worked. I stay behind the comfort of my desk for TWO hours, while this guy won't stop talking to me. He tells me how his ex left him, how he beats people up, and how he wanted to bang me. I snooped a bit on his account. He was a painter and was doing work locally, he wasnt from here. Needless to say, I was uncomfortable. I had no idea what to do. Its around 2am and the creep finally decided to go to bed, so I take a much needed smoke break. I go outside and as soon as I spark up, creepy dude shows up. He tells me where he's from, and keeps getting closer and closer to me. He asks if its ok to smoke weed, which I said yes to. Out of nowhere he pulled me in, smelled my neck, and started grabbing my ass. I swiftly hit him, and told him he better not fucking touch me. I threw my cigarette on the ground and grab my phone to call my boss before going inside. The guy RIPS the phone from my hand, and proceeds to text himself. HE NOW HAD MY NUMBER! First thing he sends me is a grotesque picture of his weird looking penis. Then came the creepy bdsm porn gifs, with captions like "I cant wait to do this to you.” “You know what room I'm in". I was freaking out. My boss wasn’t answering.. I don't know why I didnt call the cops. I was in the back office having the panic attack of my life, when I get one more video. Why I clicked on it, I'll never know. I refuse to say what I saw in detail, but it was a snuff porn film. Very violent, very sexual. I locked myself in the back room, cried, and waited for hours until morning came. The texts went on for a few days until I’ve had enough, and got the balls to tell my boss all about it. He immediately kicked this guy out and banned him from our motel. His company is not even allowed to book with that motel anymore. I should’ve called the cops… Thank god this situation didn’t escalate more than it did.. I was 21, recently became a Police Officer, and was also recently dumped, so my friends suggested Tinder. As a 21 year old and new cop, I had the "I'm invincible and can take on anyone" mentality. I matched with a very good looking, out of my league female. We chatted, and eventually set up a date to meet. She said she knew a great open field to look at stars and hang out. The night came. I picked her up and she guided me to the field. Open space, woods, deer and other wildlife. Really nice place! In the field, I noticed really dim headlights in the distance. Then, a van started driving towards us and pulled up right in front of us, almost close enough to block me from going forward. I told my date to stay in the car. I grab my flashlight and walked up. The driver was a decently sized man. I asked him what's going on and if he could back his car up a little bit. He was very polite, said he was the owner of the property and said he didnt mean to scare us. I ensured him we only came out to look at the stars and wild life. He was perfectly ok with that, told me to have a nice date, and drove away. Around an hour later I saw headlights coming towards us again, this time really fast. It came close enough to almost hit my car. My date hopped out of the car and ran towards the van. I immediately knew I was fucked. I got out, and gave them commands to back up and get on the ground. Neither of them complied.. I saw my "date" grab a metal pipe from the van. She told me they had a gun, and that if I give them my money and truck I won't get hurt. At that point, I told them I was a cop, drew my concealed firearm, and told them to lay on the ground. They finally complied. I was able to call 911, tell them my name and badge number, and that I needed back up immediately. I gave our dispatcher the best directions I could to this field. While on the phone, the two fled. I took off after the man, who ran into the woods around the field. I chased him for maybe 30 seconds when I heard 3 loud pops, and saw a muzzle flash. My I'm invincible mentality went right out the window. I ran like hell back towards my car and got the hell outta there. I called dispatch again, and had officers come to my location. The first officers to pull up were my Sergeant and my Field Training Officer. They called me a "Dumbass" and a "Stupid fucking rookie"… We went towards the field. I was told to shut my mouth and stay inside. They cleared the area and started looking in the van. They found meth right on the center console. What scared me the most was when my Sergeant came back, let me out and told me to come look in the back of the van. He was pale, looked horrified. I went to the back of the van, and saw several knives, duct tape, lighter fluid, rifle ammunition, handcuffs, and what looked to be dried blood. In the front seat passenger side, we found an AR-15 style rifle, and two more handguns. Turns out the van was stolen… We never found my ‘date’ or the driver.. and needless to say, I will never use online dating again. Ever.