Episode 2: The Mitchell Run

In 1987, a long-haul trucker named Thomas Mitchell suffered a massive heart attack behind the wheel.

He was clinically dead for nearly six hours.

During that time, his truck traveled almost 400 miles.

In this episode of Tales from Trucker Dwane, we revisit one of the most unsettling old legends ever passed down in trucking circles. A time before GPS and cell phones, when drivers relied on road atlases, pay phones, and muscle memory to get through the night.

Highway patrol reports describe a truck that drifted in and out of lanes, corrected itself, and never left the road. A logbook that continued to be written after the driver should have been gone. And notes describing shadows in the cab… and two figures sitting on the sleeper behind the driver, arguing about which route would be best for the delivery.

This isn’t a story about answers.

It’s about momentum.

Habit.

And what happens when the road keeps going after the driver can’t.

If you’re listening during a long night drive, pay attention to your mirrors.

Some legends don’t end.

They just keep rolling.