[THE SUBURBS, a] is the eighth file of the Princeton Tapes received by Reddit/Discord user TheSharp0ne on February 21, 2018.
In this audio file, a panicking Vince is driving home late at night at 45 miles an hour. He reports feeling paranoid and potentially followed lately, and says as he's driving, he sees 'something, like the size of a dog' keeping pace with him (his car). He remarks that it's not a dog, is grey with no fur, and walks on all fours. It seems to be taunting him, and at one point, in runs right in front of his car.
Transcript[]
[Vince is driving a car.]
Vince: [sighs] Fuck. This is, uh, this is gonna sound a little weird, uh … uh... Driving home, it’s a little after midnight, I think it’s like 12:05... [Pause.] Uh, I- I... fuck! I know I’ve been a little... uhm, paranoid lately, and thinking that somebody is following me, but- this fucking... This is just bizarre. There’s uh.. Speed limit's about 45, I’m doing about 45 and I.. I can see something, like the size of a dog... and it uh, it’s almost like it’s keeping- Fuck! Jesus... It’s alm- It’s like it’s keeping pace with me. Uh. Shit. Fuck. [He breathes heavily][To himself] Alright, get yourself together, fuck, fuck, fuck, not possible.
Vince: And it’s almost, uhm... It’s almost like it’s going fast enough that it can get ahead of me and sit at the next pole and wait and then dart up to the ne- [Pause]… Shit. [Pause] not a dog. [quietly] It’s gotta be.. [Pause.] Oh, fuck!
[We hear Vince's deliberate breathing as he tries to calm himself.]
Vince: [To self] Okay. [We hear the sound of Vince winding the window down, and of the wind.]
Vince: Uhm, whatever the fuck it is, uh... [he chuckles nervously] Shit, it just ran right in front of my car. Oh god, the lights on its skin. It.. Fuck.. This thing didn’t have any fur, uhm, it was grey... it did walk on all fours, it looked... Wrong. Like it didn’t belong on all fours, but fuck, it was. Shit.
Alright, uhm, I am just getting home. I am going to have some tea. I am way overreacting. I’m freaking the fuck out over nothing. It was just an animal. Just a fucking animal. Why am I even recording this? It’s not a big fucking deal. Alright, chill out. Chill out. Let’s just get home. Alright, okay, I’m good, everything’s good.
[Ends]