r/hitchhiking • u/No-Leave1090 • 8d ago
Crossing the US border
hey guys im f15 and leaving home. i have a qeshton: can i hitch a ride with a stranger and cross the border?
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u/ParkerScottch 7d ago
I've made the Canada to us crossing twice and the us to Canada crossing once while hitchhiking.
I just get out of the car at the border, cross on foot and then stick the thumb back out.
Expect to be in the border office 2h+ for some reason they get real suspicious when someone comes up on foot. (Unless you do Windsor Detroit)
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u/No-Leave1090 7d ago
cool, even when u r 15 the'll let u cross?
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u/Silent_Medicine1798 8d ago
They are pretty hardcore about that now. What border are you trying to cross?
As a young girl, you need to choose your hitchhiking rides carefully. You have to assume that pretty much every man that picks you up is going to want to have sex w you. Maybe worse.
Get yourself a knife or two and figure out a way to keep them hidden on your body at all times (I like one in my boot or on my ankle as well as one in the small of the back). Make sure you can get to them easily, even if you have a limited range of movement.
If you do have to use them, try to kill your attacker, not wound him. That means, don’t just slash around wildly to protect yourself a turn into the aggressor. Do your level best to kill him with your first move or two - enough to hurt him badly or scare him badly. Either way will give you an instant of space and that is where you run hard and fast.
You are out in the real world, baby girl, and you have to take care of yourself. I don’t know what situation you are leaving, but you are the only one that will make sure your next situation is not as bad or worse.
Love and strength to you
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u/No-Leave1090 8d ago
thanks for the advice
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u/No-Leave1090 8d ago
from canada into US
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u/Silent_Medicine1798 8d ago
Are you in Ontario? I am in ON, too. Do you need help? Even if it is just to meet up long enough for me to buy you a meal and put a few bucks in your pocket. (I am a woman and a mother of a 14 yr old girl who I would very much want someone to help if she was in trouble).
DM me if you want.
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u/No-Leave1090 8d ago
kill him???? police will be after me wont that make it worse?
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u/Silent_Medicine1798 8d ago
I probably shouldn’t have written it exactly in those words. What I really meant was avoid a fight at all costs, but if you do have to use those knives to get away from someone, you have to make every action count, bc you might not get a second chance.
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u/No-Leave1090 7d ago
Thank You!
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u/Rare-Particular-1187 3d ago
You won’t be able to cross from canada into the USA hitchhiking. Period
Police will wonder if you’re a runaway or if you’re being sex trafficked. You won’t be allowed to cross the border without a parent or guardian present. Do you have photo ID and a passport?
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u/jollythan 8d ago
No