This experience happened near Spokane, Washington in the early fall month of September in 2020. MY fellow user on here who goes by easyforcheez and has already submitted one of our experiences before, (which was the ball that started all of these experiences and problems) decided to go for a drive which is all there really is to do where we live. Since I had recently bought my first big purchase as an adult, my own car, we decided to take it to do the driving around to really break it in to our routine.
We have had experiences since we were about 16 and 17 (we were 23 and 24 in this story) we try to go into these drives and time together with a clear and bright mind set to hopefully push away any bad omens or entities. Well this night it was around 11 pm and we were driving on the old highway outside our town which happens to lead to our town's main cemetery, and we were jokingly discussing that because my car was new and shiny, that something would attach itself to my car, just wait and see. It was rather immediately after we jokingly made that one comment that we got an immense pressure in our chests and the further we went North on the old highway we got a feeling that all we can explain as being a "GET OUT NOW!" feeling. So rather than not listen to this feeling and pressure (like we have done many other times in the past,) we turned right around and drove through town and stayed there in well lit and well populated areas for around thirty minutes.
It was after the thirty minutes we decided we were just being wimps and overreacting since we have had a lot of experiences and some of them being even worse experiences in the past. We decided that we would continue on our drive and head back the way we were going, North of town and overcome the fear and feelings we had. It was around 11:30 pm at this time and as we headed out of town the feelings began again but we decided to push through. About two miles outside of the city limits next to a speed limit sign we saw a little perfect pigeon. As it was the first time we had passed this little pigeon we figured that the little fella just got tired of flying or might have been hurt and just left it be and continued driving. As we headed back towards town for the second time we noticed the little pigeon was still there, no movement, not even an inch facing the same direction almost eerily fake seeming. So we figured it was fake and it was just placed there by someone as a joke. We again continued on and did our loop again, on our third time heading North we decided screw it, we would stop on our way back and stop and check out the little pigeon. We stopped right next to it and did everything we could to startle it to get any reaction out of it (flashing our phones lights at it, honking my horn like crazy, etc.) but still nothing it didn't even so much as twitch with any of our efforts. So we upped the efforts and rolled down the windows to talk to/yell at the pigeon. It was at this moment that the extreme pressure and immense feeling of all out GET OUT NOW! GOOOOO! Came back tenfold and the pigeon almost with robotic like reflexes jerked his head to face us as his body faced forwards and he just stared at us. I'm going to be honest we froze for a second and then I floored it to get the heck out of there because when the pigeon moved his head we knew without a shadow of doubt there was seriously something wrong with and around the pigeon that was unsafe. After this night we didn't take this route of our routine drives for weeks and stayed away from this area outright. We still felt a feeling of danger and discomfort while driving in our little town and took us forever to feel comfortable to drive home for me to drop her off. I made sure she got in the door safely and she called me for the very short drive home and the walk to get into my house because we didn't feel safe otherwise.
Now I know that the part you just read for this experience was long and extensive and hopefully I still have your attention because this next part is what scares us the most and possibly the most important to our story and experience.
This happened on 3/24/2021 (I give an exact date because I don't know when you're reading this and when the story is approved by moderators.) It was on this night as we sat in front of her house playing Among Us and discussing different things, such as the story easyforcheez posted on her account on here and wondering if any new comments or thoughts had been shared on the post, we discussed posting/sharing some of our other stories and experiences to hopefully get some feedback and maybe some help to figure out what could be going on in our life.
We discussed the experience I described above and even repeated the comment we had made before we began that almost fateful drive "watch us get something attached to your brand new car!) At this point I looked over towards my car since we were in her car and immediately saw a dark and ominous and honestly terrifying figure sitting in the driver's seat of my car. I again had the feeling of GET OUT NOW! LEAVE NOW! Come over me again, so instead of alarming easyforcheez I suggested how about we do one more loop around just the town. When we hit main street on a really lit street I told her what I saw and why I told her to leave and do a loop.
Even when we finally got back to her house and ultimately my car we still had a very uncomfortable and unsafe feeling, especially when we opened the doors on my car to inspect it to make sure nobody and nothing was in there I had a horrible pressure like something was pressing down on my chest making it extremely difficult to breathe and made me scared to even drive my car home. Easyforcheez even had a unwell and seemingly weird feeling come over her.
Now I don't know why this happened or why there is a connection to the event from last night and the event from September but we know they are connected. This is where you guys come in, does anyone have any clues or thoughts or maybe even ways to cleanse the car and the area around her house for our safety because as I write this it is broad sunny daylight and I still don't feel comfortable.
Now I'm not going to dismiss everything out of hand but I WILL be attempting to debunk if possible the things you saw. It may not help you but if someone else has a similar experience in the future and stumbles across my comment it may help THEM.
I agree with LadyGlow that that was a very sick pigeon. You said it looked "perfect" which I assume you're meaning as "healthy" however, healthy pigeons are diurnal (day birds) and would be roosting at that time of night. They are also known to carry many diseases and I would wager they can catch quite a few that would make them act not normal without affecting their overall "healthy" appearance.
As to the intense feeling. It was the middle of the night, you were just passing a cemetary, is it possible you both were psyching yourselves and each other out? I mean I know I've been freaked the heck out over nothing in my own home for no reason other than I was watching some ghost clips on youtube. (A normal settling creak or a soda bottle near me making a popping noise as the room warms/cools are the usual culprits there.)
The shadow in the car I have no concrete idea about. Though it could be possible you saw an ordinary shadow and due to the fact you were talking about the previous time you were scared you again psyched yourself out. This could also explain the uneasiness you experienced on the ride home. Even if I had proof that my house/car isn't haunted if I think I saw a spirit I'd be pretty freaked out.
That said if you truly want to make sure you've not picked up an attachment I'd suggest looking up a cleansing ritual. Normally I'd suggest Rook's but I'm not entirely sure how that would work for a vehicle. If you happen to see a similar pigeon again try checking back later to see if you can see a corpse there or not. That would help determine if it was sick or possessed/not of this plane of existence.