A stranger in an empty LA park, and John Hicks's 'this was almost the end for me..'

The Sur-Ron rider's three-day-old video has a comment section replaying one daylight encounter, frame by frame.

Channel: John Hicks Story of October 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 54,541 views a day, 8 times its usual pace (6,805).

this was almost the end for me..

"this was almost the end for me.." went up on Tuesday and spent its first day like an ordinary John Hicks upload, with a little over 8,000 views. On its third day it drew more than 54,000, and the comments arrived even faster: more than 300 in a single day.

The channel's own description is as relaxed as it gets: Hicks rides around, talks about what he sees, and wishes everyone a nice day. Lately, though, what he sees has been getting tense. His September purchase of a new Surron Light Bee 2 led into a run of Los Angeles rides with titles like "This Is Why I Avoid LA at Night.." and "RIDING DEEP IN LA AFTER DARK WAS A TOTAL NIGHTMARE..", the second of which has passed 300,000 views.

This one happened in daylight. Viewers describe an almost empty park, a man who appears near Hicks, and a moment that made him leave. Much of the conversation is about that moment: how the man moved, what he might have been reaching for, and the instinct that told Hicks to go. Several viewers say they would have left even sooner. Others treat the clip as a lesson in situational awareness for anyone riding the city alone.

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The numbers

A slow first day, then a third day several times busier, on a channel otherwise running at its usual pace.

views per day, this video

typical day

6,805

now

54,541

subscribers

1,970,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,111,777,642

views per day

245,326

typical day: 243,170

the video

views

64,493

likes

2,445

comments

406

days online

3

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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2,200,000

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2,090,000

NASCAR

2,050,000

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2,020,000

Harley Davidson People

1,980,000

John Hicks

1,970,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.