Looking for a creepy Canadian radio commercial from the 2010
Jun 19, 2023 22:29:46 GMT
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Post by sideofparadise on Jun 19, 2023 22:29:46 GMT
I've already posted on Reddit about this but I'm hoping posting here helps too. There was a radio commercial that haunted me as a child that I heard while driving to my great-grandma's house on Christmas Day. I only ever heard it once, and I've never heard it again or seen any information on it.
I can't remember the exact year, but I would say it was anywhere from 2010-2013. I remember I heard it one of the last times we were going to my great-grandma's for Christmas (she moved out of that house around 2013/2014). I'm 95% positive this aired on the local Vancouver, BC, Canada area station 93.7 JRFM, a country music station. The only other stations I could've heard it on were 94.5 The Beat (now called Virgin Radio) or 95.3 Virgin Radio (now called Z), as those stations were the only ones my parents would play in the car besides JRFM. JRFM was on the most, so I'm assuming I heard this commercial on there. If it also helps, we were driving in the Surrey, BC area when I heard the commercial.
Now, the commercial: All the commercials beforehand were upbeat with jingles or holiday slogans, advertising products or car dealerships. Suddenly, it cut to a commercial with no background music, just someone talking, who I remember as a male voice. He described a young girl who was either deaf or blind (I can't remember, but it was one of those). He went on to tell a tale about how this girl was riding her schoolbus one day, only to have it catch on fire. She, in some way, saved many of her classmates lives from the fire. I can't remember HOW she saved their lives, but the commercial ended with the man saying something like "She saved all her classmates that day". Overall, the commercial gave off the vibes of a more haunting "Heritage Minutes" style of PSA. I remember it scared the shit out of me, randomly hearing about a schoolbus fire on Christmas Day on (probably) the country music station. It left a bad feeling on me for the rest of Christmas, and haunted me for a while after. I don't know why I found it so creepy: maybe the fact that it was about a schoolbus fire (I had an awful fear of house fires when I was younger), or the stern voice of the man narrating mixed with no music or sound effects whatsoever.
I heard this commercial once and never again. Nobody I know remembers hearing it, not even my family who was in the car with me that day. It's not a "Heritage Minute" PSA to my knowledge, despite the similar setups. I cannot find anything about a deaf or blind girl saving classmates in a schoolbus fire from pre-2010s in Canada. I know this wasn't just a dream, because it creeped me out so much that Christmas. If anyone knows where I could find this radio commercial, or even the story it was based on, that would be much appreciated.
I can't remember the exact year, but I would say it was anywhere from 2010-2013. I remember I heard it one of the last times we were going to my great-grandma's for Christmas (she moved out of that house around 2013/2014). I'm 95% positive this aired on the local Vancouver, BC, Canada area station 93.7 JRFM, a country music station. The only other stations I could've heard it on were 94.5 The Beat (now called Virgin Radio) or 95.3 Virgin Radio (now called Z), as those stations were the only ones my parents would play in the car besides JRFM. JRFM was on the most, so I'm assuming I heard this commercial on there. If it also helps, we were driving in the Surrey, BC area when I heard the commercial.
Now, the commercial: All the commercials beforehand were upbeat with jingles or holiday slogans, advertising products or car dealerships. Suddenly, it cut to a commercial with no background music, just someone talking, who I remember as a male voice. He described a young girl who was either deaf or blind (I can't remember, but it was one of those). He went on to tell a tale about how this girl was riding her schoolbus one day, only to have it catch on fire. She, in some way, saved many of her classmates lives from the fire. I can't remember HOW she saved their lives, but the commercial ended with the man saying something like "She saved all her classmates that day". Overall, the commercial gave off the vibes of a more haunting "Heritage Minutes" style of PSA. I remember it scared the shit out of me, randomly hearing about a schoolbus fire on Christmas Day on (probably) the country music station. It left a bad feeling on me for the rest of Christmas, and haunted me for a while after. I don't know why I found it so creepy: maybe the fact that it was about a schoolbus fire (I had an awful fear of house fires when I was younger), or the stern voice of the man narrating mixed with no music or sound effects whatsoever.
I heard this commercial once and never again. Nobody I know remembers hearing it, not even my family who was in the car with me that day. It's not a "Heritage Minute" PSA to my knowledge, despite the similar setups. I cannot find anything about a deaf or blind girl saving classmates in a schoolbus fire from pre-2010s in Canada. I know this wasn't just a dream, because it creeped me out so much that Christmas. If anyone knows where I could find this radio commercial, or even the story it was based on, that would be much appreciated.
