I got kidnapped at the grocery store.

Hey y'all, I'm new and this is my first time posting. I've never shared my story with anyone, even my family. I used to tell myself that that's crazy and it never happened, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it actually did happen. This happened when I was 11 years old, so I'm going to tell it with as much detail as I can as a 24 year old. My mom and I were at a grocery store, and somehow I wandered off (I really don't remember how this happened and that looks bad on me, I know). All I remember is that I was standing in an aisle that was almost empty. A man was standing in front of me, wearing a denim jacket and looking at me. In my mind, he was a very average man. Not tall, not short, not skinny not fat. I remember that there was another man, I believe he was taller and skinnier than the average man. His facial features are in my mind but I can't describe them. He was standing a little further away, almost at the end of the aisle. The average man starts talking to me. I don't remember what he said, all I remember was that he was trying to convince me that my mom was his wife and he was my dad and that my mom was calling us from the car. He said that my mom had parked the car in a bad spot and we couldn't park there for long. I don't know why I believed him, I have no idea. I wasn't raised to be naive or stupid, but I believed him. I started following him out of the aisle and to the front of the store. The skinny man followed behind me, almost as if he was guarding me. I remember that we walked out of the store together and into the parking lot. Somehow, I stopped midway down one of the rows where the cars were parked. I remember feeling very scared and knowing that I was in danger, even though I didn't know what was going on. I don't know why I got scared, I just knew that I was being kidnapped. I don't know how I got it in me to do this, but I told them I had to go to the bathroom, so I ran back into the store. I ran down the aisle and hid behind a shelf that had a display of cans almost to the ceiling. I remember that the cans were stacked on their side in a weird way and there were little holes for each can. I fit myself into one of the holes. I heard the average man and skinny man looking for me and talking about how they had lost me. I peeked out of the hole and saw them walking down the aisle towards me, so I quickly ran into the hole again and watched them walk by. They were looking in every aisle, and I heard their conversation. They seemed very angry that I had gotten away and was hiding from them. I was terrified, I felt like I was in a horror movie. (Sorry, I know this update is so long, but I have so much information that I want to include.)<br><br>I hid there for what seemed to be hours, and they still didn't give up looking for me. All of a sudden, I heard my mom calling me out. I remember that she was so upset and worried when she found me. I don't know how she found me, I don't think I'll ever know. I didn't tell that story, and I told my parents that I got lost and was scared. I think she realizes now that she helped me and got me away from kidnappers. She didn't seem angry and was just relieved to find me. Ever since I was lost in the grocery store, I've always felt like I don't want to be kidnapped or taken, I could never imagine how scary it would be. I also couldn't imagine how my parents would feel if I was taken and never found again. Ever since I was little, I always carry a taser and pepper spray as well, I also carry a small self-defense knife. I'm happy that I'm alive and appreciate life after that happened. <br><br>I'm getting a lot of questions about how I got lost, I don't know how I got lost. I think I was distracted by the products on the shelves and then the man approached me. I don't remember how I got lost, and it was a very long time ago, I was 11.<br><br>UPDATE: In the comments, a user reminded me that I remembered I was in the cereal aisle and that's when I realized that I was lost. I also remember that my mom told me not to wander off and that I had gotten in trouble previously for wandering off and that's why she was so worried when she found me. She was really mad and didn't understand what happened, but she was so happy to find me. She always taught me not to wander off and to never go anywhere with a stranger.