Although most of the town was in fear of the Phantom, some kids continued parking on deserted roads. Some of them hoped to apprehend the evasive slayer. One night, Chief Deputy Tillman Johnson was patrolling a vacant road with Arkansas State Trooper Charley Boyd, when they came up to a parked car. Johnson got out while Boyd stayed behind. Johnson walked up to the car and noticed a couple. He said, "I am Tillman Johnson with the Miller County Sheriff's Department. Aren't you scared to be parked out here at night?" The girl replied, "You're the one that ought to be scared, Mister. It's a good thing you told me who you are," as she revealed that she had been pointing a .25 ACP pistol at him the whole time.