>This happened about a month ago just outside of Willmar, a little town
>in the back country of Minnesota, and while it sounds like an Alfred
>Hitchcock tale, it's real.
>
>This out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a
>real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm. Time passed slowly and
>no cars went by.
>
>It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in front of his
>face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly, approaching and appearing
>ghostlike in the rain. It slowly and silently crept toward him and stopped.
>
>Wanting a ride real bad the guy jumped in the car and closed the door;
>only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the wheel, and no
>sound of an engine to be heard over the rain.
>
>Again the car crept slowly forward and the guy was terrified, too scared
>
>to think of jumping out and running.
>
>The guy saw that the car was approaching a sharp curve and, still too
>scared to jump out, he started to pray and began begging for his life;
>he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and into a nearby lake
>and he would surely drown!
>
>But just before the curve a shadowy figure appeared at the driver's
>window and a hand reached in and turned the steering wheel, guiding the
>car safely around the bend. Then, just as silently, the hand disappeared
>through the window and the hitchhiker was alone again!
>
>Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they
>reached a curve. Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could
>take and jumped out of the car and ran and ran, into town, into Willmar.
>
>Wet and in shock, he went into a bar and voice quavering, ordered two
>shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his supernatural experience.
>
>A silence enveloped and everybody got goose bumps when they realized the
>guy was telling the truth (and was not just some drunk).
>
>About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to
>the other, "Look Ole, ders dat idiot that rode in our car when we wuz
>pushin it in the rain."
Had ya...didn't I? [lol] [lol] [lol]
>in the back country of Minnesota, and while it sounds like an Alfred
>Hitchcock tale, it's real.
>
>This out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a
>real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm. Time passed slowly and
>no cars went by.
>
>It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in front of his
>face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly, approaching and appearing
>ghostlike in the rain. It slowly and silently crept toward him and stopped.
>
>Wanting a ride real bad the guy jumped in the car and closed the door;
>only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the wheel, and no
>sound of an engine to be heard over the rain.
>
>Again the car crept slowly forward and the guy was terrified, too scared
>
>to think of jumping out and running.
>
>The guy saw that the car was approaching a sharp curve and, still too
>scared to jump out, he started to pray and began begging for his life;
>he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and into a nearby lake
>and he would surely drown!
>
>But just before the curve a shadowy figure appeared at the driver's
>window and a hand reached in and turned the steering wheel, guiding the
>car safely around the bend. Then, just as silently, the hand disappeared
>through the window and the hitchhiker was alone again!
>
>Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they
>reached a curve. Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could
>take and jumped out of the car and ran and ran, into town, into Willmar.
>
>Wet and in shock, he went into a bar and voice quavering, ordered two
>shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his supernatural experience.
>
>A silence enveloped and everybody got goose bumps when they realized the
>guy was telling the truth (and was not just some drunk).
>
>About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to
>the other, "Look Ole, ders dat idiot that rode in our car when we wuz
>pushin it in the rain."
Had ya...didn't I? [lol] [lol] [lol]
