A GHOST STORY

IRISH GHOST STORY

This happened a while ago in
Dublin and even though it sounds like an
Alfred Hitchcock story, it's
true. 

John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was on the side
of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night
and in the midst of a
storm. No cars were traveling that night. The storm was so
strong he
could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. 

Suddenly, he saw a car
slowly coming towards him and stop. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door.... 
only to
realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine
wasn't on!!

The car started moving slowly.. John looked at the
road ahead and saw a
curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray,
begging for his life..
Then, just before the car hit the curve, a
hand appeared through the
window and turned the wheel. 

John, paralyzed
with terror, watched as the hand
repeatedly came through the window,
but never touched or harmed him.
Shortly thereafter John saw the
lights of a pub appear down the road.
So, gathering strength, he
jumped out of the car and ran to the pub. 

Wet and out of breath, he
rushed inside and started telling everybody
about the horrible
experience he had just had.
A silence enveloped the pub when
everybody realized he was crying and....wasn't drunk. 

Suddenly
the door opened and two other people walked in from
the stormy night.
They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath. 

Looking
around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said
to the
other.... 'Look Paddy...there's that freakin' idiot
that got in
the car while we were pushin' it.