An Irish Ghost Story
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> This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds
> like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, its 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. The night was rolling on and
> no car went by. 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
> stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it,
> got into the car and closed the door.. only to realise 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, paralysed 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 it. 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 realised 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 f ..king
> idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!!!!'
>
> This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds
> like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, its 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. The night was rolling on and
> no car went by. 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
> stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it,
> got into the car and closed the door.. only to realise 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, paralysed 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 it. 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 realised 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 f ..king
> idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!!!!'
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