abaca
11-25-2004, 02:23 AM
A little incident outside of Thibodaux
This happened about a month ago just outside a little town in the
> > bayou country of Louisiana, and while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock
> > tale, it's real. This guy 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 crept toward him and stopped. Wanting a ride really bad the
> > guy jumped in the car and closed the door, only then did he realize that
> > there was nobody behind the wheel. The car slowly started moving and the
> > guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running.
> > The g! uy saw that the car was slowly approaching a sharp curve, still
> > too scared to jump out, he started to pray and beg for life; he was sure
> > the ghost car would go off the road and into the bayou and he would
> > surely drown, when just before the curve, a hand appeared thru the
> > driver's window and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely
> > around the bend. 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 to town. Wet and in shock, he went into a
> > bar and voice quivering, 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 not just some dru! nk. About half an hour later two guys walked
> > into the bar and one says to the other, "Look Boudreaux, ders dat idiot
> > that rode in our car when we was pushin' it to the gas station!!"
This happened about a month ago just outside a little town in the
> > bayou country of Louisiana, and while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock
> > tale, it's real. This guy 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 crept toward him and stopped. Wanting a ride really bad the
> > guy jumped in the car and closed the door, only then did he realize that
> > there was nobody behind the wheel. The car slowly started moving and the
> > guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running.
> > The g! uy saw that the car was slowly approaching a sharp curve, still
> > too scared to jump out, he started to pray and beg for life; he was sure
> > the ghost car would go off the road and into the bayou and he would
> > surely drown, when just before the curve, a hand appeared thru the
> > driver's window and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely
> > around the bend. 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 to town. Wet and in shock, he went into a
> > bar and voice quivering, 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 not just some dru! nk. About half an hour later two guys walked
> > into the bar and one says to the other, "Look Boudreaux, ders dat idiot
> > that rode in our car when we was pushin' it to the gas station!!"