Ghost Story

This happened in a little town in Raleigh, Newfoundland, and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's absolutely true!

Charlie was on the side of the road hitch-hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rain storm. The night was rolling, and no cars were on the road. The storm was so strong Charlie could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car coming toward him and stop. Charlie, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door - and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the wheel!

The car started to move very slowly. Charlie looked at the road and saw a curve coming his way. Petrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. Charlie, now paralyzed in terror, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was approaching a curve. Finally, although terrified, Charlie managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car. Without looking back, he ran through the storm all the way to Raleigh.

Soaking wet, exhausted and in a state of utter shock the pale, visibly shaken guy, walked into Ark Lounge and asked for two shots of Screech. Then, still trembling with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the terrible experience he just went through with the spooky car with no driver and the mysterious hand that kept appearing. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened. Listening to this eerie story, hairs stood on end when they realized Charlie was telling the truth because he was crying and he definitely was not drunk.

About half an hour later two guys walked into the same bar and one said to the other "Look, bye, there's the jerk who got into the car while we were pushing it!"