> > Subject: Hitchhiker
> > >
> > >
> > > 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."