LOUISIANA GHOST STORY >> >>This happened about a month ago just outside of Cocodrie, a little >>town in the bayou country of Louisiana, 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 >>begging for his lif! e; he wa s sure the ghost car would go off the road >>and in the bayou 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 to town. >> >>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 not just some drunk). >> >>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 wuz pushin it in the rain."
