LOUISIANA GHOST STORY
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> >> 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 really 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 the engine to be heard over the rain.
> >>
> >> Again the car crept slowly forward and the hitchhiker 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 life, he was sure the ghost car
> >> would go off the road and into 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 that he wasn't 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 waz pushin it in the rain."