Tink
Fri Mar 4th, 2005, 09:29 AM
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 into 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 approach
ing
>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
>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."
>
>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 into 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 approach
ing
>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
>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."