Post by Pegasus on Jan 16, 2006 21:05:42 GMT
A True Australian Ghost Story
This story happened a while ago in Brisbane, and even though it sounds like an
Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true.
John Bradford, a Sydney University student, was on the side of the road hitch
hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm.
The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could
hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly he saw a car slowly coming towards
him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without
thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door.... only to realize there was
nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't running
The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road and saw a curve. Just before
he hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John,
paralysed with terror, watched how the hand appeared every time they came to a curve.
John saw the lights of a pub down the road so, gathering strength, jumped out of
the car and ran to it. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and asked for two
shots of tequila. He then started telling everybody about
the horrible experience he had been through.
A silence enveloped everybody when they realized he was crying and....wasn't
drunk.
About 15 minutes later, two guys walked into the same pub. They were also wet
and out of breath.
Looking around and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the
other, "Look, Bruce, here's the F*cking idiot that got in the car while we were
pushing it!"
This story happened a while ago in Brisbane, and even though it sounds like an
Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true.
John Bradford, a Sydney University student, was on the side of the road hitch
hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm.
The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could
hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly he saw a car slowly coming towards
him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without
thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door.... only to realize there was
nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't running
The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road and saw a curve. Just before
he hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John,
paralysed with terror, watched how the hand appeared every time they came to a curve.
John saw the lights of a pub down the road so, gathering strength, jumped out of
the car and ran to it. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and asked for two
shots of tequila. He then started telling everybody about
the horrible experience he had been through.
A silence enveloped everybody when they realized he was crying and....wasn't
drunk.
About 15 minutes later, two guys walked into the same pub. They were also wet
and out of breath.
Looking around and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the
other, "Look, Bruce, here's the F*cking idiot that got in the car while we were
pushing it!"