TRUE IRISH GHOST STORY: This happened a while ago in Dublin, Ireland and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock story, it's a true experience. John Bradford, a young Dublin University student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm. Not many cars were traveling on the highway that night. The storm was so strong he couldn't see more than a foot ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stop. John was desperate for shelter and without thinking, he got into the car and closed the door behind him. Immediately he realized there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine was off!
The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before the car rounded the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as this hand repeatedly came through the window on the drivers side and gripped the wheel, but never made an attempt to harm the young man.
John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road. Gathering his strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to the pub. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrifying experience he had just had. He told them about the car driving down the road without a driver and the erie hand that came through the window and tried to take control of the wheel... The silence enveloped the room when everyone realized the young lad was trembling with fear.
Suddenly, the door opened and two other people rushed in from the stormy night. They, like John, were also soaking wet and seemed to be out of breath. Looking around the room, they saw John Bradford's frightened face and one said to the other, "Look Owen, there's that moron that got in the car while we were pushin' it! Does anyone have a spare can of gasoline... we ran out a mile up the road!" By Linda Sumner Urza, One fine day
