This happened a while ago in Dublin , and even
though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock story, it's true.



John Bra dford, a Dublin University student,
was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night
and in the midst of a storm. No cars were traveling
that night.



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 stop. John, desperate for shelter and without
thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door....
only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on!!



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 hit the curve, a hand appeared
through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror,
watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, but never
touched or harmed him.



Shortly thereafter John saw the lights of a pub appear down
the road.

So, gathering 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 horrible experience he had just had.


A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was crying
and....wasn't drunk.



Suddenly the door opened and two other people walked in
from the stormy night. They, like John, were also soaked and out of
breath.





Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said
to the other...'Look Paddy...there's that freakin' idiot that got in the car while we were pushin' it.'