An Irish Ghost Story

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

John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was on the side
of the road hitchhiking 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 into
the car and closed the door..only to realise 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, paralysed 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
it. 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 realised 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 f ..king idiot that got in the
car while we were pushing it!!!!"