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"Michael H. Collis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:18:06 -0400
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Ahhhhh!  I heard it was a couple of good ol' boys down Georgia way!

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:16:36 -0700
>From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Minnesota Ghost  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Minnesota Ghost
>
>This happened about a month ago just outside of
>Willmar, a little town in the back country of
>Minnesota, 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 in 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 approaching a
>sharp curve and, still too scared to jump out, he
>started to pray and began begging for his life; he was
>sure the ghost car would go off the road and into a
>nearby lake and he would 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 and ran, into town, into
>Willmar.
>
>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 was not
>just some drunk).
>
>About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar
>and one says to the other, "Look Ole, ders dat idiot
>that rode in our car when we wuz pushin it in the
>rain."
>
>
>
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