Oops, there is a Willmar, MN, if I spell it right! ;-{)}

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Kendall D. Corbett <
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> Ken,
>
> This is great!  It goes to all my Minnesota kin, although, sadly there
> apparently is no Wilmar Minnesotta, although there is a Wilmar Street, in
> Rolling Stone, MN.
>
>   On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >  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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>
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
> depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950




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Kendall

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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