This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale... It's 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 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 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 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 bloody idiot that got in
the car while we were pushing it!!!!'