Subject: Louisana Ghost story

     This happened about a month a go just outside of Cocodrie, a little
town
     in the bayou country of Louisiana, 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 the engine to be heard over the rain.
     Again the car crept slowly forward and guy was terrified, too scared
to
     think of jumping out and running. The guy saw that the car was
     approaching a sharp curve and, st ill too scared to jump out, he
started
     to pray and begging for his life, he was sure the ghost car would go
off
     the road and in the bayou, and he would surely 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 to town.
     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 not just some drunk.)
     About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to
     the other, "Look Boudreaux, ders dat idiot that rode in our car when
we
     waz pushin it in the rain."