An Alfred Hitchcock Tale

"Stolen Pig"

Farmer Josh killed a pig and hung it up for the
night, intending to butcher it in the morning,
but the next day it was gone.

He didn't tell a soul about it, and nothing
happened for more than two months.

Then another farmer, who lived down the road,
came by and said, "By the way Josh, did you ever
find out who stole your pig?"

"Nope," said Josh. "Not until just now."

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"An Alfred Hitchcock Tale"

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 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 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!!!"
Received on Sun Jul 3 02:04:23 2005