This happened
about a month or two ago near Lonavala, and even though
it sounds like something out of the X Files or from Alfred Hitchcock
Presently... it's real ! This guy drives from Mumbai to Pune and decides
not
to take the new expressway as he wants to see the scenery. The
inevitable happens and when he reaches the ghats his car breaks down -
he's
stranded miles from nowhere. Having no choice he starts walking on the
side of the road, hoping to get a lift to the nearest human
habitation. It's dark and raining and pretty soon he's wet and
shivering. The night rolls on and no car goes by, the monsoon rains are
so strong he can hardly see a few feet ahead of him.
Suddenly he sees a car coming towards him. It slows and then stops next
to him - without thinking the guy opens the car's door and jumps in.
Seated in the back, he leans forward to thank the person who had saved
him when he realizes there is nobody behind the wheel!!!
Even though there's no one in the front seat and no sound of any
engine, the car starts moving slowly. The guy looks at the road ahead
and
sees a curve coming (remember, this is in the hills and there is a
steep,
steep drop beyond the curve). Scared almost to death he starts to pray,
begging the Lord for his life. He hasn't come out of shock, when just
before he hits the curve, a hand appears through the window and moves
the wheel! The car makes the curve safely and continues on the road to
the next bend. The guy, now paralyzed in terror, watches how the hand
appears every time they are before acurve and moves the steering wheel
just enough to get the car around each bend. Finally, the guy sees
lights
ahead. Gathering his courage he wrenches open the door of the silent,
slowly
moving car, scrambles out and runs as hard as he can towards the lights.
It's a small town. Wet and in shock goes to a roadside dhabba, which is
open, and asks for a drink. They find some hooch and give him a shot.
And he starts telling whoever is in the dhabba about the horrible
experience he's just been through. A silence envelops everybody when
they
realize the guy isn't drunk, and is really frightened - he's crying and
shaking. So they give him more hooch and talk about what they should do,
whether to call the police or find a priest, or what.
But just then two guys(santa & banta) walk into the dhabba. One says to
the other "Look, Banta - that's the guy who got in our car when we were
pushing it."
it sounds like something out of the X Files or from Alfred Hitchcock
Presently... it's real ! This guy drives from Mumbai to Pune and decides
not
to take the new expressway as he wants to see the scenery. The
inevitable happens and when he reaches the ghats his car breaks down -
he's
stranded miles from nowhere. Having no choice he starts walking on the
side of the road, hoping to get a lift to the nearest human
habitation. It's dark and raining and pretty soon he's wet and
shivering. The night rolls on and no car goes by, the monsoon rains are
so strong he can hardly see a few feet ahead of him.
Suddenly he sees a car coming towards him. It slows and then stops next
to him - without thinking the guy opens the car's door and jumps in.
Seated in the back, he leans forward to thank the person who had saved
him when he realizes there is nobody behind the wheel!!!
Even though there's no one in the front seat and no sound of any
engine, the car starts moving slowly. The guy looks at the road ahead
and
sees a curve coming (remember, this is in the hills and there is a
steep,
steep drop beyond the curve). Scared almost to death he starts to pray,
begging the Lord for his life. He hasn't come out of shock, when just
before he hits the curve, a hand appears through the window and moves
the wheel! The car makes the curve safely and continues on the road to
the next bend. The guy, now paralyzed in terror, watches how the hand
appears every time they are before acurve and moves the steering wheel
just enough to get the car around each bend. Finally, the guy sees
lights
ahead. Gathering his courage he wrenches open the door of the silent,
slowly
moving car, scrambles out and runs as hard as he can towards the lights.
It's a small town. Wet and in shock goes to a roadside dhabba, which is
open, and asks for a drink. They find some hooch and give him a shot.
And he starts telling whoever is in the dhabba about the horrible
experience he's just been through. A silence envelops everybody when
they
realize the guy isn't drunk, and is really frightened - he's crying and
shaking. So they give him more hooch and talk about what they should do,
whether to call the police or find a priest, or what.
But just then two guys(santa & banta) walk into the dhabba. One says to
the other "Look, Banta - that's the guy who got in our car when we were
pushing it."
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