manish_tomer
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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 think! ing 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 acu! rve 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."
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 think! ing 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 acu! rve 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."
