愛爾蘭鬼故事

This story happened a while ago in Dublin , and even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it’s true.故事發生在不久之前的愛爾蘭的都柏林市，聽起來像希治閣電影情節，但是千真萬確的。
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. 約翰是都柏林大學的學生，某個大風大雨的晚上，他在路邊截順風車。
The night was rolling on and no car went by. 夜已深，時間一點一滴的過去，沒有車經過。The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. 風雨太大，視野只有幾尺。 Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stopped. 突然間，他看見有輛車緩緩駛近，停了下來。
John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door.. 約翰心急要避雨，不假思索就上了車關上門， only to realise there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on!!這時才發覺司機位上沒人，引擎也沒有開動的！
The car started moving slowly. 車子又緩緩移動了。John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. 約翰見到前面就是一個彎角。 Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. 他著慌了，只有求神保佑。

Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel.就在車要撞上彎角之時，窗邊出現一隻手，伸進來抓住駕駛盤，控制車子轉彎。
John, paralysed with terror, watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, but never touched or harmed him.約翰看見那隻手若有若無，不時出現，雖然沒有觸到他和傷害他，也嚇得軟癱了。
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. 不久之後，約翰看見路邊一家酒吧的燈光，用盡吃奶之力跳了下車，跑進酒吧。
Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had.他像落湯雞一樣，上氣不接下氣地，告訴旁邊的人剛才的恐怖經歷。
A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realised he was crying
and....wasn't drunk.他們看見他聲淚俱下，又不像是喝醉的樣子，都靜下來聽。
Suddenly, the door opened, and two other people walked in from the stormy night.突然間酒吧的門開了，兩個人在外面的風雨中走了進來。
They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath. 他們和約翰一樣，都是渾身濕透，氣喘如牛。
Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other...他們四處張望，看見約翰在酒吧櫃檯邊抽泣，其中一人就向同伴這樣說：
'Look Paddy.....there's that fucking idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it!!!!'  阿德，你看那個.....就是我們剛才推車時上了車那個死白癡！！！

(中譯：Chris)