This
story
a
few
years
ago
on
31st
October
in
Brisbane
,
and
even
though
it
sounds
like
an
Alfred
Hitchcock
tale
,
it's
true
.
John
Bradford
,
a
Sydney
University
student
,
on
the
side
of
the
road
hitch
hiking
on
a
very
dark
Halloween
night
and
in
the
midst
of
a
storm
.
The
night
was
rolling
on
and
no
car
by
.
The
storm
was
so
strong
he
could
hardly
see
a
few
feet
ahead
of
him
.
Suddenly
he
a
car
slowly
coming
towards
him
and
.
John
,
desperate
for
shelter
and
without
thinking
about
it
,
in
the
car
and
the
door
,
just
to
realize
there
was
nobody
behind
the
wheel
and
the
engine
on
!
The
car
moving
slowly
.
John
at
the
road
and
a
curve
approaching
.
Scared
,
he
started
to
pray
,
begging
for
his
life
.
Then
,
just
before
he
hit
the
curve
,
a
hand
through
the
window
and
the
wheel
.
John
,
paralysed
with
terror
,
how
the
hand
appeared
every
time
they
came
to
a
curve
.
John
the
lights
of
a
pub
down
the
road
so
,
gathering
strength
,
out
of
the
car
and
to
it
.
Wet
and
out
of
breath
,
he
inside
and
for
two
shots
of
tequila
.
He
then
started
telling
everybody
about
the
horrible
experience
he
through
.
A
silence
enveloped
everybody
when
they
he
was
crying
and
.
.
.
drunk
.
About
15
minutes
later
,
two
guys
into
the
same
pub
.
They
also
wet
and
out
of
breath
.
Looking
around
and
seeing
John
Bradford
sobbing
at
the
bar
,
one
to
the
other
,
'Look
,
Bruce
.
There's
the
idiot
who
got
in
the
car
while
we
were
pushing
it
.