This happened about a month ago near Lonavala. A guy was driving from Mumbai to Pune and decided not to take the new expressway as he wanted to see the scenery. The inevitable happened and when he reached the ghats his car broke down - he was stranded miles from nowhere. Having no choice he started walking on the side of the road, hoping to get a lift to the nearest town. It was dark. And pretty soon he got wet and shivering. The night rolled on and no car passed by. Suddenly he saw a car coming towards him. It slowed and then stopped next to him - without thinking the guy opened the door and jumped in. Seated in the back, he leaned forward to thank the person who had saved him.
He realized that there was nobody behind the wheel!!! Even though there was no one in the front seat and no sound of any engine, the car started moving slowly. The guy looked at the road ahead and saw a curve coming. Scared almost to death he started to pray, begging the Lord for his life.
He had not come out of shock, when just before he hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and moved the wheel! The car made the curve safely and continued on the road to the next bend. The guy, now paralyzed with terror, watched how the hand appeared every time before a curve and moved the steering wheel just enough to get the car around each bend.
Finally, the guy saw lights ahead. Gathering his courage he wrenched open the door of the silent, slowly moving car, scrambled out and ran as hard as he could towards the lights. It was a small town. He stumbled into a small tea shop. There were only four persons leisurely enjoying their tea. He asked for a drink struggling for breath. Then he started talking about the horrible experience he had just been through.
There was dead silence and his audience had frozen when he finished the story. . . . . . . .
That was when Santa and Banta Singh walked into the tea shop. Santa pointed and said, "Look Banta - that is the weird guy who got into our car when we were pushing it."
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