Fill in the Blanks Ghost storyOnline version Fill in the blanks by Bart Devos 1 happened rushed jumped stopped went wasn't closed started said asked realized ran walked saw saw turned was wasn't watched appeared saw went got looked were 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 .