When I was 17 I was young and stupid. There was lore of a ghost in our town, my buddy lived about a 4 minute drive to the location. We were drunk, it was Friday the 13th and we decided it was a good idea to try to coax the ghost out.
Not a big deal, he lives really close to it so we could walk. Nope. The lore is that it was a child hit by a car so you have to drive to the location. Shut your car off while in neutral. You had to flash your high beams three times and honk your horn twice. Get out of the car and walk around it, and then when you got back in the child would appear in front of you.
Never mind the fact that driving drunk is stupid, never mind the fact that any alcohol under 21 and driving is an automatic DUI, never mind the fact that I was the only one driving at the time. We decided to do it anyway.
We drove to the location, did all of the requirements and were all pretty unsurprised when nothing happened. Oh well time to start the car, go back to my buddies and drink more.
Well my car wouldn't start. Shit shit shit. Car won't start. We're all confused all sitting there thinking. "Well we did it, the ghost is gonna get us. We're done for."
I'm kind of panicking now because I'm actually believing in ghosts for a second. I'm worried that cops might come. I don't know.
I look down and my car is still in neutral. Automatic cars won't start in neutral.
So I didn't get a DUI or encounter a ghost, but I did get got by a clever detail hidden in a ghost story.
PS: Don't drink and drive.
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Not a big deal, he lives really close to it so we could walk. Nope. The lore is that it was a child hit by a car so you have to drive to the location. Shut your car off while in neutral. You had to flash your high beams three times and honk your horn twice. Get out of the car and walk around it, and then when you got back in the child would appear in front of you.
Never mind the fact that driving drunk is stupid, never mind the fact that any alcohol under 21 and driving is an automatic DUI, never mind the fact that I was the only one driving at the time. We decided to do it anyway.
We drove to the location, did all of the requirements and were all pretty unsurprised when nothing happened. Oh well time to start the car, go back to my buddies and drink more.
Well my car wouldn't start. Shit shit shit. Car won't start. We're all confused all sitting there thinking. "Well we did it, the ghost is gonna get us. We're done for."
I'm kind of panicking now because I'm actually believing in ghosts for a second. I'm worried that cops might come. I don't know.
I look down and my car is still in neutral. Automatic cars won't start in neutral.
So I didn't get a DUI or encounter a ghost, but I did get got by a clever detail hidden in a ghost story.
PS: Don't drink and drive.
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