gellatly68
Deity upon a velocipede
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I'd like to relate this tale. It didn't happen to me, fortunately! The only reason I paid notoce to this tale is because the guy who related it is a thoroughly bluff, no-nonsense Northerner who wouldn't make stuff like this up.
Andy, to give him his name, and his friends had been out on the beach somewhere near Hull. It was a summer night, with a full moon. They were heading home when they walked past a crossroads with a telephone box situated on one of the corners. Suddenly, the phone began ringing. After their initial surprise, they started joking that it was probably a ghost trying to make contact. Andy picked up the receiver, and said, 'Hello? Mr. Ghost? You there? Hello?', but there was no answer. He put the receiver back down, and they carried on their way, making jokes about it, when Andy noticed their shadows on the road.
'Dave', he said to his mate. 'How many of us are there?'
'Four of us,' replied Dave.
'I know that,' said Andy. 'So why are there five shadows?'
And there, next to them, was a fifth shadow.
Unsurprisingly, they crapped themselves, and began to run. After a while, they slowed down, but then, from behind them, they heard the sound of footsteps. Looking behind, they couldn't see anyone behind them. The footsteps increased their pace, and suddenly they saw a shadow on the road, racing towards them. Cue panicked sprinting for home and bed!
An odd story, and as I say, I wouldn't normally believe this if it hadn't been for the person telling it!
Andy, to give him his name, and his friends had been out on the beach somewhere near Hull. It was a summer night, with a full moon. They were heading home when they walked past a crossroads with a telephone box situated on one of the corners. Suddenly, the phone began ringing. After their initial surprise, they started joking that it was probably a ghost trying to make contact. Andy picked up the receiver, and said, 'Hello? Mr. Ghost? You there? Hello?', but there was no answer. He put the receiver back down, and they carried on their way, making jokes about it, when Andy noticed their shadows on the road.
'Dave', he said to his mate. 'How many of us are there?'
'Four of us,' replied Dave.
'I know that,' said Andy. 'So why are there five shadows?'
And there, next to them, was a fifth shadow.
Unsurprisingly, they crapped themselves, and began to run. After a while, they slowed down, but then, from behind them, they heard the sound of footsteps. Looking behind, they couldn't see anyone behind them. The footsteps increased their pace, and suddenly they saw a shadow on the road, racing towards them. Cue panicked sprinting for home and bed!
An odd story, and as I say, I wouldn't normally believe this if it hadn't been for the person telling it!