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The Creepy Case of the Haunted Car

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'Look', said the driver. 'You should pay me to tow this piece of junk out of here. But, since I like you, and it's late, I'll give you what you're asking for it.' He knew the old car was worth ten times her price.

"The old woman's bony fingers reached into her apron and pulled out the signed title. Her voice cracked, 'Before I give you this I must tell you that my husband died working on this old car some 20 years ago. He loved this car and he told me never to sell it. Some say his spirit still dwells within - but I need the money.'

'Oh, don't you worry about me,' laughed the tow truck driver. 'I don't believe in that nonsense.'

'You've been warned,' said the old woman.

Just then, a coyote howled in the distance. The tow truck driver hastily hitched up the old car before she could change her mind, and drove down the pothole-ridden driveway. When he pulled onto the deserted country road, he noticed a light piercing through the back window of the tow truck cab. Looking in the rear view mirror, he saw the headlights of the car were on!

'How could this be?' he thought. 'Could the old battery still have power after 20 years?'




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