Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for October 26, 2012

He either committed suicide or he was deaf.

That is where they first saw him, walking on a railroad trestle.

I wonder if Jimmy goes with the truck…

It would be like Slim to buy a haunted ghost truck. Although there could be some uses in the storyline from time to time where Jimmy might advise Slim on some problem. People would see Slim talking to nobody…

Looking back on some of the dialog, things begin to make sense.“I’ve been trying to get home.”“B-r-r I’m soaked to the bone and I’m c-c-cold.”“You’ll get a halo for this.”“With the wind and rain, this’d make a great plot for a ghost movie.”“That’s our family plot.”

And a classic ghost story comes to Gasoline Alley for Hallowen.

I used to cross a long rail bridge to fish as a kid. We’d put our ear to the rail – you could hear the train coming a lot further away that way than through the air.

Slim’s first thought is: that he’ll never see his “GA” jacket again.

I think we just entered The Twilight Zone . . .

Oooooooooooooooooooo [high-pitched] weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr oooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Nowhere to hide on the trestle,

I wonder if the truck is haunted.

This story sounds a little like the Phantom 309 Red Sovine song.

LINK

Plot line apparently inspired by Dickey Lee’s 1965 Laurie (Strange Things Happen) single.

GA jacket on headstone

(Enter Rod Serling) " Submitted for your approval..A World War II vet and a mecahanic with a monkey wrench for a brain meet a ghost trying to sell a pickup truck, it can only happen in “THE TWILIGHT ZONE” (dee,dee,dee,dee…dee,dee,dee,dee.)

The comments are almost as good as the strip.

@LlewellenbruceA trestle is a bridge. If it was a large span, he was doomed.

Not only no where to hide on a trestle but trains don’t make as much noise as you’d think they would and can sneak up on you. Most of the noise is behind them and if they’re traveling slowly you won’t hear the loco till it’s right on you unless the engineer blows the horn.

Finally, a good interesting story line we can all enjoy for the next week or so.

why was he walkin’ if he had a truck??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Scancarelli

WOnder what kind of shape the truck is in…