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March 29, 2024

Texas Paranormal Team Member Now Wonders, 'AM I GOING CRAZY?'

A former paranormal investigation team member contacted me regarding activities that they had experienced. As well, this person states that they were abducted by Reptilians. They wonder if they are going 'crazy.'

I received the following account:

"A little background: in 2010-2012 I was fresh out of high school and took part in a ghost-hunting team in the Houston, Texas area. During these experiments we did regarding supernatural entities there were about 4-5 instances where we encountered real unexplained phenomena. Two stick out to me.

1: The most striking was an investigation we did at a local urban legend, an isolated place in the middle of nowhere called "Screaming Sheila's Bridge" where several occult activities and murders had been reported. After two hours of nothing burger as we were leaving, a dark presence came upon the forested glen. My friend decided to taunt the spirit of the forest and without hesitation, a blood-curdling scream erupted causing all wildlife in the forest to "run for the hills" immediately; coyotes, rabbits, deer, insects, birds...the whole nine yards. My friend began walking slowly towards the scream in a trance-like state without speaking. My other friend and I rushed to grab him, and as we did another scream erupted. We hopped in the van, our electrical instruments going off the charts, and scurried away through 35 miles of uninhabited land, back to safety.

2: Using our electrical monitoring equipment in a church that had experienced aggression from a local satanic cult, and had found leftover Wiccan rituals in its attic, we set up shop in the creepy church next to a lake and began communicating with what claimed to be a reptilian entity. One recording device was left alone in tandem with a camera for two hours. When we retrieved the device we played it back and were shocked that five minutes into the recording flames could be heard. The flames continued to build for several minutes, seemingly growing. Checking the camera, we were astonished to see nothing. Not a whimper. Nor could we hear anything. After a few moments of flames on the recording, it turns into white noise for the remaining hour and forty minutes. Rising, and rising to the point where near the end the pain threshold is reached, it's so loud. Then it abruptly ends, coinciding with the part of the camera footage where we retrieved the device. Analyzing the white noise revealed that the entity was speaking through it, calling out all three of our names. That's all the language we could make out.

These experiences and many more shaped my perception of what is possible.

In November of 2014, I was abducted by what you know as the Greys and they forced me and four other young men to help kill an entire planet of humanoids, in Iron Man-like machines.

They claimed (telepathically as they do not need to speak) that I was there for a "special purpose" and that I was "family". They seemed to have an intense infatuation with me and I was not really scared of the experience although I woke up in sleep paralysis, not remembering who I was temporally; that part was quite horrifying.

In your opinion, am I going crazy? Has anyone else experienced these kinds of things?" L

NOTE: This account is a good example of an experiencer 'doubting' themselves. I constantly hear and read similar scenarios. What do you believe? Lon

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Dragons & Wyverns have been a part of historical legend & heroic stories for centuries. These creatures have been a part of our modern lexicon since the advent of media entertainment. They are seen as destroyers, as well as instruments used to battle evil.
When we hear or read of modern sightings our imaginations go back to the prehistoric Far East or the Medieval period when these behemoths were said to exist throughout antiquity.
Then we hear of flying monsters of the New World, particularly in the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Piedmont. Dragon-like cryptids that the German settlers referred to as the Snallygaster. Are these the descendants of the legendary winged serpents of earlier times?
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Published on March 29, 2024 10:22

'GLIMMER MAN!' Evil Beings? Spirits? Demons? Aliens?

A Massachusetts man recalls his multiple encounters with translucent beings while growing up. He never knew if anyone else had seen them until recently. He questions what they really are.

The following account was forwarded to me:

"I never knew what to call them until recently. The other day I was curious to see if anyone else had experienced what I saw and felt, so I began to research translucent beings or Predator-like sightings. That’s when I learned that the phenomenon is called Glimmer Man, which eventually led me to you.

I had an experience with the Glimmer Man in the late nineties at my parent’s house in Lowell, Massachusetts. I will never forget this experience, as this was the most terrifying encounter I have ever had in my life. Two deployments to Iraq and 8 years as a cop. Nothing comes close to the fear I had that day.

I remember this happening in the late 1990s. I would’ve been between 10-12 years old. We had two phone lines in our house. The main line is located by the living room and the second is in my brother’s room. My two oldest brothers had already moved out of house and my brother wasn’t home at the time. I asked my mom if I could go hang out with my friend who lived 2 blocks away. She agreed, but I remember that she was using our main line. I went upstairs to use my brother’s phone to call my friend.

I walked into my brother’s room and began to dial my buddy’s number. I got about halfway through dialing and I froze. All the hairs on my body stood up and I was covered in goosebumps. It felt like my stomach sank. This feeling of being watched and that something came into the room behind me just hit me from nowhere. I knew it was there. I felt its presence. It was like it wanted me to know it was there.

I slowly lowered the phone from my ear and carefully turned around. It was standing in the doorway of my brother’s room, blocking my escape. It was huge. It was as tall as the doorframe and about as wide. I couldn’t see eyes, but I knew it was staring at me. It looked crystal clear as water with the edge of a human form. Its cloaking or invisibility appeared to fluctuate. Like the way the light passed through it seemed to refract in different directions. Almost like water that could take human form, but it obviously wasn’t water. The only other way I could describe it was like the Predator in the film series.

In the short period that I locked eyes on this creature or being, I began to pray profusely and uncontrollably. It felt like I had no control and the words shot from my mouth. In seconds that probably felt like minutes, it stepped into the room and towards the windows across from the door. I never bothered to see where it went or if it disappeared.

The moment I saw the opportunity to escape, I bolted from that room and down the stairs. I ran probably the fastest I have ever run in my life. I’m not even sure how I didn’t get hurt. My mom, who was just getting off of the phone, asked me if I was alright. She could tell something scared the hell out of me.

I’m now 35 and thankfully, I haven’t experienced or seen anything else like that since, and I’d like to keep it that way. I’m glad that I am not the only one who has seen them, as it made me question my sanity. I consider myself to be skeptical and still try to figure out logical explanations for what happened and I can’t.

So, what the hell are these things? Undiscovered lifeforms that have been here all along? Evil beings/spirits/demons/aliens? It seems to me that in most encounters I’ve read, they instill fear and terror." M

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March 28, 2024

HOW FAR WOULD THEY GO? Has There Ever Been a GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY Involving BIGFOOT?

Has there ever been a U.S. Government conspiracy involving Bigfoot? Did I and/or others somehow stumble upon a 'program' designed to create a hybrid being?

I really don't like to discuss conspiracy theories, especially those that may pertain to the government. I'll admit, that my research and reports can, on occasion, easily fall into that category, but I prefer to stay clear. Nonetheless, there is no denying that much of what I'm about to post leans toward plots and schemes.

Over the years, I've received many inquiries concerning my Bigfoot encounter on May 9, 1981, near Sykesville, MD. To be honest, I've had a few lingering questions about my sighting as well. In particular, 'What did I actually see?' Was it a Bigfoot, or something else? At the time, I called it a 'Bigfoot' because, frankly, that was the only way I could have described it. It wasn't human. It wasn't an ape. I have tried to comprehend exactly what it was that I encountered.

One of the more consistent questions I have received concerns the quick reaction by officials after my phone call to the local police. I feel that this being had been under close surveillance at the time I witnessed it. There are only two scenarios that I feel may be plausible. I do know that another witness made a report of seeing a hairy hominid approximately 3 hours before my encounter (near Marriotsville, Maryland, a few miles downstream from my location), and/or this creature had possibly escaped from an unknown location.

The Sykesville Police Department has no official records of what happened that day. No phone logs or reports. In fact, the local police have no records of the '1973 Sykesville Monster' incidents either. I have made FOIA inquiries to all agencies that I feel were involved. No information has ever been forwarded to me.

On May 23, 2015, I received a phone call from an investigator who lives in Maryland. We set up an interview for that evening.

His first question to me was, 'Have I ever heard of a location in the Sykesville area referred to as 'the monkey house?' Apparently, one of the witnesses from 1973 had made a comment at the time that 'it' (the Sykesville Monster) was probably from the 'monkey house.' None of the witnesses I talked to in 1981, after my encounter, ever mentioned 'the monkey house.'

I made several inquiries over the years about 'the monkey house.' According to one source, the original witness may have been referring to a two-story building that once stood near the present-day police and correctional training facility on Slacks Rd., which was located just south of the former sprawling Springfield Hospital Center. This building was officially designated as a laundry facility used by the state hospital. I recall the building and from what I remembered, it had significant security around it. I was told, at the time, that correctional inmates were kept there to launder clothing and linens as part of a work detail. Many locals questioned this explanation. It just didn't seem right. The moniker 'monkey house' may have been used, for the most part, by people who worked at Springfield. The building was eventually razed and replaced by a residential community.

The investigator stated that he was ex-USAF and had worked at a government facility north of Baltimore in Harford County in the early 1980s. The location and facility still exist. He was part of a group of ex-military who were employed to perform general work around the facility.

On one particularly hot and humid day, he and the crew were working outside of a specific building at this government facility. They had been told that they could walk inside the building if they needed a quick break and a drink of water. He states that he entered the building looking for a water fountain, but couldn't locate one. He walked deeper into the building and soon witnessed a 'large heavy reinforced door' that seemed out of place. The door had been damaged as if it had been rammed by something of significant size and power. By this time, he was approached by a woman in uniform who informed him that he was in a classified area and that he must leave immediately. He explained he was just looking for the water fountain. A security officer was now on the scene and he directed the witness to the water fountain. As they were heading toward the building exit, the witness inquired about the damaged door. The security officer only mentioned that the 'door was damaged by something confined behind it.'

After several years of scrutiny and questions, the investigator believes that the building was used for research and contained unknown bipedal beings that had somehow escaped between 1979-1984. He had received information that 20-34 individuals of both sexes had been in the building at some period. He also mentioned that during this period there had been many Bigfoot sightings at Rocks State Park and Gunpowder Falls State Park, which are located near the government facility.

I have been aware of Bigfoot sightings in these locations over the years, but I don't know if these sightings are related to the aforementioned escapes. Of course, this information is completely anecdotal and based on one witness' account.

So, let's be hypothetical for a second. Is it possible that the being I witnessed near Sykesville, MD in 1981 was an escaped 'experiment?' Was there a facility in the Sykesville area, known to some as the 'monkey house'? Was there another incident, or series of incidents, at another facility in Maryland during the same period?

I have talked to several people who were aware of, or part of various government biological experiments. One facility that continued to come up in conversations was the Edgewood Arsenal in Harford County, Maryland, the same facility mentioned by the investigator.

A 1994 documentary titled 'Bad Trip to Edgewood' can be viewed here and starts by showing clips of animals being cruelly tested in the Edgewood laboratory with the voiceover stating that animals were always tested before humans. The clips are highly disturbing. But then the documentary states that such experiments were not confined to animals.

The 'Medical Research Volunteer Program' was conducted at the facility between 1948 and 1975. The aim of the experiments was to analyze the impact of chemical warfare agents on military personnel to test the likes of vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and protective clothing. It is now known that 7,000 soldiers and 1000 civilians were used as guinea pigs, half of which were tested with so-called 'psycho chemicals' and mind-altering drugs. The 'medical volunteers' were never told what the chemicals were and when they asked what the drugs were they were told to 'not ask questions.'

But what is the actual extent of experimentation taking place at Edgewood and other facilities throughout the county? The location in Edgewood was later designated as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) — at the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. It is also known as the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command - Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.

It has been speculated that Soviet dictator (USSR) Josef Stalin ordered the creation of ultra-hominid warriors by crossing humans with apes, according to secret documents uncovered in 2005. In the mid-1920s the USSR's top animal breeding scientist, Ilya Ivanov, was ordered to turn his skills from horse and animal work to the quest for a super-warrior. According to Moscow newspapers, Stalin told the scientist: “I want a new invincible human being, insensitive to pain, resistant and indifferent about the quality of food they eat.” The project failed because the technology was not available.

Is it possible that the United States government embarked on a project remotely paralleling the Soviets?

Again, the investigator I interviewed stated:

"...the building was used for research and contained unknown bi-pedal beings that had somehow escaped between 1979-1984. He had received information that 20-34 individuals of both sexes had been in the building at some period. He also mentioned that during this period of time that there had been many Bigfoot sightings at Rocks State Park and Gunpowder Falls State Park, which are located near the government facility."

I will state now that this investigator was once employed by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) and continued as a private investigator after retiring from the military. As to his other resources, he did not disclose them to me.

There have been many hairy hominid sightings in Harford and Baltimore counties (Maryland), north into Pennsylvania, west of the Susquehanna River, over the past 40+ years. Not unlike my sighting near Sykesville, most of the descriptions were of human-like faces. In fact, many of the East Coast hairy hominids share that distinction, as opposed to descriptions of ape-like features further west.

This all begs for another familiar question. Why haven't any of these beings ever been caught or found dead?

If bio-engineering is part of the development of these beings, who is to say that reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology has never been incorporated in the formulation of this or any other life form? Could certain technology give these beings the ability to cloak or be multi-verse travelers? Who is to say that other unknown beings and/or bipedal cryptids can't possess similar traits? This may be a big drop into the rabbit hole, but I will never discount man's willingness to venture ever closer to the creator.

My question is 'How far would they go?'

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Published on March 28, 2024 12:09

I Sense That I May Have Encountered a 'VAMPIRE'

An Eastern European witness contacted me after reading one of my posts. They wanted to know if I believe that they may have had an encounter with a vampire.

I received the following account:

"Hello, Mr. Strickler. I read a vampire-related article on your site and thought that I'd submit my strange encounter. I was with my friends at a party, everything was ok and boring for me because I cannot drink alcohol. I have stomach problems. Nevertheless, we had some fun, left the party early, and went to a friend's house to chill. After a couple of minutes, I heard some of his friends come in to join us. Several hours passed and I wanted to leave for home because it was getting very late. Some friends of his decided to take me home in the car and before we reached the car we saw several men out in front of the car, many of whom looked drunk but I wasn't expecting any kind of trouble.

As I walked past the car to get to the back seat, waiting for the owner to let me in, a man approached from that group and told him to get inside the house because he was needed by someone. It appeared to me the owner knew this guy because he did exactly that, without opening the car or telling me anything. I just stood there for a couple of seconds then decided to walk back in the house to see if he was still willing to take me home or if I should go on my own. (I had my driver's license suspended due to an accident a few years ago). I went into the house and said goodbye again to some friends while I was thinking of my journey home because the public transport at that hour didn't run (about 4:00 AM).

I live in Eastern Europe by the way. I don't know if in the USA the public transport system differs but at that same time a man who was outside apparently walked into the house with two more guys and it caught my attention. He had medium brown/darkish hair, slim with loose clothes, very common looking actually but that wasn't the thing that caught my attention. When he entered the house I just had a strong feeling coming from him that I cannot describe that well. He looked at me, he had dark-brown glassy eyes. I didn't say anything but then he started to move around, even the two guys that went with him and that's when I realized his movements were so unnatural or weird. It seemed like he was going backward, his arms were behind his body as he moved. The feeling I had was not fear though, like you would be scared of the unknown like ghosts, demons, the dark, a horror movie. etc. This was a feeling I had a few times when someone died or saw something very graphic and gore-related. I swear I could feel it in my brain. It was the same feeling I had when I watched someone years ago falling off the stairs with blood running from his ears. It was not fear but like the brain rewiring itself somehow.

He looked at me intensely which seemed at that time a very long period and I couldn't move. I now remember opening my mouth halfway and just staring back at him, eyes wide open and fixating my vision on him but didn't want to make contact with his eyes. Subconsciously, I think I told myself not to look for some reason. He never spoke a word and no one else engaged him. He went straight for the door after making these rounds inside the house and for a second he stood under the door entrance and turned his head again to look at me. He was pale white and in a way evoked the same feeling in me as before. He left. I tried to gather myself, trying to convince myself that there was nothing wrong. I left my friend's house for home.

I forgot about the whole thing while outside. It was freezing. I was walking in the snow, feeling sleepy and tired until I saw him again near a closed travel agency building. He was ahead of me leaning against the glass walls. He didn't seem to notice me but I knew then that it was him! I switched sides on the sidewalk to get some distance and with one eye looked over in his direction. He noticed me halfway and smiled. I couldn't see his face better because of the snow and distance but I noticed his mouth was deep red, almost bloody. I picked up the pace, worrying that he might follow, but he stood his ground. Shortly after I was out of range and on my way home.

I tend to smoke a lot, I had this irrational fear when I got home and lit up a cigarette with my window open that someone might come in. I was thinking of him specifically, though I live in an apartment on the fifteenth floor. Nothing happened of course and I went to sleep.

While writing this, I remember vividly the same feeling I had when I encountered this man and I can't shake it! Somehow I get a mental image and visualize this man as I did back then, somehow not human and yet human enough not to be afraid in a way I would be of the deep supernatural. I guess only one word came to my mind when I think of him, a sort of vampire though strangely enough, it's not from any book of fiction or myth I know of. I keep sensing him like that. I don't know why. I could tell myself that this was nothing out of the ordinary but the experience and the feelings I went through were anything but ordinary. I have to keep that in mind. I can't ignore them and subconsciously I give them credence. PH

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Published on March 28, 2024 10:54

Instances of Possible PERMANENT ALIEN ABDUCTION

Humanoid researcher and author Albert S. Rosales forwarded the following accounts to me from his database.

Location: Near Cao Bang, North Vietnam (at the time)
Date: August 12-13, 1968
Time: night

A group of Soviet engineers working in this isolated region in the hope of building a hydroelectric power plant suddenly heard a rumble of engines overhead and thinking that it was American B-52 bombers they all ran out of their tents but were surprised to see a black angular diamond shaped object approximately twice the size of the moon and which emitted a greenish-blue light. Moments later a fiery comet-shaped object emerging somewhere on the earth struck the diamond-shaped object, immediately there was a bright flash that blinded everyone, and then a powerful shock wave knocked the Russian hydrologists down and tore their tents apart, sweeping away their equipment, fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, but the explosion produced deep concern amongst those present. They even thought that a small nuclear device had exploded. During several hours neither the radio nor other communications equipment worked, producing only severe static. Only in the morning, it was possible to contact their central base and report the incident. The scientists promised a full report of the events and visited the closest village where strangely there was no sign of destruction or explosion, the inhabitants only thought that they had heard a very “loud thunderstorm”. After about 2 days the scientists found at about 1km from their base camp a black half-sphere-shaped object about 3 meters in diameter. The surface of the sphere was completely black; it seemed that light did not reflect from its surface. Moreover, the sphere did not cast a shadow; the rays of the low evening sun seemed to go around the strange object, falling on the high grass around it. By touch the sphere seemed cool and a bit slippery, as if doused with soapy water. One of the men attempted to scratch the surface of the sphere with a sharp knife to no avail. They then notified their central base about their enigmatic finding. Soon after the group received instructions from their main base, to set up a protective perimeter around the object and guard it until a “special group” arrived at the site. They were strictly warned not to approach within 20 meters of the sphere, thus the entire group of five men camped at exactly 20 meters from the sphere. They had no idea what the sphere could be and guessed it was some kind of new weaponry either of Soviet or American origin. After building a small bonfire the men began to rest. The men stared at the bizarre object with bizarre fascination and fear.

One of the specialists, Boris Ivanov wrote in his diary that the men rested uneasily staring at the object in the light of their bonfire with their carbines ready just in case of any problems, waiting for the Special Forces group to eventually show up and take control of the situation. Soon one of the men, Viacheslav G, rose and went into the brushwood; the rest barely noticed and thought that it must be a prosaic reason for his outing. When in five minutes he did not return, the men began to nervously call out his name, but did not return. Searching the area with flashlights in the direction of the sphere the men could not find Viacheslav. Concerned and afraid the rest of the men decided not to look any further and returned to the bonfire. After about an hour another man, Peter K, silently rose and also went into the brushwood exactly in the same direction that Viacheslav had taken. He seemed to move uncomfortably, rocking back and forth, apparently very drowsy. A kind of anxiety suddenly enveloped the rest of the men and they remained sitting by the bonfire, unable to intervene. Peter K never returned. This time the remaining men did not search for Peter, but simply sat and waited. A feeling of predestination filled the men. After two more hours in the sphere Vladimir M., it was obvious that he could not resist whatever force beckoned him, he also never came back. Now only two men remained, Boris and Sergey T. both torpid with fear and refusing to move from their position. But suddenly Sergey’s face became distorted; he arose like a weak-willed marionette and meandered away into the dark, in the direction of the strange sphere. Moments later Boris found himself able to move again, terrified he grabbed his carbine and shot himself in the leg in an attempt to disable himself so he wouldn’t walk away to an uncertain faith. As a result of the pain, he passed out. This action possibly saved Boris. He woke up in the morning when the specialists arrived. They found him half-conscious by the now extinguished bonfire, having lost a lot of blood but still alive, by this time the sphere had disappeared along with his comrades. He was soon evacuated from the area, but not before Boris convinced himself that he and his friends had encountered some type of extraterrestrial probe that had somehow taken his friends with it to places unknown.

Source: Solomon Naffert, 'Black sphere in the jungles of Vietnam' NLO May 17, 2004 - St Petersburg Russia

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Location: Near Latacunga, Ecuador
Date: September 3, 1966
Time: sunset

Manuel Pereira, 15, and Jose Sotuyo, 14 were walking along a path high in the mountains when they saw strange lights maneuvering in the sky. Manuel frantically signaled the UFO with his flashlight, using International Morse Code he sent the following message:

“Friend, please land.” He repeated this message several times. A few seconds later they heard a faint whirring sound and the UFO descended to within a few feet from where the boys were standing. The craft settled just above the ground and three long tripod-like supports telescoped downward. The glowing of the UFO dimmed until it was a dull white light, and then a ramp opened and lowered to the ground. Then three tiny man-like figures emerged from the craft and began to walk stiffly down the ramp. The frightened boys were tempted to run but remained there. Just then they heard a loud voice that sounded strangely metallic speak: “Do not fear us. Stay and talk.” Manuel and Jose, speechless, nodded. They stared in utter astonishment as the three little men in their suits of shiny brass-like material came toward them. A voice that seemed to come from all directions at once, asked them: “What are you?” The boys asked the little men where they were from but the question was ignored. For nearly an hour the questioning continued. The boys answered whatever the voice asked but whenever they asked a question they got no reply. Finally, the voice inquired, “Would you like to come aboard our spacecraft?” Both boys agreed to go inside. The little men in their gleaming brass-colored uniforms and pear-shaped helmets led the way up the ramp. They kept turning around as if looking to see if the boys were following. Their features in the helmets were obscured because of a cloudy vapor, which they seemed to be breathing so the boys had no idea what they really looked like. When they entered the craft they were surprised at the roominess of the interior. All around the craft were hexagon-shaped sections like small cubicles. Tiny lights and buttons were to be seen on a console panel in the exact center. They saw no other little beings, although they had a strong feeling that other eyes were closely observing them. The little men asked the boys if they would like to go with them, and added that they would not be harmed. But the boys replied that their parents would be worried. After several more questions by the little men, the craft began to make a loud humming sound and the voice announced that it was time to leave, that perhaps they would visit them again. Manuel asked for a souvenir from them to prove their encounter. There was a peculiar high-pitched humming noise and one of the little men came forward and held a small cylinder in his hand. They were told to take it as a token, that it was a small hand-held light, and that whenever they wished for the light to come on, they merely had to squeeze it. The little men demonstrated. There was a brilliant light from the lens. Manuel removed its own flashlight and gave it to the little men, as an exchange. Several minutes later on the ground, the boys watched the saucer-shaped object rise up noiselessly and vanish in a wink. Just as the boys began to hurry toward their homes several helicopters swooped down from the night skies overhead, playing searchlights over the area. At the same time, three Army jeeps came down the path at breakneck speed. They were interrogated numerous times by the military personnel and their strange flashlight device was examined and then taken away. Manuel Pereira and Jose Sotuyo vanished from their homes about a week before Christmas 1966 and were never seen nor heard from again.

Source: Robert Tralins, 'Children of the Supernatural'

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Location: Paris, Illinois
Date: March 9, 1955
Time: 17:50

On this date, Eugene Metcalfe was watching a jet plane flying toward him when, all at once and without warning, this strange craft came swooping in behind the plane and “scooped” it out of the sky right before his eyes. This craft had an opening or door in his line of vision and next to the plane. After it had abducted the plane it stood still and the opening closed. Then it went in an up-and-down motion for about 30 seconds, then quickly disappeared. While it was churning up and down Metcalfe could see vapor or smoke coming from what looked like round portholes or windows on the bottom of this craft. This happened at approximately 5:50 p.m.

This craft was shaped like the top of an ordinary call bell and was large enough to carry several planes the size of the one it had captured. This all took place, (you might say) in Metcalfe’s own backyard and was so close he could plainly see both craft and plane. The plane was a light jet bomber and was reported missing during a news broadcast in the St. Louis area. This plane was not found or accounted for. Sometime later, an identical craft followed three jet planes but did not molest them.

According to Metcalfe, these strange aircraft are, without a doubt, the fastest things he has ever seen. It traveled in a few seconds, the same distance that took the jet planes minutes to travel. According to Metcalfe for the last three years, possibly longer, he has witnessed a very strange airborne craft in the sky in the vicinity of Paris, Illinois. This strange object would just hang in the southwestern sky, and after a short stay, it would speed off and disappear.

Source: John A. Keel, 'Our Haunted Planet' Citing eyewitness report in Robert Gribble’s 'Flying Saucer Review' January 1956 pp. 6-7

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Coffee Shop Employee Astonished by OUT-OF-PLACE CUSTOMERS

An employee at a coffee shop recalls their encounter with 2 odd-looking, strange-acting women who just seemed so out of place that they were almost non-human.

I received the following account:

"I had an experience some time ago that I've never could shake off. This happened in Charleston, South Carolina around Christmas of 2017. I used to work at a popular coffee shop that was inside a big box retail store. One day I had 2 guests that struck me as odd immediately. They were pale caucasian women probably mid 20s that both looked nearly identical but one was about a head taller. They had the exact same haircut, very straight platinum blonde bowl-like cuts. Their faces were quite round and their eyes were a noticeably bright hazel color and appeared quite large, but not in a disproportionate gray alien kind of way. They both also had a fairly odd stiff gait, as though they had a board strapped to their back. They sort of shuffled their feet around when they walked. They both also had on oversized sweaters and I noticed later the shorter one had theirs on backwards.

The weird part was their behavior. When they first walked in the shorter one looked around the store as if they'd never been in one. Her overall demeanor was somewhat childlike. Like a good customer service rep, I welcomed them in and told them to ask if they had any questions. The short girl looked to the taller as if for approval. She then slowly nodded her head towards me, mouth slightly agape, and then attempted a hand wave. Instead of waving at the wrist like most people, she waves with her forearm, palm flat and straight in a sort of robotic windshield wiper-like motion. She then turns to the taller one who gives her an encouraging nod. They then proceeded to walk around the cafe looking at the cups and merchandise, The short girl would often point all around the store and seemed to be asking the taller one questions. Almost as if this was a guided tour of sorts.

Now obviously I'm no linguist but my city is a fairly popular tourist destination, and I've met foreigners from all over the globe. Even if I don't recognize a specific language I can usually estimate where it may be from, whether it's Germanic, Slavic, Asiatic, Mid-Eastern, etc. in origin. But the language they spoke to each other was very strange and not like one I'd ever heard. Imagine if you mixed Simlish with baby babble and sped it up. Lots of "uh", and "ooo" sounds.

They continued on checking out the merchandise and going on what seemed to be a Q and A session. They would often open up cups and look inside. Grab bags of beans and squeeze and shake them. At one point the shorter one took apart a French press and the taller one seemed to try to explain what it was for. This went on for about another 10 minutes or so when the short one picked out a studded cup to purchase.

She shuffles her way to the checkout, and puts the cup on the counter, frequently looking towards her friend as if looking for reassurance, who again does a simple nod in encouragement. She then looks towards me and attempts to "smile." which was just baring her perfectly straight white top teeth as though she were biting her bottom lip, and slowly nodding, not saying a word. It was here I noticed her sweater was on backward, the tag sticking out in front of her neck. Now that I had a good look I will say she was quite oddly attractive but there was something about her appearance that gave me uncanny valley vibes, but I couldn't tell you what exactly was off. I will say I don't recall them ever blinking.

I scanned the cup and went on the typical checkout spiel to which there was no reply. When it was time to pay she pulled out a silver credit card that had no markings whatsoever. No logos, no numbers, no name. Just blank plastic with a chip. She then looks back over to the taller one and says something, who then comes over and finishes the transaction for her, showing her as though it was a teaching moment. I hand her the cup and she once again slowly nods her head, mouth ajar, and does her windshield wiper wave. They then shuffle their way out the cafe into the rest of the store and I never saw them again.

I've told this story to people before and they usually hand wave it and say they were probably just tourists from Europe, or maybe they had a condition of sorts. But like I've said I've encountered many foreigners and none of them acted this much like a fish out of water, nor was their overall demeanor and behavior this uncanny. I won't rule it out as a possibility of course, but it just doesn't quite sit satisfactory for me. It was just too weird." S

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March 27, 2024

THE 'GROWL': Humboldt County, CA Resident's Natural, Though Interesting, Experiences

I received an email from a woman who lives in coastal Humboldt County, California. She describes, in detail, several natural experiences over the years.

"My husband had just purchased a brand new metal detector in 1999 and we had never made a hike across the street from our cabin before, we chatted and agreed to try out both hiking and taking turns using the detector together. I told him we could look for old gold miners' treasures stash. Really, the canyon had been logged in the late 1800's for redwoods and we knew even finding some old loggers things could be fun too.

So we had a good breakfast on a Saturday morning and took our happy female Dalmatian along by leash heading West on a paved road. I had been watching this side creek destination for months on my drives out of the woods. It seemed like the perfect natural access point because I knew the acreage across the street was privately owned and steep. There are at least 1400 acres and all of it faces north which follows parallel to the paved road. I had seen some deer in the mornings up this thread creek canyon and it was very quiet there. Some neighbors lived on that side of the road but only down by the pavement and the whole canyon is so quiet that it would reveal sounds far away. One could tell the activity of which neighbors were coming home from town or leaving etc.

So we began our hike at the point of this unnamed creek marked by No Hunting signs. Nothing said Private Property to us or Keep Out and like other small creeks here and there, this one ponds before meeting the road and drains under the pavement to a lower main creek that flows out to the Pacific Ocean. We were keeping respectfully quiet and my husband was wearing his headphones for the detector anyway. I was enjoying the smells of the redwoods and big leaf maples and looking at my dog enjoying the walk. It's always wet on the ground with thick duff to hike on but the understory is pretty sparse in this area because the height of the mountain blocks the sunshine. We are accustomed to the steep slippery terrain on our side of the road too and we dress in layers for the cold and sometimes there is too much sun or Pacific winds. Some granite grains and many thick needles of the redwoods to hike on make for quiet hiking too unless you snap a small branch.

After about 20 minutes of enjoying this beautiful creek area and the morning sun peeking through some of the tree tops found us just standing around at the lower creek point. I was looking up the sides of the creek ahead because there were larger rock boulders and fallen trees to help pick out a good hike zone for us all. My Dalmatian was always good off-leash on hikes that I took anywhere in California because I started her out on mountain bike rides in the Sierras. Now we were living in the Coastal Range near the Pacific. But I chose to keep her leashed this time because the property was privately owned.

When I asked my husband if he was enjoying the detector, I noticed he could hear me without removing his headphones. He seemed like he was already comfortable with the new toy and he was busy adjusting knobs to read for Gold while looking to me for direction of destination. So I described and pointed out the fire-scarred trees up the slope that might be a good place to reach. He agreed that would be fine. I could already tell that he would not be able to use his detector though while needing to scramble up the creek climb and that there would be places where hiking would be about all he could do. So I was prepared to hold the machine while he would be picking his route up the creek. We were just committed on our way from the flatter bottom ground to begin ascending the slope up when we heard a huge growl sound that made us stop in strides. All 3 of us immediately checked to our left where the sound had come from. This would be in the east direction.

I immediately asked my husband, "Did you hear that?" He was still looking in that direction and his mouth was open but he did not say much just a gesture of sound. It was clear to me that he heard the growling noise and the vibration of it had come to my high ribs around my heart. I've never heard this yowl before but my mind told me, "That is Bigfoot and he is letting you know you are entering his hunting grounds." We then checked to the right and still not one bit of movement or sounds. My dog was checking around just the same as we were doing. I thought the area was even quieter now. I talked to my husband with only my eyebrows and facial expressions. He was looking back to the left and higher and lower. He had been a soldier in the Army so I kind of relied on him to tell me if there was danger ahead. But I felt strangely interested in reaching that point above, so I eventually just began hiking again.

We just hiked straight up the creek anyway and reached those burned-out trees which were first-growth redwood stumps with fire scars. The quiet was almost too loud somehow. It felt creepy and shadowy for an early part of the day. We had stopped all conversation. My dog was even walking politely and did not want to pull on the leash or want off of it. We took a moment to discuss where we were heading next when suddenly there was an obvious flat grade in the east direction. It made all the steep hiking worth it as now we were able to just head east far too easily now. We had found an old logging road I guess. It was completely covered in fallen branches and needles and leaves of maples. My husband enjoyed using his detector on the road. At one point in the road, we had to crawl through an area of growth. The tunnel was the size of a mountain lion or wild boar maybe, so it was a bit creepy knowing that we were using its footpath.

I don't like guns on hikes and this was above the point where our own cabin down below would be. Another reason I would not want to shoot in an inhabited area. One cannot see how far a bullet would travel if they missed their shot. You can see to the edge of a slope below but not all the way down to the pavement when you climb this ridge. The few times I have heard a neighbor take a shot at something, the sound of that crack relays over and over against the canyon walls. After crawling through some scrub brush across the old dirt road, we came out and realized that now the hiking was really flat and useable enough that we could pick a point down below or up above to use the detector. I suggested he try scanning inside of some old burned-out stumps. We decided to walk down the slope the next time we came to an area of brush growing across the logging road. That was where we noticed something queer.

Some huge branches were leaning into a redwood. I just had to get to that tree was all that I knew. Once there, it became obvious that a large Eucalyptus branch had been purposely shoved into a lower arm of the 2nd growth redwood tree. We both tried to nudge it to see just how tight it was placed there and it was too solid for us both to budge. We have never built a lean-to before and even then, I was just learning what one was myself. The only Eucalyptus trees are those that were planted 1/8th of a mile out at the front of this canyon road. Leftovers from the days of logging the country here and necessary for firewood and trains. There were other branches of maple and pine shoved into this lean-to and yet it was not luxurious. It had many areas of open and no added wind protection but it was a huge undertaking to create this one. No doubt to me that it was not put together by one person or even 2. I was confirmed now that we had been in an area of someone else's domain. I did feel bad about that later.

So we had our fill of trying to nudge the heavy limbs and we walked back upslope and continued East on the flat road trail above. We did find some old items like a very rusted-out cast iron skillet inside a tree stump, some old ashtray from a logger's truck bullet casings, and even some toy gun parts.

It had been about 2 hours that we had been walking from our house now and we were not talking about the Howl noise but we were quiet and checking our backs and looking around anyway since this was new ground. We did try to ascend that north-facing ridge but it was too extreme to just casually finish in one day. We knew we could always prepare better for it another time. The higher treeline did begin to change from maples and redwoods to mixed conifers and areas of more difficult rockface terrain too. The thickness of the duff on the ground was very moist. This had been a very damaging rainy season. Residents in the canyon had been stranded at their homes when the Hwy 1 had eroded from the rains and floods. Crazy to realize that wildfire is also the other natural danger here. Everything is so soggy and wet now in the summer. This was the first time that we ever tried to live in this canyon but we knew that there were some natural dangers. Like a redwood that fell one night, it made us bolt upright out of a sleeping state. The ground really shook and in the morning PG& E had come out with chainsaws etc. to open the road You just accepted that once in a while you might not be able to rely on good water or any electricity. We always had a backup plan for those times. I was very resourceful in always keeping hot water ready on the woodstove in large cauldrons to add to our daily baths in an old cast iron claw foot tub. We liked living that way. I would take hikes every morning to collect branches for the kindling pile I kept built up. Even if it was raining all day, I would go gather for the woodpile. I never heard a noise in the surrounding terrain that did not make sense to me. So we got back home from that hike without any other notices of anything extreme. We never talked about the growl or the lean-to again.

One morning later though, it had been about one week, my husband had driven off to work at 7am but then returned back to the cabin. He just wanted to change his clothes because he had helped a woman who had flipped her car. He and another man coming into the canyon had found this car on its side in the middle of the road. The lady said she overcorrected when she realized a mountain lion had jumped out suddenly from the north-facing ridge. She almost drove off the road into the creek below and then oversteered back towards the slope side and turned over her car. She was fine but she was very scared, She said it was like the cat was being chased to just leap off the knob of stumps next to the road like that. Then she was worried about getting out of her car too. She never mentioned Bigfoot but I always wondered since it was near that same thread creek where we had hiked that this happened.

I did try to talk to a neighbor many months later about the grumble growl and they laughed at me for bringing up the subject of Bigfoot. I was always met with laughter about the matter if I ever thought to try. So I learned not to mention the incident again and even my husband was having trouble talking about the sound he knew he heard. The only time I asked him to describe to me what he heard or thought he heard, all he could respond with was a slight murmur noise as if he wanted to talk but could not begin to say something. Even his eyes became a blank stare while he thought about the noise and he would go into an uncomfortable state of mind. I learned to keep this event quiet. It has been at least 16 years later and people are more comfortable to speak with me about the supernatural. Whatever made that growl at us cloaked itself invisible. It was right there on our Left and not visible to us. I've learned that dogs do not see the supernatural entity but mine sure fell for it with just audio. She was looking left and right for whatever it was. Finding the lean-to made it all come together for me. I just knew that we had a Big Brother who lived across the street and accepted that fact.

I have had some interesting experiences out Highway 96 twice over with Bigfoot in mind. Three of them must have slept once under some cottonwoods where we parked our truck to sleep overnight by a river. My friend had left a campfire burning all night and I had trouble sleeping because of it. In the morning, I could smell the scent they left behind and found the 3 areas of human-sized crushed-down grasses. Another time I found a natural "tent" between 2 very short pine trees and it was fully surrounded by a matrix of limbs all woven tightly together. Not one branch could be easily pulled on to remove it. I just enjoyed finding that and left it. Then across the highway, I saw a black face in the thick growth of trees. I got binoculars out to focus on it but could see nothing with the aid of lenses. I could only see it with my own natural eyes. It was only the face looking back at me and the eyes were very dark in color but the shine from them was what made me take notice. So I gave up and just waved at it and shouted out "Hi Bigfoot".

Even at my own house in Humboldt County, I had repeatedly smelled the dampness of wet fur in the early morning hours. My small breed dog would need to go outside and I would keep him on a leash because I knew we had a fox in the brambles. You could hear it bark out once in a while and it once took all the pears from the one tree in my backyard when I went to town one afternoon. Finally, after many years of smelling the damp fur odor, I got to hear something skidding to a halt directly in front of me. What I saw was a dog-sized but ghostly toothy-looking animal. It then bolted past me on my left side and behind me before disappearing into the berry brambles. I could clearly see its side face profile of horrible long teeth hanging out of its mouth. Its hind quarters were very low dragging and it had spotted fur. It moved like a gentle breeze floating past. It did not make any noise while it ran by passing over other gravel and leaves on its way into the berries. That was in the Fall of 2008.

There are other neat things I have seen in nature and captured one event in the sky above Mt. Shasta in a photograph but did not notice it for almost one year later. I learned to keep these special moments more personal but don't mind if the company is right to hike in and show around where I know the wild things are. It would have to be another clean soul without weapons or ill intent.

Thank You for reading about my experiences." D

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HUGE UPRIGHT CRYPTID CANINE Observed Near Hidden Valley Lake, Indiana

A southern Indiana driver was on State Line Road near Hidden Valley Lake when he observed an unknown, upright cryptid canine near his home. He wonders if there have been other sightings in the area.

I received the following account:

"I'm wondering if anyone else has had (or heard of) sightings in the same area of southern Indiana? What I saw was an animal, not a shapeshifter. I know "the beast" is often called a werewolf, but I don't buy that explanation.

My sighting happened in 1995. I only lived in the area during that time. I was coming home late at night (around 1-2am).

The sighting happened on State Line Road, just off Route 50 in southern Indiana/Ohio, right by Hidden Valley Lake. You can see on Google Maps that the area is still pretty wooded, even 25 years later. The usual caveats apply: I had not been drinking and I wasn't on drugs.

I had just turned into State Line Road from Route 50 and I saw a large animal in the road. It looked like a huge dog hunched over roadkill. As I neared it, I began to suspect it was one of my neighbor's dogs -- he had two Irish wolfhounds. If you don't know, those are huge dogs that stand about three feet at the shoulders. I assumed one of them had got out.

By this time I was slowing down because the animal didn't seem aware of my car and I was about 30 yards away. I was starting to plan how I was going to get a dog that big into my car so I could drive it home and also wondered if wolfhounds were typically dangerous to approach. I was also trying to figure out if I should wake the neighbors up or just try and tie the dog up outside or something.

As my mind raced through these thoughts (this all happened in just a few seconds) the animal finally turned and looked at my car, so I stopped the car completely. Its face looked more like the shape of a police dog's than a wolfhound, and that threw me. I remember wondering why my neighbor's dog looked so strange. And then the animal simply stood up on two legs and calmly walked off to the west, into the tall grass off the road. My mind at this point was still trying to reconcile how this was my neighbor's wolfhound. I literally thought he had trained his dogs to walk on two legs and had never told us!

Then it started to sink in: The shape of the head was wrong, the build of the dog was too muscular, and it walked like a human, not a circus dog. My mind looped back to that, of course: It had walked off like a human on two legs. And its gaze had lingered on me as if its attitude was telling me, "I didn't have to move, you know."

The fur was long and shaggy and gray, although in the darkness I could have misjudged the color and my mind filled it in with the color I was expecting to see on my neighbor's wolfhound. I watched it walk -- still casually -- until it was swallowed by the shadows and trees on the other side of the small field.

I was terrified to drive the rest of the way home. I never mentioned it to anyone, but in the morning I asked my mom if the neighbor's dogs had got out, and when she asked why I wanted to know, I just said I thought I'd seen one. But both dogs were accounted for and neither had got out.

Then, about 10 years later, I heard Linda Godfrey on Coast to Coast talking about the Beast of Bray Road, and I was like, "That's exactly what I saw." It was even the same period as the original Bray Road flap. With that confirmation, I finally started to tell people about it to see if anyone else had seen anything like it -- no one had, of course.

So that's my story. Are there historical sightings of "the beast" in the southern Indiana/Ohio state-line area? GL

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PHOTO: Phantom at Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy

A photographer and filmmaker contacted me about an image he took of an unknown phantom-like entity at the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy. What do you think it was?

I received the following account:

"Hi, I came across your blog whilst searching outlets who may be interested in publishing my story about an encounter with a Venetian ghost. I hope you may be interested in my story which is 100% true.

I am a photographer and filmmaker and several years ago I was staying in Venice. It was late in the evening and I decided to take a night stroll with my partner. As we explored the now deserted streets in Venice we made our way to the Rialto Bridge. Most people by now were in their hotels asleep apart from the odd couple walking and exploring Venice. Once on the other side of the Rialto Bridge, I took a few photographs. The perfect Venetian scene with steps in the foreground, leading up to the famous bridge and a moon appearing between the clouds.

Several weeks later I was developing the 35mm film in my darkroom and I noticed a shape on one of the wet negatives which really caught my eye. Holding the negative up to the light I could see a figure on the steps of the Rialto Bridge. A figure that was 100% not there when I took the photograph. I quickly dried the negative and then proceeded to make a print in the darkroom.

I shall never forget how my heart was beating when the image started to appear in the developer as it slowly came into view. As clear as anything a large cloaked figure appeared to be slightly hovering over the first two steps of the Rialto Bridge. I really tried to think if anyone had passed me that night and I had just not seen them. The more I thought about it and the more I looked at it I realized I photographed a ghost." M

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GOD TELLS ME: 'Not Everyone You See Is Human'

A Georgia man 'hears' the voice of God telling him to drive to a location, stop his vehicle, and watch. What happens next is incredible, intriguing, yet frightening.

I following account was forwarded to me:

"A few years ago I experienced what I could only explain as a demon or fallen angel in the flesh. Living in Adel, Georgia at the time, I went to Wal-Mart to buy groceries. The time was about 8-9 PM. After leaving Wal-Mart I hopped on the road back home. My house is maybe 7 minutes from Wal-Mart. On the way back, I would pass by multiple businesses, Walgreens being one of them. About 2-3 minutes before Walgreens, at a red light, I hear God speak to me. No, it's not an audible voice; He speaks to the conscience by the Spirit. No, it wasn't the first time. At this point in my life, I had become well acquainted with Father speaking to me and prompting me to inconvenient paths.

Father said, "Stop at Walgreens."

I asked, "Why?". I was really wanting to get home; it had been a rough day of fighting depression all day.

He said, "You'll see."

Reluctantly, I pulled into the Walgreens parking lot and waited. Street lights were on. It was mid to late summer so it was more dusk than night. There were maybe 4 or 5 cars there. I parked away from them but close to the front entrance. I was facing the windows on the left side of the main entrance. The entrance was to my right. No cars parked to my left or right.

I asked, "What do you want me to do? Should I get out?"

He replied, "No, just wait and watch. Turn your music off."

So, I'm sitting there, windows rolled up, getting this super uneasy feeling when a 90s-style black Toyota 4Runner pulls up to my left, windows down, playing what sounded like some sort of metal music. Both of us are facing toward the building.

God speaks again, but this time in a very serious tone, "Watch."

I observed two men get out of the vehicle. One was a young, white male, with black hair, 20s, couldn't be older than 30, about 6' 1-2", dressed in black slacks with a t-shirt and a black jacket, relatively clean. The other man was a much older white male, 40's, balding buzzcut, 5' 8-9", filthy, dressed in what I could only describe as tattered clothes, t-shirt, and jeans, something you would see a homeless man wear who had been homeless for a long time and had been wearing the same clothes for years.

When they both exited the vehicle, both men walked to the sidewalk. The young man walked toward the entrance, passing by the older man who was facing away from the entrance scouring the ground for what I could only guess was loose change. The only three options I could see for this couple to be together, were 1) They were related 2) They worked together 3) The young man was helping a homeless older man.

It seemed relatively normal until I realized that neither man spoke to the other from the time the music stopped up to the young man entering the building. Neither of the men looked at the other. When the younger passed directly by the older, it was as if he was staring right past him. The older man was searching the ground off the get-go never looking up.

Then my uneasiness really skyrocketed. The younger man goes inside Walgreens. Once the younger man finally enters the store, the older man starts looking around, almost like he is paranoid then back to the sidewalk. It reminded me of deer in a field, eating grass, popping up to search for predators then back to the grass. What's weirder is that he never looked directly at me. When he would look up and scan the area he would somehow look past me, never locking eyes. Then it got scary.

A little sparrow flies and lands right at the feet of this older man, angrily chirping at him. The older man looks at the little bird and gives it a look of disgust. The bird then flies up to the window sill, still chirping away. The window sill was about 6' off the ground maybe a little higher. Out of nowhere, this man snatches up the sparrow, lightly squeezing it. The sparrow is panic-chirping now. I have never seen anyone before or since move that fast. The man then proceeds to look over his catch and give what I could only describe as a look of blood lust. In my mind, I'm thinking this dude or whatever it is is about to eat this bird. I prayed.

The man gives the bird another scowl and a look of disgust and throws it behind him. The bird flies off. The man then looked around one more time to see if anyone saw him. Again, looking right past me as if I'm not there. He walks past the front of the vehicle and walks down the driver's side, the top of his head barely visible. He gets directly behind the back left tire, stops, and then squats/sits/kneels. I'm not 100% which; I couldn't see his legs. I waited for him to pop back up, but he didn't. I sit there for another 5-10 minutes, he doesn't reappear.

In that 5-10 minutes after he disappeared out of my view, I stared at that vehicle looking for a door to open, looking under the car for a shadow or movement to see if he had rolled under for some reason. I occasionally kept checking behind me and to the right of me to see if he had crawled past and popped back up. I checked every possibility, without getting out of my vehicle, of where this dude could be. He was gone. The only option was he was under my car. Father tells me to leave. My first thought was that the young man hadn't come back out yet. Father said it didn't matter, it was time to go. I backed out and drove directly behind the 4Runner; the dude was not there, and neither was he under my car.

I waited at the exit of Walgreens. The entrance and the black 4Runner are now to my left and behind me. I scoured the entire parking lot for this guy while I was waiting; he was gone. Then, to top it all off, the young man walked out of the store and got into his car, cranked it up, threw it in reverse, and backed up. The older man was not in his vehicle, under his vehicle, nowhere.

I asked God what I just saw, what just happened. His reply was simple, yet terrifying, "Not everyone you see is human. Be careful, and be ready because it's about to get much worse." G

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