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Still Seeking Samantha
The closest I've personally gotten to having a UFO sighting turned out to be merely lines of flares fired off by Air National Guard jets during training exercises very far off in the distance. But at least for a few days, my brother and I were convinced we were seeing lights from craft driven by some extraterrestrial beings.
However, about 12 to 14 years ago, I learned of the experience of an individual very close to my family. He was a dairy farmer. The farmhouse and barn are on the crown of a hill, and the pastures and alfalfa fields lay along the fairly steep, rocky slopes that surround the hill. One night, I believe it was well into autumn, after he had finished cleaning up after milking his cows, he exited the barn and started walking the short distance across the yard to his house.
Suddenly, he became aware of the presence of a large shape moving above the trees and over the yard. I don't know if he ever even looked up at it, if it was illuminated or just a dark shadow, or even if he could say what shape the thing was. But I do know that he said it was sending a sort of searchlight straight down to the ground, and that beam was moving or sweeping through the yard between the buildings. The shape from which the light came made no sound.
He was absolutely terrified, and he ran to the nearest cover he could find to try to conceal himself: one or another piece of farm machinery. From there, I don't know if he said how long he hid, if he tried to see what was going on up above, if he experienced lost time, or even how he managed to get back into the house. And I've never had the courage to ask him about this, as from the tellings of his story that I heard, he wanted to forget about it, and only told the story--with great difficulty--to selected individuals. No one else in the community knows about it, and that makes it all the more credible to me.
However, I do know that he mentioned noticing strange marks on his big toes, of all places, while showering after chores in the days following this encounter. I was told they were round red marks. I don't know anything about their size, if they were like cuts or abrasions or more like red stains on the skin, if they caused him any discomfort, or even if they faded or are still there. Again, I've never had the courage to ask him about it.
One other detail that may or may not be related to the encounter: he was a very young man--in his late 20s or so--but we were shocked to find out one day that he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I know that it's not unheard of for young adults to have this condition, but it was hard not to allow my imagination to connect those dots.
I don't know if this was the only up-close encounter he had, but I do know that he and another individual close to the family saw a red light low in the sky some distance away while working outside as dusk neared. The light remained far off, but at the mere sighting of this light, he became very agitated and told the man he was working with that they should call it a day, and he preferred to get quickly back to the house.
I have read about other UFOs flashing lights down on the ground, and I've heard about "scoop marks" on the bodies of alleged abductees. Quite honestly, I've always been extremely skeptical of those sorts of accounts. But then I remind myself of this man. I know him, and so I trust these stories. And of course we would like to know exactly what happened, and who's the blame for it--I'm sure he most of all!
The marks on his big toes and the arthritis have stuck in my mind as very odd details. Have any of you come across other such an account? And in spite of the seeming predilection of "ETs" for cattle mutilation, none of his cows ever turned up missing, and he never found any of them mutilated or in any kind of abnormal physical distress--as far as I know.
Anyway, thanks ahead of time for any feedback you might be able to provide!
However, about 12 to 14 years ago, I learned of the experience of an individual very close to my family. He was a dairy farmer. The farmhouse and barn are on the crown of a hill, and the pastures and alfalfa fields lay along the fairly steep, rocky slopes that surround the hill. One night, I believe it was well into autumn, after he had finished cleaning up after milking his cows, he exited the barn and started walking the short distance across the yard to his house.
Suddenly, he became aware of the presence of a large shape moving above the trees and over the yard. I don't know if he ever even looked up at it, if it was illuminated or just a dark shadow, or even if he could say what shape the thing was. But I do know that he said it was sending a sort of searchlight straight down to the ground, and that beam was moving or sweeping through the yard between the buildings. The shape from which the light came made no sound.
He was absolutely terrified, and he ran to the nearest cover he could find to try to conceal himself: one or another piece of farm machinery. From there, I don't know if he said how long he hid, if he tried to see what was going on up above, if he experienced lost time, or even how he managed to get back into the house. And I've never had the courage to ask him about this, as from the tellings of his story that I heard, he wanted to forget about it, and only told the story--with great difficulty--to selected individuals. No one else in the community knows about it, and that makes it all the more credible to me.
However, I do know that he mentioned noticing strange marks on his big toes, of all places, while showering after chores in the days following this encounter. I was told they were round red marks. I don't know anything about their size, if they were like cuts or abrasions or more like red stains on the skin, if they caused him any discomfort, or even if they faded or are still there. Again, I've never had the courage to ask him about it.
One other detail that may or may not be related to the encounter: he was a very young man--in his late 20s or so--but we were shocked to find out one day that he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I know that it's not unheard of for young adults to have this condition, but it was hard not to allow my imagination to connect those dots.
I don't know if this was the only up-close encounter he had, but I do know that he and another individual close to the family saw a red light low in the sky some distance away while working outside as dusk neared. The light remained far off, but at the mere sighting of this light, he became very agitated and told the man he was working with that they should call it a day, and he preferred to get quickly back to the house.
I have read about other UFOs flashing lights down on the ground, and I've heard about "scoop marks" on the bodies of alleged abductees. Quite honestly, I've always been extremely skeptical of those sorts of accounts. But then I remind myself of this man. I know him, and so I trust these stories. And of course we would like to know exactly what happened, and who's the blame for it--I'm sure he most of all!
The marks on his big toes and the arthritis have stuck in my mind as very odd details. Have any of you come across other such an account? And in spite of the seeming predilection of "ETs" for cattle mutilation, none of his cows ever turned up missing, and he never found any of them mutilated or in any kind of abnormal physical distress--as far as I know.
Anyway, thanks ahead of time for any feedback you might be able to provide!
