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The worst thing hecklerspray’s ever seen on a canoe trip was several used tampons grossly incorporated into a beaver damn. In fact, due to the mathematical ratio, one could actually say sticks seemed to be the thing incorporated in to the tampon damn.? It really was sick – and the tide was soooo low.
That experience, however, pales in comparison the that of the Allagash Four. Their canoe trip included paddling like the dickens to avoid getting sucked up by a UFO.
They should have paddled faster.
Chuck Rak, Charlie Foltz & Jack and Jim Weiner were on a canoe trip together in 1976. They’d had a rough day fishing – so they decided to see what they could get at night. They built a huge bonfire to concretely mark their camp, and they paddled out onto Eagle Lake to catch some dinner.
After they’d been out for a bit they noticed a light hovering over the trees near the shore line. It changed colors – from red to green to a very light yellow. They didn’t know what it was, so out of curiosity Charlie Foltz signaled a SOS with his flashlight.
Maybe he shouldn’t have. The website UFO Casebook tells us what happened next:
“Immediately, the object silently moved toward the canoe. A guarded curiosity now turned into a frantic dash for the bank. As they paddled as fast as they could, a hollow light came from the object, engulfing the men and their canoe. The next thing the men knew, they were standing on the bank again. Charlie pointed his flashlight toward the object again, but this time it rose up and out of their view, as it showed it’s beam once more before disappearing into the Allagash sky.”
Wikipedia has a more interesting account of the ships disappearance. They give it as follows:
“The next thing the men knew, they were back on shore at their campsite. They stood at the edge of the water and stared blankly at the craft, which was hovering no more than a few dozen feet from them. After watching for several minutes, the craft suddenly imploded… and reappeared over the treetops on the other side of the lake. It then shot upwards into the sky.”
And remember that huge fire they set ablaze before heading out in their canoes? It had been reduced to embers by the time they found themselves once again standing on the beach. They didn’t remember anything about the time they were gone – not for several years, anyway.
That’s when they all started having nightmares about the ordeal. Eventually they underwent some hypnosis – and that seems to have brought out some very vivid memories from each of them. Again, from UFO Casebook:
“The men’s description of the aliens was consistent, and being artists, they were able to make detailed sketches of the entities, the craft, and the examining instruments. Chuck Rak added that the aliens’ test area was similar to a vet’s office, with a silvery table. He also related a strange fact: he had much difficulty in focusing on the aliens. When he tried, he could not put an exact image to them. He compared it to trying to tune in a fuzzy radio station.
“After the psychiatric examinations, all four of the men were deemed to be mentally stable, and they all passed lie-detector tests. All of the information gleaned from the detailed hypnotic sessions, and investigative reports provide strong evidence that something “not of this world” was encountered by these four men on the Allagash Waterway in 1976. This case is still considered unexplainable by conventional scientific means.”
And the story doesn’t end there either – at least one of the men, Jack Weiner, says that since the incident he’ll often see strange lights in the sky around his house.
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IlyaStavinsky says
“Aliens live in our Earth’s atmopshere”
On 03/21/2010 in the morning I captured on video about 30 separate movements of Aliens Motherships in Park Ridge, NJ. You can see the movements of the clouds that produced by UFOs with speed from 0 to 50 miles per second. This video I uploaded on YouTube.
If you read my article and see my video you will be able to spot Aliens Motherships in the sky 24/7 everywhere in the world. youtube.com/user/IlyaStavinsky
NYUFO says
What will it take for society to believe the millions of worldwide citizens who have had UFO sightings and Alien abduction experiences?
With all the testimony and video evidence that has surfaced over the past twenty plus years their are many skeptics still unable to at least come to terms that we might not be alone here on earth.
Ziggy Stardump says
We aren’t alone on earth – there’s cows and rabbits too, not to mention Thompson’s gazelles.
And mongooses. We can’t forget the mongooses.
stella says
I wonder why aliens never abduct members of royal families, billionaires, bankers, financiers, presidents, corporation CEOs, terrorists, and keep them forever, instead of hunting plebs. Which makes me suspect they are not that extraterrestrial, or if they are, the ruling class is made up of them.