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A collection of intriguing topics and fascinating stories
about the rare, the paranormal, and the strange
The Paranormal
Volume 9
Journey into the mysterious realm of cryptids.
Uncover mysterious cases of psychic phenomena, ghosts and UFOs.
Pablo C. Agsalud Jr.
Revision 6
Foreword
In the past, things like
television,
and words and
ideas like
advertising, capitalism, microwave
and
cancer
all seemed too strange for the ordinary
man.
As man walks towards the future, overloaded with
information, more mysteries have been solved
through the wonders of science. Although some
things remained too odd for science to reproduce
or disprove, man had placed them in the gray
areas between
truth
and
skepticism
and labeled
them with terminologies fit for the modern age.
But the truth is, as long as the strange and
unexplainable cases keep piling up, the more likely
it would seem normal or natural. Answers are
always elusive and far too fewer than questions.
And yet, behind all the wonderful and frightening
phenomena around us, it is possible that what we
call
mysterious
today won’t be too strange
tomorrow.
This book might encourage you to believe or refute
what lies beyond your own understanding.
Nonetheless, I hope it will keep you entertained
and astonished.
The content of this book remains believable for as
long as the sources and/or the references from the
specified sources exist and that the validity of the
information remains unchallenged.
Psychic Phenomena
The brain is a complex organ that controls every part of our body.
With its immeasurable potential and enigma, one is left to assume that
there is no end to what the human mind can achieve
or make itself believe.
Alien abduction
Wikipedia.org
The terms alien abduction or abduction phenomenon describe "subjectively real memories of
being taken secretly against one‘s will by apparently nonhuman entities and subjected to
complex physical and psychological procedures." People claiming to have been abducted are
usually called "abductees" or "experiencers." Typical claims involve being subjected to a forced
medical examination that emphasizes their reproductive system. Abductees sometimes claim
to have been warned against environmental abuse and the dangers of nuclear weapons.
Consequently, while many of these purported encounters are described as terrifying, some
have been viewed as pleasurable or transformative.
Due to a lack of any substantial physical evidence, most scientists and mental health
professionals dismiss the phenomenon as "[d]eception, suggestibility (fantasy-proneness,
hypnotizability, false-memory syndrome), personality, sleep phenomena, psychopathology,
psychodynamics [and] environmental factors." Skeptic Robert Sheaffer also sees similarity
between the aliens depicted in early science fiction films, in particular, Invaders From Mars,
and those reported to have actually abducted people.
The first alien abduction claim to be widely publicized was the Betty and Barney Hill abduction
in 1961. Reports of the abduction phenomenon have been made around the world, but are
most common in English speaking countries, especially the United States. The contents of the
abduction narrative often seem to vary with the home culture of the alleged abductee.
Alien abductions have been the subject of conspiracy theories and science fiction storylines
(notably The X-Files) which have speculated on stealth technology required if the phenomenon
were real, the motivations for secrecy and that alien implants could be a possible form of
physical evidence.
Overview
Mainstream scientists reject claims that the phenomenon literally occurs as reported.
However, there is little doubt that many apparently stable persons who report alien abductions
believe their experiences were real. As reported in the Harvard University Gazette in 1992, Dr.
John Edward Mack investigated over 800 claimed abductees, and "spent countless therapeutic
hours with these individuals only to find that what struck him was the 'ordinariness' of the
population, including a restaurant owner, several secretaries, a prison guard, college students,
a university administrator, and several homemakers ... 'The majority of abductees do not
appear to be deluded, confabulating, lying, self-dramatizing, or suffering from a clear mental
illness,' he maintained." "While psychopathology is indicated in some isolated alien abduction
cases," Stanley Krippner et al. confirmed, "assessment by both clinical examination and
standardized tests has shown that, as a group, abduction experients are not different from the
general population in term of psychopathology prevalence." Other experts who have argued
that abductees' mental health is no better or worse than average, include psychologists John
Wilson and Rima Laibow, and psychotherapist David Gotlib.
Some abduction reports are quite detailed. An entire subculture has developed around the
subject, with support groups and a detailed mythos explaining the reasons for abductions: The
various aliens (Greys, Reptilians, "Nordics" and so on) are said to have specific roles, origins,
and motivations. Abduction claimants do not always attempt to explain the phenomenon, but
some take independent research interest in it themselves, and explain the lack of greater
awareness of alien abduction as the result of either extraterrestrial or governmental interest in
cover-up.
History
As noted below, the Antonio Villas Boas case (1957) and the Hill abduction (1961) were the
first cases of UFO abduction to earn widespread attention.
Though these two cases are sometimes viewed as the earliest abductions, skeptic Peter
Rogerson notes this assertion is incorrect: the Hill and Boas abductions, he contends, were
only the first "canonical" abduction cases, establishing a template that later abductees and
researchers would refine, but rarely deviate from. Additionally, Rogerson notes purported
abductions were cited contemporaneously at least as early as 1954, and that "the growth of
the abduction stories is a far more tangled affair than the 'entirely unpredisposed' official
history would have us believe." (The phrase "entirely unpredisposed" appeared in folklorist
Thomas E. Bullard's study of alien abduction; he argued that alien abductions as reported in
the 1970s and 1980s had little precedent in folklore or fiction.)
Paleo-abductions
While "alien abduction" did not achieve widespread attention until the 1960s, there were many
similar stories circulating decades earlier. These early abduction-like accounts have been
dubbed "paleo-abductions" by UFO researcher Jerome Clark.
In a 1897 edition of the Stockton, California Daily Mail, Colonel H. G. Shaw claimed he and a
friend were harassed by three tall, slender humanoids whose bodies were covered with a fine,
downy hair who tried to kidnap the pair.
Rogerson writes that the 1955 publication of Harold T. Wilkins's Flying Saucers Uncensored
declared that Karl Hunrath and Wilbur Wilkinson, who had claimed they were contacted by
aliens, had disappeared under mysterious circumstances; Wilkins reported speculation that the
duo were the victims of "alleged abduction by flying saucers".
Contactees
The UFO contactees of the 1950s claimed to have contacted aliens, and the substance of
contactee narratives is often regarded as quite different from alien abduction accounts.
Two landmark cases
An early alien abduction claim occurred in the mid-1950s with the Antonio Villas Boas case,
which did not receive much attention until several years later. Widespread publicity was
generated by the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case of 1961, culminating in a made for
television film broadcast in 1975 (starring James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons) dramatizing
the events. The Hill incident was probably the prototypical abduction case, and was perhaps
the first in which the claimant described beings that later became widely known as the Greys,
and in which the beings were said to explicitly identify an extraterrestrial origin.
If fictional sources such as science fiction movies and pulps are taken into consideration, the
phenomena might be traced back to the 1930s.
Later developments
Dr. Ronald Sprinkle (University of Wyoming psychologist) became interested in the abduction
phenomenon in the 1960s. For some years, he was probably the only academic figure
devoting any time to studying or researching abduction accounts. Sprinkle became convinced

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