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Originally posted by Kandinsky
What remains mysterious is why people came forward with accounts that were so bizarre they were unbelievable. Wilcox retained a good reputation, his story was an anomaly in his life and a strange story to be told in the books listed in IsaacKoi’s bibliography.
Simonton, Zammora and Wilcox weren’t unusual in their accounts. From the 50s until the late 70s, many have made similar claims. They didn’t gain rewards, didn’t court publicity and tried to put it behind them. If we take the accounts on face value, there’s little to support the idea that ‘Martians,’ pancake-chefs or fleeing spacemen land in isolated areas and interact with chance observers.
On the other hand, if you (the reader) were going to fabricate a tall tale of visiting extra-terrestrials would you offer pancakes, prophecies and fleeing short aliens as plausible factors?
What could make people come forward with these claims? Did they fall down the rabbit-hole of anomalous experience or become ‘one-time’ victims of grand hallucinations? Are they all liars, hoaxers and chancers looking for a moment of fame?
Or were the claimants of these encounters unknowing actors in a Candid Camera show for the folk from ‘elsewhere?
While these are all interesting stories, I would like to remind everyone that the plural of anecdote is not data.
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to post by spacevisitor
Glad you enjoyed it Space
A couple of years ago accounts like this wouldn't register in my imagination so maybe my skeptical compass needs recalibrating?!