In an article appearing on the Metro.co.uk released February 12th, it is reported that a UFO skeptic was frightened and ran away after sighting an object in the sky and encountering some kind of strange being. The man fled the scene so quickly that he actually sprained his ankle as he ran. My question is: if he is such a skeptic than why is he running in the first place? He doesn’t actually believe he’s seeing a UFO or an alien, so why’s he running? What went through his mind during this encounter? What did he really think he was seeing?
Allegedly the man spotted some kind of craft in Phear Park, in Exmouth. What an ironic name! The perfect place to have the crap scared right out of you. The man, Roy Shaw, was strolling through Phear Park along with his dog when he spotted something in the sky: a round object, some 30 feet in diameter and estimated to be 100 feet long. Shaw reports that the object had red and blue flashing lights along its perimeter. According to Shaw, the strange object landed at the upper end of the park nearby the bowling green; his dog was frightened too and began growling at the strange object. Shaw then explains that a bizarre, white shape came toward him.
The shape that Shaw saw was roughly four feet in height, it was semi transparent, and it moved with slow deliberation toward Shaw and his dog. He also states that the thing made some kind of droning noise. Interestingly enough, even after this incident Mr. Shaw remains skeptical about the experience. Despite the fact that he cannot explain what he saw, he still doesn’t necessarily believe in aliens. I guess “seeing isn’t believing” in this particular case. It causes you to wonder, would a skeptic begin to believe if they were actually abducted by an alien, or would they deny their own experience and attempt to rationalize it somehow? Moreover, why is a skeptic even reporting the event at all; isn’t he concerned that he might be viewed as a “little off his rocker,” because he is reporting something like this?
Whether the case is real or not, it sure makes for a great story. I’m just wondering how the UFO skeptic is going to share this story with his grandchildren. Listen kids, “One day I saw this UFO and this big white blob, but it wasn’t really a UFO…I don’t know what it was. I just looked at it and said, “my, my, my,” and then I hightailed it out of there. I’m not even sure why I ran.” Yep, definitely a story to pass down from one generation to the next.
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