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bragging flying over south jersey last

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weekend i was driving on marshallville

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road by the river near tuckahoe new

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jersey

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i don't know the time but it was dusk

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and the sky was light enough to see

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anything in the sky

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i caught a glimpse of a huge flying

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creature crossing the roadway

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approximately 100 feet in the air

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i swear it was shaped like a dragon

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silhouetted against the lighter sky

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flying south towards the state forest i

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looked at it for almost 10 seconds

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the wings were wide and there was a long

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tail the head was licky at that of an

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unknown reptile

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it was dark in color and flapped the

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giant wings which had to be 30 feet or

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more in width

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there was another car behind me they

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definitely saw it by the expression on

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their faces

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i pulled over and the two people in the

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other car looked over when they passed

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me

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pointing to the sky i tried to get them

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to stop but they were moving by too fast

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i lowered my window and yelled but they

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continued on

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when i stuck my head out of the window i

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immediately smelled a foul stench and

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felt worn down drafts

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it was very weird i'm not naive and i

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know that this could not have been an

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actual animal i almost feel like i

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entered a time warp at the time this

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creature appeared

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for the rest of the evening i had a

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physical reaction similar to jet lag

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i haven't said anything to anyone else i

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live alone and retired

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i've lived in this area for most of my

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life and i've never experienced

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anything like this there has been no

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mention of this in the local news

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i may have seen something i shouldn't

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have sir

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flying over south new jersey dragon

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terrace or what

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i just read about that flying dragon

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over south new jersey in where new

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jersey

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and i've have a very similar experience

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twice

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first time was about three years ago in

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march i was driving near marlton new

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jersey

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and the veris area at around 3pm looked

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up and seen this huge creature flying

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i was in complete shock because i could

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not believe the size of this thing

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and the sun was still out at the time so

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i had a pretty good sight of it

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it was no bird because it did not have

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feathers nor fur

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these gigantic wings like a bat

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reptilian head

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exactly like how the other person

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described i was in the car with family

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and by the time i could get a word out

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of my mouth and point at it it had

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already flown away

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its thin color was like a light beige

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and it didn't even flap its wings

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hindu just glided it was flying very low

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as well

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almost resembled a pterodactyl second

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time was actually in breeze

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again driving home midnight last year

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around 9 00 pm october 30th

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i saw the same exact body shape but

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slightly smaller and flying lower than

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the first one

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freaky thing of this one was that its

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eyes glowed this crazy bright red

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my car lights the eyes on it freaked me

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out so much i couldn't tell anyone for

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at least two days

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this one also had a darker skin tone or

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maybe it was just the time of day i saw

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it

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i had a very good look on both creatures

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i'm very aware of all the animals that

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live around me

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this is not like anything i have ever

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seen i did not experience any false

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sense because i did not roll down my

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window racks in my car

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just wanted to share my part maybe it

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would have helped thanks for reading

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another dragon over new jersey i just

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read your post about the dragon

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cited over southern new jersey that took

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me by surprise because i had a similar

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experience in the mid 80s when i was

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still a kid

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about 10 years old i think it was before

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noon

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in the springtime and i was biking

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around a local ballpark by my house

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nottingham baseball field in hamilton

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new jersey

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there were no games scheduled that day

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so i was alone

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as far as i could tell there was a play

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area

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and a pond by the woods that i would

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frequent when i was bored

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in the hopes of finding other kids to

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play with

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about halfway there while looking up at

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the clouds and sky

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i saw what i thought was a plane coming

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from the south

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there's a small airstrip by us and there

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were some very cool biplanes that would

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fly by

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from time to time my favorite was a red

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baron style one

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and i thought that was it because of the

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color i stopped and turned to watch

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and wave it's what kids do when the

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plane gave its wings a single

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long flap that's when i realized it

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wasn't a plane

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it was a dragon there is no doubt in my

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mind

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it was dark red and i could see the sun

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shimmering off its scales as it got

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closer

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needless to say i didn't wave i felt

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frozen to the spot

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dumb struck a little scared and very

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very excited

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it was huge flying at about the same

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height as the biplanes do

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and it didn't make any sound as it went

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overhead

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just gliding it was like a classical

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european dragon

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but the proportions were a little

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different when it was right overhead i

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felt a blast of heat

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i assumed it was its fiery breath at the

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time

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i was absolutely vibrating with

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excitement and looking around

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frantically for anyone else that might

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be around

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the ball fields were empty no one was

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outside in the nearby houses

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that kept going at a steady clip and

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right before it disappeared over the

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tree line to the north

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it gave another slow flap of its massive

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i turned right around and sped out of

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the park hoping to find someone else who

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saw it too

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no one everyone was inside their homes

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that early

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when i got home i realized no one would

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believe me

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so i never told my parents they'd think

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i was making it up

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instead i told my older sister but she

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said i probably saw a hanged lighter or

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a fancy plane

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it was such an odd sighting i never

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perused it further

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nice to see the dragons are still flying

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over new jersey though

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thanks for all you do your blog is

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awesome

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beings

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it happened about six years ago when i

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was staying with some friends in a small

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town

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about 30 miles north of orlando florida

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it was in july and every night i'd go

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outside to check out the night sky

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it was about 9 00 pm and i had gone out

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to do my nightly thing but when i looked

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up at the moon which was almost directly

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overhead i

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actually looked a way to rub my eyes

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because i couldn't believe what i saw

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but when i looked back it was still

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there no illusion

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there flying around the moon in a

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clockwise direction from my point of

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view were these enormous beings which

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looked like flying dragons

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by the very slow swoop of their bat-like

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wings i could tell they were truly huge

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there were dozens on them but when i

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looked up higher there were tears and

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tears of them

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all circling in the same direction and

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there must have been over a hundred of

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them

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they were all black being silhouetted by

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the moon above them so i could see no

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colors or details

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they were reptilians i estimate the

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lowest ones were about 500 feet up but

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it's hard to know for sure

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it was a really frightening sight and i

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wondered if they could see me standing

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down there on the dark driveway

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not a very comforting thought i wanted

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to run to get my friends

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to witness what i was seeing but was

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afraid of what i might miss

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just then i noticed an enormous craft

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slowly approaching from the right of

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where the beings flew

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it was around a dozen times the width of

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the moon and blacker than black

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and the classic saucer shape but there

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was no dome or any lights or windows

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but i noticed something i'd never heard

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mentioned before and that was there was

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the siri black wispy curling mist

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all along the edge of the ship which i

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thought it must be some type of cloaking

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device

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the ship was totally silent as it slowly

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approached where the creatures flew

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never speeding up or slowing down or

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stopping

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finally it engulfed the entire area

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where the dragons flew and when it

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inched away

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the night sky was again empty save for

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the cold stars and the gibbous moon

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i directly went inside and told my

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friends what i just seen

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being the skeptics they are they said

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i'd probably only seen bats or birds

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but i know what i witnessed and it was

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something i'd never before seen

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and hope to never see again i do have an

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idea of what had happened

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only a guess you know how when people

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were outboating

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they will sometimes jump into the water

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for a refreshing swim

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well maybe those reptilians left their

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craft to stretch those terrible wings

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and were just circling there waiting for

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their ship to catch up with them to get

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back on board

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that's only a guess and who knows what

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evil mischief they had really been up to

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for days and days after that experience

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i worried they might return to do some

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harm to me for spying on them but

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thankfully if they saw me

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i wasn't considered a threat this is a

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true experience

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and one that is enough to last a

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