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on the evening

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of september 4th 1964 28 year old donald

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schrum

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along with two friends vincent alvarez

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and tim trueblood

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were hunting in the tahoe national

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forest near cisco grove

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california all had considerable

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experience

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bow hunting and all were overall general

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outdoorsmen

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on this particular night after having

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established a camp

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they found themselves hunting for deer

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perhaps due to their comfort in the

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outdoor environment

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with a night fast approaching no less

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all agreed that they would push

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deep into the woods in pursuit of their

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targets

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and if they had to spend the night in

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the woods and rendezvous back in the

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camp in the morning

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before long all three of them found

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themselves separated from one another

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looking for their potential targets

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with daylight losing the battle against

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the night

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shrum would make the decision to find

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somewhere to bed down for the night

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or more accurately bed up

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shrum had with him a military-style belt

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which allowed for him to secure himself

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in a tree given the number of wild

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animals who

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might wish to turn the tables on the

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hunter

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shroom believed this was a preferable

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option to camping on the ground

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alone and ultimately defenseless

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shortly after securing himself for the

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night a strange light appeared in the

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distance

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of more concern to shrum was a

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zigzagging pattern

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around the trees at low altitude which

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headed towards him

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thinking his two friends had arranged a

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search for him

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in the form of a helicopter he jumped

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from the tree

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and quickly released three of his flares

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to give away his destination

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as he was waving his arms and yelling

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for attention

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he began to realize what was heading his

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way

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wasn't a rescue helicopter after all

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the glowing object finally stopped

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around 50 yards from his position

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it was spherical but unlike anything

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he'd ever seen before

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he quickly made his way back up the tree

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making sure his bow was ready

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fear was now rising at a seemingly

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unstoppable rate within him

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that fear would rise even more when

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three small

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humanoid creatures emerged from the

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craft

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and began making their way straight

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towards him

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as they came closer he could see that

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while two of them

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were most definitely humanoid the third

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was more

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robot-like the two humanoids began to

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shake the tree

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obviously in an effort to force him from

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it

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when a white vaper shot out from the

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robotic creature's mouth

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he later realized he was knocked

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unconscious

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only momentarily however aside from an

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intense feeling of nausea

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he was unharmed he began lighting the

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matches he used for his flares

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dropping them towards the menacing trio

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in an effort to force them

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away although they would back away for a

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they soon continued their assault

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by this time shrum had managed to load

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an arrow into his bow

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and let it fly it soared into the

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robot's direction

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seconds later a shower of sparks flew

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into the air suggesting a direct

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hit as quickly as he could he fired two

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more arrows in the general vicinity of

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the creature's location

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causing all of them to back away however

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before he could take advantage of the

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situation

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a second robot appeared and once again

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a white vapor hit shrum and caused him

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to lose consciousness

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again when he awoke this

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final time he was alone

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there was no sign of the ship having

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all the creatures including the robots

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were gone

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he dropped himself from the tree dazed

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tired but

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largely unhurt he would set out for the

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pre-arranged meeting place of the

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campsite

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from the previous afternoon once there

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he would discover both of his friends

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waiting for him as planned

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incidentally all three of the men would

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return to the destination later that day

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after hearing

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shrum's incredible story

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they did find several of the arrows he

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had fired

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as well as several pieces of charred

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clothing

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his two friends would believe his claims

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though in part due to alvarez's own

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sighting of the glowing craft leaving

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the scene

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however when shrum's mother-in-law upon

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hearing of the encounter

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told an astronomer friend from the local

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college things begin to take a

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gritty turn the astronomer would

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immediately contact the nearby

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mcclelland air force base

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he would inform them of the account and

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the location

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of the witness even more bizarre

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instead of visiting him at his home to

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listen to his version of events

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even though he had not yet made any sort

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of report

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they would arrange to meet in an empty

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house

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at an off-base housing development

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shrum would agree to the meeting the two

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officers present would listen to his

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account and then

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confiscate several of the arrows

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later claims suggested that these had

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shavings of the robot on

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them then the officers insisted

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that what he had just described to them

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hadn't happened

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or not in the way he remembered

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furthermore they would present several

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alternative

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scenarios as if giving him the

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opportunity to

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pick one for himself he would eventually

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agree

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that he wasn't certain of what he'd seen

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if for no other reason than to keep his

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employers from facing

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similar questions shrum has stuck to the

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same story

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and version of events for over half a

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century

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i'm going to leave you with an audio

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clip of an interview conducted by ufo

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researcher

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and author ruben urriate

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for a complete and comprehensive look at

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this case

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be sure to purchase the book aliens in

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the forest

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the cisco grove ufo incident co-written

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by

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uriarte and notoris

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in this exclusive interview you'll hear

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shrum

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recount that harrowing day in his own

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words

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and i heard some thrashing through the

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brush and probably five

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ten minutes these two humanoids come out

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of the

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brush off and

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and uh was looking at it and then they

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came straight underneath the tree and

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looked up at me

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and i i knew right then i was fingered

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they found you yeah they found me can

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you describe them for us

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that was briefly yeah they were looked

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like uh

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four or five feet of course i'm looking

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down at them so

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they they'd be shorter than they

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probably are

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and they had a silvery like a one piece

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a suit on and it seemed like it had the

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the joints puffy joints you know

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on the shoulders and elbows and and the

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legs i didn't see

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that clear were you able to see their

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no it was just a kind of a dark shadow i

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the two uh like eyes that were looked

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like welding goggles to me they're the

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same as

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welding goggles they're about two inches

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in diameter it reminds me just

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like i said like a welding goggles and

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then the rest of the face was kind of a

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blur i couldn't see looking down at them

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then i saw

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two flashing red orange eyes just

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picking its way down the ridge just

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between the rocks and and around them

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and everything

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and come down and was on this

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big boulder this big flat rock

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and then he kind of looked up at me and

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he moved his hand

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through the fires cinders and kind of

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scattered him

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then he come down up on the rock he was

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about seven feet from me and uh then he

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he touched his mouth and uh the kind of

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a steam vapor come out

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of his mouth and it lit up his face so i

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could see

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some detail and then i i blacked out

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when that steam hit me kind of took the

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air from me

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and i'd gas for air and then black out

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and i fell over my bow

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that's the only thing that kept me in

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the tree and then

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so i figured they were out to get me

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then the eyes of this other

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creature like the robot what would that

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look like to you

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it had kind of like fire it's kind of a

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orange reddish orange yellowish orange

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it kind of flickered like fire and

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they're about the same diameter as

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about two inches in diameter as the

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humanoids

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i had a 60-pound bow which is a

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very high velocity since seeing how the

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robot is the only thing that was

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causing me harm i shot the chest area

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and it has the velocity of a rifle

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at that that distance because i'm only

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about seven eight feet from him

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and it when i hit the chest the sparks

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would fly

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like an arc welder kind of and then that

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that robot backed up and almost knocked

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him down

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he kind of fell back against the rob and

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then i ran out of uh

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arrows so i only had three left and uh

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i thought well i had that's when paul

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made haired

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is just i mean the cap i had on was just

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soaked with

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oil is this for your hair yeah from my

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hair yeah yeah yeah

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pomade and uh i always carry uh

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all kinds of books and matches with me

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when i hunted

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and so i lit that cap and it just blazed

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up and i dropped it down

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the base of the tree and just in that

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instant

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they they moved back about 12 15 feet

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and that the i glanced over at

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the ship that was over the canyon kind

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of almost leveled with me

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and it was almost out of sight it was

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just like a star it moved that fast

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just in that second so then i got the

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idea that

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they're scared of fire so i i burned

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everything but my t-shirt

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my jeans and uh come to find out later

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on that

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that it was 32 degrees out and i was

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shaking and

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kind of overexposed for the weather well

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when i throw it through my

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after my hat i threw my canteen down and

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they they'd picked it up and looked at

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it and threw it back down

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when i ran out of stuff to burn i headed

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for the top of the tree

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and then then i i'd uh it was pretty

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sparse tree i could see down to the

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ground

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and i broke off the top and threw it

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down and anytime i throw

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down or or shake the tree these

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humanoids would

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back up when i was up in the top of that

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tree i

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thought about just jumping off and

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jumping down the canyon and just

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killing myself but the only thing that

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kept me going is i had

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the little girl my wife that kept me