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From: BOB SHELL <76750.2717@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 11 Aug 97 08:10:03 EDT
Fwd Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:45:34 -0400
Subject: Re: Of Martian Cats, etc.

>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:41:54 -0500
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: John Velez <jvif@spacelab.net>
>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: Re: Of Martian Cats, etc.


John,

I'm not sure why you referenced my message in yours, but I do not and
have never thought that you or other abductees are hallucinating.  I don't
think you suffer from mental disorders either.  I think all of you are
being subjected to real events, but I am skeptical of many of the
interpretations of these events.

The closest thing I have had to an argument with Budd Hopkins was when
I was trying to convince him to look at the historical evidence and
realize that the abduction phenomenon is NOT a new thing, and may not
involve aliens.  He, like many other abduction researchers, just does
not want to hear this.

But, for those willing to go to the effort, I think reading the transcripts
of the Salem witch trials, and other witch trials and the records of the
inquisition can be very informative (if frightening, disgusting and
depressing).  These poor people were often describing events which today
would be called abductions, and showed the "devils marks" which today
we call "scoop marks".  Finding these marks during the physical exam was
a sure sign that the person was a witch.

Those who choose to wear blinders and only see this a a modern phenomenon,
as a benign or friendly phenomenon, and as definitely involving "aliens",
"space brothers", and such are hindering any real progress in
investigating these events.

I applaud you for your open minded attitude.  I just wish all abuctees
and abduction researchers would open their minds to the other possibilities
in trying to explain these strange phenomena.

Bob