Betty And Barney Hill

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In fact, given the many illustrations in the book, it's likely that for every two pages of text there is a page of textual annotation. That is simply crazy, and bespeaks an author with too big an ego conjoined with too little output. But, the notes at the book's end are easily ignored; something which cannot be done with the bulk of the book's rather one-dimensional and stretched-to-absurdity claims, bolstered by a self-congratulatory tone that begins in the book's new Introduction for the reissue, wherein Mayor basically lauds herself for "reinventing" a whole new discipline, geomythology.

Of course there are some points that hit their targets, but for every bull's-eye there are five or six misses. In her attempts to be thorough, Mayor accidentally gets repetitive (repeating pointless anecdotes more than once), and the lesser examples she uses undermine her overall thesis that the myths of the past are all based upon some type of reality. People from Von Daniken to Biblical scholars to astrological quacks and valid historians have all fallen under the spell of basically dismissing human imagination and invention, which often falls along similar lines, worldwide because..well, people are people the same all over.

We all love, care for children, want our progeny to do better than we did, feel that there must be some higher ideal or purpose, etc. These very natural human reactions to the real world are what propel myths, not a literal grounding in material fact. Again, this does not dismiss Mayor's thesis outright, but it shows up the weakness of her overplayed hand, as well as the lack of a good editor who should have trimmed the text and pretensions.

Mayor's initial thrust is on the mythological griffin, which she contends was based upon misinterpretations of ceratopsian dinosaur bones: Protoceratops, to be specific. She claims that griffins are not like other mythic beasties that were combinations of known animals: sphinxes, minotaurs, centaurs, etc. Yet, she does this even as she acknowledges mythic accounts describing the beast as a half-eagle/half-lion hybrid, in most accounts.

Like many true believers, and even though these descriptions of the beast are the clear majority, Mayor opts for the few legends that claim it was not a hybrid, but a real Asiatic beast. The Protoceratops fossils seem to fit her thesis because the animals were lion-sized (albeit small in the dinosaur world), and they had beaks. Of course, when information runs counter to her claims, like any good dogmatist, Mayor ignores the evidence.

The Alien Abduction Story Of Betty And Barney Hill - UFO Encounters

The Betty and Barney Hill story is one of the prototypical alien abduction cases. It contained elements which have been encountered many times since, as reports of abduction by extra-terrestrials have become a more and more important part of the modern UFO phenomenon.

It all started on September 19th 1961. Betty and Barney Hill, a husband and wife, were driving home from a brief holiday in Canada. As they travelled along the road, they noticed a strange light in the sky. At first they thought it was a star, but it appeared to be moving along with them. They each peered through binoculars at the object in the sky and Barney saw what he thought was some kind of craft whose odd-looking occupants were peering down at him.

The couple grew alarmed and tried to get away from the lights, which now seemed to be swooping down towards them. When the couple reached their home, they were puzzled by strange scuff marks which appeared on the car and on some of their belongings. Later, they realised that the journey had taken far longer than it should have and that they could not account for around two hours of their travel time.

Police Involvement In The "Alien Abduction" Betty and Barney Hill reported their experience to the police who were as mystified by it as they were. They then tried to put the incident behind them and resume a normal life. But they found themselves haunted by anxiety in their waking hours and nightmares in their sleep. After some time, they consulted a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist hypnotised them in an attempt to recover the lost memories of whatever was troubling them. A series of frightening revelations flooded out.

It seemed that the car had stopped on the road and was surrounded by strange beings. They were humanoid in appearance with “wrap-around eyes,” prominent craniums and a dark grey skin. The couple led taken onto an alien craft, a UFO, moved into separate chambers, stripped of their clothing and subjected to some kind of experiments. Betty recalled crying out in pain as a needle was inserted into her navel. One of the aliens seemed to be surprised by her cry of pain. He made a gesture in response to it, and the pain immediately disappeared.

The extra terrestrials communicated telepathically with the Hill couple although they spoke an audible but incomprehensible language to each other. Betty asked if she could take something as a memento of the experience and was given a book with strange symbols on it. Later, however, another alien overruled this decision and ordered the book taken back, declaring that the Hills would not be allowed to retain a memory of the incident.

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