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They Are Watching
In 1950 things were different, Gasoline
cost 17 cents per gallon, bread was 12 cents, milk was 25 cents, and the
average cost of a new car was $1,500.00. I was 14 years old with Boy Scout
Troop 48 out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at Camp Kickapoo located on the South
Canadian River. On the
evening of April 5th, I was standing on a hill overlooking the river where I
saw a most wondrous sight. Out of the Southwest there came a monster dust storm
and behind it a tornado which was very unusual because tornados normally appear
after a rain storm. The tornado was a bright golden amber color with lightning
bolts jumping in and out of it. Out of this whirling mass came four men
like creatures dressed in golden space suits that shown like burnished brass.
They wore matching helicopter back packs and they flew only a few feet off the
ground. The helicopters had flashing lights of red, blue, yellow and a very
bright spotlight that shined before them. I watched the creatures buzzing around
then I saw a large wheel shaped space ship hovering behind them. Wherever the
four men went, the space ship would follow. The heads of the spacemen were
covered in a helmet of clear crystal like material that reflected little
rainbows and the heads of the men inside were gray skinned with no hair and
large eyes. The machines made sounds so loud that my
clothes shook on my body and I had to cover my ears. When they landed, it
became so quiet that it hurt my head. From the space ship a dark red light
flooded out and I could hear them speaking in my head. A hologram of someone
appeared in the light hovering over head. He spoke to me with a voice like
thunder and I was so afraid that I stumbled backwards and fell down. He said, “Stand up young man and don’t
be afraid. I am here to help you. Here, eat this piece of bread and drink this
water. I will give you a book that will be a guide for you and your people.” As
I ate the bread it tasted like a cinnamon roll and the water tasted like
chocolate milk. It was great. He stood beside me, opened the book,
showed me pictures of the future and told me of a war that would soon happen in
Korea and after that one, another war nearby. He showed me that a cowboy movie
star would become President of the United States. He told me that unless the
people of the Earth changed their lifestyle and became good neighbors, his
people would return and wipe out the Earth. With that he snapped the book
closed and they all faded into the spaceship which disappeared into the evening
sky. Every day I tell someone this story,
reread the book and continue watching the skies. Would you like to read their
book? |
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