WITH REGRETS
Clearwater, Colorado - January 1977 - night
The main witness and his wife had bought a ranch in an isolated area in 1975 and for more than a year they had been experiencing strange sounds, UFO manifestations and Bigfoot sightings on the property. There were some cattle mutilations as well.
One night the man and the eldest son went up to the top of a hill to examine a burned spot from the previous year. As they sat in the car, a beam of yellow light shone on them from nearby woods. Walking towards the trees, they discovered a buzzing black box, clearly seen in the light of the full moon. As they approached, it changed tone, now sounding like a swarm of angry bees. The two retreated to the safety of the car. The witness told the young man to stay by the car and went back to the spot where the black box had been; it was now gone. He saw a light in the trees and, walking toward the light, came upon two individuals standing near the light source. As he approached, they spoke to him, saying "How nice of you to come." Some distance away, down a slope, was a disk, illuminated, about 50 or 60 feet away. The two beings apologized for the trouble they had caused, promising a more equitable arrangement. They told him several things he was not to repeat, but which had no special meaning for him at the time. They regretted damage done to several of the cars, but they did not acknowledge responsibility for any of the local cattle mutilations. They told him he was wise to have backed off from the black box, which was nearby. They pointed in a particular direction and the tone on the box changed; as it did, a Bigfoot type creature got up off the ground and walked toward the box. The tone changed and the creature dropped. The meeting lasted five minutes.
In appearance the beings were similar, human looking about 5'6" in height, and wearing a tight fitting outfit like a flight uniform. The suits changed colors from brown to silver. Their complexions were fair and they had blond hair, not long. The most notable features were the eyes, which were very large but otherwise normal looking. They were different in subtle ways but could pass as humans in ordinary situations. Before the witness walked away from the scene he was told by the beings that he would see them again.
Source: APRO
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DARK OUTFITS
Dobroslawice, Poland - March 1987 - 8pm
The witness was walking along a dirt road heading for his house when suddenly he saw 5 bright flashes of light. He looked in the direction of the flashes and saw a bright ball of light. It landed between trees and took off a few seconds later. The witness continued walking until he saw a strange creature on the road just in front of him. The creature, which was wearing a tight-fitting dark suit made a long jump into the bushes. Scared, the witness also hid in the bushes. From his hiding place he saw 5 additional creatures about 1.20 meters in height, wearing similar dark outfits. He began to run from the area when he noticed that one of the creatures was walking straight towards his hideout. He ran about 1.5 km to his house. The next day he went to the location with his family and found several footprints in the snow and a dead bull with one of its ears cut off.
Source: CBUFOIZA, Poland
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MISSISSIPPI BAT-MAN
Mantachie, Mississippi - Fall 1991 - 9pm
In the Fall of 1991 me and two of my friends decided to go to the liquor store and get someone to buy us a pint of booze. We were not yet of age so we had to get people who were of age to go in and buy it for us. We did this two or three times a week. The small town we live in (Mantachie, MS) most of the time leaves you alone as long as you are not bothering anyone. We got the booze and headed to the park in this small town. We go to the park to have a drink every once and a while but this night was different.
We pulled up to the park and started to get out of the truck. We had not yet opened the booze so the booze did not influence us. I was sitting in the middle and my friend was getting out of the passenger's side door. When he got out and I got out, I noticed the sound of a tennis ball bouncing on the tennis court. I looked and saw this figure bouncing a tennis ball. The figure was around 6 foot tall and was wearing a dark cloak. It looked to me that he had some sort of pouch on his back. Me and my friend who got out of the truck saw this figure and told the driver of the truck to look. He did and saw the same thing. In a flash we jumped back into the truck and headed down the road to figure out what we had seen.
We got a few miles away and in the distance we saw coming at us a large bat-like creature. It was several feet away from us but you could make out the red glowing eyes. It passed right in front of our windshield and vanished in the darkness. We rushed to one of our houses and didn't drink that night. We didn't do anything but stay there all night. I am a skeptic when it comes to the paranormal but I do know what I saw.
Source: Witness testimony
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LEAD SOLDIER
Reggio Calabria, Sicily, Italy - Summer 1982 - 11:00pm
The elderly female witness, who lived in an industrial area of the city next to the airport and facing the waterfront had stayed up late one night watching a movie on the television when she was distracted by a flashing violet colored light coming in through her window from the direction of the water. The light reminded her of the flashing light of a lighthouse.
Stepping out to her 5th floor balcony she noticed a dark domed object that had apparently landed on the water directly across from her apartment. It had a bright light similar to a welder's torch that moved about in a zigzag manner. The object was large and totally silent. Soon she noticed a figure standing on the object on one side. It resembled a "lead soldier" and wore a square helmet with two rectangular openings at eye level. It wore a tight-fitting metallic suit. She could not see a nose or mouth. The figure was completely still, until it suddenly turned his head and stared directly at the witness.
At this point a bright beam of light struck the witness square in the face, temporarily blinding her and causing her to fall back into her room. She continued to watch the object and the soldier like figure from a window. At times the beam of light would strike the window area as if searching for her. The figure eventually entered the object on its left side and the craft rose and left silently at high speed.
Source: Witness testimony
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THE SMILING GNOME
Houston, Texas - early March 2003 - evening
The witness noticed his dog chasing something in the yard, thinking it was a cat he went out to investigate and yell at his dog. But when he got there he saw a 1 foot tall figure wearing red clothing, something resembling a clown suit without the big shoes and nose. He wore a pointy red hat and had white beard.
The witness called his dog over to him; he pulled him inside and closed the door. Then looked out the window to see the figure eating birdseed in the yard. As he looked out, the gnome like figure looked straight at him. It seemed to become afraid and hid behind the porch. The witness called out and the small figure peeked over the porch at him and smiled. Then it disappeared.
Source: Paranormal.About.com
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BIG BLACK RABBIT?
Garfield Heights, Ohio - July 2003 - 6:30am
Dom D'Amico was walking his dog when the animal started barking at something. At first the witness thought it was a pine-tree a few yards away from him. So he kept walking with his dog and then he saw his head quickly move to look towards the side of the house. When D'Amico followed the dog's gaze he saw a very bizarre creature. He described it as a large, black creature standing about 6 ft tall, and it looked like it had ears like a rabbit. The weirdest part was that all he could see was a black silhouette, and the creature seemed to be looking from around the side of the house. He could see no eyes, mouth or any other features. Scared the witness immediately walked back into the house. Once inside, the dog hid under one of the bar stools, apparently terrified.
Source: Witness report to police
