No duh.
Posted on 10/25/2005 11:53:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
LONDON (Reuters) - Do you have memories of being abducted by aliens and whisked away in a spaceship?You wouldn't be alone. Several thousand people worldwide claim to have had such close encounters, researchers say. But in a new study, a psychology expert at London's Goldsmiths College says these experiences are proof of the frailty of the human memory, rather than evidence of life in other galaxies.
"Maybe what we're dealing with here is false memories, and not that people are actually being abducted and taken aboard spaceships," says Professor Chris French, who surveyed 19 self-proclaimed alien abductees.
Several of the abductees reported being snatched from their beds or cars by alien creatures around four feet high, with spindly arms and legs and oversized heads, French said.
Some men said they were subjected to painful medical examinations by the aliens, during which their sperm was extracted.
Many of the alien experiences could be explained by sleep paralysis, a condition in which a person is awake and aware of the surroundings but is unable to move.
Sleep paralysis often leads to hallucinations and 40 percent of people experience the state at least once in their lives, French said.
A rich imagination was also at play. Several of the alien abductees were already prone to fantasising and also claimed to have seen ghosts and have psychic or healing abilities.
"People have very rich fantasy lives," said French, who is due to present his findings at a public seminar at London's Science Museum on Wednesday.
"So much so that they often mix up what's happening in their heads with what is going on in the real world."
Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you were standing in sort of sun-god robes on top of a pyramid, and there were hundreds of naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Mitch Taylor: No...
Chris Knight: Why, am I the only one who has that dream?
Mark
No duh.
<- DarksOh yeah. lol
How quickly we forget..
Thanks!
Looks like wifey and I and friends will be in Vegas next weekend, I'll pass on a microbrewery report when we get back. ;-)
DO IT. I'll expect a full report, esp. on buffets.
You'll be my "Assets on the ground".
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Just last weekend I was abducted by aliens and held captive in a VFW hall on the dark side of Uranus.
You got it. I'll try and check out the Nascar refueling Bar&Grill for sure. Last visit was the Monte Carlo, they had a nice place didn't venture much farther..
Since then, I hope there are more to choose from or I can find some anyway.
I want to avoid buffets (but won't, Rio and whereever the locals eat works for me for starters). We'll probably hit a few. Good thing, I haven't been this light in years.
We're gonna be at the South end of the strip, Sahara. haven't been there in close to 6 years, missed all the biggies Mandalay Bay, Bellagio and since. should be fun.
His response was "think of it as an alien abduction, except you don't get to meet Elvis."
So, I shouldn't worry about those two mexicans hanging around my front yard?
Umm.. I dunno.
So I'll just beam up everybody.
;-)
Does this mean that Calipso Louie Farrakhan did NOT actually go up to the mother wheel, or that he DID go up, but while he was there, he didn't actually talk to muhammed?
so you ARE the culprit! : )
Yes.
I am..
*sniffle*
I'm sorry!
he admits it....it's HIS fault. : )
For some people that's a very short trip from point of entry. Ouch!
Yes, I admit it.
But then the experiments start soon.
Don't be late.
;-)
experiments? I thought that was all from faulty memories....and weird dreams!
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