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As I sit here writing this they are all running around, one has a camcorder, the others are just screaming.
It started about an hour ago, as I sat down with my neighbours to have an evening supper; they are nice people, if a little bit staid. As we began talking about the usual mundanities of life, strange lights appeared in the sky. At first we all thought it was an airplane flying low, when the power went out and the lights descended behind a stand of Iron Bark trees in an adjacent field.
As we watched, the lights in the field dimmed and the fear around me started to rise. Suddenly the lights in the house came back on and everyone looked at eachother and sighed with relief.
I marvel at their ability to go from near hysteria to such calm within the space of a minute or so.
While they laughed off the recent strange event, there was a scream and the c***dren who had gone outside to play rushed in all shouting 'There's something freaky out there', with such swearing as the young are want to do these days.
As the adults tried to calm the c***dren, I heard them say things in the order of 'weird things with HUGE Eyes' and' grey skin with big, I mean BIG heads'. It was at this point that the banging started at the doors. The five adults and three c***dren all started to scream. Honestly I'd not heard such ringing screaming before.
Tom, the eldest of the group, seemed to have more wits about him as he got a video camera and started to film what was happening, I've never been to good with technology, so I thought I should better write down the things happening here.
During the last half hour the rattling on the doors has been constant, and the people in the house are on edge. Their fear is interesting and rather intoxicating, I have never felt this level of consistent fear before.
The lights are going on and off inconsistently, though this is no worry for me, it is adding to the fear of those around me.
Tom is still filming, when his camcorder allows, the simplicity of pen and paper is so much better, however the footage may be very interesting as it shows the creatures that are outside. Tom filmed them from the windows, though no one else has been able to go near the windows.
It is now two hours since these events started, and it seems I am not the only one interested in this family. Ten minutes ago the front door finally burst open and two long grey-green arms managed to grab tom's daughter Sally. Naturally this has made the others here far more afraid. I think one of the c***dren has soiled himself.
I've just come from the front door, which we think is better secured now that we have managed to block it with a large solid oak Wall Unit, it should stand a decent whack before it breaks. However as we've moved to the back door, which we have left unencumbered so as to 'make an escape' I feel that whatever is out there has moved to the back also, they are intelligent and they know the fear they cause, I am sure of that.
We have been huddled in the laundry for the better part of half an hour. Tony who is Sally's son has not been able to get clean, as they are to scared to move from here. Writing this on the lid of a washing machine is not the most dignified thing I have ever done, however Tom is too shocked to continue filming and the others are in no mental position to do so either.
Someone has found a packet of crisps from somewhere and we have been sharing them. Amid the crunching of the chips, they quietly and nervously wonder what has befallen Sally.
I have decided to go out and see what is happening for myself, purely out of self-interest. The others are trying to dissuade me as I write this. I shall be gone only long enough to confirm my suspicions.
I have just returned, my observations as incredible as they are, are this:
1). They are not human.
2). They are intelligent.
3). They are deeply afraid of me.
I relay my findings to the others, downplaying my third observation, and the others in the house while still scared are less frightened now.
It is nearly 3am, and the 'Others' are still outside, they will not come near anymore as their fear of me seems to have upset them. I think this may give me a chance. I am going to find Sally, and end this nonsense one way or another.
It is now 4:52am, I shall now relate what happened after I decided to rescue Sally.
At approximately 3:10 I left the house with the haphazardly working camcorder, and a cricket bat (what I thought I could do with the bat is not clear, Tom gave it to me as I left).
As I headed through the garden heading towards the field where the lights had landed, I saw perhaps a half dozen of the alien creatures surrounding me. Some were clinging to the branches of the nearby trees, while others kept pace with me.
When I entered the copse of trees, I could see a craft approx. 10m wide by 4m high, it was well hidden by the enclosing Iron Barks. At this time all the remaining creatures had entered the clearing as well.
In a clear voice I said 'Can you understand me?', at which they seemed to nod ascent, I continued with 'I have come for the human woman you took earlier', this increased their agitation. After some time a portal opened at the side of the craft and two taller aliens exited with a dazed Sally between them, these taller ones seemed to be in charge and as they approached the smaller ones boarded the craft.
When Sally and her e***** came level to me she said 'They are afraid of you, they cannot feel you.' I replied 'I know, but everything's going to be allright.'
To her e***** I said 'Leave this place, it is not wise for you to be here' though I was working on shear bravado at this point, I was relieved when the aliens nodded to me, turned around and left.
I am now back at the house, the family is much calmer, and I think more slightly more open to the possibility that what they may know is just the beginning of what lies further out there.
As for me, after two hundred years, I can still be surprised and I feel glad for that.
It started about an hour ago, as I sat down with my neighbours to have an evening supper; they are nice people, if a little bit staid. As we began talking about the usual mundanities of life, strange lights appeared in the sky. At first we all thought it was an airplane flying low, when the power went out and the lights descended behind a stand of Iron Bark trees in an adjacent field.
As we watched, the lights in the field dimmed and the fear around me started to rise. Suddenly the lights in the house came back on and everyone looked at eachother and sighed with relief.
I marvel at their ability to go from near hysteria to such calm within the space of a minute or so.
While they laughed off the recent strange event, there was a scream and the c***dren who had gone outside to play rushed in all shouting 'There's something freaky out there', with such swearing as the young are want to do these days.
As the adults tried to calm the c***dren, I heard them say things in the order of 'weird things with HUGE Eyes' and' grey skin with big, I mean BIG heads'. It was at this point that the banging started at the doors. The five adults and three c***dren all started to scream. Honestly I'd not heard such ringing screaming before.
Tom, the eldest of the group, seemed to have more wits about him as he got a video camera and started to film what was happening, I've never been to good with technology, so I thought I should better write down the things happening here.
During the last half hour the rattling on the doors has been constant, and the people in the house are on edge. Their fear is interesting and rather intoxicating, I have never felt this level of consistent fear before.
The lights are going on and off inconsistently, though this is no worry for me, it is adding to the fear of those around me.
Tom is still filming, when his camcorder allows, the simplicity of pen and paper is so much better, however the footage may be very interesting as it shows the creatures that are outside. Tom filmed them from the windows, though no one else has been able to go near the windows.
It is now two hours since these events started, and it seems I am not the only one interested in this family. Ten minutes ago the front door finally burst open and two long grey-green arms managed to grab tom's daughter Sally. Naturally this has made the others here far more afraid. I think one of the c***dren has soiled himself.
I've just come from the front door, which we think is better secured now that we have managed to block it with a large solid oak Wall Unit, it should stand a decent whack before it breaks. However as we've moved to the back door, which we have left unencumbered so as to 'make an escape' I feel that whatever is out there has moved to the back also, they are intelligent and they know the fear they cause, I am sure of that.
We have been huddled in the laundry for the better part of half an hour. Tony who is Sally's son has not been able to get clean, as they are to scared to move from here. Writing this on the lid of a washing machine is not the most dignified thing I have ever done, however Tom is too shocked to continue filming and the others are in no mental position to do so either.
Someone has found a packet of crisps from somewhere and we have been sharing them. Amid the crunching of the chips, they quietly and nervously wonder what has befallen Sally.
I have decided to go out and see what is happening for myself, purely out of self-interest. The others are trying to dissuade me as I write this. I shall be gone only long enough to confirm my suspicions.
I have just returned, my observations as incredible as they are, are this:
1). They are not human.
2). They are intelligent.
3). They are deeply afraid of me.
I relay my findings to the others, downplaying my third observation, and the others in the house while still scared are less frightened now.
It is nearly 3am, and the 'Others' are still outside, they will not come near anymore as their fear of me seems to have upset them. I think this may give me a chance. I am going to find Sally, and end this nonsense one way or another.
It is now 4:52am, I shall now relate what happened after I decided to rescue Sally.
At approximately 3:10 I left the house with the haphazardly working camcorder, and a cricket bat (what I thought I could do with the bat is not clear, Tom gave it to me as I left).
As I headed through the garden heading towards the field where the lights had landed, I saw perhaps a half dozen of the alien creatures surrounding me. Some were clinging to the branches of the nearby trees, while others kept pace with me.
When I entered the copse of trees, I could see a craft approx. 10m wide by 4m high, it was well hidden by the enclosing Iron Barks. At this time all the remaining creatures had entered the clearing as well.
In a clear voice I said 'Can you understand me?', at which they seemed to nod ascent, I continued with 'I have come for the human woman you took earlier', this increased their agitation. After some time a portal opened at the side of the craft and two taller aliens exited with a dazed Sally between them, these taller ones seemed to be in charge and as they approached the smaller ones boarded the craft.
When Sally and her e***** came level to me she said 'They are afraid of you, they cannot feel you.' I replied 'I know, but everything's going to be allright.'
To her e***** I said 'Leave this place, it is not wise for you to be here' though I was working on shear bravado at this point, I was relieved when the aliens nodded to me, turned around and left.
I am now back at the house, the family is much calmer, and I think more slightly more open to the possibility that what they may know is just the beginning of what lies further out there.
As for me, after two hundred years, I can still be surprised and I feel glad for that.
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