Abducted And Enhanced 1
UFO's? Extra-terrestrial visitors? Abducted by aliens? Little grey men, or little green men, take your choice. Get real!! I'm the kind of guy who looked at those 'Ancient Alien,' type TV shows, and laughed all the way through at how ridiculous they were. You know the ones I mean, where they narrator tell us of some mysterious event and says over and over that, 'Ancient Astronaut theorists believe,' and you could add almost any nonsensical statement to the end of that phrase. Because they
believe
just about any crap that they think will make them money, and just because they believe, that don't make it so.
Or the other phrase they use all the time 'scientists have not yet explained.' That's because scientists have better things to do with their time and are not trying to explain something, which to them is absolute nonsense. Do they really believe that somehow these idiotic phrases add some kind of authenticity or proof that their crazy shit is real?
Now that I've got that off my chest, let me assure you that what happened to me, and the story I'm going to tell you is one hundred percent genuine. The fact that I didn't believe any of that shit may help to lend my story a little credence, but if you don't believe me, then no harm done, I don't care whether you believe me or not, so just go on about your business as usual.
Do aliens exist? I've always thought that they must exist somewhere. The thought that we alone are the sole inhabitants of the vastness of space is so arrogant, and so utterly incredible. Our own 'Milky Way,' galaxy has an estimated two hundred billion stars, and they (astronomers) reckon there are two hundred billion galaxies. That is an awful lot of vacant real estate if alien civilisations don't exist, so I've always taken it for granted that we are not alone in the vast infinity of space.
Whether they come and visit us is a matter of conjecture, a huge ongoing debate, and the subject matter for thousands of books, television programmes, and films. The problem of course is what I've already mention; the vastness of space. Our nearest neighbour, which we have named, Proxima Centauri because of its proximity, is part of the Alpha Centauri triple star system. It's around 4.24 light years away, meaning if we could somehow travel at the speed of light, it would take us around four years and three months to get there. Given
our
present level of technology, that's not a feasible proposition.
Of course, just because we haven't overcome that particular problem doesn't mean other more advanced civilisations couldn't or haven't. Just think for a few moments, if we could somehow go back even fifty years with some of the technology we now possess and carry around with us every day, those earlier people would be amazed. We probably carry as much computing technology in our pockets in the shape of our smartphones as NASA used to send the first men to the moon.
That's how far we've come in such a short space of time, and our technology is such that it's like we're on a roller coaster. The more we learn, develop and innovate, the faster we learn, develop and innovate, and now we have the next breakthrough of AI, or artificial intelligence being brought to a level where it could transform our lives again. Scary stuff folks!
Now that I've set the scene, so to speak, I'll take us all back to earth with hardly a bump. All the above mentioned problems hardly impinge on our daily lives. We mostly know about it, and store it away in some corner of our minds. We don't think about it too often, something called our 'daily existence,' gets in the way. We're too busy living our lives to pay it much attention.
I am no different to anybody else. I had a good job, making good money. I had no habits to finance and drain my growing bank account. I rarely if ever drank alcohol, I didn't smoke, do drugs, or gamble. I was single, with no special attachments to any one particular woman. It would have been nice if I did, but despite a couple of more serious and failed relationships in the past, I was currently on my own. My parents despaired of me ever finding a wife and providing them with grandchildren, and perhaps with good reason.
I was almost thirty years old, and while my former school friends, and work colleagues of a similar age were settling down, getting married, or co-habiting as couples, growing their families, and living the expected 'normal,' lives, I was still stubbornly single. My friends were forever trying to set me up with female 'friends,' who were single just like me, but it hadn't paid off. Sure, I'd liked a few of them, and with some we'd become what is known in modern parlance as a 'fuck buddy.' In other words we'd meet up occasionally to scratch a mutual sexual itch, and very nice it was too.
They tell me I'm a decent looking guy. Five foot eleven inches tall, a reasonably good physique. I exercise regularly, but nothing too extreme. Dark hair, blue eyes, good teeth, intelligent, but also sensible, what they call 'common sense.' A bit laid back and calm in my demeanour, I'm a pragmatist, so I always try to see the other person's point of view. Women tell me I'm not the best looking guy in the world, but there is a certain kind of rugged attraction going on with my face. Mr Average is my own assessment of how I look, but generally I don't think about it too much. I am what I am, take it or leave it.
Which makes it all the more puzzling why they chose me, but they did, and let's face it, when your friendly (I hope) neighbourhood alien summons you, you're not given much choice in the matter.
I was walking home alone after a Friday night out with a few friends, a mixed bunch, men and women. I hadn't managed to pair up with any of the delightful young women, most of whom were 'taken,' anyway. I'd hit rather a barren patch lately when it came to sex, but it was no big deal.
So there I was walking along, minding my own business, not even thinking too much, looking forward to nothing more exciting than a late night cup of tea and maybe a slice of toast and jam before bed. I turned the corner into the street where I lived, and saw a bright light above my house. I wondered what it could be, slightly puzzled, looking up at it as I walked towards it and my house, and then it swooped down until it was on my level, just ahead of me and grew in intensity.
It grew so bright, I closed my eyes to shut out the brightness, which was dazzling me, and then I heard a slight humming sound, the light grew brighter still, and I put my hands in front of my face to fend off the light which was almost painful now.
'Fucking hell,' I thought, 'what the fuck is this, what's going on?' and then the light slowly diminished again, and gradually died to a level where I could open my eyes once more. Well, if the appearance of the light had been a, 'what the fuck,' moment, this was even more puzzling. I wasn't on the street anymore. I was in a room!
A grey room to be precise. I was sitting on a grey chair, behind a grey table, with another grey chair opposite me, in a room that was as grey as Aberdeen on a wet Wednesday. (Aberdeen in the North of Scotland is built almost entirely from a light grey granite) The room was evenly lit, with smooth, featureless walls. It was pleasantly warm and smelled of... nothing! It was like being inside a giant, brightly lit, grey cube.