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101 Round 5 occurred on August 6, 2003, at 8:24 a.m. Exactly one hour to the MINUTE of Round 4. This one looked identical to the last one, and as soon as we saw it matched, I looked for any abduction bruise markings on my legs. Sure enough, found the telltale perfectly round, deep purple bruise on my calf below the knee. It hadn’t been there the night before. This time instead of flying in repeated circles, the helicopter flew all over the place with no rhyme or reason to it, at all. It would circle over the apartment then fly move off and circle about in the distance, angled sideways, looking in our direction, then circle back over us, then move off again. Tom started immediately grabbing photos, and this time I overrode the urge to not take pictures! and grabbed for my own camera. Only problem was...the battery was missing. Somehow the door casing had popped open, the battery had fallen out in my backpack, and the door had closed tightly again. I needed a butter knife to pry this thing open to put the battery back in! This had NEVER happened before in the two years I’d had that camera!!! I got the battery back in and finally got a couple of shots, then nonchalantly decided to head off to work now. As I drove off down the street, the helicopter abandoned its random circling and followed me behind the tree line. When I got to the 4-way stop, it too stopped...and pointed directly at my car. I took my camera, hung out the window and got another shot of it. Then nonchalantly drove off, smiling, listening to CDs, and singing. What a difference a few months makes, that’s all I can say. (Tom confirmed that this helicopter stopped its circling after I left and drove off to work.) And we never had another helicopter harassment again. That afternoon we did experience one of those tremendous “black clouds of doom” though, documented in my Anomalous Weather section of my website. “Coincidental” debunking article. On a side note, I have to mention this. But shortly after Round 4 and 5 I just so happened to be glancing through the Sun Sentinel paper at work and saw what of all things but...an article talking about flight school helicopters that will fly in repeated circles over residential neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, annoying people. “Nothing to see here folks, move it along, nothing to see...” But it gets better. Later that very afternoon Tom was driving north on Federal Highway and encountered a dark navy blue colored helicopter, identical to Rounds 4 & 5...flying south directly over Part II - My Own Experiences —_—_—_—_—_— "es