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he would have included all the dreams (especially since one of them was definitely more exciting) in his report and not focused on one. I believe this adds validity to this one dream being the memory ofa true event When we moved ahead in time, he reported a second, very simi- lar event that occurred a few years later when he was 14. It had also happened ona trip to Memphis. Since his grandmother lived there, the family made regular trips to that city. When the scene came into focus, he immediately found himself again sitting on a gray table. He instinctively knew that the rest ofhis family were also lying on tables near him. He couldn't see them because his attention was focused on a strange being standing in front ofhim. When he began to speak his voice tookon the nuances ofa younger person. His speech was not as complex as an adult's. He saw the world in simpler terms. He tried to describe the being. P: It'sa... woman. Sort ofa woman. She's not really a woman. She's kind of a woman. D: Wat doyou mean P: She's not like aregular woman. She's a different kind of a woman. D: How is she different? P: She's nice, but her face isall wrinkled. D: Butwomen arewrinkled sometimes. P: This is different. Her face is like elephant skin, gray and lots of wrinkles. She talks sort of with her eyes. She doesn't really talk, but she tells me things with her eyes when she looks at me. te ne . Is she very big? It's hard to say. We're on eye level, and I'm sitting ona table. : What otherfeaturesdoes she have? Mainly what I see is her eyes. They're kind of almond-shaped. They're different from our eyes. They're ... just deep. It's like she feels you when she looks at you. : Does she haveany hair? I'm not sure. All I really notice are the eyes. TH. Deere Mee we wD ee : Howdo you know she'sa woman? : Just the way she feels. Shejust seems like a woman. What is she telling you with her eyes? Not to be afraid. : Why is the restofyourfamily asleep? Discovery ofEarlierContacts 235