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how the car got into the field, let alone how it ended up on its back, with its roof crushed in. American population had more than likely undergone an abduction experience - that adds up to about 5 million Americans. Other Symptoms: The lack of memory of these somewhat traumatic experi- ences often serves to create mini-phobias. These sometimes manifest in the form of an unusual dread of a place, a stretch of road, a room etc. In some cases they manifest as a fear of various animals. One woman, for example, had a incredible fear of rats. When asked how she pictured rats, she replied "on my shoulder" - clearly an unusual answer. It was suggested that a rat on her shoulder would probably cause fear because of . its sharp teeth, but the woman replied that it was the big black eyes that caused her the unexplainable dread. Another example given, was of a man who had a unnatural dread of sharks. Budd suggested that this is not surprising, after all sharks are very fierce, and have a huge gaping mouth with rows of big teeth. This man replied, "no, it is the greyish colour of the skin, and those eyes ...". It turns out that the man had not been in the ocean since the age of five years old, which was the time he had disappeared from the beach for some time, and had kept his parents looking for him. What's more, according to Budd, there is no reason why this figure should not apply to other countries - Australia included! Missing Time Experiences Many of us can probably remember a day or so, when ‘time got away from us’, but some of the examples given by Mr Hopkins are quite different. * Consider the young couple driving back on the highway from New Jersey, where they had just spent a wonderful weekend. One moment it was a bright sunny, Sunday after- noon - the next instant it was pitch dark, and they found themselves in the middle of some field, still in their car, with no lights or engine on. It took some time for them to drive across this field, find a little dirt track leading to a small road, which eventually took them back onto the highway. They had lost nearly six hours. Needless to say this was a very upsetting experience for them. * One man, who it turns out had several abduction experi- - ences, worked in a bakery for a large supermarket on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It was late at night, and he an a friend had just had a coffee break. They returned from their break at about 2.15am, and began to remove the bread from the refrigerator (where the cool temperature stops the bread from swelling). The next thing they remember was that it was 4.00 am, and 250 loaves of bread had swollen and spoiled. * An ex-policeman in England, driving along at 3am, on a quiet road in a district he knows well. The next thing he knows, he was stunned, in pain and the car was upside down, lying in a nearby field, directly opposite the road he had been driving along some hours earlier. No-one knows It was pointed out that when we experience something we don't or can't comprehend - our inbuilt system of denial will often ‘kick in’ to deal with it. For example, one case Budd was dealing with, was with a woman, whose little boy had vividly described little people with big eyes in his room, had described being taken away, he had strange marks and scars on his body etc. Budd asked the mother if anything unusual had ever hap- pened to her. "Oh no", she replied, “except that was this one time, when late at night I woke up to find myself laying hor- izontal to the floor, about five feet in the air, and falling. I was over near the comer of the room, and fell onto a chair, which was quite painful." Budd asked her if she had any explanation for this event. She answered that although she had never been known to sleep walk, she must have been walking in her sleep, gotten up onto the bed, made a tremendous jump, catching her feet in the blankets which made her feet go up in the air, and causing her to fly across the room for 6 or 7 feet onto the chair. That's some sleepwalker! GALACTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY «+ Now! REPEAT AFTER ME! THERE 1S NO SUCH THING AS WUMANS! THERE IS NO SUCK THING AS WUMANS 1 DD Nor see one! This was particularly interesting, as I have spo- ken to several women who have had very pro- nounced ‘phantom pregnancies’. A 'phantom pregnancy’ as I understand the term, occurs when a woman finds herself displaying all the signs of being pregnant, but some time later finds herself not pregnant. This does not relate to miscarriages which are entirely different. One case Budd has been dealing with involved a woman who had not been with anyone for over six months, yet found herself to be two months preg- nant. This was confirmed by blood and urine tests. She booked herself in for an abortion, but a couple of nights prior to the operation, she woke up and found herself unable to move her body. 44eNEXUS Phantom Pregnancies DECEMBER-JANUARY '93