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understand, but suggests a technology is involved. If animals on this planet are affected by this need, and there is a So, for the crop circles and the animal mutilations, we have focus on tissue, fluids and genetic material from cattle, horses and been doing scientific studies and we are finding hard physical other domestic animals, then the ranchers and farmers certainly data. It is irrefutable physical data that something is happening have a right to say, "But not my property!" That is one of the that is pointing toward a sophisticated technology. things people don't realise. There is an economic loss that has The crop circles and the animal mutilations are hard physical enraged farmers and ranchers. evidence of something extraordinary. They are not hoaxes. The human attitude in all this is to say, "If there is something That's not to say that some people have not gone out with boards _ out there that has a problem, and it needs something from our and strings and laid down formations. Certainly they have. Yet, planet to help it survive, why doesn't it deal with us directly? when Dr Levengood looked at the plants from known hoaxes, Why isn't it straightforward?" I've talked with ranchers who have they did not have the fundamental biophysical or biochemical said, "Look, if there's something in outer space that needs my changes in the cells. You cannot change the respiratory rate inthe cow, I'm happy to help, but it has got to trade with me like we do cells of plants by simply stomping on them with feet or boards. on this planet." CF: As we all know, there are many pieces to this puzzle we I think that brings the situation right down to what humans call "contact", and we have to would like; that is, that whatev- look at all of them if we hope er intelligence we are dealing to make sense of any of this. When I was thinking of ques- tions to ask you about animal mutilations, I was leery that my readers would find the subject very scary, maybe even horri- fying. This could be particular- ly true for the portion of Contact Forum readers experi- encing contacts or abductions. You mentioned the link between animal mutilations and human encounters. Could you explain that link in more details so it may put aside some of the personal fear that one may feel when hearing about these accounts? LMH: My first book, An Alien Harvest, was subtitled Further Evidence Linking Animal Mutilations and Human Abductions to Alien Life Forms, because that's where the evidence, facts and eyewit- sideration. ness reports lead. For people CF: Has there ever been a who say, "But the animal mutilations are so scary that linking report of an animal-type mutilation on a human? with—whether you are an abductee, whether you're a rancher who's got unusual ani- mal deaths, whether you're a farmer who's got a gigantic 460- foot crop formation in the mid- dle of his field—whatever the phenomenon, humans would like to understand the motive. We would like to have some kind of straightforward dialogue with this intelligence. We would like to be dealing in the barter system like we do on this planet. It may be naive on our part. It may be we are dealing with an intelligence so advanced, so complex, so sophisticated that, even if it had some kind of a survival problem, just straight one-on-one communication with human beings may not even be possible. That is a distinct con- — a —— a Linda Moulton Howe investigating a mysterious 420-foot-long crop formation in Cherhill, England, on 8 August 1993. them to the human abduction syndrome would terrify people," I LMH: No. Not in any of the cases I've investigated. On the can only give myself as evidence and proof. I've been out in pas- _issue of fear—fear of this phenomenon and fear of what's happen- tures alone, all over the United States and other parts of the world _ ing in terms of the unusual animal deaths—my personal opinion is as far away as Peru. I have been investigating unusual phenome- _ that humans have nothing to be afraid of. oo na, including the animal mutilations, since 1979 and I am still here. Nothing physically has ever happened to me. The ranchers Correspondence: I have interviewed in literally hundreds of cases now—who have Please address correspondence to: Linda Moulton Howe, seen either discs set down in their pastures or light in their pas- LMH Productions, PO Box 300, Jamison, PA 18929-0300, tures, or even encountered what they describe as non-human USA. Fax: +1 (215) 491 9842. Toll-free information for books beings—are still here. Their families are unharmed. and videos: 1-800 707 9993. E-mail: LMH333 @AOL.com. There is something about whatever this phenomenon is, that it All photos courtesy of Linda Moulton Howe Productions and is treating animal populations very differently than it isthe human _can be found in Howe's Glimpses of Other Realities (1994). population. When it comes down to the insights from the men, women and children who have been involved in the human abduc- LINDA MOULTON HOWE DOWN-UNDER tion side of things, and in the cases that featured in An Alien Australian readers may be interested to note that Linda Harvest, the abductees involved got the distinct impression that | Moulton Howe will touring Australia after her presentation at the what was going on with the mutilations had something to do with — annual NEXUS Conference in Sydney on 24-25 May. Details of this other intelligence's survival. It is a story of great need on the _ talks, etc. will be announced in NEXUS April-May issue. If you part of something out there. And that need may be in the form of _ are a local organiser, feel free to contact us to discuss having some kind of sustenance. Linda speak in your area. Phone Duncan on (07) 5442 9280. Correspondence: Please address correspondence to: Linda Moulton Howe, LMH Productions, PO Box 300, Jamison, PA 18929-0300, USA. Fax: +1 (215) 491 9842. Toll-free information for books and videos: 1-800 707 9993. E-mail: LMH333 @AOL.com. All photos courtesy of Linda Moulton Howe Productions and can be found in Howe's Glimpses of Other Realities (1994). LINDA MOULTON HOWE DOWN-UNDER Australian readers may be interested to note that Linda Moulton Howe will touring Australia after her presentation at the annual NEXUS Conference in Sydney on 24-25 May. Details of talks, etc. will be announced in NEXUS April-May issue. If you are a local organiser, feel free to contact us to discuss having Linda speak in your area. Phone Duncan on (07) 5442 9280. NEXUS -71 FEBRUARY - MARCH 1997