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THE DEEP DWELLERS Age-old stories of underworld beings interacting with humanity have parallels with modern-day reports of abducting aliens and mysterious Men in Black. Part 3 of 3 RE-INVENTION, PARANOIA AND DECEPTION 2. THE MASKS MAY CHANGE, BUT THE PLAY'S THE SAME he final three decades of the 20th century have been filled with rumours: con- spiracy theories about alien abductions, plots for world domination shared between aliens and secret government, Illuminati cabals and the like. Several interesting variations on age-old theories have permeated the field of ufology and conspiracy literature alike, and in many places the two have overlapped and in fact have completely blurred into one. These latter areas are of particular interest and significance to the study at hand. One of the most commonly reported manifestations of "alien invaders" are the EBE (extraterrestrial biological entities) type, commonly called "greys". These beings are the variety most often reported in abduction accounts, and they are highly ectomorphic with scrawny, underdeveloped limbs and bodies, oversized heads and extraordinarily large black eyes (some abductees have reported these to be actually "reptilian" or "birdlike" eyes with slit pupils, the "blackness" only a protective artificial film, like sunglasses). They are from three to five feet in height, averaging around four feet tall. Again, their very physiology gives away their origins, for large protruding eyes with large slit pupils and needing an artificial protective covering would be hard to equate with a race that has mastered, and perhaps been genetically prepared for, interplanetary or interstellar travel. Outer space is an extremely bright, radiation-filled environment. The type of eyes described are those of a creature that spends most of its time in the darkness, as they are designed for optimum light reception. The shaded coverings, for venturing out into the surface world, are really self-explanatory. Similarly, their bodies, small and easily manoeuvrable through tight spaces, with small surface area and a minimum of body-weight, are ideal for an underground environment. Their method of locomotion, generally described as "shuffling", with "hips moving strangely" or "sideways", is another indication that they have developed in a relatively cramped place or even one where tunnels are commonplace. They are often described as smelling "musty", "like a snake" or "like rotten eggs". This type of entity allegedly abducts unfortunate human beings and conducts medical or genetic testing on them, sometimes removing sperm and ova for use in "hybridisation experiments" or for purposes unknown. The abductions almost always take place under cover of darkness (doubly helpful to the molesters, since the "harmful" sun has set and people are drowsy or asleep). The victim is taken into a UFO (usually disc-shaped or shaped like a child's spinning- top) for experimentation and also for a form of indoctrination consisting of intense three- dimensional audiovisual presentations. The primary message of these presentations seems to deal with a concern over human destruction of the Earth's biosphere and biodiversity (recall the recurrent "faerie" interest in the same thing—a steady supply of genetic materi- als). This becomes even more telling when it is recalled that the first underground atomic tests were concurrent with the resurgence of "witnessed activity" of UFOs on a previously unprecedented scale. Those tests may have rattled more than a few windows in the desert! During the medical aspect of the abduction, local anaesthetics are seldom if ever used, and the victim is left with a type of post-traumatic stress syndrome which at first is marked by amnesia and mental distress or unease, sometimes followed by nightmares, self- imposed social isolation and eventually a total recall of the experience, either through by Wm Michael Mott © 2000 Email: mottimorph@earthlink.net Website: http://mpi.mpi-softtech.com/~mott JUNE — JULY 2001 NEXUS = 61 www.nexusmagazine.com