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natural recovery of memory or through hypnotic regression Island folklore, "little men" who abducted people were sometimes therapy. referred to as "grey neighbours", and the "greys" also bear a Other common themes emerge as well. The entities are strong resemblance in head and torso structure to the cryptid E/ described by their victims as "drone-like", "robotic", "clinical" Chupacabras. The methodical imps and Djinn that served Satan and so forth, and are also described as "reptilian", "lizard-like" or and Shaitan come to mind as well, and of course Richard Shaver's as having reptilian, birdlike or amphibian-like skin texture. "dero" are similar, especially in their use of high technology. The In many instances, the abduction experience moves to a "cavern Nordics, sometimes seemingly the "enemies" of the grey and rep- city", "cavern world" or "underground base". It is in these latter _ toid types, are often reported as working side by side with them in subterranean places that "hybrid beings"—having "alien", human the underground facilities or labs, which recalls the fact that the or other animal characteristics—have been reported as being seen Nagas were said to look "almost human" and reminds us of the in development, along with cannibalism and the torture of human mercurial dispositions of the aristocratic or Aryan faeries, the beings. One such site has been alleged by several researchers and _ light elves/Tuatha de Danaan. "abductees" as being beneath Archuleta Mesa near Dulce, New Additionally, the apocryphal hybrid offspring of the Nephilim Mexico. In these prolonged episodes, other beings enter the and humans were described in the Book of Lamech and the scene—such as "hybrid" children who are frail, pale and ectomor- Slavonic Book of Enoch as having an extremely Nordic or Aryan phic but generally human in appearance. Some abductees have appearance, and were also said to have a reptilian patch of skin even said that these children look "like fairies"! ("badge of priesthood") on their chests or elsewhere. Other entities are not so harmless, such as a tall "human" type In Celtic Welsh myth, the lord of the underworld of Annwn had with an aristocratic "Aryan" look; these are a "magical cauldron" that produced an end- generally referred to as "Nordics" in the less supply of warriors for him. Was this an UFO literature, and bear more than a slight "Earth mother", "primal womb" archetype, resemblance to the "light elves" and Tuatha or was it instead synonymous with produc- de Danaan of old. Are these the "fairy chil- dren", hybrids and "changelings", all grown ing offspring through gene-splicing, the "cauldron" actually a test tube? Several authors have up and ard at work’ a . : published the theory wate reprois on Ward men are tamiiar as nother type of entity is more sinister in 1 agas, Utukku, Ammut, "dragon kings", both appearance and attitude, described as a that the reptilians are goblins, trolls and so on. They are also often cepalian humanoid ard man or "rep- masters of illusion and described as smelling like rotten eggs or like toid" and ranging from five to eight or nine . . . sulphur. feet in height. These "reptoids" are usually holographic projection Both the reptilians and the greys have in characterised as being "in charge" of the or are physical shape- recent years passed from the UFO research other types, but upon occasion are said to shifters who are realm into "conspiracy" literature, where report to taller, even stranger entities they are said to be involved in "control- that resemble skeletally thin, giant replacing world leaders ling the Earth" or are in the process of 3 government officials "greys" or even giant "mantids”. "taking over". Normal surface humans, paramilitary Several authors have published the and public figures as an insidious "fifth in nature or appearance, are also seen theory that the reptilians are masters of | " column . in these underground areas. illusion and holographic projection or Another interesting factor is that all are physical shape-shifters who are of the entities described go to great replacing world leaders, government lengths to convince their captives that officials and public figures as an insidi- they have come from "far away", from ous "fifth column". Here again are the distant stars, planets and "vibrational changelings of European folklore, the frequencies" or dimensions. They have ologram-utilising dero and the "ser- come all this distance because they are pent men", precisely as described by "worried about humanity", but they put the fiction writer Robert E. Howard in out their heartfelt propaganda as they his pulp-fiction tales of King Kull. stick a huge needle in a woman's abdomen or up someone's nose __ This is by no means a "new idea", revelation or suspicion, but is without even a local anaesthetic. as ancient as the concept of an underworld itself. Yet the biology of all the different types or castes of abductors, as horrific as it might appear to superstitious human eyes, is 3. MEN IN BLACK essentially that of animal forms which are natural to the Earth: This treatise would not be complete without an examination of mammalian and reptilian. Obviously, it is very important to these another mysterious player from the depths: "Men in Black", or beings that such a logical connection not be made. If there is even "MIB". These cool cats figure prominently in both UFO and con- a shred of truth to UFO abduction accounts, then it is more than spiracy literature. Thanks to the excellent work of researchers and apparent that the abductors want their victims and humanity at writers John Keel and the late Jim Keith as well as the work of a large to believe that they are from "somewhere else". While host of others, many small and seemingly inconsequential facts humanity looks continually upward at enigmas in the sky, what is have been obtained from witnesses and preserved. transpiring beneath our very feet? Men in Black seem to fall into two categories: the standard Additional folklore and literature parallels are apparent in the men in black, who may be actual agents of secret government or accounts described. The "greys" are identical to the order-follow- military investigation/disinformation groups; and the MIB, who ing, human-abducting, drone-like Galatur and Ushabtiu of the Keel indicates are somehow in league with or originating from the Sumerian and Egyptian underworld mythologies. In Shetland unseen forces behind the various cryptid or creature sightings as published the theory that the reptilians are masters of illusion and holographic projection or are physical shape- shifters who are and public figures as an insidious "fifth column". 3. MEN IN BLACK This treatise would not be complete without an examination of another mysterious player from the depths: "Men in Black", or "MIB". These cool cats figure prominently in both UFO and con- spiracy literature. Thanks to the excellent work of researchers and writers John Keel and the late Jim Keith as well as the work of a host of others, many small and seemingly inconsequential facts have been obtained from witnesses and preserved. Men in Black seem to fall into two categories: the standard men in black, who may be actual agents of secret government or military investigation/disinformation groups; and the MIB, who Keel indicates are somehow in league with or originating from the unseen forces behind the various cryptid or creature sightings as 62 = NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2001 Several authors have government officials www.nexusmagazine.com