Hi,
The east central area of Alabama and the west central area of Georgia comprise what is known as the Troup-Heard Corridor (THC) :
http://www.ufomind.com/place/us/ga/lagrange
Besides the hundreds of UFO sightinings that have taken place in this area, there have been abductions http://isur.com/articles/john_int.html
and reports of such critters as Bigfoot and demons
http://www.isur.com/articles/corridor.html .
GSU
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From: "Dean" [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: >Subject: [allplanets-hollow] Mike Mott's book>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 13:42:20 -0200>>Members,>>Here is a sample of the stuff from Mike Mott's book; you can see why I think>it is so appropriate. The underground abductions which are going on- IMHO->really affect people's lives.>>Dharma/Dean>>>>>THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME>> Norman L. (his name changed at his request), a single father>living in the mountainous region of> North Alabama, is one person who can testify to the truth of>this continued intrusiveness. His> wife had become deeply involved in caving (spelunking), leaving>Norman and their toddler> daughter to care for themselves most of the time. The wife>became engrossed and fascinated> with the past-time of caving, and often reported to her husband>of seeing UFOs during some of> the expeditions made with her hard-partying friends,>multiple-day trips into remote and> sometimes almost-inaccessible areas near "wild" caves and pits.>The marriage began to> deteriorate for a variety of reasons, many of them traceable to>the obsession of the wife for> spelunking; and strange phenomena began to occur around the>house when the wife was> home, or on the rare outing with the family.>> Around nine one evening this family of three paid a visit to a>local department store, one of the> type which incorporates "mart" into its name. This store was>located near a large ridge of> mountains which ran alongside the eastern edge of the town,>mountains which are> honeycombed with caves and pits. The oldest part of the town>itself is said to sit atop an> ancient network of caverns, around which many local legends>revolve. So husband, wife, and> child cruised the aisles of the supermarket, when both adults>became aware of an intense> sense of presence.>> The back corner of the store was unusually dark, as if some of>the lighting were either dimmed> or out. At the end of an intersecting aisle a strange figure>lurked, literally leering at them as> they walked by. According to Norman L., this figure was>hideously malformed, in that he had no> discernable neck, almost no chin, misshapen ears and facial>features, and a decidely evil,> grimacing disposition. His eyes were squinted and piggish, his>head literally "squarish." His> rounded, hunched body was wrapped in very loose clothing,>primarily an immense flannel shirt> which hid the true contours of his body. His attitude was>definitely menacing as he transferred> his gaze from the man, to the child riding in the shopping cart.>He leaned forward as if to get a> better look.>> Norman stepped forward defensively, even though he was filled>with an instinctive revulsion by> this being. He insists that the person they encountered wasn't>human, an opinion that his wife> at the time had concurred with. Norman's take on this strange>voyeur?>> "He simply wasn't a human being. He looked human in a>fundamental, first-glance kinda way,> but he was something else. He had a strong air of evil and hate>about him. He actually looked> like a troll.">> Upon seeing Norman's reaction, the creature slunk back into the>shadows of the aisle and was> soon left behind.>> Over the next year, the marriage dissolved and ended. Norman>ended up with custody of the> daughter, and took her with him everywhere. One night they>visited a below-ground-level> toystore in a local multi-level shopping mall; with the>exception of the sales clerk standing near> the front of the store, they were the only people in the place.>Or so it seemed.>> As his young daughter squatted to play with toys on the bottom>of the shelf, Norman became> aware of another presence. He turned to see a small child>slowing meandering down the aisle> toward them, seemingly a thin little girl of about five or six>years of age. Suddenly this "child"> made a quick move toward his daughter, and Norman scooped her up>and took several steps> back.>> "It wasn't a little girl," he says. "It was wearing a dingy>yellow dress, had a girl's shoes and> socks on, and its hair looked loose on its head, like a straight>black wig, very artificial in> appearance--kind of like a "Prince Valiant (haircut)." Its skin>was abnormally pale, the eyes> wide-set and almost at the side of its head, 'wrapping around>the edge,' sort of. The eyes were> almond-shaped, turning up at the outer edges, but squinty, and>they were pure black or dark> brown. There were no whites to the eyes at all! They were like>ink.">> Thinking that perhaps this being was an unsupervised, malformed>or mentally-handicapped> child, Norman took his daughter and moved over an aisle; the>little being followed them almost> immediately. This was repeated twice, but the being stood off, a>bit warier than before, still> staring fixedly at Norman's daughter. He picked her up and they>looked around the store for the> parent of the "disturbed child," but there was no other shopper>in the place. Aggravated,> Norman complained to the cashier at the front of the store,>asking that he have the parents of> the child come supervise "it.">> The cashier reacted with complete surprise. "You and your>daughter are the only customers in> the store, sir," he said. A quick look determined that this was>in fact so, and no one had exited> by way of the only way of egress in the front of the business. A>quick look through the store by> both men failed to reveal the strange "child.">> Over time, many additional facts came out, largely gleaned from>the daughter, who had been to> visit her mother upon occasion. The child was terrified to make>these visits, indicating that,> among other things, she had been taken into wild, dangerous>caves, leaned over pits (and> allegedly almost dropped into one, to luckily be caught by the>mother's boyfriend), and other> such insanity. Eventually the mother's visitations were>terminated completely, but this raises> the question of motivation and influence--what would lead a>mother to risk the life of her child in> such a callous, almost sacrificial way? The child also witnessed>UFO manifestations during> one of the caving trips with her mother. Since that time, the>girl has grown to be a happy and> healthy teen, and no further instances of this type of encounter>have troubled her, or her father.>> First-hand accounts like this abound. Another account, also from>the mountains of east-central> Alabama, involves a group of children (now adults) who saw what>they termed "a leprechaun,"> following them through the woods one evening. Initially noticed>as he sat atop an outcropping of> mossy rock, this entity hopped down from his perch as the kids>passed, maintaining a> respectful distance, but he paralleled the children for miles,>scaring them badly. He was> described by the now-grown woman and two men as being some two>or three feet in height,> wearing green clothing, and looking quite sinister.>> It's interesting to note that the TAG (a National Speleological>Society term) or> Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia region is considered to be one of the>most densely caverned> areas in North America. Many accounts of mysterious lights,>UFOs, livestock mutilations, and> strange deaths and disappearances have come from this region.>Tales of "haints" and> "boogers" abound in the hills and mountains, and some spelunkers>joke to cover up their fear> when they talk about "hodags," unseen cave entities which cut>rope or pull it up behind cavers> after a descent; drop or throw rocks and boulders; mislead with>mysterious noises; and create> other such strange occurences.>
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