Dark Thoughts: Alien Among the Alien
Not Your Normal Abnormal
Alien abduction has become, if not common, common knowledge to the public. Ever since Betty and Barney Hill were abducted in 1961 we’ve had a very clear image of the experience with each case seeming to confirm the last. But there’s one that stands out for its oddness in a sea of strange. The 1973 Pascagoula abduction.
A “Zipping” Sound
Over the years, the details of the incident have been expanded upon and altered for political and religious purposes so I’m going to try and stick to the basics as originally related. The details are these:
On the night of October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on a pier in the Pascagoula River in Jackson County, Mississippi. Let’s face it, there wasn’t much else to do. While bating his hook, Hickson heard what he described as a “zipping” sound. When he looked up, he and Parker saw a 40 foot long, 10-foot high oval craft with two lights over the water. The craft was making the sound which seemed to paralyze the both of them. Out of the craft came several alien creatures. This is where our story changes from what would be considered the norm.
Instead of the typical Grays, there were three, five-foot-tall creatures. They were gray, yes, but had skin they described as elephant-like and covered in wrinkles. The ears and nose were cone-shaped and they had pincer-like hands. They hovered toward the two, lifted them up with an unseen force, and brought them aboard the craft. At this point Parker had passed out.
Aboard the craft, the two were examined. Again, the original account is shockingly different from the standard abduction. They were examined by a giant eye that seemed to be able to see through them, all the while a buzzing sound kept them from moving and kept their senses dulled. Afterward, they found themselves sitting back on the pier with Parker holding his hands in the air and screaming. For years, Hickson maintained that Parker had suffered severe trauma from the event. Parker vanishing from the spotlight for decades and then emerging with an altered story confirming his religious beliefs would seem to support this statement.
Afterward, they ran to the sheriff’s office and told him what happened.
The Tape
At first glance, this story is too insane to believe. It’s easy to just chalk it up to hoaxing or two drunks. It’s just so out there that even in the bizarre world of UFO’s it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
But then there’s the tape.
You see, before the boys were put in a room for questioning, the Sheriff made sure to put a tape recorder under the table. During a break, he hit record without them knowing, hoping to catch them in the act of keeping their story straight. Instead, it was a tape that disturbed him to the core. It was two men, very frightened, trying to comfort each other after a brush with the unexplained. . .
Further Reading:
Pascagoula Abduction-Wikipedia
Pascagoula Alien Abduction-Aliensthetruth.com
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So here is our last installment of our AI journey exploring the idea of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad wolf being one and the same. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva. Feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this exploration if you missed them.
A non sequitur I know, but I couldn’t resist. If you picked up where we left off you’ll get it.
Seriously?! Again with the cropped off head cop out…
Finally! That was a journey. And not even worth the result, in my opinion.
Anyway, here is a bonus montage I made out of a bunch of additional Red Riding Hood prompts for an article that never happened…
Prompts for Montage:
1.) What if Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf were one and the same being?
2.) Her wolf face peering out of her red cloak, fangs dripping with the blood of another victim, lost in the forest and never found.
3.) Little Red Riding Hood closes in for the kill, lunging from her red cloak, her wolf fangs dripping with blood.
4.) I am Little Red Riding Hood. I am the Big Bad Wolf. I am coming for you.
5.) Howling within, the rage sears forth from the red cloak, discarded in the deep woods. Red Riding Hood succumbs to the lycanthropy.
6.) Heaving breaths. Dripping blood. Red Riding Hood is not what she appears. She is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
7.) Her red cloak masks the fangs hidden below the surface.
8.) It starts with a long sighing breath. Waiting. The wolf within stirs.
9.) Red Riding Hood trembles. She succumbs to the lycanthropy.
10.) The wolf bursts forth from within. It takes over Little Red Riding Hood’s mind, her body, her being.
11.) Red Riding Hood howls. She is ravenous with hunger for blood. The wolf within has taken over. Mind, spirit, body. She feasts on the blood of the moon.
12.) Big Bad Wolf Red Riding Hood ravenous blood moon feast
13.) Blood moon beckons. I. Little Red Big Bad Riding Hood Wolf. Freedom howling night curse.
14.) Beware. Bewolf. BeRedRidingHood. Betwixt. Beyond.
15.) I pad quietly as the forest dissolves around me. Red Riding Hood and Wolf, one and the same.
16.) Wolf within howling dark recesses of the mind, Red Riding Hood lost
17.) Red Riding Hood HOWL wolf bane true existence polymorph within-and-without.
18.) Red howl Riding Wolf dark existence brooding within
So thank you for joining us on another AI art journey. You can still catch the last AI art journey on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
Continuing our AI journey from last time exploring Little Red Riding Hood herself as the Big Bad Wolf… All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
How very… Phantom of the Opera predatory… this is definitely not what I had in mind. Maybe something more cutesy?
Ugh. Maybe not.
Wow, that seems like such a cop out, cropping off the head so you don’t have to depict it. And I don’t want to lose the Little Red Riding Hood reference completely.
So no surprise there, I knew that was too many references to work.
And we continued to devolve, join us again next week for the final installment to see how this ended… And again, if you want to catch the last AI art journey, you can find it on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
And as promised in Big Bad Poetry, we shall embark on our next AI journey, this time looking at Little Red Riding Hood. I had wanted to depict her as the Big Bad Wolf one and the same, although maybe not so big nor bad. But it just wasn’t happening quite as planned. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
So I actually like this even better than my original vision, it is playful and even a bit serene (especially given the Sinister style). The wolf is just being a wolf. It’s quite lovely, really. But it wasn’t what I had in mind, so I revisited the idea later to see if I could get that result…
Well, that’s not quite right…
Yeah more of the same…
And as you can see this is starting to devolve quickly. Join us again next week to see how this continued to develop… And if you want to catch the last AI art journey, you can find it on Haunted MTL here. To see more such devolutions into AI generated art, check out the Will the Real Jennifer Weigel Please Stand Up? blog.
