tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post2040975941442040427..comments2024-03-19T11:13:40.642-07:00Comments on A Different Perspective: Alien Abduction in Pop CultureKRandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-89396213178312012642008-06-11T16:24:00.000-07:002008-06-11T16:24:00.000-07:00Kevin,I went to a MUFON meeting last night. A talk...Kevin,<BR/>I went to a MUFON meeting last night. A talk was given on abductions. There was no mention of you book "The Abduction Enigma" during the talk. Afterward, I asked the about your book to the presenter who responded that you "cherry picked" abduction cases that fit your theory, and rejected cases that were more enigmatic.Rmoyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05139810951189201185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-9419715035522966202008-05-11T13:27:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:27:00.000-07:00Please remember that all I'm saying here is that t...Please remember that all I'm saying here is that the cultural elements of alien abduction existed prior to the first reported abductions. I'm not saying that they caused it, only that they might have influenced it.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the Hills suffered some sort of trauma, but it wasn't necessarily alien abduction. The roots of their trauma might have been elsewhere. Please not the qualificaitons. I'm not saying that these other, terrestrial explanations are correct, only that we need to look at it to understand the whole picture.<BR/><BR/>Finally, Simon said what he believed to be the truth and Mack got into trouble, not for studying alien abduction but for violating research protocols. And also remember that this was all ended in his favor. He suffered no real trouble for his beliefs... unlike some of us who are attacked for suggesting that we look everywhere for our explanations and not just at the extraterrestrial.KRandlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-34496601104720770152008-05-04T06:42:00.000-07:002008-05-04T06:42:00.000-07:00Of course Simon denied the Hills were really taken...Of course Simon denied the Hills were really taken by aliens. Had he accepted that story, it would've been the end of him professionally. Colleagues would've considered him crazy. Even many years later, Mack incurred ridicule, despite the fact that the abduction phenomenon was no longer new and was beginning to gain some acceptance.starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884942748644499035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-2172468728169743632008-05-03T18:43:00.000-07:002008-05-03T18:43:00.000-07:00This article caused me to get out the book again a...This article caused me to get out the book again and reread some of it.<BR/><BR/>It's a slightly different sub-topic, but I must admit that the part about people without proper borders is very to the point. It may not fit every scenario, but I definitely agree that certain people could be coached into having more and more dreams, hence made to believe they are continually being re-abducted, as a direct result of continuing "therapy".Bob Kofordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739226809252915992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-36070735070764661602008-05-01T04:37:00.000-07:002008-05-01T04:37:00.000-07:00Kevin:What your conjecture presents is a chicken/e...Kevin:<BR/><BR/>What your conjecture presents is a chicken/egg scenario: which came first.<BR/><BR/>It's possible (and possible is the operative word) that the writers for movies, SciFi magazines, and TV shows did not generate their abduction tales ex nihilo, from nothing.<BR/><BR/>The tales had to have precursors, and where did those precursors come from?<BR/><BR/>Did abductions take place and writers got their ideas from them somehow, or did writers come up with an original concept (alien abduction) that spread like wildfire in the SciFi community.<BR/><BR/>I'm no big fan of the abduction phenomenon, but something happened to the Hills, and others, that needs more than the cultural stretch you propose.....although your views resonate well with us UFO agnostics.<BR/><BR/>Rich Reynolds<BR/>UFO Iconoclast(s), etc.RRRGrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875523970644487204noreply@blogger.com