Alien abductions are a hot topic in ufology. These incidents typically involve individuals who claim that they have been taken by aliens, often against their will, and subjected to various experiments or investigations.
The experiences are usually characterized by missing time, strange dreams or memories, physical marks, and a deep sense of trauma or confusion. While mainstream science often dismisses these stories as sleep paralysis, psychological disorders or hoaxes, many researchers and experts believe that alien abductions are real phenomena.
Gare Allen is an author known for his work on paranormal topics, including alien abductions. His writings delve into various aspects of the phenomenon, drawing on both his own experiences and the broader body of research and testimony regarding extraterrestrial encounters. Allen’s approach combines personal stories, scientific research and metaphysical perspectives.
One of the key areas in which Gare Allen contributes to the discussion of alien abductions is his research into the emotional and psychological toll these experiences take on individuals.
Abductees often report feelings of fear, confusion and helplessness, both during and after the encounters. Some experience long-term trauma, similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while others develop a fascination or obsession with the phenomenon, seek more information, or even experience repeated abductions.
Under hypnosis, many unfortunate abductees recall terrifying memories of gruesome encounters with aliens and painful physical experiments.
Their memories include time spent aboard an alien spacecraft while paralyzed, often by invisible restraints, frozen in cold, metal beds. They often recall images of strange and gray-colored aliens peering and examining them, seemingly searching for scientific information.
An understandable rejection of these memories is preferred to acceptance of the terrifying reality of kidnapping and invasive procedures. However, other evidence of alien abduction can be found outside of hypnosis, in the waking state.
1. Unexplained blood
Alleged abductee Sylvia Wineroth, now in her mid-forties, underwent mild hypnosis and recalled multiple abductions by short, gray creatures in the summer of 1999. She explains one of the reasons she sought regression therapy to find out the truth.
“Every night when I went to sleep, I covered myself completely with the bedding. But I started waking up in the morning and laying on my sheets and blanket. Several times I looked down and saw little red spots near my feet. When I looked closer, I discovered it was blood. I looked all over my legs but couldn’t find any wounds or cuts. I then inspected my entire body for the source of the blood, but found nothing that could explain it.”
Although she noted no visible signs of bleeding, a visit to the doctor after an attack of vertigo would reveal a possible explanation.
“After I almost fainted from dizziness, my son took me to the doctor. They ran tests and discovered I was bleeding out.” Exsanguination is a serious loss of blood.
2. Sleepwalking
Millions of people have reported witnessing their loved ones sleepwalking. A common belief is that the mind continues to work while the body rests, directing the body to complete tasks that may be planned for the next day or simply out of desire.
Abductees have reported a sudden experience of sleepwalking. Family and significant others found them in various places in their home and escorted them safely back to their bed. Upon waking, they had no memory of their movements or actions throughout the house.
In Sylvia’s case, her sleepwalking episodes became so frequent that her son, Brian, would not retreat to his bedroom until his mother had taken her nightly walk. He explained that she performed the same action every time.
“My mother always walked out of her bedroom with a terrified look. She rubbed her hands together as if she were freezing, trying to warm herself even though the temperature in the house was pleasant. I could hear her mumbling to herself saying, “It’s time to go, it’s time to go.”
Every night for months, she walked out of her bedroom and straight to the hall closet. Without opening her hands, she hit the doorknob and became frustrated because the closet door wouldn’t open.
“I gently guided her back to her bed where she fell asleep again. After many weeks, I decided to find out why she was so eager to crawl into that closet during her sleepwalking episodes. One evening I purposefully left the closet door open.
“As usual, she came out of her room around midnight and went straight to the closet. I watched as she reached down with her hands still pressed together and used the tips of her fingers to lift a briefcase from the floor of the small closet. Where did she think she was going?”
3. Lost time
A common feeling associated with kidnappings is a loss of time. Abductees have reported missing minutes or hours and, in some extreme cases, days when they cannot explain or remember their whereabouts. Sylvia has experienced many such incidents and described one of the most startling incidents.
“I was invited to lunch by one of my best friends who was in town on business and I remember being so excited to see her. After I got dressed, I walked to the front door.
“It was half past twelve and the restaurant was only a ten minute drive away, so I was confident I would be on time for our one o’clock lunch appointment. I remember taking my keys out of my bag and reaching for the front door handle. The next thing I knew, I woke up on my bed, with my keys still in my hand, and the time on my alarm clock was 3:20 PM. I had lost almost three hours.”
Sylvia quickly walked to her phone and checked the messages on her machine.
“My boyfriend had called me twice wondering where I was because I had obviously missed our lunch together. To this day I still don’t know what to tell her.”
4. Medical dreams
Another common sign of possible abduction is the occurrence of dreams in which the sleeping person is undergoing some form of treatment or procedure. Often terrifying and always confusing, abductees explain that they not only see the dream images, but are also subjected to the action of poking, prodding, cutting and invasive needles.
Usually the dreamer is a frozen witness to the horrific torture, paralyzed and unable to even call for help. Sylvia remembered one of her many medical dreams.
‘The most disturbing dream, or nightmare I should say, was one where I looked up into the darkness. There was no light anywhere around me, but I could hear movement and whispers. A second later I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.
“I wanted to reach for my stomach, but I couldn’t move. Then I woke up from the dream, sitting in my bed with my hands on my stomach, crying. The pain in my stomach was so overwhelming that I vomited several times over the next hour. I had no idea what was going on, but I was sure something had been done to me.” Alternatively, she also remembers another nightmare that had a much more pleasant outcome.
“In another nightmare, I again found myself in complete darkness and felt long needles being inserted into my eyes. I can’t even count how many times the sharp needles went into my eyeballs. The next morning I grabbed my glasses on the bedside table and noticed that my vision was much less blurry and although I didn’t have a perfect spot, I was able to get through the day without needing my glasses. Those up there fixed my vision.”
5. Bright lights
During hypnosis, alleged abductees have been known to react with extreme fear at the memory of a bright light appearing in front of them or shining through one of the windows of their home. This incident has been documented by regression therapists as a precursor to the actual abduction and, understandably, causes panic and anxiety in their patients.
Sylvia is no stranger to bright lights.
“Under hypnosis, I remembered being lifted out of my bed and almost blinded by a bright, white light. I would only see it for a second before I lost consciousness and woke up again on the cold, metal bed. Once I remembered the light, I was forced to stay home when it was dark outside.
“Headlights, street signs and anything bright sent a shiver down my spine and I froze in fear. It’s hard to explain, but I was filled with a strong sense of fear that something bad would happen to me. It’s been years since I left the house after dark.” Sylvia talks about the time she spent the night in a hotel.
“My son and I were traveling to visit his sister, my daughter. We drove for a day and then spent the night in a hotel. I went to bed early and fell asleep quickly while my son slept in the adjoining room. The next morning I woke up on the floor. My nightgown was torn in the back and put back on inside out. At first I felt like I had been attacked, but the door to the hallway and to my son’s room was locked from the inside and I was alone.
“After I calmed down, I got dressed and we went downstairs for breakfast. As I walked past the hotel reception, I heard two guests complaining about the bright, white lights flashing through their windows in the middle of the night. The receptionist apologized but explained that there were no lights on outside the hotel. He was sure of it because he worked all night and had been there since midnight.”
Allen suggests that these experiences may have a deeper purpose or meaning, possibly related to the evolution of human consciousness or the awakening of latent psychic abilities.
Some abductees report profound spiritual insights or a heightened sense of connection to the universe after their encounters, which Allen interprets as evidence that these experiences may be part of a larger, cosmic plan.
Whether or not you believe in alien abductions actually happening, the signs often go unexplained and the associated fear is very, very real.
