Aliens seem to be all the rage once again, this despite the fact that the big Spielgerg movie failed to live up to box office expectations. With an introductory paragraph like that you may surmise that I have a few otherworldly tales to share about visitors from a far away galaxy. Bit that isn’t the case. Sure an alien was abducted (imagine that) from the Hatfield-McCoy Trail here in Mercer County a few weeks ago, but the big green visitor was later located and safely returned to his display location along the Pocahontas Trail. But the truth is out there, as that old television show used to proclaim, and here it is. The same alien currently on display at the Hatfield-McCoy Trail here in Mercer County can be purchased on any given Saturday at the Route 52 flea market, provided you’ve got enough cash to purchase the big green fella with. Speaking of aliens, I do have a “grey” that hangs out at the house, but she’s a cat. Since she is mostly grey, I call her “Grey” and sometimes “Miss Grey.” And she seems perfectly fine with that name. In fact, all she cares about is food and jumping in the house any time I open the door. Never let a cat in the house by the way. Because once they get inside they never want to leave. Here’s another truth. Drones are often mistaken as unidentified flying objects, but just like the alien at the flea market, drones can also be purchased at most stores. Both smaller hobbyist drones and the more expensive, elaborate drones. So if you want to confuse your neighbor or make them think that an otherworldly object is hovering above the house, a drone will mostly do the job. No aliens required. I got a drone as a Christmas gift last year. It came from Temu. It does actually fly, but once it is airborne, it almost always crashes. The cats hate the drone too. Let’s talk about Hollywood for a second too. Those directors and producers who are paid big bucks to entertain us have also been doing a lousy job of that simple task for a number of years now. It appeared, at least initially, that “Disclosure Day” might be something unique and entertaining. Now I will admit that the movie trailers to Stephen Spielberg’s big alien movie were certainly interesting, but sometimes movie trailers are actually better than the full movies that they are based upon. Such was the case with “Disclosure Day,” which promised a big alien invasion but instead delivered greys masquerading as harmless animals. Probably not what most folks were expecting from the movie. But that elk was prominently showcased in the trailers, so I guess we should have seen this coming. Others, including those who are card-carrying members of the conspiracy theory club, argue that movies such as this one are simply preparing the masses for a real life reveal of alien life or a looming alien invasion in the real world. OK. Let’s just hope that the aliens aren’t disguised as animals if that does happen. I would hate for my grey to be an actual grey. Have I seen strange, unidentified objects, in the night sky before? Well maybe. I remember years ago seeing what looked like a fireball tracking through the night sky in McDowell County. And while at the beach last month, we were all perplexed by a strange, almost stationary structure, that was visible high above the beach. It kind of looked like a kite, but how did it get that high into the air? And why wasn’t it moving? How can you keep a kite that high in the air for so long without it moving? I was certainly perplexed by what I saw, but most of the other tourists in town on that particular day seemed unfazed by the strange site high above. So I joked that it was a portal to another dimension that had opened high above the beach and moved on. Not giving it any further thought. So as for a disclosure of alien life, I will confess that’s about all I know. Greg Jordan, who wrote for this newspaper for a number of years before his retirement, was a little more up to speed than I am on the search for alien life and Big Foot, in particular. In fact, Greg wrote countless columns over the years about his search for Big Foot, extraterrestrial life and otherworldly events. If I had to guess, he’s probably at home right now writing a book about something similar. I can’t say that I’ve ever seen Big Foot. Nor do I have a desire to. But I will occasionally keep my eyes to the night sky just in case there is something out there to see. But so far, other than the strange portal to another dimension high above the North Carolina beach, there hasn’t been much alien activity to report about.
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