You're going for a nice, twilight drive
through the countryside.
Suddenly, you're blinded by a
bright, white light.
Everything around you starts shaking,
and then it all goes black.
As your vision fades in and out,
you catch glimpses of what looks like
white surgical rooms,
and 2.7 m (9 ft) figures standing above you.
You find it hard to breathe.
As it gets harder and harder
to understand what's going on,
you wake up.
You are back in the countryside,
but you don't recognize your surroundings.
What day is it?
Were you taken aboard a spaceship?
Will anyone believe you?
This is
Alien encounters have been reported
throughout history.
There are theories that aliens
built the pyramids,
and reported sightings of mysterious
airships over the U.S. in the late 1890s.
It wasn't until the 1960s
that reports of people being abducted
started to arise.
In 1961,
Betty and Barney Hill were driving along
a highway at night in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
They reported seeing a bright
object following them.
When they stopped to see what it was,
Barney Hill says he saw a flying saucer
with half a dozen people in it.
Terrified by this sight,
the Hills sped away,
but felt a strong sense of
drowsiness coming over them.
They woke up 56 km (35 mi)
down the road,
with their clothes and car scuffed.
Since the Hills' report in 1961,
reports of other alien abductions
and interactions have grown.
They range from experiencing lost time
and having unexplained bruises,
all the way to being taken aboard
a spaceship to be examined
and experimented on.
A study in the U.S. showed that at least
Even researchers from the
University of Nottingham in England
suggest that there could be about
36 intelligent civilizations
in just our Galaxy alone.
Being taken anywhere without
your consent can be scary.
But if aliens abduct you,
what should you do
to increase your chances of staying alive?
Many reports of alien abductions
include statements that the abductees were
observed, examined,
and sometimes interrogated.
Your best bet, right at the beginning,
is to comply with what the aliens want.
Since you don't know what to expect
from them,
or what other off-worldly powers
they have,
resisting or upsetting the aliens could
cause you more harm than good.
If you cooperate with them,
then they are likely to let you go
back on your way,
with your memory wiped,
and maybe some unexplained bruises.
Many of the abductees' accounts claim
that the aliens spoke to them
without moving their mouths.
The conversations happened through
mind-to-mind communications.
While complying with aliens
is one thing,
giving away all of Earth's secrets is different.
Don't let them hunt around your mind,
looking for sensitive information.
The moment you give up your information,
your worth to them will drop drastically
so hold onto as many
bargaining chips as possible.
Resisting a telepathic attack could be as
easy as focusing all of your mental energy
and focus on the word
Psychics believe that an effective method
of closing down telepathic conversations is
to imagine a door in your mind.
Then imagine closing and locking the door.
Whatever method you choose
resisting mental probing could
greatly increase your chances of survival.
Chances are, the aliens aren't immune
to the pathogens and bacteria
that humans have spent
centuries becoming resistant to.
Sneezing, coughing, spitting
on, or around the aliens,
could infect them with something
that they have no defense against.
If they are anything like the
aliens in H. G. Wells'
“War of the Worlds,”
infecting the aliens with
the common cold could have
devastating effects
on their immune systems.
They could decide that Earth is not
worth the risk to their health, and leave.
Or they could all die,
and you might become a
hero who saved Earth.
If the aliens turn out to be hostile,
then it's not a bad idea to have some
form of martial arts training under your belt.
There are different descriptions
of what alien bodies are like.
Some abductees say that the aliens are
1.2 to 1.5 m (4 to 5 ft) beings
while others say they are 2.7 m (9 ft) tall.
Some are glowing white,
while others are green in color.
Let's just hope they don't look like this guy.
Either way, learn a martial art
that teaches you how to defend yourself
against opponents of varying sizes.
Judo, for example,
teaches you how to throw and take down
your opponent using their own momentum
and balance, regardless of their size.
You won't even need a weapon.
Once they are down,
you can begin your escape,
and get back to Earth.
If aliens are here to study life on Earth,
you could hope that they do not know how
many different forms of life here interact,
and who is at the top of the food chain.
Hopefully, the aliens will determine
importance by size.
Having a large cow near you
might mean they take the cow and not you.
In 1956, Air Force sergeant
Jonathan Lovette was reported
to have been abducted.
His body was not found
until three days later.
Shockingly, his eyes had been removed,
tongue cut out,
and most confusing of all,
his blood was all gone
without any sign of vascular collapse.
Surgeons at the time marvelled
at the surgical skill required to perform
these operations with such precision.
In the 1970s many gruesome incidents
involving cattle, sheep, horses,
and other animals were reported.
These reports mentioned the
same body mutilations that were found
on Sergeant Lovette.
Similar cases popped up in 2009,
and as late as 2019 in Colorado.
If the aliens are indeed sizeists,
then having a cow around could actually
save you from a horrifying abduction.
While the likelihood of an
alien abduction might be low,
space aliens aren't the only ones
you need to worry about.
Humans are just as capable
at taking hostages as aliens reportedly are.
There's no need to worry though,
because we have a video all about that,
right here on another
How to Survive.
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