“Look at all the tentacles!” I told my youngest daughter, who giggled as she marveled at the Pacific Giant Octopus writhing before us. We were…
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The Truth is Out There
I loved watching the X-Files in my teen and young adult years (yes, I am that old!). The long-running series featured every pseudoscience and urban legend it could find, from liver-eating coccoon mutants to the Jersey Devil. But no show about the mysteries of reality would be complete without aliens.
Aliens have long been a staple of Science Fiction, and American culture in particular seems fascinated with their existence. Some say they are here already, kidnapping people and experimenting on them, mutilating cattle, and of course manipulating historical events. And yet when it comes to producing conclusive proof, UFO believers have yet to produce anything that can’t be explained by natural phenomena, alcohol consumption, or simple human paranoia.
As far as we know, we are alone in the universe. But that may soon change.