Episode 12 - Alien Abductions
The phenomenon, as documented by researchers, journalists, and skeptics alike, over the years, has become pretty well defined in terms of key aspects, and has led to an array of collected testimonies, assertions to either the validity or the incredulity of the phenomenon, and even the occasional conspiracy theory or two.
The terms alien abduction or abduction phenomenon describe "subjectively real memories of being taken secretly against one's will by apparently nonhuman entities and subjected to complex physical and psychological procedures".
Most discussion of the phenomenon focuses on trying to explain the experiences either through proof of the extraterrestial or through mundane terrestial influences and psychological basis. But what about the rest of us? What explains our fascination with alien abduction stories? Why do we want it to be the subject of our movies, tv shows and books? Perhaps it is because it speaks to a root fear. A fear of the unknown.
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Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
https://www.mufon.com/travis-walton-abduction---1975.html
https://www.mufon.com/betty--barney-hill-abduction---1961.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Vilas_Boas
http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-abduction-and-kidnapping
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0887618516300469
https://www.somewhereintheskies.com/
https://audioboom.com/channels/4938828
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Alien_abduction
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201611/study-fear-the-unknown-compounds-many-anxiety-disorders
http://www.look4ward.co.uk/weird/tales-of-fairies-modern-concept-of-alien-abduction-experience/
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