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I discovered ATS yesterday by accident while researching Budd Hopkins. Back in the early '80's, I sent a written account to his organization of what I remember about possibly being abducted in 1976. I am interested in everything that has ever been written about alien abductions but I am especially interested in the feeling safe during the experience. The following is what I wrote in 1980:

"In the first second it registered that someone in a space suit was doing something to my leg. I think I started to panic but then he looked at me through the helmet. After that, I only remember thinking that his eyes were kind, like Jesus. I felt completely safe. I don't know what happened after that. But I remember those two or three seconds like it was yesterday. At the time, I didn't know whether it was a man or an alien. He was the same size as a human but I couldn't see inside the helmet. I couldn't see his eyes so I don't understand why I thought his eyes were kind. Prior to that memory I remember seeing a huge bright light in the sky for a split second and then I came to for those few seconds and saw the spaceman and felt the "euphoria" - and then I lose time. I know it was at least 24 hrs before I thought about what happened and looked at my leg. That's when I saw a semi-circular, very thin bruise mid-calf on my left leg. I knew then that I wasn't supposed to have come to. But what's scary to me is that when I did wake up, they immediately somehow made me feel at peace and safe. Plus I don't remember how I got home or when. My next memory is the next day after I had apparently been up for a while and all of a sudden, I remembered. I must have stared at my leg for an hour before I could move again."

Throughout the years, I told very few people of my experience. I am retired now and have decided to try and make sense of what happened because I don't think I imagined it and I don't think that thousands of other "experiencers" are all crazy.

Welcome to ATS...you'll find many people with similar experiences here. Hope you find the answers you are looking for.

Des

BTW.. I'm a huge Budd Hopkins fans

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Welcome to the site I second what Des said, theres loads of people on here who will want to chat about (or troll about) your experience, par for the course im afraid, have fun!