TIME: 5:30 pm
DATE: 15-June-1994
LOCATION: Dollarton Highway, North
Vancouver
PARTICIPANTS: Susan (5), Edward (7),
Kathy (7), Nathan (8)
Mrs.
Karen Manning was busy preparing supper. Her
second floor apartment window was open so that
she could keep an ear open for the children
playing on the grass below.
Suddenly
she noticed that it had gone quiet and no
longer could the voices of the four children
be heard. Glancing out of the window confirmed
her fears, they were nowhere in sight. Dashing
downstairs she found the four huddled inside
the apartment entrance excitedly discussing a
very strange happening. The had just seen a
"flying saucer" and it had tried to catch
Susan!
Karen
promptly separated the four children and had
them draw what they claimed to have seen.
Allowing for age differences and some
schooling the drawings were basically the
same. That of a large, disc shaped craft,
sensationally at a low altitude, over the
highway, in front of the apartment building.
It was shiny, silver and gold, whistling as it
moved.
Collectively
the children told a strange story. A big round
"plane" had crossed the highway and come to a
halt in the sky. It had windows, through which
they saw two blonde haired females looking
out. These two women had panicky expressions
on their faces and tape covering their mouths,
or so the children claimed.
But
far worse than that was the man they saw
standing at the door of this vehicle. He was a
greenish colour, had long pointed ears and
three eyes, the one in the middle of his
forehead emitted a blue light.
Susan
told how a beam of light, "yellow, with
sparkles", emerged from the craft and
proceeded to chase her. She heard a voice say,
"we are going to pick you up and take you".
The other three, standing close by, claim not
to have heard this. The fact of the matter is
Susan attempted to escape the beam of light.
After a chase around the confined grassy area
she was caught, the beam lifted her six inches
off the ground! Susan described the light as
"hot, burning, and cold". It enveloped her
from head to waist. Next she again heard the
same voice, "I’m going to let you go now". She
found herself back on the ground, once again.
At
this point the craft began to move away in a
north westerly direction, over the apartment
building, towards the trees that surround the
building and the power station across the
river, a short distance away.
The
aftermath of this event produced some strange
results. Without exception all the children
were ravenous, yet each child claimed they had
been fed something during the event. One said
it tasted like oranges, another claimed a
taste of curry, a third reminded of rice and
tomatoes, while the fourth said it was greasy.
Despite the "snack bar" indulgence they all
demanded to be fed.....NOW!
When
Kathy’s father, Keith, arrived home around 6
PM and naturally was questioning all the
excitement, he told his daughter that he
intended to notify me immediately, which he
did. His daughter’s response was that it
hadn’t happened to her, but only to the
others. Both he and his wife found this very
strange retraction hardly fitted the described
and witnessed circumstances.
It
was Keith’s opinion that the five year old
Susan was the most credible person, in so far
as she hadn’t learnt to lie. The young lady
told Keith that it had all happened as
described and that she was scared, " because
they are going to come back for me".
For
reasons that seem to be lacking, Susan who had
previously been a very nervous child suddenly
became very confident., whereas Kathy, who
beforehand had confidence to a degree,
wouldn’t go anywhere without being
accompanied, not even the bathroom.
Six
months prior to this event, Kathy began
producing very proficient art work. This
comprised thirty pictures of a face. Detailed
"fairy" drawings with a rainbow effect. Two
months prior to the described UFO sighting she
stated a desire to study astronomy. Susan had
also related to her parents dreams of floating
near the ceiling of her room.
Assuming
that the events took place at that time and
location then we are left with an additional
mystery. The craft witnessed by the four
bright children was apparently hovering over
the north end of the Second Narrows bridge.
This all took place during the rush hour and
yet, once again, no one else saw this
supposedly solid craft, stationary at around
50-100 feet up. No reports of stopped traffic,
no reports period.
Yet
another one act play, for a very select
audience?
Addendum: Kathy’s father,
Keith, is originally from another country.
Some years ago whilst in Quito, Ecuador, he
has reason to believe he and a companion were
involved in an abduction situation. His son,
Harold, has reported a strange light inside
the house that during the night seemed to lure
him to it. He claims he resisted its efforts.
Later this same young man reported seeing a
UFO close to his grandparents home in North
Vancouver.
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