Subject: What Is A Skywalker? Part 2. Jan. 31, 2008.
Last night on the Coast to Coast radio show they
played an old program that covered this same subject
that is in these series of postings.
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But this was no bear. It was, according to the
Gormans, nearly invisible, resembling the camouflaged
being in the movie Predator. The visitor was so scared,
he grabbed on to Gorman and wouldn't let go. He left the
ranch and has never returned.
Other creatures and beings were also seen, including
exotic, multicolored birds that were certainly not
native to the region and could not be identified. There
were numerous close encounters with dark, nine-foot-tall
beasts that resembled a Bigfoot or Sasquatch. (More on
those incidents will follow.)
As if those visual experiences weren't enough, the
family claims its other senses were also challenged by
assorted weird events. They often were overwhelmed by
strong musk odors. The pastures would unexplainably
light up at night like a football stadium. They claim
to have seen shafts of light that seemingly emanated
from the ground, They (and others) say they heard what
sounded like heavy machinery operating under the earth.
And they heard voices. Tom, his son and his nephew
remember hearing a loud, disembodied conversation in
some unintelligible language. The disembodied male
voices spoke in what the witnesses say was a mocking
tone and sounded like they were emanating from 20 or
more feet above their heads, but they saw nothing. The
dogs accompanying the three witnesses growled and
barked at the voices, then took off in a panic.
There were physical manifestations that aren't easily
explained. While checking on his herd in the third
homestead, Gorman noticed that someone had dug up his
pasture. Hundreds of pounds of soil had been scooped
out of the ground. The edges of the hole resembled
perfect, concentric circles, as if someone had dropped
a gigantic cookie cutter on the pasture. Several
smaller scoop marks were also found.
The Gormans also report phenomena similar to crop
circles. One formation found in their pasture consisted
of three circles of flattened grass. Each circle was
approximately eight feet in diameter, and they were
arranged in a triangular pattern, with each circle
about 30 feet from the others. Keep in mind, there is
only one road leading into the ranch. Anyone coming
in or going out would almost certainly be noticed
by the Gormans or their neighbors.
UFOs and other aerial oddities
In the spring of 1995, the Gormans started seeing
strange things in the sky. While out checking on their
cattle, Gorman and his nephew spotted what they
thought was a recreational vehicle parked on the
property. They approached it, figuring the driver
might be having mechanical trouble. As they got
closer, the RV moved silently away from them. They
moved closer, it moved further away. They climbed a
fence to get a better look at it, and that's when
they knew this was no Winnebago. The craft rose
above the treetops and slowly flew away, making no
sound as it departed. It certainly wasn't a
helicopter. The witnesses had a clear view and say
the object was shaped like a refrigerator, with a
single light on its front and a red light on the back.
Before long, everyone in the family was seeing
weird aerial objects. Mrs. Gorman says something
that resembled a stealth fighter, but ringed with
blinking disco lights, silently hovered about 20 feet
above her vehicle before zipping off. Each family
member had repeated sightings of a cloud that usually
hovered just outside the property. The cloud was
characterized as having "blinking Christmas tree
lights" or "silent, mini-explosions" inside. Among
the other aerial craft seen by the Gormans, their
neighbors and other witnesses were classic
flying-saucer objects, flying sombreros, shafts of
light similar to fluorescent light bulbs and a
cigar-shaped craft several football fields long.
By far the most common objects they witnessed were
floating spheres of different sizes and colors. In
1995 and 1996, the Gormans and others reported 12
separate incidents of seeing large orange circles
flying over the trees of the center homestead. Tom
Gorman claims that holes occasionally opened up in
the orange spheres and other smaller spheres would
fly out. (A neighboring rancher told this reporter of
his own encounters with what he called a flying
orange basketball.)
By early 1996, the sightings of blue spheres at
the ranch became almost commonplace. These orbs were
said to be about the size of a softball, made of
glass and filled with bubbling blue liquids that
seemed to rotate inside. Mr. and Mrs. Gorman say
that in April 1996, they watched one of the blue
orbs repeatedly circle the head of one of their
horses, The horse was illuminated by an intense
blue light, and there was a sound like static
electricity in the air, but this wasn't ball
lightning. The orb seemed to be intelligently
controlled. When Gorman approached the horse with
a flashlight, the orb darted off, maneuvering
through tree branches with speed and dexterity.
The Gormans say the blue spheres seemed to
generate severe psychological effects on the
family. Family members felt waves of fear roll
over them, far in excess of what might be normal,
whenever the blue orbs appeared. It was the
appearance of one blue orb in particular that
finally convinced the Gormans to sell the ranch.
One evening in May 1996, Gorman was outside with
three of his dogs when he noticed a blue orb
darting around in the field near the ranch house.
Gorman urged his dogs to go after the ball. The
dogs chased and snapped at the orb, but it
dodged and maneuvered enough to stay just beyond
the reach of their snapping jaws. The ball led
the dogs out across the pasture and into the
thick brush that borders the field. Gorman says
he heard the dogs make three terrible yelps, then
they were silent. He called for them, but they
didn't respond.
The next morning, Gorman went to look for the
dogs. What he found were three round spots of dried
and brittle vegetation. In the middle of each circle
was a black, greasy lump. Gorman surmised that his
dogs had been incinerated by something. One thing
for sure, the dogs were never seen again. The
disappearance of their dogs prompted the Gormans
to think about getting out. Mutilations and other
animal mysteries Tom Gorman wasn't some
country-bumpkin farmer trying to get by. He had
college degrees and advanced training in animal
husbandry, was considered an expert in artificial
insemination and had plans for raising hybrid,
high-end stock at the picturesque ranch. His herd,
which ranged from 60-80 head, consisted of
expensive, top-of-the-line heifers and four
2,000-pound show-class bulls.
From the day he moved his herd onto the ranch,
though, his hopes--and his animals--seemed to be
under assault. The balls of light that were seen
so of ten on the property seemed to take special
interest in the cattle and were often seen buzzing
around the heads of the animals. Sometimes, the
cattle would react violently, the herd splitting
suddenly as if some invisible force was plowing
through their middle. It soon got worse.
Although the Gormans kept close watch on their
stock, something began exacting a terrible toll.
One cow was found d-ad in a field. A strange, crisp
hole had been cut in one of its eyes. There were
no tracks or b-ood, and Gorman wondered what could
do such a thing. He noticed a strong musk odor
around the carcass, a smell he would come to know
all too well. Other cattle were carved up, as if
with pinking shears.
Cattle mutilations have been reported throughout
North America for several decades. In typical cases,
the ears, eyes, udders and s-x organs are removed
with surgical precision. Gorman's animals were
subjected to all of the above.
As an experienced hunter and rancher, Gorman was
more than familiar with the capabilities of natural
predators. This wasn't being done by coyotes or
mountain lions. The butchery was simply too clean.
And no b-ood was ever left at the scene of the
attacks. His other animals also suffered. His favorite
horse had its legs slashed, as if by sharp
instruments or claws. (The musk odor was still in
the air when he discovered the damaged horse.) His dogs
seemed to develop paranoia. They stayed inside
their doghouses for days at a time, too fearful
to emerge for food. Six of the family's cats
vanished in one night.
Soon, cattle started disappearing altogether.
One of the animals vanished from a snow-covered
field. Gorman saw the hoofprints lead into the
field, but the tracks simply stopped, as if the
animal had been plucked from the sky. A
1,200-pound cow leaves tracks in snow, Gorman
told himself, so what happened to this one?
In all, 14 of Gorman's prized animals were
either sliced up or vanished. In one instance, a
cow was found mutilated just five minutes after
Gorman's son had checked on it. Something cut a
hole, six inches wide and 18 inches deep, in
the animal's rectum. The cored-out section
extended into the cow's body cavity, yet there
was no b-ood on the cow or on the snow-covered
ground.
The loss of 14 expensive animals from an 80-head
herd is extreme by any standards. (There were
other losses as well, but from explainable causes.)
It meant that Gorman was close to financial
collapse. One April afternoon, Gorman and his wife
took a quick drive to town for supplies. As they
passed the corral that contained their four bulls,
they commented to each other that they would
really be in trouble if something should happen to
one of the bulls.
Part 2.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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