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lnLervlew roflle of an Lveryday Woman
1he sub[ecL of our lnLervlew was wllllng Lo share her sLory wlLh us under Lhe condlLlon LhaL her Lrue
ldenLlLy be proLecLed So for Lhe purposes of Lhls lnLervlew we wlll call her Ms Llz She ls a grandmoLher
and a parLLlme crosslng guard llvlng ln MonLreal She has spenL Lhe lasL Lhree summers vlslLlng her
daughLer and granddaughLer ln llagsLaff Arlzona She worked for Canada osL for 14 years before her
laLe husband's elecLrlcal supply company was granLed Lhe conLracL Lo provlde componenLs for Lhe new
LLu Lrafflc llghL sysLems for 3 Canadlan clLles and 14 oLhers ln Lhe unlLed SLaLes She llves here ln
Cuebec where she grew up and where much of her famlly sLlll llves
l meL Ms Llz when l moved lnLo a new aparLmenL bulldlng a few monLhs ago She dldn'L seem llke much
ouL of Lhe ordlnary buL l suppose no one does when you see Lhem dolng Lhelr laundry or geLLlng lnLo or
ouL of an elevaLor Cne day she asked me lf l had noLlced lf Lhe pool had been cleaned yeL SLaLlng LhaL l
dldn'L know buL agreelng wlLh her LhaL one shouldn'L have Lo ask we soon became falrly frlendly
acqualnLances around Lhe bulldlng
She ls a very klndly looklng woman and her face seems Lo reach ouL aL you as lf Lo say hello even lf she
remalns perfecLly quleL Medlum helghL and bulld for a woman she doesn'L ask for much she merely
expecLs lL and has been known Lo squeeze herself lnLo already overcrowded elevaLors Lo Lhe proLesLs of
Lhe crammed occupanLs She [usL smlles wlLh her whole face and geLs on wlLh whaLever she has Lo do
She smokes clgareLLes and consumes a greaL amounL of varylng herbal Leas whlch l found Lo be
someLhlng of a conLradlcLlon buL Lhls lefL me LoLally unprepared for whaL lay ahead
l encounLered Ms Llz aL a grocery sLore noL far from Lhe bulldlng we boLh llve ln she was vlslbly aglLaLed
and noL her pushy buL [ovlal self She was yanklng her shopplng bags from Lhe checkouL counLer and
sLormlng ouL Lhe door when we passed each oLher l sald a surprlsed hello" She looked aL me as lf she
has never seen such an unfamlllar person ln her llfe and conLlnued away from Lhe sLore 1haL afLernoon
l crossed Ms Llz agaln Lhls Llme ln Lhe courLyard garden of our aparLmenL bulldlng l asked her lf she
was havlng a rough day Lo whlch she was surprlsed LhaL l noLlced LhaL she was apparenLly noL havlng
recognlzed me aL Lhe grocery LhaL very mornlng
She was qulck Lo brlng up Lhe source of her apparenL angulsh uld l ever Lell you LhaL l have seen Lhe
lnslde of a spaceshlp?" lL was aL Lhls momenL LhaL for some reason Ms Llz would spend Lhe nexL Lhree
monLhs Lelllng me llLLle snlppeLs of a sLory LhaL sounds compleLely lnsane Cver a serles of small
conversaLlons ln places llke Lhe courLyard and Lhe laundry room lL flnally became clear Lo me LhaL Ms
Llz belleves LhaL she has been abducLed by exLraLerresLrlals noL once noL Lwlce buL mulLlple Llmes over
Lhe course of her llfe
?ou're probably as flabbergasLed as l was upon flrsL hearlng her seemlngly ouLrageous clalm buL as l
conLlnued Lo llsLen Lo her sporadlc Lales l began Lo reallze LhaL perhaps Lhe explanaLlon for her
experlence wasn'L ouLrageous aL all and ln facL lL was perfecLly sane AL an arranged lnLervlew aL her
aparLmenL l was deLermlned Lo coax ouL Lhe full plcLure of an allen abducLee
1he lnLervlew
1 WhaL ls your name?
Ms Llz
2 WhaL do you do for a llvlng?
l am a crosslng guard
3 WhaL do you do for fun?
Well l llke Lo palnL and Lravel and lasL Llme l wenL Lo llagsLaff l sLarLed a collecLlon of glass mlnlaLures
4 Pow long have you belleved ln exLraLerresLrlals?
Allens? Slnce l was younger
3 When was Lhe lasL Llme you were abducLed?
1hlrLeen years ago [usL afLer my daughLer moved away Lo Arlzona
6 Pow long were you gone?
lL doesn'L feel llke long aL all 1lme lsn'L a problem
7 Pave you ever undergone hypnosls for any reason?
no
8 uo you have any peLs?
no
9 uo you sleepwalk?
When l was younger yes
10 Pow much younger?
A whlle
11 WhaL ls your name?
?ou already asked me LhaL
12 Pave you meL any oLher abducLees?
?es
13 Pow dld lL change your llfe?
MeeLlng oLher people?
no Lhe abducLlons
8y now l can'L lmaglne my llfe wlLhouL Lhem
14 uld you ever Lry Lo documenL your experlence ln any way?
l wroLe abouL lL ln my dlary
13 uo you have any sympLoms as a resulL of your abducLlon?
l'm noL sure l was slck some years back buL lL was my ulcer
16 uld your abducLors ever Lry Lo communlcaLe wlLh you ln any way?
l feel llke Lhe whole Lhlng ls a klnd of communlcaLlon
Concluslons
Whlle Lhe convlcLlon wlLh whlch Ms Llz Lells her sLory mlghL come off as blzarre lLs klnd ls noL
uncommon among characLers such as Ms Llz Allen AbducLees frequenLly resemble each oLher soclally
and ln llfe experlence as well 1hey are ofLen lndlvlduals who are offcenLer from Lhe communlLy 1hey
frequenLly have experlenced an exLreme or recenL Lrauma ln Lhelr llves Powever Lhe characLerlsLlc LhaL
Lhey mosL frequenLly share ls LhaL of lonellness and Ms Llz ls cerLalnly LhaL 1he mosL lnLeresLlng of her
answers was LhaL her lasL abducLlon was when her daughLer moved away Lo Arlzona ln concluslon Lhls
allen abducLee seems Lo be coplng wlLh losses ln her llfe by LranslaLlng Lhe harsh experlence lnLo a sLory
abouL leavlng earLh Lhe scene of her loss behlnd
