UFOs, crop circles and that eerie feeling

There are some of us that really believe in the paranormal. As a young boy I was forced to visit libraries by our education system. We didn’t know about the internet, computers were not common, certainly not in my home. What I did know is that in the corner, on the bottom shelf of the library there was a section with a couple of books about the paranormal, unexplained and my favourite: UFOs!

Now I have never really been abducted or never really saw one of these babies, but I can guarantee you that if I was, I would not be the only one on the receiving end of a probing stick. Hell no! I believe in sharing the pain!

So when “The Company” turned 10, we knew what to expect. We knew a party was planned and we knew they would booze us up to soften the hatred towards mind-numbing jobs at minimum pay. We didn’t expect to witness UFOs!

We also learned about physics. In our state of “Uber-Intelligence”, we decided to take a little cruise on the back of Survivor’s truck. As these things are uncomfortable, we decided to pimp out the truck with some plastic lawn furniture and a cooler box to keep the party cold. It was a beautiful sight for sore eyes, the truck standing against dawn with some smooth party-animals marveling their creation.

Physics Lesson: Not all objects accelerate at the same pace. When the truck pulled away in a cloud of dust, the furniture decided to accelerate at a partially slower rate. This cause panic, screaming and even tears. So we decided to leave the furniture and stand, swallowing the occasional bug.

Eventually the booze filled us to the point of explosion. We decided to have a Scottish size break. You know; a “Wee” break. And this is where Pedro Perez showed us how to create a UFO. And while we were creating the little circles one after the other, we started to get this eerie feeling that someone is looking at us.

At first we didn’t notice, but later – as we turned around, we saw that our fearless leader from “The Company” and his whole family had managed to drive up to us to see what the spectacle was about. Not really something we wished to share though. And that’s when our faces started glowing like ET’s little finger.

Afterwards we sheepishly got back onto the party truck and drove off into the night, leaving faint dusty memories of little UFO circles in the dirt. Apart from my Physics lesson, I also learned that not all ideas are good.

[and fade out with Belinda Carlisle’s Circles in the sand…..]