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The use of animals and images of animals have a larger role in the phenomenon of abductions than people might realize. This paper will look at the use of animals in abductions and the possible reasons for their presence.

A review of the literature shows that there are at least four categories into which animals in abduction can be categorized: (1) Abductees' love for animals; (2) Extraterrestrials caring for and preserving animals; (3) The aliens' use of animal images for the purpose of camouflage and screen images; and (4) The use of animals in alien experiments. 

I. ABDUCTEES' LOVE FOR ANIMALS

The index of my book The Alien Jigsaw shows thirty-seven references to animals. My Researcher's Supplement breaks this figure down to three categories. The first category includes experiences during which I saw animals that I believed were aliens using the technique of camouflage. I use the term 'camouflage' to represent the times that an alien being changes or distorts their physical appearance during an abduction. This category totaled 13%.

During my experiences, I also saw real animals. The second category contains the number of real Earth animals I saw during the time-frame of The Alien Jigsaw. This category totaled 7%. Most interesting were the times I saw animals that were not from this planet, or at least not from the geological time-frame in which modern humans are existing. I saw these 'real animals not from Earth,' in 3% of my total abduction experiences. [1]

If you have read my book you know that I have a deep love for all animals. You also know that I believe they are sentient beings, just like we are sentient beings, and they deserve the right to exist and evolve on this planet the same as humans.

Many people reading this may say, "So what?" or "Who cares - what does any of this have to do with abductions?" You may be surprised to learn that it might have quite a lot to do with abductions. It may be the reason why some aliens choose to interact with certain humans.

In his book Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens, Dr. John Mack writes about the deep love for, and closeness to animals that some abductees have. One subject's name is Carlos. I have met Carlos and found him to be an extraordinarily gifted and sensitive individual. He is also a successful artist and educator. Dr. Mack writes:

"Carlos believes that identifying with other species in his abduction experiences also helps create and develop ecological values...he has always had a strong connection with animals." [2] Carlos sums up this statement succinctly by stating, "I think I'm really good with animals. I feel we communicate." [3]

Dr. Mack has written about another man named Arthur. He describes Arthur as "...a kind of contemporary St. Francis," and says "...he would communicate with animals, including porcupines, skunks, woodchucks, rabbits, and birds." [4]

"Arthur and his former wife would train the rabbits on their farm to be affectionate by lying down on the ground '...with your chin on the floor;' at that height the rabbits would not be afraid of a human being. Then they would be 'incredibly quiet,' and the rabbits would become curious, come closer, and 'let you scratch their heads." [5]

Like myself, Carlos, and many other abductees, Arthur has great respect for animals which is evident when he states: "Rabbits and other animals think in as a profound a way as we think...You know it is beautiful in its own sense because it is so trusting, and there is a tremendous amount of love and trust and affection. It is just basic. There is a life energy there." [6]

Arthur's description of the bonds he has created with his interaction with animals is too lengthy for this paper, but it demonstrates the ability on the part of the abductee to reach out to, and communicate with beings who are different from themselves.

Is it this ability to connect with beings other than ourselves, that some of the aliens find interesting about us? Is this care and concern for the animals and the environment of our World something that draws certain aliens to specific human beings?

These are important questions, unfortunately, clear-cut answers are difficult to come by. For example, there are abductees who had lived their lives not caring about the environment and not connecting with nature and animals. However, after they became aware of their alien experiences, they changed their thinking and behavior and incorporated these other ways of thinking and these values into their lives. The question that begs to be asked is, were these people changed by their interaction with certain aliens?

Dr. Kenneth Ring mentions an interesting case in his book The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large. Dr. Ring includes a female subject who had a near-death experience as well as a UFO sighting. (I found it interesting that the woman was not an abductee, but merely had a UFO sighting.) The woman describes how her experiences - a NDE and a UFO sighting - made her feel:

"These experiences made me cherish all life as I had never done before. I really began to be aware of everything in my experience on a deeper level. I even began to 'salute' animals I would meet, recognizing their individual worth, and of course, my recognition of human individual worth began to grow." [7]

Finally, we need to keep in mind that there are abductees who did not begin life as animal and nature lovers and have not changed their thinking or behavior along these lines, even though they have had many alien experiences.

I am not suggesting there is 'right' and 'wrong' way for abductees to think and behave. The purpose of this section of my discussion is to look at abductees' love for other animals and try to determine if this behavior is attracting the attention of certain alien beings.

In my personal case, I strongly believe it was my ability to feel love and nurturing feelings for animals - and the possibility that some empathic abilities I have might carry over to an alien species - that drew the attention of some of the beings who have interacted with me. 

II. ETs' CARE AND PRESERVATION OF ANIMALS

The first abduction case I recall coming across that involved animals, beside my own, was the case of Betty Andreasson-Luca. I heard her speak at a conference in Pascagoula, Mississippi during the late 1980s. Betty told the story of how, when she was a child, she used to set traps in the woods for wild animals. One day - either while in the woods or during an abduction experience - the aliens related to Betty that her behavior was wrong. They were sad because of what she was doing. They instructed Betty not to trap and hurt anymore animals. Fortunately for the animals, Betty complied. While Betty told her story that day to the conference attendees, I felt she was truly sorry for the pain she had caused those animals.

I was deeply touched when I heard Betty speak and I felt a true connection with the message the aliens relayed to her as a young girl. In my heart, I feel the aliens who interacted with Betty did a wonderful thing by helping her to understand the pain she was causing.

Betty's case was investigated by Raymond Fowler and published in a series of books. The third book in this series is titled The Watchers: The Secret Design Behind UFO Abduction. During a hypnosis session about an abduction that occurred in 1973, "Betty took advantage of [a] rare opportunity to communicate with the aliens" and asked them some questions:

"Betty: 'Who are they?' I asked. I was trying to ask him. [sigh] He says that [sigh] they are the caretakers of nature and natural forms - The Watchers. They love mankind. They love the planet Earth [sigh] and they have been caring for it and Man since Man's beginning. They watch the spirit in all things..." [8]

While inside an alien craft, Betty enters an artificially created environment called a "vivarium - an enclosure for keeping or raising plants or animals indoors." [9] She then comes upon a pond that, to her surprise, empties itself through an opening in the bottom of it. As the water rushes out, Betty can see many fish flipping around. When she sees the fish flipping and struggling, she becomes very concerned for them. Her anxiety is eased when she realizes the fish are falling through the hole into some water "way, way down," perhaps into a pond or a lake. Betty states, "It's like the fish are being put into another place or something."

When Betty asked what was going on and what the aliens were doing she says, "They said they are just replenishing, just replenishing." [10]

Were the aliens replenishing a lake or pond on Earth with fish and fresh water? Or - were they taking samples from our planet and placing them in a holding tank for transport to another World?

In Secret Vows: Our Lives With Extraterrestrials, abductees Bert and Denise Twiggs share their perspective about the aliens' interest in Earth animals:

"We were shown to a room that I recognized immediately from my own memories. This room is a veterinary clinic. Animals that they have 'collected' from Earth are taken to this room before being brought into their society. If they locate an animal that has been injured to the point that it will not live and there are no humans in the area, they may take the animal with them and try to save it....If the animal lives, it is worked with and taught to communicate, and if it is a natural animal of the wild, it is put in the reserve, free to roam. [Aliens] and humans walk freely among these animals. The domestic animals are given to families." [11]

One of my experiences I documented in The Alien Jigsaw has some similarities to the two previously mentioned cases. There were several experiences in the past where I would find myself onboard one of the aliens' very large craft and I would be allowed to walk about freely to explore certain areas of the craft. One of the areas was an extremely large dimly lit area filled with glass rooms. It was like being inside a coliseum, but instead of chairs and different levels for seating, it was one level and filled with large glass rooms.

While I was in this area I remember looking into two large glass enclosures. One had two gorilla-type beings inside with a large cat. The two hairy beings were sleeping. The cat appeared to be a domestic breed, but it was very large, weighing at least 50 pounds. I sensed that the cat was their pet, or that the three of them all got along with one another.

Another animal was described as follows:

"The animal in this [glass enclosure] appears to be half lion and half reptile. It is lying on its back, and its mouth has fallen open because it is sleeping. I'm looking at its mouth and I can see rows and rows of teeth. I know what this animal is because I'm telling the people standing next to me. I sense the animal has been saved from extinction. Someone next to me whispers, 'That is something no one on Earth has ever seen before.' I'm nodding in agreement. I am amazed at what I am looking at. These animals are incredible." [12]

It is interesting that during this time in my life, I was rescuing and relocating many animals such as turtles, snakes, dogs, and cats that I would find either lost or abandoned on local highways.

Speaking again from my own experiences, I have been touched in positive ways by the aliens and this is one example. I think I had the ability to empathize with other species of animals besides humans prior to becoming consciously aware of the aliens' presence in my life. The aliens' interaction in my life perhaps strengthened this emotion and this drive within me. I feel certain it is the same with many other abductees. Not all, of course, but many.

Unfortunately, in the last section of this discussion, you will see that some of the aliens used my love of animals as a manipulation tool, the consequences of which, have had a negative effect on me.

III. THE ALIENS' USE OF CAMOUFLAGE

One of my favorite examples of the aliens using camouflage occurred on October 4, 1989. An excerpt from that experience follows:

"There are large cats inside and outside our house. There is a lion in a cage next to our refrigerator and a bluish-gray bobcat. It stands upright and it is also 'in charge.' There was another cat, but now she appears to be a female humanoid with dark curly hair. She is outside with a Bengal tiger who is walking around the house trying to figure out how to get inside." [13]

It is obvious that a lot of camouflage was being used by the aliens. In this case I believe it was to frighten me into to behaving in a subservient manner. I do not believe they were trying to instill the "fear of death" in me, as much as they were using these images to gain my respect. After all, a human has to respect the size and potentially harmful results from being in the same room with lion or a Bengal tiger. However, I hope that by now the aliens realize how deadly these wild cats are to humans and are not going around scaring abductees half to death anymore!

The last portion of this experience shows the dramatic ease with which the aliens can make an abductee believe what they are seeing, no matter how ridiculous the image they are looking at really is:

" 'What is that?' I ask, as I stare into the eyes of the blue-gray bobcat. I'm very close to his face - telepathically, I am told, 'A bobcat -' Oh...That is why I believe it is a bobcat, and that is why I believe everything else - Because they told me." [14]

It is important to understand that if an abductee has a lot of conscious memory like myself, after repeated exposure to alien camouflage, the abductee will be able to see through their tricks. They will eventually lose the edge they have over the abductee, which I personally find very interesting. In other words, there is hope for abductees who are able to remain conscious and in mental control of their situation. If you are having these types of camouflage experiences, try to focus on the logic of the situation and what you are seeing, rather than on the emotions or fear the situation is creating.

Other reasons the aliens use the technique of camouflage is to create a calming effect. To present an image of the abductee's sweet old grandmother or a small owl or innocent deer, is much less traumatic for some people than to see the face of a non-human being. All of this is a form of manipulation, but somewhat of a benign form of it. Unfortunately, the aliens also use camouflage for other purposes.

Consider a child being examined by the aliens. Because the child is fighting or frightened, the aliens decide to use the image of the child's mother or father in order to get the child to 'obey.' What if the child was being examined in a way inappropriate for the parent, but not for a doctor? The child may then carry with them throughout their lives a negative feeling about one of the parents, or that the parent was present and did nothing to ease their pain. Worse still, when considering some of the more sexually oriented abduction experiences, the child may actually believe the parent sexually or physically abused them when they did not. This last example is a tragic result of alien camouflage.

One thing I am certain of - when it comes to the aliens' use of camouflage, and especially the more encompassing screen memory - is this: It is the aliens' choice to deceive us, and I feel they know enough about humans by now to have a good idea what the psychological effects of this type of deception will be. To continue to use camouflage on their human subjects leads me to suspect one of two things: (1) whatever they are doing here must be important enough for them to take these kinds of risks with our mental health, or (2) they do not care much about the effects their deception has on us. 

IV. THE USE OF ANIMALS IN ALIEN EXPERIMENTS

While the aliens studied and learned from my love and empathic responses toward animals, some of the aliens also used animals as psychological tools to get what they wanted from me. The effects of these kinds of alien experiments - whether intentional or not - have been devastating on me. The resulting stress in my life is enormous, and it is something I have to face each and every day.

There are many examples in my book of how the aliens used animals during my experiences. Some of the alien 'experiments' I can vividly recall include:

(1) Putting animals in danger so I would have to save them, sometimes at the expense of saving myself,

(2) Making me choose between the lives of animals and members of my family,

(3) Making me watch animals die and not allowing me to help them,

(4) Cutting the eye out of a live animal - for reasons I still do not understand to this day;

(5) They have even abducted my own animals (whom I consider to be members of my family) or - at least the aliens have made me believe they took them.

An excerpt from a book by (the late) Dr. Karla Turner, demonstrates how the abductors experiment on both the human subject and the animal subject simultaneously. From Dr. Turner's book Into The Fringe: A True Story of Alien Abduction. A man named "Fred" is under regressive hypnosis with Barbara Bartholic, Karla Turner's close friend and mentor. Fred is talking:

"I feel like they are doing something to me with the animal...they are doing something with me, my blood, my sperm, and my genes. They are injecting my fluids into this animal. I think it's stupid, I don't like it. Why are they doing this?

 

"I think I was lying down, and they were doing something to the animal...taking something from me and putting it into the animal. Then I remember seeing another type of animal running around. I can't remember what the animal looked like, but it was bizarre. Seems like the animal is part human, part animal. Like a small child around two years old. The one animal that appears to be part human seems to be real hairy." [15]

Fred continues by telling Barbara that the 'men' are grays [greys]. The aliens levitated the animal while she (the animal) "was spread-eagle on her back." Fred also said the animal had hooves, like a cow. They took some fluid (what Fred believed was his semen) from him with a needle device. After this, they removed some fluid from the animal. Later during the regression, Fred says that some of his fluid was placed into the vaginal area of the animal and the animal was then removed from the room. The other part of the fluid they took from Fred was taken to a computer. [16]

It appears that during this unusual medical procedure, bodily fluids from a human being were placed into an animal. With our ability to clone animals, we have to consider the possibility that these aliens are at least as advanced as we are. Could this have been a procedure involving genetic manipulation or perhaps cloning?

When Barbara asked Fred for his opinion about what he remembered, he said, "They are regenerating from animal to human, from human to animal....Regenerating DNA." [17]

For those who do not like to depend solely on information retrieved with the use of hypnosis, I can offer one of my conscious memories relating to this subject. (I have not undergone regressive hypnosis since 1988.)

In July of 1993, I found myself standing outside at night near the entrance to an underground base that was situated inside a mountain. I saw official-looking people and some military personnel. A Blonde being with dark brown eyes said to me:

"Your Government is performing human cloning experiments. Men and women are being cloned and experimented on. When the experiments are over the clones are used for prostitution by the scientists, the government people, and the military personnel. After they are 'through' with them or no longer want them, the clones are killed." [18]

After learning this, I was very sad for I had recently had another encounter during which I saw two clones of myself. The Blonde continued:

"Our technology was taken from us. Your Government manipulated us into believing they would use our technology to help your species, but instead, they used it for their own purposes. It is out of control. It is beyond our ability to stop your Government without your help."

 

"I felt a sickness in the pit of my stomach and I wondered what on Earth I, or any other abductee could do to stop these abuses. After all, cloning is supposed to be impossible - and besides - no one believes in aliens. I felt completely helpless." [19]

Today, we now know that cloning mammals is possible and I believe all of this, including these types of experiences, are going to be validated one day. I want to make it clear that by making this statement, I do not fault all of the members of our Government or our military. I believe most of these people are out of the information loop, so to speak. They have no knowledge because they do not have a 'need to know.' I also doubt very seriously that the United States Government is the only government involved in these types of activities. 

V. SUMMARY

I hope the previous examples from my case, as well as other published cases demonstrates that there are indeed at least four categories into which animals in abduction can be categorized. Abductees' love for animals, and extraterrestrials caring for and preserving animals shows us the positive side of their interaction with animals. The aliens' use of animal images for the purpose of camouflage and screen memories, and the use of animals in alien experiments shows us a much darker side of the aliens' actions.

We can try to look at the positive side and hope that there really are different types of aliens each with different agendas. We can also be more pragmatic and realize the aliens are most likely much more technologically advanced than humans. We know they are manipulating our perceptions of them, but that does not mean we have to give up the fight for the truth.

I urge those of you who are experiencing this phenomenon to keep writing in your journals; draw pictures when you can; go to your doctors for physical check-ups if something occurs that affects your health, and share your information with truthful researchers. Please continue to document everything you can about what is occurring to you and share your information with others.

I have no doubt that we will eventually find the truth. The truth is ours - it belongs to us.

by Katharina Wilson, Copyright 1997, 1998

[1] Katharina Wilson, The Alien Jigsaw Researcher's Supplement (Portland, Oregon: Puzzle Publishing, 1993) 30-31.

[2] John E. Mack, Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens (New York: Yew York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994) 346.

[3] Ibid. 346.

[4] Mack, 370

[5] Ibid. 370

[6] Mack, 371

[7] Kenneth Ring, The Omega Project: Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large (New York, New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992) 181-182.

[8] Raymond E. Fowler, The Watchers: The Secret Design Behind UFO Abduction (New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1990) 202.

[9] Fowler, 96.

[10] Fowler, 100.

[11] Denise and Bert Twiggs, Secret Vows: Our Lives With Extraterrestrials (Tigard, Oregon: Wild Flower Press, 1992) 168, 187.

[12] Katharina Wilson, The Alien Jigsaw (Portland, Oregon: Puzzle Publishing, 1993) 55-56.

[13] Wilson, 137.

[14] Ibid. 137.

[15] Karla Turner, Into The Fringe: A True Story of Alien Abduction (New York, New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 1991) 162-166.

[16] Turner, 166-167.

[17] Turner, 169.

[18] Katharina Wilson, The Alien Jigsaw Researcher's Supplement (Portland, Oregon: Puzzle Publishing, 1993) 111-112.

[19] Ibid. 111-112.

This article was published in The MUFON UFO Journal, February 1998, Number 358.