Carl Higdon Abduction, 1974

In 1974, Carl Higdon met a strange, floating humanoid in the woods, and was taken inside a strange see-through structure, only to be literally dropped back down to Earth. Higdon’s case is a classic UFO abduction, but it may also shed light on other unexplained disappearances and deaths around the world.

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Sources:

​Bourke, Frank. “I was kidnapped by a UFO bubble.” Lafayette National Star. March 22, 1975. [Article reproduced in Creighton, "Appendix to the Preliminary Report on Carl Higdon." Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 5-7.]

CarbonCountyWyoming.gov. “COMMISSIONER'S PROCEEDINGS.” CarbonCountyWyoming.gov. June 7, 1977. https://carboncountywy.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4688.

The City of Rawlins. “Rawlins, WY - Official Website.” The City of Rawlins, Wyoming. https://rawlinswy.gov.

Creighton, Gordon. "Appendix to the Preliminary Report on Carl Higdon." Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 5-7. http://noufors.com/Documents/Books,%20Manuals%20and%20Published%20Papers/Specialty%20UFO%20Publications/Flying%20Saucer%20Review/FSR,1975,V%2021,N%203-4.pdf.

Dennett, Preston E. UFO healings: True Accounts of People Healed by Extraterrestrials. Mill Spring, NC, USA: Wildflower Press, 1996. https://archive.org/details/ufohealingstruea00denn/mode/2up.

Dennett, Preston E. The Healing Power of UFOs: 300 True Accounts of People Healed by Extraterrestrials. USA: Independently published, 2019.

FindAGrave. “Charles Wesley “Chuck” Ogburn.” FindAGrave.com. https://findagrave.com/memorial/133144811/charles-wesley-ogburn.

Higdon, Margery A. Alien Abduction of The Wyoming Hunter: First person story of Carl Higdon, October 25, 1974. USA, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2017.

Lipstone, Howard, and Deborah Blum. “UFO Captives.” In Search Of… . Season 3, Episode 1. September 14, 1978. 22 minutes, Alan Landsburg Productions. https://imdb.com/title/tt0894236. https://youtu.be/7ItdeRBpElc. https://youtu.be/ZJ6vG0CqykM.

Paulides, David, director. Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection. Ad Astra Distribution, 2022. 1 hr., 33 min. https://imdb.com/title/tt22080556.

Sprinkle, R. Leo. “A Preliminary Report on the Investigation of an Alleged UFO Occupant Encounter.” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 3 - 5. November, 1975. http://noufors.com/Documents/Books,%20Manuals%20and%20Published%20Papers/Specialty%20UFO%20Publications/Flying%20Saucer%20Review/FSR,1975,V%2021,N%203-4.pdf.

Supernatural Girlz. “Carl & Margery Higdon | The Carl Higdon Alien Abduction Story.” Inception Radio Network. YouTube video, 1:13:36. November 2, 2017. https://youtu.be/789LVh-GF1Y.

Taylor, Sue. “[article title unknown]”. Rawlins Daily Times (vol. LXXXVII, No. 204). October 29, 1974. Article reproduced in Sprinkle. “A Preliminary Report.” Flying Saucer Review 21, no. 3, 4-5.

Vallée, Jacques. Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact. San Antonio, TX, USA: Anomalist Books, (1988) 2008.
https://archive.org/details/dimensionscasebo00jacq.

Vallée, Jacques. Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. Brisbane, Australia: Daily Grail Publishing, (1979) 2008. https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979.

Vallée, Jacques. Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers. Brisbane, Australia: Daily Grail Publishing, (1969) 2014. https://archive.org/details/passporttomagoni0000vall_m8g5.

Animal Mutilation Sources:

Andrews, Garrett. “Detectives perplexed by mysterious Oregon cattle mutilations.” Oregon Live. April 18, 2021, Updated, April 23, 2021. https://oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/detectives-perplexed-by-mysterious-oregon-cattle-mutilations.html.

Howe, Linda Moulton. “Scientific Data Supports Theory That Mutilated Montana Cow Dropped from Sky and Bounced.” Earthfiles. November 24, 2006. https://earthfiles.com/2006/11/24/scientific-data-supports-theory-that-mutilated-montana-cow-dropped-from-sky-and-bounced.

Monroe, Rachel. “The Enduring Panic About Cow Mutilations.” The New Yorker. May 8, 2023. https://newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-enduring-panic-about-cow-mutilations.

Vilhauer, Lacey. “Mysterious mutilations: Who or what is killing these cattle?” High Plains Journal. October 28, 2022.
https://hpj.com/2022/10/28/mysterious-mutilations-who-or-what-is-killing-these-cattle.

Winsor, Morgan. “Texas authorities investigate mysterious cases of dead, mutilated cows.” ABC News. April 24, 2023. https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-authorities-investigate-mysterious-cases-dead-mutilated-cows/story?id=98794152.

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