>From Terry: > Whitley Streiber's physical evidence: > > http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=375
Thank you for bringing Whitley's recent statement to my attention, Terry. I recall quite well Parade Magazine's claim where they incorrectly linked Strieber to someone who suffers from temporal lobe epilepsy. I recall wondering who fed Parade Magazine such a load of Bull S__t. I waited for the retraction, and sure enough a few weeks later, there it was, buried away, a tiny inconsequential "correction". It didn't matter. The damage had already been done. Regarding the bulk of Whitley's Aug 5th journal, it should be pointed out that he actually describes the rape sequence in his first abduction book, "Communion", published back in 1987, approximately two years after the incident is alleged to have occurred. Like many rape victims the experience was described from a somewhat dethatched and intellectual POV, devoid of much of the raw emotions associated with such trauma. It can often take many years for the actual direct emotions associated with such an experience to surface, where they must be dealt with. Fortunately, Whitley had the sense to seek a medical examination to confirm his "intellectualized" suspicions. According to Whitley, the exam indicated the fact that his body had experienced physical trauma indicative of having been raped. The physical evidence collected in the form of a medical examination should by all accounts be considered sufficient proof in most courts of law that something physically happened to Whitley. Said different, what happened to Whitley was real. Whitley Strieber has always described his encounters as encounters with "visitors." I think it is an apt description. We don't really know who the "visitors" are, or where they come from. In my own opinion, (an opinion I fully admit has not been proven) what we do not know or really understand yet, is in what context the "reality" of Whitley's encounters are being played out in. Regardless of how one wishes to argue the finer points of what "reality" really is, what is clear to me, and what should be clear to everyone, is the fact that the medical examination has made one thing perfectly clear to Whitley, and by proxy, to everyone else who is willing to listen. This is a real experience. Pay attention to it. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
