How well I remember 
				that winter morning in 1967. The wind howled as it whipped rain 
				against the dining-room window, and swayed the skeletal poplars 
				that lined the road. I finished my second cup of coffee, and 
				deposited the remains in the kitchen sink with the pile of dirty 
				dishes left over from dinner. The radio crackled as though 
				reminding me to turn the dial to a local talk show.
				Mr. Gayne Myers (the guest) was telling an 
				unbelievable story that made chills run up and down my spine! 
				Evidently his wife and he had been in contact with 
				extra-terrestrial beings, and had tapes of their conversations. 
				His talk concluded with an invitation to listeners who would 
				like to hear the tapes. Needless-to-say, my curiosity got the 
				best of me, so later that afternoon I dialed the number he'd 
				given, and made arrangements to visit the Myers that evening. My 
				hand trembled as I hung up the receiver. Somehow it wasn't too 
				hard to persuade my husband and some friends to go with me. 
				
				Around 7:30 that evening, Lee, Lavonne, 
				Fred, Ann, Tim and Sally squeezed into our car with us. I 
				remember thinking it was a perfect night for a mystery. Within 
				moments we were knocking on the door of a neat little cottage 
				nestled beneath some oak trees. Much to my relief the Myers 
				turned out to be congenial people in their sixties. After 
				exchanging introductions we seated ourselves around the 
				fireplace. Our host added some wood to the crackling fire before 
				taking his place beside a tape player. He spoke briefly about 
				their experiences, and then placed a role of tape in the 
				machine. 
				The slow, extremely articulate male voice 
				introduced himself, and then proceeded to tell an ancient story 
				about the earth. There had been a war in which one planet of our 
				solar system was destroyed. Consequently, it was decided that 
				those criminal beings who endangered the rest of the system 
				should be isolated, until such a time when they could be trusted 
				as solar citizens. Because of it's restrictive forces, the earth 
				was selected as a natural prison. Great teachers were sent to 
				help the people on earth, but after awhile these also became 
				corrupt, and forgot their mission. The speaker concluded his 
				story with the understanding that they hoped to telepathically 
				raise man kinds consciousness so that the nuclear error of the 
				past would not be repeated.
				We barely talked during the ride home. Was 
				the whole thing a hoax? Maybe it was, but I made many trips back 
				to that little cottage and heard all the tapes. My wonderful new 
				friends opened a new chapter in my life that marked the 
				beginning of my continual search for buried treasures waiting to 
				be re-discovered.
				
					
						
							
							
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