Начал читать это недавно. Кто-нибудь еще? Каковы ваши мысли? Я довольно много слышал об этом в этом сообществе.

In the 90s after I left college, I was reading this and a book by the Dalai Lama at the same time.

Strieber stated that some abductees have “dreams of owls” as a cover memory due to the large eyes, etc.

Then the Dalai Lama mentioned old Tibetan legends of children being taken away from the village at night by owls.

Hearing those two things at the same time hit a nerve for me.

I contacted the Artist years ago and he said when he finished painting it he was scared to go in the room. It’s exactly what Whitley encountered. The movie really did suck. Oh and I read the book the week it came out in the 80’s. I’ve loved UFOs since I was very little. Whitley has never responded to any of my emails since 2008!

Read it first in 1989 and scared the living daylights out of me. I have that exact picture tattooed on my back.

I have read it. Interesting book.

Funny story — when email was new he put his email in the back of one of his books. I shared his publicly listed email on a UFO group like this because people had asked about it. — 30 years ago or so.

A few weeks later I get an email with the subject line simply saying: YOU

It was Whitley Striber himself emailing me directly to bitch about me sharing his email — even tho the fucking thing was in his book.

It confounded me and made me think twice about how his mind worked and whether he was mentally stable. I find it hard to believe he was not aware his email was in his book prominently listed — I haven’t thought about this in a long time. I don’t think I still have the email. It predated gmail etc which is what I use now. May have been AOL.

In any case fascinating book that poses a lot of interesting questions. Chances are it’s all bullshit tho. He was a failed sci fi writer who changed gears and begun doing this and it took off. So it was always hard to really believe it was true and not simply a good piece of fiction.

This book scares the living shit out of me. I have an irrational fear of aliens because of it. Maybe it’s rational lol…

My mom has this book. Seeing the cover growing up used to scare the shit out of me.

I believe every word, the movie is less accurate

Dude popularized anal probe. Max respect.

Whitley Striber is a failed fiction author. NOTHING he writes about is true and he is only in this for the money. I figured this out when:

He claimed to have an implant removed from him by Dr. Lear. He then claimed that it was made out of meteoric iron. This is when I knew he was lying. Dr. Lear only ever had one sample tested for isotopic analysis as the test is inordinately expensive. The isotopic test was done for the documentary by Jeremy Cornell.

Whitely Striber is a fraud. He lied about an implant being removed from his ear that was made out of meteoric iron. He further lies about an implant in his eye that (his words): He can see words and symbols appear on the computer screen.

He is 100% a liar and a fraud.

Hands down top three scariest books I’ve ever read.

I think Whitley is one of the deepest thinkers regarding the greys. He keeps an open mind even to the point of admitting that he doesn’t know if they’re alien or not. I say not

Interesting book, but not the book to have on your nightstand as you sleep.

I read that book I think in 1986 or 87. I was 10z I always assume its just people remembering nightmares or flat out lying. I don’t believe in the form of hypnosis he uses.

If that book interested you, then you should read “Intruders” by Budd Hopkins. It came out almost around the same time. They also were both made into absolutely terrible.. just terrible horrible movies.

The 1980s were a fun time to be a kid and believe in aliens that were abducting people. Life was so much simpler back then.

This is the book that began it all for me in 1988 when I was 10…. It still haunts and completely captivates me. 👽

Ma’am, I’m not having that book’s demonic-ass front cover staring at me at my own home.

There’s a documentary about this on HBO max. Definitely better than the movie. Shows the actually cabin as well.

Just not sure about Strieber. Well known practical joker and writer of gory stories, and then one day has an abduction. My gut tells me it’s been a long con and he’s done well out of it financially.

I had to have a strong drink to start that one. It’s to real

one of the scariest books I’ve ever read. I still think about the owl thing.

I read it some years ago in my 20s. Scared the crap outta me.

I haven’t read this and haven’t watched the movie, but wholeheartedly believe UAP phenomenons are real but abduction phenomena are real experiences caused by endogenous DMT (which isn’t properly understood).

DMT trips are identical to the abduction accounts depicted in the writings of psychiatrist John E. Mack. I’m not quite sure how to reconcile this another way.

One of the things that people see on DMT trips are the common depiction of greys (other common abduction species too). They also see strange surroundings that seem like advanced technology, medical tables, etc. And it’s not entirely uncommon for the entities in a trip to implant something in you or perform a medical procedure. Bizarre stuff for sure and they can be very traumatic. Sometimes the entities are benevolent and sometimes not.

The one thing that brings me pause, is that you do see a lot of “flying saucer” depictions in native ayahuasca (which contains DMT) and psychedelic inspire art.

I read this when I was 11 and it kinda ruined my life haha.