"The following cases show that abductions experiences can involve far more than pure fantasy.

The first reported alien abduction during the modern UFO era occurred in 1957 and involved a Brazilian law student named Antonio Villas-Boas. In the morning of 16 October while ploughing on his parents' ranch, he noticed an extremely bright red star overhead. As it approached it changed into an egg-shaped craft which landed on 3 telescoping legs. His tractor engine died. He was then confronted by a short ..."

"Robert Monroe not only made many voyages of exploration into the afterlife himself, he also enabled many others to do the same. His Explorer Team has gathered extensive information about the layout and territory of the afterlife. Numerous people since those early days of the Monroe Institute, during the course of their own explorations have verified this map of the afterlife to be correct...."

"Strange encounters between humans and a wide variety of otherworldly entities have been reported throughout history. These entities include 'gods', angels, ghosts, demons, fairies, gnomes, monsters, aliens, etc. Such encounters range from benign and uplifting to hostile and harmful. Some may involve visions or hallucinations but, as many of the cases presented below show, others appear to take place in our physical reality. In the latter cases, the entities are physically visible and sometimes tangible but their we..."

" The first reported alien abduction during the modern UFO era occurred in 1957 and involved a Brazilian law student named Antonio Villas-Boas. In the morning of 16 October while ploughing on his parents' ranch, he noticed an extremely bright red star overhead. As it approached it changed into an egg-shaped craft which landed on 3 telescoping legs. His tractor engine died. He was then confronted by a short humanoid being, which he pushed away, causing it to stumble and fall. But 3 other humanoids grabbed him and ..."

"Spirits and slayings, secrets and sightings. These are the stories of Scotland's castles. For example, Fyvie Castle, just north of Aberdeen, is said to have a curse planted upon it by Thomas the Rymer, a legendary rootless diviner of the 1300's. Thomas stopped at the castle while one of the many towers was being raised...."