|
6 October 2001 - Northern Portugal
 From
‘Marta’:
“My
name is Marta, and I am Portuguese. I didn't believe in UFOs or any of
that stuff until yesterday, but then something happened that changed me
forever.
I
live in small village in the north of Portugal and last night as I was
walking home from my boyfriend's house in the next village, I saw some
strange lights flashing in the sky. At first I thought it was an
airplane or something but the lights started getting bigger and bigger
but I could hear no sound of an engine - it was completely silent.
Then
I saw the shape of the thing and it reminded me of an ‘alheira’,
which is a traditional Portuguese sausage. it was about 100 metres long
in total, and with flashing red and yellow lights. It hovered over a
field where there were some cows eating grass - or at least they had
been eating grass until they were startled by the lights.
All
of a sudden a cow began to rise in the air as if the object was picking
it up magically! The cow rose and rose and disappeared into a hole in
the UFO. Then – ‘whoosh’- it flew away into the sky.
I
didn't tell anybody about my experience as I was afraid they would think
I was crazy - it is quite common in Portugal that if you say crazy
things they send you away to a nut house! But, I had to tell somebody so
I looked your magazine on the internet. Please tell me if anyone has
ever reported something like this before.
”As
I’m sure you can appreciate, we were very keen to keep in contact with
Marta, as actual sightings of an animal ‘abduction’ are rare. Sadly,
despite our efforts, Marta never felt able to get back to us. We did try
to contact fellow researchers in Portugal to see if they could follow up
this case, but the trail seems to have gone cold.
|