by Franklin B. Reams
The family came to me to tell me of a very strange "dream" that their young daughter had experienced. Up to the time
of the dream, they had no interest in the UFO phenomena and had not discussed this subject in any way with their children.
In July, 1993, four-year-old Katie woke her mother one morning and told her that she had been in a space ship. Two beings had come into
her bedroom the previous night. One was described as a doctor and the other as an "observer." (Katie's parents don't believe Katie knew
what the word observer meant.) The doctor was described as being taller than the observer, but neither was tall. They had gray skin, large
dark eyes, small holes for a nose, and a small slit for a mouth. She said that they didn't talk like we do, but she stated that she knew what
they wanted. These beings floated Katie in her bed to the ship which was in the front yard of the family's house.
The ship was gray and had a high narrow window on the interior wall where Katie said she could see the "sun." Katie told her mother that
she was the only "new one" on board; there were other adults and children on the ship., her parents and her brother among them. The
beings had her bring along a game to play with the "children on the ship," and she chose "Pizza Party," her favorite. She said a wolf came
from behind a "gate or screen" and bit her on the top of her head; it hurt. She asked why this was done only to her, and they replied that it
was because she was the only "new one."
Katie related the whole incident very seriously and in surprising detail for one her age. She insisted that she was awake the whole time
because her eyes were open. She was very offended when it was suggested that this might have been a dream.
In the summer of 1994, a mark was found on the inside surface of Katie's right knee. The mark looked like small punctures in a triangular
pattern. It was not irritated or bleeding and it gradually faded away after a week or two. Katie could not remember how she got the mark.
On 6 a.m. on November 28, 1994, Katie woke her mother, Mary, telling her of red, squirmy, dancing lights. She described them a three to four
inches in size. They came through the windows down the hall, through her doorway and straight at her. She was sitting up in bed with her
eyes open. A few of the lights went into her throat and made it itch. As she ran down the hall to her parent's room, some of the lights
chased her. When the parents searched her room, they found nothing. Katie claimed to have seen the lights again on December 1, 1994 at
just before 6 a.m.
On February 6, 1995, Katie's brother Jack awoke at 1 a.m. and went to his parents room claiming that he could not sleep. He said that the
top of his head hurt, he had a headache and he could not get comfortable. Mary got him back to bed by 1:20 a.m., but then she found she
could not sleep. She finally drifted off, dreaming off and on until about 3 a.m. Her dreams were of a dark shadowy hooded figure who was
standing beside her bed grasping her right knee like a vice. She also dreamed of bright light flashes that were outside of her home and of
the security system malfunctioning and flashing many colored symbols but making no alarm. She wanted to scream and alert her husband
but she could not move or speak. The next morning Jack awoke with a bloody nose, which was unusual for him.
On October 16, 1996 at 4:30 a.m. Mary awoke suddenly. She heard muffled bumps and cracks. There was a faint high pitched electrical
like whine, not in the room but possibly outside or in the attic. She went back to sleep. Katie came to the room at 5:30 a.m. and said she
couldn't sleep and then stayed with her parents until 6:45 a.m. When she awoke she said that she had a funny dream that a pig bit or stung
her on the right ankle and that it really hurt. The parents checked her ankle and found a red spot about the size of a quarter on inside that
looked similar to a pressure mark. She later told her parents that when she awoke, her skin was tingling and her hairs were standing on end.
The evening before experiencing this dream, Katie drew pictures of aliens with Jack, not a normal activity for her. Before bed she suddenly
asked her mother if she remembered the movie "Fire in the Sky" which they had rented back in 1995. Mary replied, "Yes, do you?" Katie
said, "Yes." "What made you think of that?", asked Mary. "Nothing," Katie replied, then shrugged and walked away.
Katie and Jack have experienced numerous environmental, chemical, and food allergies which were first noted in 1991 and worsened
through 1994. They have immune system depression and consequent intestinal infections. Jack has high levels of tin, cadmium, and lead.
Their doctor has indicated some puzzlement over this contamination in Jack since there is no evidence of industrial exposure.