Date: 04-16-91  22:02
From: Linda Murphy
Subj: Grays

Well, you were asking if there was any "Gray" material out there that was
beyond UFOlogy. In the CONTACT echo, I mentioned the apocraphyl and an
account of a "sexless/digestive tractless" being that early Christians felt
were Adam & Eve. The connection to the cave is quite interesting, because the
local Native Americans feel they originated out of these mountains (volcanos
actually) in this area.
There was a book called "Road in The Sky" (I believe that is it -- it was
written by George Hunt Williams who was a contactee who just also happened to
"operate" in this very area I live in). I no longer have the book, but it was
most interesting, because he too went into this cave business along with much
of the Native American lore in my local area. Now it is most interesting how
this "trend" in UFOlogy has been evolving. For example, back in the 50's,
George Hunt Williamson wrote that these "Space Brothers" gave humanity
"technology" and "knowledge", begining back in the 1800's, in exchange to
"search" for something on earth. These were not Grays that did this -- but
the same Space Brothers that many view as benevolent. I had then wondered
how/why this focus had shifted since the 50's and evolved into what it is
today.
Whitley Strieber also touches upon this Native American "lore", and on rare
occasion, I have seen it brought up in the echos.
A short while back, I went to the Goodwill (as this is how I've built up my
library since 1989) and someone must have emptied out their library of UFO
books. Most of these dealt with the Gods, Demons, and Aliens approach. One is
obviously geared to warn people about connecting up with these beings and
feels they are all "demon inspired", and another is more or less an "average"
type UFO book covering all kinds of things.
In one book, "Monsters You Never Heard Of," written by Daniel Cohen (C) 1980,
there is an interesting account of what came to be known as the "Dover
Demon". The drawing in this book (reproduction of what this kid drew in an
attempt to describe what he saw), looked something like what might be a Gray.
It was gripping a tree, and it's eyes glowed faintly, and the sillouette of
the head is very much like some other pictures of these beings. He then said
that someone suggested that the Dover Demon might be a "Mannegishi." The
Mannegishi are creatures of the mythology of the Cree Indians of Canada. They
are supposed to be little people with round heads and no noses. They have
long thin arms and legs. THere main purpose in life, according to the Cree
legends, is to play jokes on the big people.
In another book, "Gods, Demons and Space Chariots" by Eric Norman (C) 1970,
we find the following:
"Ella E. Clark, professor Emeritus at Washington State University, tells of
an interesting story about the Medicine Wheel in 'Indian Legends of the
Northern Rockies', published by the University of Oklahoma Press. Red Plume,
the famous Crow Indian chieftain told of how he visited the Medicine Wheel
and waited for four days and nights. On the final night, he was joined by
three small men and women. These miniature beings led Red Plume to an
underground covern beneath the Medicine Wheel. For three more days and
nights, Red Plume was tutored by the little people. He was taught the
strategy of war; he was advised on the proper methods of leading his tribe to
greatness."
"When I visited the Medicine Wheel, I became intrigued with the mysterious
momument and sought information from Indians in that state. While the older
Indians were sometimes reluctant to discuss the structure with a 'paleface,'
I obtained a considerable amount of fact, folklore, and information from the
younger Indians."
"'It is difficult to believe but our forefathers claim the little people
lived there,'a college student declared. 'I've talked with some of the older
people in our tribe. It was a sacred place many years ago. The wee people
supposedly created many of the paintings and rock carvings throughout the
west. I believe they had a strong role in our tribal taboos and religion."
The area is "rich" in lore (this area anyways). You and Sandy were
speculating about European encounters that were similar to the typical "gray"
encounter, or types of beings that are similar, and if there were any written
histories. We sometimes forget, that in Europe, anyone who "contacted"
anything that the Church felt was not angelic, was burned or destroyed in
order to put an end to the heresay. Vallee then attempts to explore legends
of fairy folk, to see if he can garner anything from the lore to support his
own research efforts.
Durring the late 1700's, however, things begun to change. People were allowed
to think or express themselves about these things. Some wound up in
institutes, and others did not and were considered "philosophers". Voltair
had an unpublished work, in which he felt he was not of this planet. He also
wrote some very early Science Fiction about life on other planets.
In the same book mentioning the Medicine Wheel, there is a short passage from
the autobiography of Malcalm X, where he is visited by someone after praying
to Allah to relieve him of his confusion. It says he could not move when this
being was there. He described it as someone not European, and his race was
something he could not ascertain. But he was olive skinned and had oily black
hair. The autobiography just happened to been released not too long prior to
his assassination.
I've got an article that talks about "contact", and will see if I can dig it
up. The author starts off with an account of a 19th Century inmate in an
insane assylum that thought "someone" was playing a pipe organ "up there" and
controlling him. He then details another case in which he was working with
someone he could not convince otherwise, that "aliens" were controlling him
from "up there" also. Pretty interesting in the long run. He also has worked
with and determined "help" programs for people who have used LSD (even if
once) in the past, who may be finding themselves in a "flashback" situation
after many years of not having anything happening to them. Interesting
article in the long run. (OMNI Magazine).