On 25 October 1974, Carl Higdon, an oil-field driller, was hunting in a forest in the Wyoming countryside. He spotted 5 elk, raised his rifle and fired at one, but felt no kick from the high-powered weapon and heard no report. Absolute silence descended on the forest. The bullet seemed to float from the barrel and fell to the ground 50 ft in front of him. After retrieving the bullet, he heard a twig snap (a common feature in otherworldly encounters). He turned to see a bow-legged humanlike figure, about 6 ft 2 inches tall, standing near him. His skin tone was like that of an Oriental, and the face seemed to blend into the neck. As in so many other cases, the being was dressed in a one-piece suit. His right arm ended in a cone-shaped device. The man, who later revealed that he was called 'Ausso', greeted him by saying, 'How you doin'?', and then asked if he was hungry. Before Higdon could answer, a small package floated toward him. Inside were 4 pills, and he found himself taking one.
He then spotted the creature's ship in the distance, and was asked if he wanted to come along. Before he could answer he found himself inside a transparent cubical craft, strapped to a chair and wearing a helmet. Ausso and another ufonaut were with him, and the 5 elk were crammed inside in a cage behind him. When Ausso pointed his arm at the controls, the craft began moving and Higdon saw the earth receding below him. Moments later they landed on a dark planet that Ausso said was '163,000 light-miles' (!) from earth. Outside was a huge tower with a bright rotating light, and he saw what looked like 5 humans standing in the nearby plaza. When Ausso pointed his arm again, Higdon found himself inside a room in the tower. A device came out of the wall in front of him and examined him for several minutes. Ausso then told him he was not what they needed and would be taken back. Ausso returned his rifle and floated the remaining pills out of his pocket.
The next thing Higdon remembered was walking along a road, feeling dazed and confused. About 2.5 hours had passed. He still had his rifle, but didn't know who he was or where he was. In the distance he saw a parked truck and decided to use it for shelter, not realizing that it was his own vehicle. The truck stood in the middle of a mudhole, with no tracks to show how it had got there. He used the two-way radio to call for help and was eventually found. His truck had to be towed out, and those involved concluded it must have been deposited there from the air. He was taken to hospital, and late the next day he began to regain his memory and equilibrium.
The bullet Higdon had fired at the beginning of his adventure was examined by an expert, who could not explain the state it was in. The lead had disappeared, it showed none of the deformation expected of a spent bullet, and it looked as if it had been turned inside out. Much of Higdon's experience, however, sounds very dreamlike; some of the details were recalled with the help of hypnosis. Higdon passed a lie-detector test, and was considered to be a reliable character. Other people had seen lights in the sky on the night of the abduction [7].
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