Fallen Leaf Lake, CA

For two years, Mrs. H. and her husband have lived in a cabin on the peaceful shore of Fallen Leaf Lake. Near Lake Tahoe, this quaint area has always been an old-fashioned town. Until this year, the closest most people came to discussing paranormal activities was to pass on occasional rumors of "dancing stars." Mrs. H. has long believed that extra-terrestrials exist, but never guessed that she would witness a visit from such creatures in her own backyard.

At around 10:00, on the Saturday night before Labor Day, she noticed that everything became strangely silent. She stepped into the dark yard behind the cabin to find nothing... at first. Then, while gazing up at the stars, she noticed that one was moving in a strange manner. She explains, "It caught my eye because the small light's movement was too slow to be an airplane, but too fast to be a satellite. It also seemed very far away and jiggled a bit in place."

She sat down on their small pier, in order to settle herself and make sure that she was not moving. Just then, she had the urge to stare into the lake's surface. In a matter of minutes (though her husband later accounted for a whole hour passing), as if awaking from a trance, Mrs. H. looked up to find six short, pale humanoids creeping innocently beyond the yard's fence.