David

I would say maybe the reason why we didn't really talk about it or address it was because I don't really think we're naturally superstitious people, or I guess we weren't at the time either. I also think it's maybe just the tendencies of teenage guys to not really talk about things, especially pretty traumatic things like that.

This encounter definitely did traumatize a couple of the guys that were also on the trip. I personally don't have any sort of resulting trauma from it, but it was never like discussed as like, wow, it wasn't that crazy. It wasn't that cool. It was always a, yeah, that was really messed up. What was that? We don't really know what that was.

This encounter definitely did traumatize a couple of the guys that were also on the trip. I personally don't have any sort of resulting trauma from it, but it was never like discussed as like, wow, it wasn't that crazy. It wasn't that cool. It was always a, yeah, that was really messed up. What was that? We don't really know what that was.

This encounter definitely did traumatize a couple of the guys that were also on the trip. I personally don't have any sort of resulting trauma from it, but it was never like discussed as like, wow, it wasn't that crazy. It wasn't that cool. It was always a, yeah, that was really messed up. What was that? We don't really know what that was.

Also, some of the guys on the trip were pretty religious at the time. I'm not personally religious. I've never really been religious at all. So witnessing that didn't really shake my belief systems, but I'd imagine that the guys who were pretty religious might have had trouble coping with it, really. I didn't tell my parents either. Had I told my parents, I don't think they would have believed me.

Also, some of the guys on the trip were pretty religious at the time. I'm not personally religious. I've never really been religious at all. So witnessing that didn't really shake my belief systems, but I'd imagine that the guys who were pretty religious might have had trouble coping with it, really. I didn't tell my parents either. Had I told my parents, I don't think they would have believed me.

Also, some of the guys on the trip were pretty religious at the time. I'm not personally religious. I've never really been religious at all. So witnessing that didn't really shake my belief systems, but I'd imagine that the guys who were pretty religious might have had trouble coping with it, really. I didn't tell my parents either. Had I told my parents, I don't think they would have believed me.

They were naturally pretty rational people, I guess you could say. So I think they would have just assumed that I was like, you know, smoking too much weed or whatever or whatnot. I don't think they would have believed me at all. After that happened, I was trying to rack my head about like what that could have been besides, you know, a UFO. And I thought it could have been a helicopter.

They were naturally pretty rational people, I guess you could say. So I think they would have just assumed that I was like, you know, smoking too much weed or whatever or whatnot. I don't think they would have believed me at all. After that happened, I was trying to rack my head about like what that could have been besides, you know, a UFO. And I thought it could have been a helicopter.

They were naturally pretty rational people, I guess you could say. So I think they would have just assumed that I was like, you know, smoking too much weed or whatever or whatnot. I don't think they would have believed me at all. After that happened, I was trying to rack my head about like what that could have been besides, you know, a UFO. And I thought it could have been a helicopter.

But I could tell that it was a couple hundred feet off the ground. And normally, you know, I live in the Bay Area in Oakland, and there's police helicopters flying around all the time, and those fly pretty high up in the air. But you can still hear the chopper blades, you know, slicing through the air. And I'd imagine that if a helicopter is flying, pretty low to the ground.

But I could tell that it was a couple hundred feet off the ground. And normally, you know, I live in the Bay Area in Oakland, and there's police helicopters flying around all the time, and those fly pretty high up in the air. But you can still hear the chopper blades, you know, slicing through the air. And I'd imagine that if a helicopter is flying, pretty low to the ground.

But I could tell that it was a couple hundred feet off the ground. And normally, you know, I live in the Bay Area in Oakland, and there's police helicopters flying around all the time, and those fly pretty high up in the air. But you can still hear the chopper blades, you know, slicing through the air. And I'd imagine that if a helicopter is flying, pretty low to the ground.

It would be still disturbing the wind around us. And I recall just no sound coming out of the craft other than just the resonant frequency that it was emitting. There's no sort of sound that it was jet propulsion or whatever. In a weird way, I just remember how silent everything else was around us. There was no sound of coyotes howling or any sort of disturbances to the nature around us.

It would be still disturbing the wind around us. And I recall just no sound coming out of the craft other than just the resonant frequency that it was emitting. There's no sort of sound that it was jet propulsion or whatever. In a weird way, I just remember how silent everything else was around us. There was no sound of coyotes howling or any sort of disturbances to the nature around us.

It would be still disturbing the wind around us. And I recall just no sound coming out of the craft other than just the resonant frequency that it was emitting. There's no sort of sound that it was jet propulsion or whatever. In a weird way, I just remember how silent everything else was around us. There was no sound of coyotes howling or any sort of disturbances to the nature around us.

It was a pretty run-down campsite, so it didn't have any really amenities. It barely had plumbing, just some outhouses. So there's no machinery around there or construction happening. There's nothing that could actually really produce... a noise like that, let alone a noise at that scale.

It was a pretty run-down campsite, so it didn't have any really amenities. It barely had plumbing, just some outhouses. So there's no machinery around there or construction happening. There's nothing that could actually really produce... a noise like that, let alone a noise at that scale.

It was a pretty run-down campsite, so it didn't have any really amenities. It barely had plumbing, just some outhouses. So there's no machinery around there or construction happening. There's nothing that could actually really produce... a noise like that, let alone a noise at that scale.

And that's why I was so entranced when I first woke up to see this craft overhead, was because even in my half-asleep, half-awake stupor, I knew that what it was was not an organic thing. It wasn't of planet Earth. There's no way it could have been a helicopter. It was this complete otherworldly entity that was present in our space.