Our Sunday school teacher said on Sunday, "Stephenville continues to push the limits of the old saying There's No Such Thing As Bad Press." Really couldn't have said it better myself.
Yes, I am sure you have heard by now, we have UFO's out here in Hillbilly Land.
They were spotted a couple weeks ago and as Casey likes to say it's been "pandelerium" ever since. News trucks everywhere, Larry King Live was here over the weekend. Alien t-shirts and parties and hats made of foil, oh my!
Every marquee in town has a comment about it- Spaceships Park in the Back, Honk If You've Seen a UFO, Aliens Like Tacos Too, and Martians Eat Free. Seems most everyone has a comment as well. Dunk's second grade classmates all have an opinion- they thought maybe the people just saw a paper plate and thought it was a flying saucer. And then of course, the news agencies like to get their opinions in without really saying anything. They just make sure to get a nice wideshot of the doublewide behind the guy talking about the "bright, shining light".
It's all been a little fun, really. I am mean I am so over the whole "get a load of these crazy rednecks" deal so I find it funny. I am completely aware that the rest of the nation is laughing at us, I am laughing with them. And I am not sure I have laughed as hard as I did when I heard this last tidbit in years- I didn't hear this one first hand, it was reported to me by my husband and I honestly thought he made it up but I was wrong. One man spotted the UFO through the scope on his deer rifle and he thought about shootin' it but he "didn't want to start an intergalactic war." Just think about that today when you hit a rough spot, I guarantee that image will make you smile.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Outer Limits
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Somebody is going to come pick me up and take me to a looney bin for writing this, but I saw one guy on the news from Stephenville that saw the exact same thing I did several years ago when I was in college.
My ex-boyfriend, a friend of mine, and her boyfriend were all driving back from a ski trip my freshman year in college. We saw this bright light way out in the distance in front of us that was blinking. Suddenly, it moved so fast in a arc motion across the sky and then stopped way out in the distance behind us. It moved across the sky so fast.
I heard a guy last week from Stephenville tell almost this exact story. I'm not saying I believe in aliens, but I will say it was a very WEIRD coincidence!!
There. I said it. Now I can be committed!
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