From Within. J. D. Thorsen. October 11, Tyne, Scotland:

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1 From Within J. D. Thorsen October 11, Tyne, Scotland: It was a dark and stormy night. It was an amazing lightshow that Mother Nature was putting on. I was with my brother Tommy and his girlfriend Sara. We were in the The Clover Hotel, just off of the main road between Glasgow and Inverness. The storm had been raging for more than three hours. Now it sounded as if it was passing, with the sound of thunder becoming more distant. I stepped outside for a breath of fresh air. It was dusk, and as I looked to the North, and behind the trees, I saw a light which I first thought was the now far off lightning. Looking again, however, I found this light to be very strange, and yellow in color. I stood observing this for around ten or fifteen minutes before Tommy joined me. He asked if I was alright. Hey William. What s up? Look at that! Have you ever seen anything like that before? Not at this time of day, he answered. Maybe it s just the sun setting... There was a sudden flash of lightning, and a rumble of thunder echoed back up the glen, as the rains began again. We decided to go back into the hotel. Later that evening, perhaps a little after ten, we were heading back home. On the way, there was a huge flash of lightning. This was not normal lightning. It was strange, unlike any other I had ever seen. As we approached the house, there was an deafening bang. Like an earthquake, the ground shook. People in nearby houses switched on their lights and came out, looking around for any damage, but could see none. There was, however, an overpowering smell of sulphur present. Tommy and I looked at each other. He decided that it might be good if we explored. He went into the house, and soon came out with two flashlights. Sara also had a flashlight. She told us to wait. Maybe we should grab some supplies, she suggested. I ll pack some food and water, too. By the time we left with our walking boots, backpacks, and flashlights in hand, it was almost midnight. We went through the village, but could find no trace of any damage. When we looked

2 north, towards where I had seen the bizarre yellow light just a few hours before, and there now seemed to be a new light in the sky. This one was a pale powder blue color, which was pulsing. We found it curious, as it was coming from the direction of Sherman, so we started on the West Highland Way path. It was about 12 kilometers to Sherman, and so we started off. October 12, Early hours, Sherman: This is not a large village, but it was a village nonetheless. There were just five or six houses, a small train station, a small post office, and, of course, the Sherman Hotel, which sits on the shoulder of the highway. The guests were outside investigating the strange blue light. Evidently, they had seen it too. We met a few of these guests outside the hotel. One of them was an American. He seemed quite excited. Man, did you hear that explosion? he asked. There was a second explosion, like a ball of fire. We all looked at each other. It was then that I remembered that there was another hotel at the other side of the hill, at Eastville. We were worried for the people staying there, so all of us ran a kind of rescue mission over the hill and towards the hotel. When we got to the top of the hill, we were a bit surprised because all was still. The hotel was perfectly fine, as if nothing had happened. Still we approached the hotel to make sure. We knocked on the door. There was no answer. Calvin, the American man, sprinted around to the back of the hotel. He returned to us, his face as white as chalk. We have to get the hell out of here... Now Tommy was eager to investigate further. Calvin, however, was insisting that he wanted out of there. Tommy was ready to go around. No no, Tom, we gotta go... we gotta go right now!!! Just then, we saw strange lights approaching. Three strong lights. As we were making our way back up the hill, we heard the sound of helicopter rotors, and approaching traffic. We decided to jump behind some large rocks in order to hide, making sure that the hotel was still in plain view. We watched the helicopters land and the cars arrive. The military. That is when we decided to turn back and head home.

3 October 14, Two Days Later: Wednesday was a very good day weather-wise. We took a walk up to Ben s Hill The view from the summit was rather spectacular, and also, we had a birds-eye view of Lake Tulla. What was also interesting is that no boundary had been set up by the military. There was no cordons, no soldiers, no nothing. The weather had started to turn, so we began our descent back down the mountain. We got back to Tyne at about six o clock. Just in time for a drink, after a long day s hiking, but before we got there, there was a huge crash of lightning, and a great roar of thunder. The lights in the bar flickered on and off, and then suddenly stopped. The man behind the bar was standing there shaking his head. Here we go again... he said. Above the discussion, the thunderstorm outside seemed to be raging on forever. Just like a few nights before, there was a deafening explosion. Again the ground violently shook. Just like last time, everyone came out from their homes to see what had happened. The only difference was that the explosion had occurred considerably earlier than it had the last time. This time we took the car and drove, as we knew it would be faster. We reached Sherman, hoping that we would come across Calvin, but we were told that he had left the hotel during the thunderstorm. All of a sudden, there came another explosion. An object shot straight up, high into the air, and sped away a few miles in a westward direction. It stopped, hovered for a moment, and bulleted straight up again. It climbed upward until it disappeared. We got to the hotel at Eastville, but we saw no sign of Calvin. Police officers and news media arrived. The police advised us to vacate the area. The media were doing live reports from the scene. We rushed back to our hotel at Tyne, hoping to catch a glimpse of the news reports. One of the news broadcasts was speaking of large explosions in Scotland, with one man missing. They passed it over to reporter Derek Shaw, who was a reporter on the scene. It happened here at around 6:35pm. During a thunderstorm, there was a massive explosion near this hotel, just behind me. There are no industrial buildings nearby that might have been the cause, and the area is heavily wooded. The whole situation is somewhat mysterious. It has also been reported that immediately following the explosion some people saw a bright colored light which shot up into the air, moved west, and disappeared into the sky at high speed. The man in the studio asked, And what of the missing man?

4 Yes! The man is thought to be from the United States. He was staying in the area at the time of the incident. There has been no sign of him since, although police and mountain rescue teams are searching for any sign of him. As of yet, there has been no word. This is Derek Shaw in Eastville, back to the studio... His voice tailed off, but I had long since stopped listening by this time. I was too busy worrying about what had happened to Calvin, or where he could have gone. October 17, 3 days later: There is talk in the village. They say that a young man had been found in Ashton. He was taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William, where many blood-tests were run, but nothing abnormal was found. He was released later the same day, and was allowed to return to his hotel near Sherman. That was about all the information that we were able to gather from the locals. We made our way to the Sherman Hotel, in hopes of catching up with Calvin and talking with him over a beer or two. He was grey and gaunt looking. Calvin, you look really ill, maybe you should have stayed in the hospital. I m fine, just very tired. Is this anything to do with what you saw at the lodge, Calvin? Tommy asked. All at once, a cloud seemed to envelop Calvin. He looked at us over the head of his pint, let out a deep sigh, and spoke... I ll tell you guys later. I really gotta rest now, because my head feels as if it s going to explode... We nodded in silent agreement; maybe he would tell us when he was feeling a little better. We decided a short while later that we would leave Calvin alone, so that he could go up to his room and get some sleep. From here on, things started to become very strange. The next day, we heard that Calvin had been so sick that the people who found him believed he was close to death. He was rushed immediately back into hospital. Calvin s Hospital Records: Patient file: C. Allen: Sunday, October 24th, 1994: Patient s weight had plummeted. His head had begun to take an abnormal shape. His skin had lost all natural color, and his eyes were almost permanently in a state of dilation. His behavior became more worrying and strange. A nurse had walked into his room to check on him, and had

5 fled in terror. It was clear that Calvin was no longer what medical experts would call normal. He has instead become, according to scientists, an ETBE: An Extra-Terrestrial Biological Entity. Epidemic ( ) The military were informed immediately. The hospital was advised to take all precautions and to quarantine ( ) the creature. It was, however, all to no avail, because the creature had managed to escape. It was about 36 hours later, that Calvin s nurse had reported to her superiors that she was feeling unwell. Her colleagues had noticed that she seemed rather thin and grey. This was frighteningly like how Calvin had looked when we met him at his hotel. NOTE: It is commonly believed that rats started the Black Death in14th century Europe. However, the rats were merely hosts to the alien creatures which did spread the virus. It is now clear that whatever Calvin came upon behind the forest lodge chose to use him as a vessel to spread a new virus. Sometime later: Scotland has come under threat from an unpredictable and dangerous epidemic. More and more cases of this alien virus have been reported throughout the country. Seemingly, some sufferers had been found who appeared to be cocooned in a kind of chrysalis, like that of a butterfly. The most worrying thing, however, is that there have been reports of strange bright lights moving across the sky almost globally. Is this the beginning of an alien invasion? Or just some kind of strange, and terrifying, coincidence? Courtesy J. D. Thorsen (abridged) December 30th