After the first abduction I really didn’t trust my judgement anymore, I was just a bundle of nerves and jumpy, always looking over my shoulder. If I’m honest I didn’t have a clue about what had happened to me. I was still young and didn’t know how to judge people and I trusted everyone. It didn’t take long to figure out that you couldn’t trust anyone without them gaining that trust. That was the reason it took so long to write this book. Finally I found someone I trusted and clicked with. Someone apart from my family who thought it would be a good idea to write a book that in turn would help me have a better understanding about what had happened. Well, hopefully it might help regardless. I just want to take the time to thank Philip Mantle for everything he has done and for gaining my trust. And I have to say it was a long road for him to do that, but it’s there 100 now.
I also want to thank my wife Dorothy Waynett Parker, my daughter Stacie Bailey
Parker, her husband Thomas Bailey and his father August Bailey, for helping me make up my mind. The best family in the world. Getting back to the way I feel I often sit around and wonder why did this happen to me? That is still a question I can’t answer. Maybe this has happened to someone else and they just can’t remember it, who knows?
We must remember that my second close encounter in 1996, which was explored under regressive hypnosis by alien abduction researcher Budd Hopkins, was only revealed to me under hypnosis. I could not consciously remember any of it, all I had was this large chunk of ‘missing time’ that I could not account for. That has to be one of the worst feelings a person could ever have. Not knowing where almost a whole day went and not remembering much, just bits and pieces of what happened and not being able to put them together in a sensible manner. At least the first abduction in 1973 was straight in-your-face and I remember all of it. Slowly but surely everything is coming back to me regarding my abduction experience in 1996.. Hopefully I will remember all of it soon. I wanted to call Charlie and talk to him to see if anything had happened to him but somewhere in all this Charlie and I had grown apart. So I just didn’t call him which I think was for the best at the time.
The hardest part off all of this was seeing the fear in my mother and brother’s eyes. When my mom was telling me about the UFO sighting that was at her farm and when she kept telling them that Calvin’s not here, then I knew it was my fault that they were afraid. I guess everything happens for a reason and sometimes we simply don’t understand why.
I have never really talked about this other, second abduction in 1996. I found out through experience that people believe what they want to at times and what they think might not be the way it is. I have had people say things about me that are simply not true, something that they just made up. I don’t know why people do that but that it’s just human nature I guess.
If I had a choice about everything there would be a lot in my life I would change. For example, I would have done more like Charlie did and opened up a little more about what happened and talked more about it and give more interviews and informed people a little more about what happened. So if something like this ever happens to you I respectfully suggest you open up about it no matter how bad it might seem, because in the long run you will be better off doing so. Don’t worry if people believe you or not because it doesn’t really matter. Some people will believe you and some people won’t, so just be honest with yourself .
I still haven’t opened up to many people about this. But I promise in the future I am going to try to do my best. I know for a fact good or bad there is a reason for what happened to me. The human race as a whole think they know everything but they don’t and maybe someone is trying to give us another chance before we destroy yourself .
I have just a few friends now and sometimes we go the winter and not see much of each other. But when spring comes we all have boats and have one thing in common and that is the Pascagoula River. This group of friends all count on each other and if one has a problem the rest of them are there for them. I love each and every one of them, they are like family to me. That is all we really need in life. That’s all I need, I know that for sure. Speaking of family it’s the same way with them, we don’t see each other much because we all have our own lives to lead, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love each other. Without my family and friends I don’t know how I would have coped.
****** CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Where have I been Where have I been? Everyone thinks I just disappeared off the face of the earth. That’s what I wanted everyone to think. I still don’t like being around most people, just a few friends and family. I didn’t want to live too far away from the Pascagoula River. One of the main reasons for this is that it’s got some of the best fishing in the state and I love to fish. The other reason is almost everyone knows me around here and respect my privacy. Most of the people that live here won’t tell anyone where I live. I have had reports that journalists were hunting for me and asked where I live. My neighbors just gave them an off the wall address, sending them on a wild goose chase. When I do get out I go once a month to Laurel to take my wife to see her mother.
I used to watch Charlie on the news all the time and I just couldn’t understand why he would do that. I know the TV news companies don’t pay a thing for an interview, the same way that all the TV talk-shows hardly pay you a dime, maybe just your expenses. I always made more money from simply working. I didn’t do any talks at UFO conventions, instead I just like sleeping in my own bed, eating my own food and that way I know both of them are clean. Living just a few miles from Charlie I called him a couple of times to see if he wanted to go fishing, but the conversation would always end up with him wanting to talk about our encounter and I didn’t. I got the impression that Charlie was more adversely affected than I was because he couldn’t let it go. I think if he had of let it go it would have disappeared by now. That’s what I wanted, just to forget about it .We didn’t have five minutes of fame we have had forty five minutes of fame .
Although Charlie and I didn’t see each other much after the encounter I did take one more trip with him. The trip left me out of my pocket but to me it was worth it. We went to see Betty Hill. She had phoned Charlie and said she was dying and that she would like to see both of us, so I agreed to fly down and see her with Charlie. What an interesting woman she was and what a story she had to tell. Her case was known as the Hill abduction or the (Zeta Reticuli). We stayed two days together then I stayed on an extra day because I wanted to know everything. Betty told us all about the abduction experience she and her husband Barney had. It was a real privilege to meet her.
The Hills lived in New Hampshire and as far as I know they were the only bi-racial married couple in the area in the 1960s. A white woman and a black man marrying at that time just wasn’t heard of. Thankfully times have changed. They were driving from Niagara falls when Barney spotted a craft and a four hour trip took them over seven hours. This is why I went there to hear about the ‘missing time’. This is what Budd Hopkins was talking about happening frequently in such cases. This was what had happened to me in 1996.
This was the interesting part and I wanted to ask Betty about it. All of their abduction story came out while under hypnosis. A lot of people thought they’d made it up. But after spending time with Betty Hill I believed her. I didn’t get to talk to Barney as he had passed away a few years ago. But their story has stood the test of time in my opinion.
On the way there while on the plane I tried to talk to Charlie about my ‘missing time’ experience in 1996, but he just didn’t want to talk about it. So, I just dropped it and told myself that this would be my last trip to go anywhere with him. Little did I know he would pass away shortly thereafter.
I didn’t know Charlie had passed away until a reporter looked me up and barged his way in on me and my family. I am still pissed about this reporter from ABC. He went to the county school board and someone from the school board brought him to my house. The school board has no business running a tour service, I will rememb
er this on election day. I pay school taxes and don’t even have kids in school.
On that day I was sitting on my back porch visiting with some friends from Seattle when he showed up unannounced. I reluctantly granted him an interview because if I hadn’t it would have led to more news reporters trying to see if they could get an interview. That’s when he asked me how I felt about Charlie dying. This was the first I heard about it. I just told him how would you feel in losing a friend you’ve known all your life. After he left I contacted Charlie’s son Eddie Hickson and visited with him on the phone for a little while. Charlie’s son has always been close to his dad and supported him through all of this. If our local station WLOX would have come out wanting an interview I would have gladly granted them one. I assumed they didn’t want an interview because they have never asked although they have used my name on the news every now and then.
I never knew what Charlie thought about my other encounters, we never talked about it. I always wanted to ask him if he had any more. But that chance has gone I’m sorry to say.
I have often been asked to speak in public, but I don’t like being in the public eye. I have to say most everyone I meet is just curious about what happened and that is up to them if they believe it or not. But I would say about 90 of the people that live here and know of me do feel that something very strange did happen to me and Charlie but have no idea what it was.
So you see, I purposely kept out of limelight and let Charlie do all the TV shows, UFO conventions and news interviews etc. We had both been affected in different ways by what had happened and it changed me completely. But now times have changed and I have learned a lot and want to tell my story while I still can.
****** CHAPTER FIFTEEN
My story Here it is four years later and I am writing a book about my abduction experience. I really didn’t think it was that important until I started noticing everyone asking why I hadn’t wrote a book. They also wanted to know how I was handling things after my encounter, even all these years later. I had never really thought about it but these were questions from the people and neighbors I have lived around, they who had protected me from the outside world. Then, one day, we were at a neighbors and friend’s funeral, he was well thought of and respected, so those at the funeral were people he knew from a lot of different states around the USA. They all pretty much acted like they knew me and knew my history and asked me why I hadn’t written a book .
After getting home from the funeral my wife said I need to talk to you. She told me I needed to write a book because you owe it to the people that have followed your story. To be honest I have never thought about that. I told my wife Waynett that I would think about it. So, I thought about it and thought to myself that she would forget all about it before too long. How wrong I was. Just a few weeks later the subject kept coming up just out of the blue. I informed Waynett that I didn’t know the first thing about how to write a book and I didn’t have the education to enable me to do it. But once again Waynett kept on and on about it, she had been on this scene from the beginning and would like know the full story herself and she was sure that others would too. I had no choice so I told her if someone came by that knew how to write a book and was willing to help I would give it a try.
Of course I was thinking that I would never find someone like that. Then, out of the blue Philip Mantle contacted me through my email and asked me about a book. I told him I had been working on one and he kept waiting for me to send it to him. He waited patiently for quite a few months. All I had at this point was a few notes that I made for myself, no book, no nothing. These notes were not very well organized and I knew it was far from a book, so, Mr. Mantle said he would help me if I would give it a go. Eventually we talked on the phone and a deal was made in order to get my story into a book. I sent him a copy of my notes and he emailed me back in a nice way and said it needed a lot of work but that he was an author and was certain that together we could do it and we did. I have to say that without his patience and help there would be no book. He made it a lot easier than I thought. I have worked on this book at night because I don’t sleep much so it just seemed the right time to do it. If I get three hours of sleep at night that is a full night’s sleep for me. The main reason of course for me trying to write a book is for my family and friends. Finally I can let them all know what I think about what has happened and what I have gone through. Putting it in a book is much easier for me rather than have to tell them all one-to-one to their faces.
My brother-in-law Hosey Smith and his daughter Amanda Smith, came to the coast to spend Easter weekend with us (2018). They went to the beach and walked out on the pier and were just looking and there was a light going across the sky. There was a man standing there and of course he had no idea who they were. He said to them “look at that.” This guy also told them that a few years back there was a man that had been abducted just across the river. My niece told him that it was her uncle that had been abducted and he said “You’re kidding”. My niece told him what she knew about what had happened to me and Charlie. He replied, “Damn, that guy is my hero I want to meet him”. That kind of thing happens all the time.
There has been times when we would be out and someone would talk about our ‘close encounter’ without having a clue that I was one of the two men involved.. Then they would say I know that guy, he’s very cool. I would never tell them any different of course. I am going to talk to Philip about putting a before and after picture in the book for the people on the coast. There was a time when I got really big just from bad eating habits, but since last March (2017) I have lost 140lb, so people have started to recognize me again. There was a time for a while with all that weight on that they didn’t recognize me at all. I guess everything is for a reason .
I know that other people that have had a close encounter experience and they have not told anyone about it at all. My advice to them would be to contact someone in this field and talk to them about this. Many such researchers will treat you with respect and dignity and will not reveal anything without your permission. At the end of this chapter I will provide you with some contact information to someone that can help you or get you some help. Do not try to deal with this by yourself, it will drive you crazy and there are people that can help you. The first thing to do is to call the authorities and just tell them the truth. The next thing to do is to document everything, who you talked to, any other witnesses, get their full name and address, write a narrative about what you witnessed and so on. I found that it’s important to write down the time it happened, what the weather was like, even if the wind was blowing. There is no detail too small because later on you may well need it. Keep a clear head, don’t drink any alcohol or take any drugs. Everyone has a cell-phone with a camera so take pictures if possible. The reason I say this is because I went through all of this. Back in 1973 when this happened to me there were no cellphones but today almost everyone has one. Another thing is that today a lot of people carry a firearm. My advice would be not shoot at these beings should you encounter one. I will say it again, do not shoot at them. Just document everything and get away from whatever it is as fast as possible and then call 911.
To the people that research this phenomenon please remember what this person just gone through and don’t push them for answers. Treat them with care and respect and just ask as many questions as possible but don’t push for answers all at one time. They will soon start remembering and open up to you. Advise them that it would be in their best interest not to read or study any other cases until you have all their information documented. Don’t give them examples or any descriptions of any other cases so that you then cannot be accused of putting words it to the witnesses mouths. Please keep telling them that they are going to be okay and that no one is going to ridicule them. And please keep the press away from them if at all possible so they won’t plant any ideas in their head. This is just some simple advice for both the researchers and the witnesses, but it is advice based on my own experi
ence. This is my story and I have written this book for a number of reason as you can see. I wanted to set the record straight, tell my family, friends and neighbors and anyone else that is interested, exactly what happened to me, how it has affected my life ever since and what I believe is the nature an origin of my ‘close encounters’. If you don’t agree with me that’s fine, but I do hope if that is the case you will at least agree on one thing and that is that Charlie and me told the truth and that’s a fact.
Waynett & Calvin Parker in 2018
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