Piece Of Art

Recently, I discovered that in 2007, the late Mac Tonnies , author of  The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and Aliens Among Us , ( NY: Anomalist Books, 2010)  wrote this: A friend who's been sight-seeing in New York recently happened across a most unusual figurine in a toy store. After dropping me an excited message on my answering machine, he emailed me this photo: The carrot-colored apparition is none other than the "wrinkled robot" described by Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, who claimed to have been  abducted by apparent alien creatures in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1973 . Needless to say, you don't see too many of these on toy shelves.... I was wondering, has anyone seen this unique collectible artifact of our popular Fortean culture, as expressed in this "wrinkled robot" item? Really like to find this one. Let me know, if you have.  Thank you. Photo above, via Mac Tonnies, originally from Mike Clelland. ++++ Update: Reader...

Charles E Hickson Sr (left above), one of two men who reported they were abducted from the banks of Mississippi's Pascagoula River by aliens in 1973, has died at the age of 80. Mr Hickson died on Friday, September 9, 2011, in Ocean Springs, officials with O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Gautier said. He spent nearly 40 years reliving the reported encounter. He also co-wrote a book, UFO Contact at Pascagoula . On October 11, 1973, Mr Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula River. What seemed to be the beginning of a peaceful night turned to chaos when the pair said they suddenly found themselves in a close encounter with an alien craft and its occupants. Mr Hickson, then 42, and Mr Parker, then 19, did not want their account publicised, but a reported leak to the newspaper made publicity inevitable. After reporting their account to the sheriff's office, Mr Hickson and Mr Parker both passed lie detector tests and were even questioned under hypnosis. Inve...