Real Encounters, Different Dimensions and Otherworldy Beings

Angels, gremlins, goblins, ghouls, ghosts, greys and gods. Little grey halflings and wild-eyed monsters that haunt our memories and invade our dreams. Sightings by day and sightings by night. Sightings by terrified and awestruck individuals or crowds of amazed observers. Craft described as great black triangles slipping swiftly and silently through the skies of evening, and brightly glowing disks and orbs, hovering over sleeping cities and far fields, sometimes attended by odd, little shepherd spheres, and sometimes accompanied by helicopters or pursued by military jet interceptors.People claiming to have been captured by malevolent little aliens; poked, prodded and probed in a most uncivilized manner. Female humans claiming they have been impregnated by their captors, surrendering hybrid children at an appointed time and later impassively observing their children and others being cultivated in vats of bubbling fluid.What is this intelligence, this darkling, this "Other" that has for centuries confounded and terrified humankind with their often-examined but rarely-explained agenda? How and why do their craft, which are called flying saucers or UFOs, and are thought of as "space ships" arrive in our space/time? How do they maneuver here? Why and how do they so suddenly vanish? What do they want of earthlings? How can creatures from other galaxies breathe Earth gases? How can such frail creatures cope with Earth gravity? How can beings who apparently have no sex organs-- neither male nor female--impregnate humans? Why do they never smile, never laugh? Why do they never eat? How do they maintain life without sustinance?So many questions and we struggle for answers, finding but few.Perhaps, as hinted in the Introduction, they are not at all what they seem to be. Perhaps they are images projected onto the human psyche--a collective, ever-changing mandala--nothing more than clever lantern shows flickering like elusive fireflies in the gardens behind our eyes. We turn away for a moment and when we venture a second look, the fireflies have vanished, only to reappear at another time and another place.Here, in this compelling and well-researched signature book by Brad and Sherry Steiger are pages and pages of sightings and events, encounters both terrifying and dangerous, unimaginable and unexplained, as related to the authors by friends, acquaintances, and strangers who have seen odd things in the skies, heard the unbidden voices, the cries and screams of beasts, and felt the cold, unwelcomed touch of groping, alien fingers; who have been held immobile by the mesmerizing stare of dark, impassive alien eyes.There is a hole in the sky and, apparently, something remarkable and sinister has fallen through it.Wrap up before a crackling hearth with a steaming cup of hot chocolate and enjoy "Real Encounters, Different Dimensions, and Otherworldly Beings."William Kern, a cautious believer

This book is fun to read because it is like a gigantic issue of Fate magazine. The book just careens all over the paranormal landscape, from Hollow Earthers, Nazis in Antarctica, and wee people, to Space Brothers, spirit guides, and NDE. And yes, right down to some stories that are indistinguishable from science fiction, like the story from "Z. Peterson." I took away one star for two reasons. First, instead of the title "Real Encounters" it should be titled "Stories of Encounters." Most of the stories are subjective, sent to the Steigers in reply to questionnaires they have sent to thousands of people. In other words, no evidence as to the veracity of the stories, and no witnesses. But then it is obvious that the Steigers are not out to prove anything and they do a wonderful job of it, too. There are different perspectives on some of the encounters, which I found interesting, but not enough of them. The other issue is that the illustrations are a train wreck. Lots of illustrations, but all except for a very few consist of artwork that shows distorted pictures of aliens and humans. I think. Lots of blobs and wavy lines. The art is so badly reproduced in black and white, that it looks more like smudged prints snatched too quickly from the printer. As I said, a big honking issue of Fate magazine.

This was a great book. Read it cover to cover while smacking hands to keep family from "Borrowing" it. Has both eye witnesses reporting what they've seen -- UFOs, cryptids, ect. -- and then an over view of the history behind such sightings and also brings in the mythology of fairies, werewolves, etc. Accompanying artwork and pictures are an added feature and help expand the reported sightings by every day people of strange creatures and the "things that go bump in the night". Most definitely will add it to my library on myth, UFOs, BigFoot, etc.

Doesn't travel well. Thin cover and pages. Great story though

This was a fascinating read, owing both to the author’s skill in articulate composition and the variety of subjects he weaved together for an absorbing adventure. No unnecessary filler, no tiresome inclusions of contributing accounts, and no winded reflections of the usual paranormal phenomenon. If this work is food for thought, then it’s a Porterhouse with a lot to chew on.Unless one is completely void (read: mainstream stubbornness) of an inner awareness, this work will touch the reader with varying degrees of faith, awe and conviction. Moreover, practically all the topics reach into our perception of everyday existence, such as terror and Love, dark shadows, orbs and the Near-Death Experience; while more deeper concepts include ghosts and teleportation, angels and mischievous creatures, Earth’s hidden worlds and onward into space and parallel universes…and, of course, aliens, the Soul and the Afterlife.Overall I am looking forward to rereading this one sometime down the road. Well done!

Author is too gullible. Some of the people interviewed, simply don't pass the sniff test. Some do, and I find their stories credible. I do believe that there is a link between many psychic phenomenon, and the UFO's, and i think the link is a bad one.

I bought THIS---and "THE ENIGMAS OF HISTORY: Myths, Mysteries and Madness from Around the World"---to readin bed. While THIS book has many illustrations, unlike Alan Baker's; both the Steigers' [his wife co-wrote] book, and,this one, are BOTH excellent additions to my eclectic library.THIS book has 20 chapters that take MORE than the other book's average, of 4 to 10 pages, and has diversely-expanded[sub-]topics. "...ENIGMA...'s 31 chapters stick to their subjects; the other[wordly] book has less chapters, but more MEAT,so to speak.I'm half-way through BOTH books. I can, whole-heartedly, recommend BOTH to anyone that likes a little enigmatic history...before falling asleep.Pleasant dreams!

... i don't like snakeoil.the authors make it clear, as early as in the first paragraph, that they don't know what some words mean, but use them anyway.if you're a sceptic looking for a laugh, read it.if you're a new-ager who doesn't have a problem with woo, read it.but if you're like me, looking for some good mystery, you'll probably get frustrated quickly.

A good and entertaning book.

Good interesting style and content I had not seen before. Nice analysis and good references. Would red oomend to anyone

Good book, Very interesting!

I tried to keep an open mind but I found much of it an attitude of mind more than anything else.