In 2012, Terry Lovelay sat in his doctor's office waiting for x-ray results.

Earlier that day, he felt a sharp pain in his leg, lost his balance, and fell.

The doctor returned returned looking confused.

He showed Terry the x-ray.

A small square object about the size of a fingernail was buried deep in Terry's right

leg. The doctor had never seen anything like it.

He asked if Terry had been in an accident or had surgery.

He hadn't.

But then he remembered.

For 40 years, Terry had tried to forget the terrifying experience at Devil's Den State Park.

He never told anyone, knowing they wouldn't believe him without evidence.

But the evidence had been there all along, a strange metal object embedded in his leg, and the object

was not man-made. In June 1977, 1977, Terry and Toby were Air Force medics stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base near Kansas City, Missouri.

They took four days of leave to go camping.

After a six hour drive to Devil's Den State Park, they chose a secluded place in a restricted area to camp, drink beer,

and look at the stars. Around 9 PM as they ate and joked near the fire, Toby suddenly hushed Terry and said,

You hear that?

Terry said, I don't hear anything.

Toby said said exactly.

Suddenly everything was silent.

No crickets, no birds, no breeze.

It felt like time it stopped and the forest was holding its breath.

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