The voice you just heard belongs to 42-year-old Charlie Hickson.

In 1973, he told Berkeley professor James Harder about the strangest day of his life.

So what scared him so badly?

If you take Charlie's word for it, just a few months before that recording, he and his

friend were paralyzed, abducted, and probed by aliens.

This is Supernatural, a Spotify original from Parkast.

I'm your host Ashley Flowers.

Every Wednesday I'll be taking a deep dive into a real unexplained occurrence to try

and figure out the truth.

You can find all episodes of Supernatural and all other Spotify originals from Parkast

for free on Spotify.

This week I'm talking about the Pascagula abduction, a 1973 alien encounter in Mississippi.

It's one of the most famous accounts of its kind, and yet it took 45 years for the public

to hear the whole story.

I'll dive into the truth coming up.

Stay with us.

Sometimes life just throws you a curveball.

An unexpected event happens that totally changes your outlook on life.

It could be the death of a loved one, a natural disaster, a big break in your career.

Today's story is about one of those moments amplified to the max.

Something so earth shatteringly strange happens to two men in Pascagula, Mississippi, that it

not only changes their outlook, it completely ruins the rest of their lives.

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