Have you ever visited a different and wild place? Well, just consider doing it...
“The very first night there we saw brilliant white and green lights that would respond to our laser signaling; they came from a steep side of the mountain, way too steep for climbers,” says Richard Lalancette, a software engineer from Ottawa, who, in hopes of having a firsthand encounter with a UFO, traveled in 2006 to Mount Shasta — arguably one of the country’s most mysterious places — as part of a Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI) expedition. He got his wish.
Over the following days, a series of incredible incidents unfolded in the immense skies over the mountain’s slopes, and Lalancette returned home from northern California a changed man — admittedly more connected with nature and the universe. “If a regular dude like me can [experience] and achieve things like this, then anybody can.”
Lalancette is not alone in his experience on Mount Shasta, nor in wanting to explore one of life’s greatest mysteries: according to a 2007 Associated Press poll, one out of three people believes in the existence of UFOs. Debunkers may relish “I told you so” moments, but few can argue that the planet is teeming with unexplained phenomena. We’re all familiar with the well-worn lore of places like Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle and the Great Pyramids of Egypt, but there exist countless mystery spots across the globe — even in our backyards — that spark our imaginations and make us stop to consider just how much we don’t know. Where is Morpheus from The Matrix to show us “how deep the rabbit hole goes” when we need him?
