Life and Death After the Invasion :: essays research papers

Returning to their impudently Hampshire home, Barney and Betty Hill had the worst time adjusting to the invasion. Barney began smoking and Betty began to perceive. * 3 weeks by and by*Barney was on the verge of getting fired from his assistant supervisor line of business because he constantly got high in the workplace. He also began hallucinating about small martians speaking to him and telling him that every wholeness in their town are secret F.B.I. Agents and are out to get him and his wife. Also, that it would be a unspoiled idea to take his wife and drive to the Grand Canyon. That is where no one would find him.Due to Bettys strange behavior, her boss awarded her with some other week off to relax. She planned a trip alone to Arizona. subsequently her day shift was over, she walks over to her gondola and grabs the handle. Only the gate is stuck. Betty tugs and tugs, still the door still wont budge. She takes a deep breath and tries for the door again. With a mighty thr ust, she tugs. The door breaks and Betty travel to the ground. Everything in her purse falls out. Her red lipstick rolls underneath the car. As she reaches to grab it. SLAM The car door shuts again. Puzzled, she opens the door and looks, but no one is in her car. She puts her make out in and cranks the engine DAMN IT cursed Betty.The car wont start. She looks at the gas hand to see if the tank was empty. The tank was full. She picks up her kiosk phone and tried to call her husband, only to be accompanied by static.Hello?Silence. She then begins to nab something really weird. Whispering. Hello? Who is this? Can anybody hear me? Barney? Barney, can you hear me?, questioned Betty.Before she could even hang up the phone, a bright light surrounding the car making it very ambitious to see. She then decides to get out of the car and investigate. She reaches for the handle, but cant open the door for it seems to be stuck. Betty tries to scream, but nothing manages to come out. The lig ht becomes so bright, that she passes out. When she comes to (10 minutes later), she tries the engine again. Hotdog, it works Betty rejoices.Barney, feeling light as a feather, she attempts to drive home. He pulls up in his driveway, hitting the garage door.