1968…was an important year
in my life for many years, one of which will make you snicker, hopefully.
One girl in my junior high
school English class brought a National Enquirer-like paper to school. Our circle of girls encircled her as she read
aloud: “UFOs need young women!” That’s
what we are!
Apparently, alien planets
desperately needed healthy human teen-age girls/women with which to reproduce,
replenishing their depleted planet. The first
requirement? These breed stock must be
healthy, with no flaws. The second requirement?
These healthy perfect females must stand in an open area north of any dwelling at ten
a.m. on a certain day.
Did I want to do
that? Heck, yes. Anything to escape a male-dominated farm life
of repeated drudgery! Oh boy howdy.
Flawless? I was a little weak on the one, being
near-sited. BUT the eye doctor said that
this was probably due to the excessive amount of reading I did, and this would
clear up when I reached the extent of my growth.
To prepare, I ceased heavy
reading and ditched the glasses for a week. The night before the transporting I
showered thoroughly, put my hair in rollers (so I would look like Mary Tyler
Moore), and slept lightly.
Ten a.m. found me pacing
eagerly in the wide open driveway and pasture. Here I am!...Please take me!...I waited over an hour, scanning the
clear sky. Nothing.
Why did I do this??
Escape has already been
mentioned. Another reason was I was darn
curious about sex. In a rural environment,
birth control was virtually impossible to obtain, even for an unmarried
woman. Getting pregnant by an aggressive
teen age boy would be a certain padlock in farm life.
So…I continued to think Here I am? Until my college years.
Sorry to be so wordy. That is not like me.
This thing I think is going to let me comment this time and you have gone crazy!!!! Okay or went crazy. My sister wasn't a farm girl but a cow pasture backed up to our house. My cousin tod her that fresh cow manure would remove freckles. So after every one went to bed they got some soft manure and spread it on their face, they had to leave it on 5 hours. but went to sleep and mama woke them up.
ReplyDeleteShe wanted to be taken by aliens the next few days when word got around and the freckles were still there. TRUE.
But I am glad the aliens didn't take you, I would have missed this smile...
I hope this works... It does look different....
Sherry & jack
I wonder, did any cousin tease her? Manure? no matter how much I want to fly away, I would not touch the manure. We had cows.
DeleteNot for me. I didn't like trust the young men around me, and an alien race would have scared the life out of me.
ReplyDeleteI was born with a feisty soul, and wanted to travel. This would have been the ultimate in travel.
DeleteHope springs eternal. Escape would have been nice then, but you did manage to escape eventually, right?
ReplyDeleteYes! I went to college, met my love. Now, I think on those days with nostalgia.
DeleteMaybe it was 10am eastern time.
ReplyDeleteDang. That might have been the reason.
DeleteSometimes we are desperate to grasp at any straw.
ReplyDeleteAmen. 15 year old girls can get desperate. When it food canning day, we never disappeared. We were in the trenches of canning.
DeleteI remember hearing about this alien call for young women and wondering at the time who would be silly enough to believe it and stand outside waiting. And wouldn't their parents be wondering why they were out there just looking at the sky?
ReplyDeleteMy parents didn't say anything. It was a Sat. a.m., they were busy and I often went for walks, so I could disappear for quite a while before anyone noticed.
DeleteSame here, dad at work and I was almost never home, not with the beach so close.
DeleteSilly now but probably didn't seem so at the time.
ReplyDeleteIn the 60s there were sightings of alien saucers. There were all sorts of rumors. I didn't care how silly. I'd be there.
DeleteI can't imagine being that bored of my life. Now if it had been a bus for superhero tryouts....
ReplyDeleteYou have no idea. A bus to superhero tryouts? I'd stand out side at least until 2 pm.
DeleteSame here. But, being nearly 16, it wasn't so strange. My brothers would buy it for me. They got away with all sorts of stuff.
ReplyDeleteThis is a funny tale. It is amazing what we are willing to believe at that age.
ReplyDeleteIt does amaze me as well. Teens were more gullible back then.
DeleteI remember some funny things I did as a teen that I look back on and have to wonder what in the heck I was thinking! Ha! I think we were lucky to live in a time when we could be outdoors and still be home safe by dinner!
ReplyDeleteYes, we lived in a "Golden Time". I remember it well. Good times.
DeleteYou story sounds intriguing dear Susan :)
ReplyDelete1968 was a great time.
DeleteFun story!
ReplyDeleteOh, man! I remember being a teenager in 1968! There was a rumor going around that all the virgin teenagers would be taken on such-and-such a night. I trembled in my bed the whole night.
The next day, however, no one could point fingers at those of us who were left because ALL of us were left!