Exploring the Abduction World of The Fourth Kind by Troy Rogers
Throughout
history Earthlings have had a fascination with
aliens and abductions of the fourth kind. The
latest alien abduction themed movie, Universal
Pictures' The Fourth Kind with Milla Jovovich,
about alleged real life alien abductions in Nome,
Alaska, has given new life to extraterrestrial
concepts on the big screen in the same way as
Communion, Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
and Fire in the Sky. Although the most common
form of reported alien encounter has long been
the UFO sighting, there have also been many reports
of extraterrestrial encounters with aliens who
allegedly abduct humans for purposes unknown then
return them to their original location. Oftentimes
if you believe in fourth kind encounters, this
where missing time comes into play.
In relation to the upcoming November 6 release of The Fourth Kind, the term "fourth kind" follows a first kind sighting of something unknown, a second kind where evidence is collected, a third kind when extraterrestrial contact is made, which leads to an encounter of the fourth kind where an alien abduction occurs. Of course each and every "kind" encounter is incredibly hard to prove and the fourth kind is, for obvious reasons, the most difficult to make a public case for. And with a Hollywood film about alien abductions, controversy and skepticism naturally arises when "alleged" real archival footage is used, as can be seen in The Fourth Kind trailer.
Although alien encounters and abductions of the fourth kind have always been met with slepticism, to those claiming to have been abducted, the fourth kind phenomena are very real and no amount of hypnotherapy or psychiatric evaluations will convince fourth kind abductees otherwise. But not everything on Earth is so cut and dry. Not long after Universal released The Fourth Kind trailer and web pages for The Fourth Kind - Twitter, Facebook, and the official Fourth Kind website - abduction detractors have been attempting to punch holes in the "true event" claims within the marketing campaign for The Fourth Kind.
So
is The Fourth Kind just a clever viral marketing
campaign, one in which fans are experiencing
a cinematic abduction of the fourth kind on
the same level as The Blair Witch Project? One
point that amateur alien encounter sleuths and
sceptics have zeroed in on in regard to The
Fourth Kind is the fact that Milla Jovovich's
character, Dr. Abigail Tyler, doesn't boast
much online information for a true story except
for a bio in the "Alaska Psychiatry Journal,"
a website that was allegedly created in August
2009. If a series of alien abductions over the
years in Nome, Alaska were real, as The Fourth
Kind taps into, wouldn't more information exist
online about the real Dr. Abigail Tyler? But
if alien theories of strange occurances and
unexplained disappearances in Nome, Alaska were
used as the creative springboard for the story
of The Fourth Kind, it all comes down to the
magic of screenwriting, which certainly makes
sense from a creative standpoint. Interestingly,
as related to the real story behind The Fourth
Kind, online information does suggest that many
of the unexplained encounters in Nome, Alaska
were the result of alcohol related disappearances.
Beyond what may or may not be alien abduction accurate in Nome, Alaska for The Fourth Kind, good research was conducted on the actual alien abduction aspect within The Fourth Kind, especially the Sumerian tie-in theory about early civilization. Whether The Fourth Kind story of Dr. Abigail Tyler and the disappearances in Nome Alaska, (which the F.B.I. classed as alcohol consumption and a harsh winter climate) are indeed related to alien abductions or creative fourth kind marketing, you can bet that The Fourth Kind will reinvigorate the public's fascination with UFOs and alien encounters a decade removed from the alien pup-culture explosion of the mid-90s.
I've been to Nome. Had to stay there for a month. It is a complete shithole full of hateful, angry drunks.
chuck hannok
November 11, 2009 - 00:16
Subject:
CHRIS YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING BRAINLESS PISSPOT PEOPLE PISSED IN YOUR MOUTH THE WHOLE FUCKING DAY THAT'S WHY YOU ARE SO FUCKING PISSED YOU PISSED MORON GO FUCK YOURSELF CHRIS WHAT A FUCKING GAY NAME
jackie – nm
November 08, 2009 - 18:43
Subject: for chris
my my. you are a very angry man and ought to have that looked at.perhaps a psychologist could help you deal with your anger issues. may be abigail tyler?
CHRIS
October 27, 2009 - 09:00
Subject:
BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT TO! BUT IT'S JUST A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt
October 25, 2009 - 04:54
Subject:
OKAY, THE TRUTH:
I live in an Eskimo village with the nearest town of any size being Nome. Here are some facts you should know:
1. Nome is a rough, bleak, town in many respects. It has an extremely high percentage of alcoholics and fall down drunks, including many who are 'homeless' and crash at people's houses where they can. Many natives simply show up in Nome on snow machines from Eskimo villages up to 100 miles away in order to drink. Most native Alaskan villages are dry, and drinking in them carry stiff penalties including jail time for simply bringing in a couple bottles of liquor. Many people 'disappear' from their home villages for weeks at a time because they are in Nome on a drunken bender. If in any sense Nome makes people 'disappear', this is it. When walking around in Nome, alcoholism is an obvious noticeable problem that you can observe in daily life.
2. Many native Alaskans have a very low tolerance for alcohol. Furthermore, many natives drinking in Nome have not built up tolerances for alcohol because drinking in their home villages is illegal, and the black market price for a bottle of alcohol is several hundred dollars in their villages.
3. It gets incredibly cold in Nome starting in October and lasting through Spring. You're looking at regular temperatures of -30 to -40 below zero BEFORE the windchill in the middle of winter.
3. Yes, there have been a number of disappearances in Nome over the years. Many have been solved, others have not been.
4. While there are different theories on the unexplained disappearances, none involve aliens. It is generally agreed upon that most of these disappearances are caused by extremely drunk native people with already low tolerances for alcohol attempting to return home to their village or some other place, walking off into the middle of nowhere, passing out, and freezing to death. Since it is extremely cold with drifting snow, their bodies could easily be covered by snow and ice and not discovered. When the spring comes they would be obvious targets for scavenging animals and their remains would be scattered and never found. Additionally, later when the ice melts spots that are solid and traversed most of the year are under water in the late spring and summer, so if someone died of exposure they could be under water when the ice melts and their body would never be found.
It is also possible (but less likely), that someone (or several someone's) over the past years have targeted extremely drunk passed out people to kidnap and rob, and then dropped off their victims somewhere where they will never be found. If foul play is involved, it was likely in order to steal money in order to continue drinking, and has nothing whatsoever to do with aliens.
5. None of the articles posted on the internet about research by this doctor, or any disappearances, or any sleep studies, are real. There were no articles in the Nome Nugget newpaper or other Alaska newpapers with regard to this doctor, sleep problems in Nome, or alien abductions. They are fake articles posted on websites that were only recently registered and were postdated in order to make them seem much older than they are. The websites were registered by people hired by the movie's producers trying to promote the movie. They are attempting to fool people into believing that this movie is based on some true story in Nome, when there is none.
6. Visit Nome for yourself. You might find it very 'alienating' to you. It's a bleak town of 3,500 people. It has lots of bars, lots of falldown drunks. It has lots of transient visitors in town to imbibe adult beverages. It also has lots of people not sleeping normally, but that has everything to do with people being up all night drinking (and the lack of legal drinking in other surrounding villages) and nothing to do with aliens.
Reply to Matt
chris
October 27, 2009 - 08:50
Subject:
i think your brained washed by all the bullshit the fucking federal goverment has been telling you, so wake up and smell the alien shit my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply to Matt
CHRIS
October 27, 2009 - 09:07
Subject:
ok you want the real real truth it's all planned out by sara palin, that's right it's sara palin your governer thats the truth a-hole.
Reply to Matt
Abby
October 28, 2009 - 20:46
Subject: hey Chris
Sarah Palin's not Matt's Governor anymore.
Was the Blair Witch Project real? No?!? yeah, okay.
daria
October 24, 2009 - 19:25
Subject: What if it
That's an interesting investigation but I read more into and and it's possible that it's not based on abigail tyler, that seems like a pseudonym they used to hide the real doctor's identity..
i saw the screening and it was REALLY COMPELLING all the footages were very real and the endiing is really convincing too..
i think it's very clever viral marketing and it's a great movie to watch
Reply to daria
chris
October 27, 2009 - 08:56
Subject: Re: What if it
yea, your full of crap too,why don't you keep that bullshit to your self. your to young to even know what your talking about. SO SHUT THE HELL UP B**CH.
Throughout
history Earthlings have had a fascination with
aliens and abductions of the fourth kind. The
latest alien abduction themed movie, Universal
Pictures' The Fourth Kind with Milla Jovovich,
about alleged real life alien abductions in Nome,
Alaska, has given new life to extraterrestrial
concepts on the big screen in the same way as
Communion, Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
and Fire in the Sky. Although the most common
form of reported alien encounter has long been
the UFO sighting, there have also been many reports
of extraterrestrial encounters with aliens who
allegedly abduct humans for purposes unknown then
return them to their original location. Oftentimes
if you believe in fourth kind encounters, this
where missing time comes into play.
So
is The Fourth Kind just a clever viral marketing
campaign, one in which fans are experiencing
a cinematic abduction of the fourth kind on
the same level as The Blair Witch Project? One
point that amateur alien encounter sleuths and
sceptics have zeroed in on in regard to The
Fourth Kind is the fact that Milla Jovovich's
character, Dr. Abigail Tyler, doesn't boast
much online information for a true story except
for a bio in the "Alaska Psychiatry Journal,"
a website that was allegedly created in August
2009. If a series of alien abductions over the
years in Nome, Alaska were real, as The Fourth
Kind taps into, wouldn't more information exist
online about the real Dr. Abigail Tyler? But
if alien theories of strange occurances and
unexplained disappearances in Nome, Alaska were
used as the creative springboard for the story
of The Fourth Kind, it all comes down to the
magic of screenwriting, which certainly makes
sense from a creative standpoint. Interestingly,
as related to the real story behind The Fourth
Kind, online information does suggest that many
of the unexplained encounters in Nome, Alaska
were the result of alcohol related disappearances.