It’s 3:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I am writing this blog because I can’t tell anyone about what happened tonight. No one would believe me. They’d think I’m crazy. Well, I’m not crazy. I do not believe in ghosts, aliens, UFO's, or any such nonsense, but I do know what I saw tonight and to be honest I’ve been scared silly since.
I lied in bed for almost two hours trying to sleep. I thought of everything under the sun. I thought of my English teacher and how he makes us write a personal journal every day. He says it’s good for us. Whether anyone even reads this blog or believes my story, I can at least get this off of my chest and just maybe, someone else saw the lights tonight.
I am new to Michigan. My mother took a job in the Detroit area and we moved from California earlier this year. My dog, General, is used to me taking him on a walk on the beach as we did nearly every evening in San Diego. I recently Googled different parks in the area and decided to take the General for a dusk stroll at Stony Creek Lake.
I have never been to Stony Creek Lake before and as soon as I entered I realized the vast scale of this recreational area. This place is over four thousand acres! It’s a beautiful park with hiking trails, beaches, a professional golf course and even a disc golf course. I loved to play disc golf with my friends back in San Diego so I thought we could acclimate ourselves to the course so next time we came we could show the Michigan locals how we disc golf in California! Most people don’t know it but Pasadena is the birthplace of disc golf.
The General and I wandered around the disc golf course for a while and as the sun began to set I knew the park was closing. I still wanted to walk the beaches, as the General loves to play at the water's edge.
As the darkness of night grew in, I knew I should have been heading back. The sign I read on the way in stated that the park closed nearly an hour ago. I still wanted to explore and it wasn’t too dark yet. As we rounded the lake I founded a the golf course. My curiosity pushed me on.
I love golfing and the outdoors and I wanted to do a bit of moon light hiking. This park would be my substitute for the Pacific Ocean so I had better get to know it better. I knew my mother wouldn’t be happy if I was out much later but she never minded me taking late night strolls on the beach. Although we did live right of the beach in San Diego.
I think she preferred to know I was exercising with our dog rather thea me hanging out with the hippies that had bon fires and did drugs freely on the beaches of San Diego. Besides, I transferred to Stony Creek High School in Michigan as a Junior, almost an adult, and my mom is pretty cool. How much trouble could I get into in Michigan? She is a understanding mom and as long as my grades are straight, she is happy.
As I explored the golf course and let the General off his leash, I soon realized this park was much larger than I had thought based on my quick arial view of google maps. The General got excited, but he usually does fine without a leash. We headed into the forest and he I found myself following him for about half an hour or so.
At that point it was getting late and I started walking opposite of where the sun was setting, thinking I was headed east, towards the lake. To be honest, I normally brought the basic provisional’s when I went hiking in California; compass, walking stick, and knife, but again I didn’t plan on exploring this particular night.
After marching through the forest I realized I had lost my sense of direction. This was hard for me to admit as I always have an “internal compass”, but I’m one to admit defeat. I may have wandered through the forest for an hour at this point. Sometimes I would take the lead and sometime I would let the General find our way.
Soon enough I admitted to myself that I was lost. The lake seemed nowhere in range and I felt like I was going in circles. At this point I became nervous and thought of calling my mother, but I didn’t want her to worry and I simply sent out a text that I would be home in an hour. I thought of my Boy Scout days and then of what Bear Grhylls in Man Vs. Wild would do. I sat silently and listened for a freeway.
I didn’t know this then, but I was heading north, thicker into the forest. I thought I was heading east towards the lake. It wasn’t until moments ago, after I was home, that I mapped my journey on google maps that I realized my mistakes.
Eventually I found a hiking path and followed it. The path led out into an open field and I headed towards a building I saw in the clearance. I hoped I was still in the park and this building would have a map or directory. I was wrong. I saw a small pond and knew it wasn’t the lake I was looking for.
The building was a business of some sort; I didn’t pay it much mind. I didn’t want to alert any cameras or get busted for trespassing. I walked down the driveway of the business and saw their main sign. It had an address of Sheldon road.
I didn’t remember a Sheldon rd road when I looked at the google map of this park, but at least I was on a road. I didn’t know which way to go. I knew I had come in on 26 mile and the only other road I remembered seeing on the map was Snell road.
I turned to my Google phone to pull up a map of this place, I was getting tired and hungry and thought again of reaching out to my mother for help. It was late and I didn’t receive a response back from my initial text message I had sent her half hour ago. Maybe it was an hour. I had no cell phone service.
I realized I was probably miles from my point of origin but without my google maps working, I didn’t know which way to go. I could hear a lot of cars coming from a main street or freeway just half a mile further from the small road I was at. So instead of walking down this Sheldon road, I continued across the street towards another building I saw through a field.
I soon found myself in a cemetery. I hate cemeteries. I don’t believe in ghosts but the thought that I was lost and there was dead people laying all around, sent shivers down my spine. This evening stroll was becoming a nightmare.
I really just wanted to be close to the main building and hopefully catch a flash of service on my phone. I lumbered though the maze of graves; jumping at every noise I had heard. As I constantly checked google maps, the screen changed from cannot locate position to showing me my location.
I was almost at Rochester Road. The lake was two miles away and my car was another mile after that. I headed in the wrong direction the whole way. As I thought about calling my mom for a ride, I looked at the General who seemed to smirk at me. I was going to text her again when I realized the initial text I sent had just gone though. Oh well. I would hike through the spooky cemetery and back through the forest in a straight line as not to get lost.
I checked the stars and began my hike back. I apologize now for how long this story is, but since I can’t sleep I want to write every detail now, before I fall asleep and forget even the minute facts. Also, the more I write, the more excited I get. My hands are nearly shaking with suspense of my own story and I have a nervous knot in my stomach as I recall the details of tonight.
It took almost half an hour to march at a quick pace back through the forest. I cursed myself for not even bring a knife with me. I was feeling prone and could hear the noises of animals lurking about the forest. With every step I heard the hoots of owls and branches breaking as hidden animals dodged my path.
When I came back to the clearing of the golf course, I felt quite relived. I put the General back on a leash and marched forward. That’s when I saw it. I could see a black mist that I assumed was the lake. A thick fog that rolled from the black lake onto the golf course, assuring me that it was the warm air arising from a thawing lake. Just weeks before people were probably ice fishing, but now it was to warm for that.
Suddenly, I heard a loud humming. I slowed in my tracks and as the humming grew louder, I froze and began pulling the General’s leash closer to me. He froze as well and I could see the hair standing up on the back of his neck. My stomach began to turn.
I looked east to where the humming came from and I saw an orange globe floating in the sky across the tree line. I wish I could describe the thoughts that ran through my head at that moment, but I was sort of frozen in time. It was definitely a UFO. This thing wasn't man made.
As I tried to justify what I saw, thoughts of UFO’s, aliens, and even God sending his vast armies down to earth ran through my mind without hesitation. The General began to bark at the floating sphere. I think I was taking steps back towards the forest at this point, but all I remember is the General barking and I was pulling on his leash.
As I stared up in amazement, the glowing orange ball came forth with two more orange balls behind it. I could see a dark triangular shape behind the glowing orange spheres and then decided not to gaze any further.
I began running faster then I ever have, and I used to run track at Garfield High School in San Diego. I probably broke records tonight! I didn’t look back at the UFO until I was under the cover of the forest.
I found some bushes that were growing over a huge dead tree and I dove to the ground and squirmed my way beneath the dead log, pulling my frantic English Setter close to me and holding his mouth shut.
I watched the UFO's lights pass the clearing and hover above me. I have never had a panic attack before, until that moment that the ship was above me and all I could see was orange. I thought I was going to have a heart attack; and I think the General felt the same way. The poor dog shook in my arms. I have never seen an animal so scared.
I closed my eye. I didn’t even want to see what was hovering above me. I felt the warmth of the General peeing on me and I knew I was in trouble. I finally opened my eyes and peered around the log I lay under, and noticed the three glowing spheres were passing over. They hovered for what seemed like a few seconds, scouring the land, and suddenly I felt a wave of nausea overtake me.
The three spheres dimmed and then grew larger and the UFO ascended straight into the sky. It went straight up for what seemed to be a mile or so and then took off heading what I thought was in an eastward direction. I cannot confirm the direction, as I was feeling dizzy and disoriented.
I held the General tightly for a minute, afraid to even move. I finally let him go and reached for my cell phone. It was dead. I stood up and got my bearings, then immediately began running as fast as I could.
I ran through the golf course and around the outer edge of the lake, staying near the main road. I finally came to the near empty parking lot where my Jeep was.
I can honestly say that the run was a blur of insane thoughts. Sometimes I felt like I was running so fast that I may have been dragging the General to his death behind me. At other moments I thought the General was pulling me and I was floating.
Either way we made it tot the Jeep and I started the car and took off as fast as I could. It was cold so I was shaking, and I remember thinking that I might freeze to death or die of a heart attack. I was shaking so violently from the core.
As I drove the main streets and calmed down to where I wasn’t shivering so much, I tried to turn on the radio and listen to music. I changed the dial to my regular stations and only got fuzz. I was beginning to think the world was ending
Then, I heard the thumping of something in the air. The thumping seemed to grow closer and closer I pulled over to the side of Tienken. I was near Stony Lake High School and I felt a little safe.
I turned off my car lights and pulled off the road as not to be seen by whatever was passing overhead. I reached over to pet the General who was still shaking involuntary and he immediately sat up in the passenger seat and began barking at the window of his seat over and over. I grabbed his mouth and held it closed as what appeared to be a helicopter flew overhead.
I sat still as it passed, and when it came into view I could see the flashing red, white, and blue lights on the rotors. I knew it was a manmade craft. After it passed I started my car and drove home as fast as I could.
I got home and my mother was upset that I hadn’t called her in hours. I was pretty shook and told her I wanted to go to my room, even though deep down I wanted to tell her everything. She may have thought I was on drugs or something, she was always worried about that in San Diego. Honestly, I almost would rather her think that I was on something, than have to tell her the truth. Either way, she would think I was high.
I tried playing video games to keep my mind off of what happened and then I tried to read a book. It’s been hours now and hopefully now I can fall asleep. I really just want to know if anyone else has seen these lights tonight. Is there anyone in the Stony Creek or Rochester area that is reading this that can contest that I’m not going crazy? Please post your thoughts on this blog!
Well, I have school in just a few short hours and hopefully I’ll fall asleep. I can never tell anyone at school what I saw as I don’t want to be the new crazy guy at school. I’m happy that I’ve made a few friends already, so for now I will remain anonymous and go by what my Cali friends nicknamed me; Red Beard. For now, Red Beard signing off.
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