I realized recently that I’m only two degrees separated from space aliens. You know, degrees of separation as calculated in the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game.
See, On Oct. 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula River. Long story short, they were grabbed by the aliens and subjected to weird examinations inside their spacecraft, then let go. Catch and release, I guess.
My father was a security guard at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula at that time, (It was a pretty big deal of a place, they made atomic powered submarines and other stuff.) Hickson and Parker worked in the shipyard, and he knew them.
So, I’m zero degrees separated from my Dad, one degree from Hickson and Parker, and two degrees from the aliens. (To be clear, I do not believe the alien encounter story.)
I’m also one or two degrees from the entire population of Pitcairn. Only 47 there as of last census. They are descendants of mutineers (who were on the Bounty) and their Polynesian wives. Another story for another time.
I realized recently that I’m only two degrees separated from space aliens. You know, degrees of separation as calculated in the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game.
See, On Oct. 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula River. Long story short, they were grabbed by the aliens and subjected to weird examinations inside their spacecraft, then let go. Catch and release, I guess.
My father was a security guard at the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula at that time, (It was a pretty big deal of a place, they made atomic powered submarines and other stuff.) Hickson and Parker worked in the shipyard, and he knew them.
So, I’m zero degrees separated from my Dad, one degree from Hickson and Parker, and two degrees from the aliens. (To be clear, I do not believe the alien encounter story.)
I’m also one or two degrees from the entire population of Pitcairn. Only 47 there as of last census. They are descendants of mutineers (who were on the Bounty) and their Polynesian wives. Another story for another time.