Leaving Earth to Join the Aliens: North Cowichan Municipal Forest Reserve

National Park After Dark

Aug 17, 202656:48Society & Culture

In November 1980, Granger Taylor vanished after leaving a note claiming he was departing on a 42-month journey aboard an alien spacecraft and was never seen again. What followed sparked decades of theories and left many...

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