"I was amazed at you because I thought you were explaining to me how it was going to be done, and the next thing I knew I was thinking I can't keep my eyes open."

"It's very simple, because once you bet the hang of it you can do it just like that. Like this.

Now look up at my finger." (In a few more moments, I was hypnotized.) "If you see something that is very frightening you will remain asleep. You will remain asleep, but you will tell us how you feel. The night of October fourth. You have woken up. You have woken up now. It's light There is something in the room with you "

"It's dark."

"'tell me what you see?"

"When he sees I see him he comes over to the bed. He looks mean. He's little. Goes up to about the top of the lamp. Looking down at me. Got eyes. Big eyes. Big slanted eyes. A bald head. He's looking down at me. He's got a ruler in his hand. Has a tip of silver. 'Pouches me. I see pictures. [Long pause.] I see pictures of the world just blowing up. I see pictures of the whole place just blowing up when he touches my head with this thing. [Weeps.] Jesus. It's a picture of like a whole big blast, and there's a dark red fire in the middle of it and there's white smoke all around it.

"Remembered voice: That's your home. That's your home. You know why this will happen.'

"I know why. [Weeps.] Why don't you like me? Wily do you hate me?"'

Dr. Klein: "Who said that?"

"I said that. [Pause.] 'Why'd you just put that thing on me, and it has the whole world blowing up? That's what I want to know. What is this about?! What is it about?!'" (Felt a sharp internal question, wordless.) "'I don't know what it's about! When is this gonna blow up? What's gonna blow up?"' (A flashing picture of my son.) "I know what's gonna blow up. I know what's gonna blow up. I know it is, too." (I was then touched again.) "Oh... green.

Shows me a park. I see my son. What's this got to do with him? Is this the devil? What the hell is this?

"Remembered voice: 'I won't hurt you.'

"'I know you won't. I know you won't hurt me. Stop! Ah!' The house is burning down!

The house is on fire. No it's not. That sounds stupid. Why did I say that?"

"Something woke you up. What happened?"

(I then emerged spontaneously from hypnosis.) "Explosion. I knew that. I was expecting it. I knew just when it would come. He took a little thing like a needle and struck it like a match in front of my face and it made a big bang, pow! And I thought the Mouse was on fire."

Budd Hopkins: "Was he there after this?"