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of “repulsive and insensitive” reptilian aliens.
“What is fascinating,” he writes, “is that persons
who had never heard of these lizard-types
are reporting strikingly similar details in regards
[sic] to their anatomy, manner, and behavior.
In every case of mine the reptilian
forces a rape upon the subject with no explanation
or apparent reason” (Carpenter, 1994).
Another researcher, Karla Turner, has written
of similar incidents, including one in which
an abductee “recalled” being on a table surrounded
by humanoid aliens. She said, “A
reptile-looking creature was getting on top of
me, I guess to rape me,” just before she lapsed
into unconsciousness (Turner, 1994).
Besides such experiential claims, reptoid/
reptilian aliens have given rise to a new
mythology that fuses conspiracy theories, biblical
literalism, hollow earth, and other ideas.
Among the most bizarre is the assertion by a
leader of Britain’s Green Party, David Icke,
who holds that the Royal Family are shapeshifting
reptilians who conduct bloody rituals
on hapless human victims, including children.
At least one writer reports that former President
George Bush is a reptilian. Others assert
that reptoids live in vast caverns underground,
working in collaboration with evil forces in
U.S. military and intelligence communities.
Others say that the reptilians have been slandered,
that—except for their (to the human
eye) unsettling appearance—they are gentle,
decent, and well intentioned.
One who speaks well of reptilians is jazz
singer Pamela St o n e b rooke, who has spoken
openly of a sexual relationship with one. Sh e
has “g reat re s p e c t” for him and a “p ro f o u n d
connection with this being.” Under hypnosis,
she was re g ressed to an earlier life hundreds of
thousands of years ago to find herself a member
of a band of “reptilian warriors facing a
c a t a s t rophic event in which we perished
t o g e t h e r. . . . I believe that on one level, I may
be meeting these entities again, perhaps fellow
warriors from the past warning us of an impending,
self-inflicted doom” (“The Re p t i lians,”
n.d.). Carpenter has written of re p t o i d
witnesses known to him, “On e . . . sheepishly
admits to having an incredible orgasm while
being totally repulsed by the intru d e r’s
g rotesque appearance. Within two months a
second female from the same town re p o rt e d
independently the same type of Reptilian inva
d e r, with the same surprising and embarrassing
orgasmic response!” (Carpenter, 1993).
Some observers believe that the reptilians
are satanic entities related to the serpent who
led Adam and Eve astray. They maintain that
hundreds of thousands of these creatures—as
many as one hundred fifty-thousand in New
York alone—live in underground bases, feasting
on children whom they lure into their
lairs. According to some, however, the reptilians
are vegetarians.
John Rhodes writes that the reptilians
travel from their home region—Alpha Draconis—in
mother ships with most of the occupants
in a state of suspended animation for
the bulk of the voyage. As they pass planets,
some of the functioning crew fly off in scout
ships to study the new worlds and establish
subterranean bases thereon. Where Earth is
concerned, according to Rhodes, the reptilians
hatch their plots from these bases, “establishing
a network of human-reptilian crossbred
infiltrates [sic] within various levels of
the surface culture’s military industrial complexes,
government bodies, UFO/paranormal
groups, religious, and fraternal (priest) orders,
etc. These crossbreeds, some unaware of their
reptilian genetic ‘mind-control’ instructions,
act out their subversive roles as ‘reptilian
agents,’ setting the stage for an [sic] reptilian
led ET invasion” (Rhodes, n.d.).
See Also: Abductions by UFOs; Close encounters of
the third kind; Hollow earth; Hybrid beings;
King Leo; Reptoid child; Volmo
Further Reading
Allan, W. K., 1975. “Crocodile-Skinned Entities at
Calgary.” Flying Saucer Review 20, 6 (April):
25–26.
Carpenter, John S., 1993. “Abduction Notes: Reptilians
and Other Unmentionables.” MUFON
UFO Journal 300 (April): 10–11.
———, 1994. “Other Types of Aliens: Patterns
Emerging.” In Andrea Pritchard, David E.
Pritchard, John E. Mack, Pam Kasey, and Claudia
Yapp, eds. Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the