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So the owl was...

posted 11 years ago by zeekmati
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...an alien being that would wait at the window for hours on end until his bros went in and did their work which appearently serves no purpose?

[–] jonathanmarklund 11 years ago

No it was an replace memory

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[–] storm-the-dog 8 years ago

Sorry for the horrible english. I'm Swedish.

I protest! We English aren't horrible, my Scandinavian friend.

It's: "Apologies for my poor English, I speak (fill in the name of your native language)". I'm part Finnish, by the way.

...it's just another dumb film, get over it.

[–] Theshornwonder 8 years ago

After Brexit, you're horrible.

[–] Blonde2291 11 years ago

They replaced your memory (of torture, experiments and other stuff done on you) by the memory of you seeing an owl. So they take you, do stuff on you and then just overwrite your memory. You would feel like you saw an owl outside the window.

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[–] Joninxbox 11 years ago

^... Twin Peaks!

[–] spam-17-398352 9 years ago

daaaaaayum. this fits so perfectly.... is it in any way related..?

[–] benman46 11 years ago

The hypnosis sessions showed that the owl wasn't there.

[–] zeekmati 11 years ago

Is there any coincidence that the owl slightly resembles a typical Grey alien?

[–] TrentReznorandAtticusRoss 11 years ago

No, I think that was intentional. It's like saying the alien was there but it actually wasn't. Something closer to home.

[–] haunt_freak 11 years ago

The owls were not actual owls. The human brain couldn't comprehend what these aliens looked like, so the brain sort of "chose" to see/identify it as something recognizable. The closest thing the brain could get to the alien was a white owl. So, I think you're correct about the owl/grey alien resemblance.

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[–] CharlesVariations 11 years ago

Couldn't we say that the alien was staring in the window and looked like an owl?

[–] Warrior_Poet 10 years ago

It's a false memory implanted by the aliens to cause confusion about their activities and/or is the human brain normalizing a traumatic memory so that it's more acceptable (i.e. a defense mechanism). This is a classic element of Whitley Strieber's famous alien abduction stories, starting with "Communion".
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[–] michaelthedestroyer-460-231429 8 years ago

Maybe the owl was there to deliver a very late Hogwarts acceptance letter. Lol.

[–] filterfan86-1 8 years ago

The owl was a screened memory for the grey alien.