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The biology and attitudes of the abductors are points of drastic divergence between the home countries of abduction claimants. Robert Sheaffer says, "In North America large-headed gray aliens predominate, while in Britain abduction aliens are usually tall, blond and Nordic, and South America tends toward more bizarre creatures, including hairy ...
London Syndrome is the opposite of both Stockholm and Lima Syndromes: one or more hostages arouse the kidnappers' antipathy by defying them, trying to escape or, in the case of a political kidnapping, arguing with them, disqualifying their ideology. These hostages end up being executed by their captors at the first opportunity. [12]
Post-abduction syndrome" is a term used by abductees to describe the effects of abduction, though it is not recognized by any professional treatment organizations. [41] People who have a false memory which makes them believe that they have been abducted by aliens develop symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress disorder .
It's clear that people get from their abduction beliefs the same things that millions of people the world over derive from their religions: meaning, reassurance, mystical revelation, spirituality, transformation." [14] Some abduction-induced theophanies have included visions or insight into alien religions. It is not known whether this is a ...
Although child abduction cases have been registered for centuries in United States history, reports about children being abducted by strangers rarely reached national attention before the 1980s. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] Following the abduction of Etan Patz on his way to school in 1979, and subsequently the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh in 1981, public ...
A woman who was abducted as a baby from a U.K. hospital has died at 30 following a brain cancer diagnosis. Abbie Humphries was kidnapped by a woman pretending to be a nurse three hours after she ...
The biology and attitudes of the abductors are points of drastic divergence between the home countries of different abduction claimants. [3] Robert Sheaffer observes: "In North America large-headed gray aliens predominate, while in Britain abduction aliens are usually tall, blond, and Nordic, and South America tends toward more bizarre ...
Express kidnapping, abduction where a small immediate ransom is demanded; International child abduction, form of human trafficking; Kidnapping, unlawful confinement of a person against their will; Raptio, large-scale abduction of women; Tiger kidnapping, taking a hostage to force a loved one or associate of the victim to do something