Thetans from the Street?
Captain Bob, of Toronto, and Sergeant Jim, had frequent
altercations on the subject of Thetans. The captain was a
zealous defender of the reality of them; the sergeant was
somewhat skeptical. The Captain one day met his friend, and the
sergeant told him that since their last discussion on the
subject, he had had visual demonstration, which had convinced
him of the existence of Thetans. "I rejoice at your conversion,"
replied the captain; "give me the circumstance which produced
it, with all the particulars: a visual demonstration, you say?"
"Yes, my friend; as I lay in bed last night, about midnight, I
was awakened by an extraordinary noise, and heard something
coming up stairs!"
"Go on, sir."--"Fearfully alarmed at the noise, I peered out
from under my covers."
"Proceed."--"And saw a faint glimmering light enter my
bedroom."--"Was it a blue color?" asked the captain.
Beware the Dreaded Theet O Vac!
"A pale blue! and this pale blue light was followed by a tall,
skinny figure, who appeared as an old man of seventy years of
age, arrayed in a long light colored overcoat, bound with a
leather belt: his beard thick and grisly; his hair scant and
straight; his face a dark brown color; upon his head a large fur
cap; and in his hand a lantern. Terror seized my whole body. I
trembled till the bed shook, and drops of cold sweat hung upon
every limb. The figure advanced with a slow and solemn step."
"Did you not speak to it? There was money hid, or murder
committed, without doubt," said the captain.
"Yes, my good friend, I did speak to it; I asked it by all that
was holy to tell me why it had appeared to me"
"And in heaven's name what was the reply?"
"Before he started to speak, he lifted up his lantern three
times, and stomped on the floor, so loudly that it caused the
room to reverberate with a thundering sound. Beware the Dreaded
Theet O Vac!
He then waved the pale blue light which he carried, he waved it
even with my eyes; and he told me, he told me that he was yes,
not more nor less than--the watchman! He had come to give me
notice that my door was open, and that there where Thetans out
on the street. Unless I shut it, I might be infected before
morning." The sergeant had no sooner concluded, than the captain
disappeared.