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Abduction Digest Number 08
Abduction Digest, Number 8
Monday, April 8th 1991
Today's Topics:
Re: Abduction Research
Re: Abduction Research
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From: Elizabeth.Anderson@p0.f30.n134.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Elizabeth Anderson)
Subject: Re: Abduction Research
Date: 6 Apr 91 04:04:00 GMT
Hello, Jim. I was very interested in your message here about the possible
connection between sexual abuse/abduction claims.
I have been interested for the last few years in the whole 'satanism'
phenomena, and have noticed many parallels between abduction claims and the
claims made by 'satanic ritual child abuse survivors'. I have been
corresponding with Dr. Robert Baker, a professor of psychology at the
University of Kentucky on this subject and he recently suggested that I look
into getting a book called "Sexual Abuse Hysteria: the Salem Witch Trials
revisited" by Richard A. Gardner. You might find this interesting reading as
well.
Are you familiar with a book called 'Anomalistic Psychology' by Zusne and
Jones? It is truly a book every skeptic and every 'believer' should read.
The mind really is a very strange place.
Elizabeth
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From: Jim.Speiser@f37.n114.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Speiser)
Subject: Re: Abduction Research
Date: 6 Apr 91 22:03:00 GMT
> Hello, Jim. I was very interested in your message here about the
> possible connection between sexual abuse/abduction claims.
>
Hi, Elizabeth. The message actually wasn't from me, but from Keith
Basterfield, who is a leading UFO and abduction researcher in Australia. It
was Keith who was among the first to suggest such a connection. I cross-posted
the message to Abductions, where I thought it also belonged.
I am familiar with the book you cited, but I have not yet had a chance to pick
it up. Interestingly enough, I am currently involved in researching one
abduction case right now, but sexual abuse does not seem to be a factor, nor
does any childhood trauma. (Please request the file LYDIA331.TXT from my
system for an interim report on the progress of this case.)
I am also familiar with Dr. Baker, having met him briefly in Lincoln, NE in
1988. He impressed me as someone who has long ago made up his mind that
Fantasy Prone Personality is the culprit in abductions, and writes about the
subject with a degree of vitriole and scorn that is quite unbecoming of a
scientist. So far, in the few studies I'm aware of, including one being
conducted by CUFOS as we speak, there is no real indication of a connection
between FPP and abductions. That is not to say that one may not show up in the
future, when a more statistically significant segment of the affected
population has been screened. But it is certainly too early to draw any
conclusions, as Dr. Baker seems to have done.
Jim
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