The Barriers of Belief

Although there are many descriptions of bizarre encounters contained in these pages, one thing that quickly becomes clear is that there is only a hair-thin line separating supposed extraterrestrials from virtually all the supernatural creatures found in legend. The difference, where it exists, is based entirely upon the perceptions of the individual and context in which the encounter occurs and as you explore these pages it quickly becomes clear that there are some very obvious instances where this overlap occurs. It should be made clear from the outset that while this is not a book concentrating solely on alleged alien abductions, it does describe situations when ordinary human beings have been placed in situations where the lines separating objective reality and fantasy become permeable. While the possibility of extraterrestrial interference cannot of course be ruled out, traditional folklore is replete with accounts that, if left in their context, describe contact and interaction with trolls, boggarts, ogres, fairies, elves, the sidhe, (pronounced shee) goblins, demons and many other beings inhabiting the very fringes of reality.