Episode 33: The Abduction
Mystery Category: Alien Abduction / Conflicting Accounts
The Story: The Allagash Four are among the most famous abductees in history. We revisit the 1976 Maine camping trip that ended with missing time and explore what happens when one witness begins to doubt the shared memory.
In 1976, a quartet of campers in the Maine wilderness would have an experience that would transform them into the Allagash Four--known in UFO circles as some of the most famous “alien abductees’ of all time. But when one of the men’s stories ran counter to the others, well--then things got a little more complicated.
Hosted and Edited by Laurah Norton
Researched by Maura Currie with additional research by Bryan Worters
Written, Engineered, Scored, and Produced by Maura Currie
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