"Heard about the Jolly Green Giant He's so big and mean Well, he stands there laughin' with his hands on his hips And then he hits you with a can of beans." --The Kingsmen (1965) OK, now we're getting a little bit ridiculous. Aren't we? This is the problem with doing comparisons, … [Read more...]
Martin Kottmeyer on the “Little Green Men” (Part 4 of a series)
(For Part 3, "The Green Children - 'Small, Vulnerable ETs,'" click here.) In the first post of this series, I led off with the question of why, given that UFO beings are seldom described as green in the actual reports, the stereotype of "little green men" in the flying saucers is so widespread … [Read more...]
The Green Children – “Small, Vulnerable ETs” (Part 3 of a series)
(For Part 2, "Duncan Lunan and the 'Green Children' of Woolpit," click here.) "The power of the story [of the green children] comes in the end from our pity for these ultimate strangers in a strange land, these small, vulnerable ETs." --Diane Purkiss The quote is in medieval historian and … [Read more...]
Duncan Lunan and the “Green Children” of Woolpit (Part 2 of a series)
(For Part 1, "Little Green Men - 'Green Children' of Woolpit," click here.) Duncan Lunan's 2012 book Children From the Sky, on the mystery of the "green children" of Woolpit, is a frustrating read. And that's putting it very mildly. Which is unfortunate, because Lunan is a very bright guy … [Read more...]
Little Green Men – “Green Children” of Woolpit (Part 1)
The problem in a nutshell: In close-encounters-of-the-third-kind reports and UFO abduction stories, at least in the post-1947 era, the UFOnauts are seldom if ever described as being green in color. Yet the trope of flying saucers piloted by "little green men" endures, unshakeable and seemingly … [Read more...]
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