| ID | #1713080460 |
| Added | Sun, 14/04/2024 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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On a humid night on Friday, June 4, 1993, at about 22:00, a 23-year-old woman named Jenny from Barnston, a village and civil parish in Essex, England, decided to take her Jack Russell Benji for a walk. He spent the whole day locked in the house while Jenny celebrated her birthday at the nearby Devon Doorway restaurant with her family and friends.
As soon as Jenny reached for the leash hanging in the hallway of her house on Milner Road, Benji jumped up to her, full of excitement.
Dear Jack Russell is going to walk longer than usual tonight, and Jenny, always counting her calories, thought she would burn several huge pieces of birthday cake that she ate in the Devon doorway, during a long walk.
The girl was walking with Benji along Barnston Road and along Stourton Lane, and the full moon in a cloudless sky illuminated the way on this warm night.
As Jenny was walking along Stourton Lane, she heard a loud rustling in a huge tree overhanging the road, and it sounded too loud to be a sleepless bird, and Benji was barking furiously in the upper parts of the tree, but Jenny couldn't see anything.
She went a little faster, and then a car passed her, and the driver was tactful enough to dim the car's headlights.
A few seconds after the car passed, there was a screeching of tires and a rumble, and then the car tore off the rubber and drove away from the scene. Jenny turned and saw on the road what initially seemed to her to be a large tree branch, but her mind mistakenly connected the dots.
The noise she had heard earlier in the tree was the sound of a branch flying off, and now she was lying on Stourton Lane, but why had the car sped off? Most of the drivers stopped, perhaps to see what damage the fallen branch had done to the car.
Jenny went to look at the branch, and Benji somehow slipped out of the leash and ran towards her, making a whining sound. This "branch" rose from the surface of the road and stood up; it was nightmares – it was some kind of humanoid figure in a black, tight-fitting suit, with an outstretched head and a single orange light where the eyes should have been.
The height of this unearthly, skinny figure was about 20 feet, maybe more, and she turned and looked down at Benji barking at the creature's feet. Jenny felt weak in her legs, and pure fear gripped her.
"Benji! Come here! Benji! Jenny exclaimed, and she could barely utter the words. The creature began to approach her, and Jenny turned and realized that she would never be able to run; she was out of shape and, no matter how scared she was, she could not leave her dog to its fate.
She stepped back, wondering what to do. There was a cottage about fifty yards away–maybe she could call there and ask them to call the police.
The strange giant figure stopped and then headed into the field adjacent to Stourton Lane. Benji raced after the entity that Jenny suspected of being an alien.
She started crying when a car pulled up on Stourton Lane and flashed its headlights at her. It turned out to be David, Jenny's ex-boyfriend, and he asked her why she was crying, and she couldn't answer at first, and when David saw that she was holding a yellow dog leash, he asked her where Benji was.
Jenny took a deep breath, and then told about the unusual incident she had witnessed, and she expected David to doubt her story, but he grabbed her hand and squeezed it, and then asked: "Are you saying he walked through this field?" and nodded towards the farmland silvered by the full moon.
Jenny nodded, and David went back to his car and returned with a flashlight. He went out into the field, Jenny followed him, and said:
"I wonder what it is?"
"I don't know, I just want my dog back," Jenny replied and started crying again, and then added: "David, thank you for believing me. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."
"We'll find Benji, he's a sly dog," David said, and said he thought he heard a dog barking in the distance, where the forest borders the field.
"I can hear that dog—it's not Benji," Jenny said with a very sad expression on her face, her tears glistening in the moonlight.
The couple were walking around the old farm, and the beam of David's torch caught something huge heading north.
David said he wasn't sure if it was a trick of the light, but he looked like a giant figure and must have walked down the embankment to cross the railroad tracks.
He and Jenny drove out onto Station Road, then out onto the field again, and eventually they had to stop because the field ended at the M53 motorway, and so they turned back, and Jenny burst into tears.
She told David she would never see Benji again, and blamed herself for not buying a new leash; the old one was worn out, she recalled in a strangled voice.
When the couple finally returned to Stourton Lane, they saw the silhouette of a giant figure getting out of David's car.
David seemed mesmerized by the sight, and he ran to his car, urging Jenny to hurry up, because he was going to go after this thing, but after opening the car door, he experienced the shock of his life when Benji jumped out and ran up to Jenny, furiously wagging his tail.
Jenny picked up her beloved dog and hugged him, and David almost pushed Jenny and Benji into the car. He turned the car around and chased after the tall figure, but it seemed to disappear into the moonlight.
No one believed Jenny and David's story, but there were several UFO reports in this part of Barnston and the Landican area at the time.
This amazing experience brought Jenny and David back together, and they later got married.
What did Benji experience that night?
Whatever it was, it looked like it was an animal lover and put Benji in David's car before coming back from where it came from. If only dogs could talk.
Original news
On the humid night of Friday June 4, 1993, at around 10pm, a 23-year-old woman in Barnston, a village and civil parish in Essex, England, named Jenny decided to take her Jack Russell Benji out for a walk, as he had been cooped up in the house all day while Jenny had enjoyed a birthday bash at the nearby Devon Doorway with her family and friends.
As soon as Jenny reached for the leash hanging in the hallway of her home on Milner Road, Benji was leaping up at her, full of excitement.
Tonight then, the lovable Jack Russell would have a longer than usual walk, and Jenny, forever counting her calories, thought she’d burn off some of those huge slices of birthday cake she’d had at the Devon Doorway with a lengthy walk.
The young lady strolled with Benji along Barnston Road and down Storeton Lane, and there was a full moon in a cloudless sky to light the way on this warm night.
As Jenny went down Storeton Lane, she heard a loud rustling in a huge tree overhanging the road, and it sounded too loud to be an insomnolent bird, and Benji barked furiously at the upper reaches of the tree but Jenny could see nothing.
She walked on a little faster and then a car passed her, and the driver was actually considerate enough to dip the headlights of the vehicle.
Seconds after the car went by there was a screech of tyres and a crash, and then the car peeled rubber and left the scene. Jenny turned and saw what she originally perceived to be a large tree branch in the road, and her mind joined up the dots wrongly.
The noise she’d heard before in the tree had been the branch coming away, and now it lay on Storeton Lane, but why had the car sped off? Most drivers would pull over, perhaps to see what damage the fallen branch had done to the car.
Jenny went to have a look at the branch, and Benji somehow slipped out of his leash and ran towards it making a whining sound. That ‘branch’ got up off the road surface and stood up; it was the stuff of nightmares – it was some humanoid figure in a black, tight-fitting suit, and it had an elongated head with a single orange light where the eyes would be.
The height of this unearthly, spindly figure was about 20 feet, perhaps more and it turned and looked down at Benji, who was barking at the feet of the thing. Jenny felt a weakness in her legs as she was overcome with pure fear.
‘Benji! Come here! Benji!’ cried Jenny, and she could hardly get her words out. The thing started to walk towards her, and Jenny turned and knew she’d never be able to run; she was out of shape and as terrified as she was, she could not leave her dog to the mercy of that thing.
She backed away, wondering what to do. There was a cottage about fifty yards away – maybe she could call there and tell them to phone the police.
The weird giant figure halted, then walked off into a field adjacent to Storeton Lane. Benji raced after the entity, which Jenny suspected of being an alien.
She started to cry, when a car came up Storeton Lane and flashed its headlights at her. It turned out to be David, a former boyfriend of Jenny, and he asked her why she was crying and she couldn’t answer at first, and when David saw she was holding the yellow dog leash, he asked her where Benji was.
Jenny took a deep breath and then she gave an account of the extraordinary incident she had witnessed and she expected David to doubt her story, but he got hold of her hand and squeezed it and then he asked, ‘You say it went across this field?’ and nodded to the farmland that was silvered by the full moon.
Jenny nodded and David went back to his car and returned with a flashlight. He went into the field with Jenny walking behind him and said ‘I wonder what it is?’
‘I don’t know, I just want my dog back;’ replied Jenny, and started to cry again, and then she added, ‘David, thanks for believing me – I wouldn’t have believed this if I hadn’t seen the thing with my own two eyes.’
‘We’ll find Benji, he’s a crafty dog,’ said David, and he said he thought he could hear a dog barking in the distance, where some woods bordered the field.
‘I can hear that dog – it’s not Benji,’ said Jenny with a very sorrowful expression, her tears glinting in the moonlight.
The couple walked around an old farm and the beam of David’s torch picked up something huge that headed north.
David said he wasn’t sure if it was a trick of the light, but it had looked like a giant figure, and it must have gone down an embankment to cross a railway line.
He and Jenny went onto Station Road then once again walked into a field, and eventually had to stop because the field ended at the M53 Motorway, and so they turned back, and Jenny burst into tears.
She told David she’d never see Benji again and blamed herself for not buying a new leash; the old one had been frayed, she recalled in a choked-up voice.
When the couple finally got back to Storeton Lane, they saw the giant figure in silhouette, striding from David’s car.
David seemed mesmerised by the sight, and he ran to his vehicle, urging Jenny to hurry up because he was going to drive after that thing, but upon opening the door of the car, he got the shock of his life as Benji leaped out and ran to Jenny, his tail wagging furiously.
Jenny scooped her beloved dog up and hugged him and David almost pushed Jenny and Benji into the car. He turned the vehicle around and drove after the towering figure but it seemed to melt away into the moonlight.
No one believed the story of Jenny and David, but there had been a few UFO reports around that part of Barnston and the Landican area at that time.
The astonishing experience brought Jenny and David back together and they later married.
What did Benji experience that night?
Whatever that entity was, it seems to have been an animal lover, placing Benji in David’s car before returning from wherever it originated. If only dogs could talk.
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