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Published October 31, 2007
Creepy confessions
Deputy Val Johnson is on patrol in the middle of the night. The Minnesota highway is dark, except for a light that appears to float above the road about a mile away.
By: Dave Olson, INFORUM
"UFO car"
Chicken wire fencing encloses the famous "UFO car" that Marshall County deputy sheriff Val Johnson was driving when he said he encountered a strange light in August 1979. A sheriff's department investigation came to no conclusions as far as what caused damage to the car. Ethel Thorlacius, curator at the Marshall County Historical Society Museum in Warren, Minn., says interest always goes way up when the episode is featured in the press. Bruce Crummy / The Forum
Deputy Val Johnson is on patrol in the middle of the night.
The Minnesota highway is dark, except for a light that appears to float above the road about a mile away.
Curious, Johnson turns his cruiser toward the object.
Suddenly, impossibly, the light is upon him in a blinding flash.
Brakes slam and just before the deputy blacks out he hears the sound of breaking glass.
Fast forward 27 years to the Briese farm outside of Tappen, N.D.
Sixteen-year-old Evan Briese gets out of bed for a glass of water. Glancing out a window, he spots something moving near the family’s hog pen.
He arms himself with a rifle and goes to investigate.
Stepping into the corral, he’s startled by the sight of beings 8 to 9 feet tall doing something to one of the hogs.
The rifle fires and one of the giants lets out a shriek.
Before the boy can comprehend more, something throws him to the ground and he loses consciousness.
Unsolved mystery
Spooky stuff.
But is it true?
This time of year, when tales of witches, ghosts and things creepy hold sway, what is one to make of first-person accounts of strange and bizarre happenings?
Dennis Brekke has yet to come up with an answer.
Nearly 30 autumns have passed since the retired Marshall County sheriff got a call that one of his deputies needed assistance.
It was Aug. 27, 1979.
Deputy Johnson sent a radio transmission around 2:19 a.m. stating he needed help.
When Brekke got there, Johnson was gone, but his battered police cruiser was not.
“The car was standing crossways in the middle of the road and the ambulance had just taken off with him (Johnson),” said Brekke, who still lives in Warren, Minn.
“I drove that car in that night. It drove OK, but the antennas were bent and there were some holes,” said Brekke, who investigated what became a classic case in UFO lore.
“He said he’d seen a bright light and that’s about the last thing he knew,” Brekke said, referring to Johnson, who later estimated he had been rendered unconscious for about 40 minutes.
“He had welder-type burns in his eyes. That’s what the doctor said,” Brekke recalled.
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Published October 31, 2007
Creepy confessions
Deputy Val Johnson is on patrol in the middle of the night. The Minnesota highway is dark, except for a light that appears to float above the road about a mile away.
By: Dave Olson, INFORUM
"UFO car"
Chicken wire fencing encloses the famous "UFO car" that Marshall County deputy sheriff Val Johnson was driving when he said he encountered a strange light in August 1979. A sheriff's department investigation came to no conclusions as far as what caused damage to the car. Ethel Thorlacius, curator at the Marshall County Historical Society Museum in Warren, Minn., says interest always goes way up when the episode is featured in the press. Bruce Crummy / The Forum
Deputy Val Johnson is on patrol in the middle of the night.
The Minnesota highway is dark, except for a light that appears to float above the road about a mile away.
Curious, Johnson turns his cruiser toward the object.
Suddenly, impossibly, the light is upon him in a blinding flash.
Brakes slam and just before the deputy blacks out he hears the sound of breaking glass.
Fast forward 27 years to the Briese farm outside of Tappen, N.D.
Sixteen-year-old Evan Briese gets out of bed for a glass of water. Glancing out a window, he spots something moving near the family’s hog pen.
He arms himself with a rifle and goes to investigate.
Stepping into the corral, he’s startled by the sight of beings 8 to 9 feet tall doing something to one of the hogs.
The rifle fires and one of the giants lets out a shriek.
Before the boy can comprehend more, something throws him to the ground and he loses consciousness.
Unsolved mystery
Spooky stuff.
But is it true?
This time of year, when tales of witches, ghosts and things creepy hold sway, what is one to make of first-person accounts of strange and bizarre happenings?
Dennis Brekke has yet to come up with an answer.
Nearly 30 autumns have passed since the retired Marshall County sheriff got a call that one of his deputies needed assistance.
It was Aug. 27, 1979.
Deputy Johnson sent a radio transmission around 2:19 a.m. stating he needed help.
When Brekke got there, Johnson was gone, but his battered police cruiser was not.
“The car was standing crossways in the middle of the road and the ambulance had just taken off with him (Johnson),” said Brekke, who still lives in Warren, Minn.
“I drove that car in that night. It drove OK, but the antennas were bent and there were some holes,” said Brekke, who investigated what became a classic case in UFO lore.
“He said he’d seen a bright light and that’s about the last thing he knew,” Brekke said, referring to Johnson, who later estimated he had been rendered unconscious for about 40 minutes.
“He had welder-type burns in his eyes. That’s what the doctor said,” Brekke recalled.
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