# spreaker167-extraterrestrialhitchhikers

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Podcast: [UFOS & PARANORMAL WITH PRESTON DENNETT](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ufos-paranormal-with-preston-dennett-7679731)
Published: 2026-07-27T14:57:18+00:00
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## Resource

Imagine driving along a remote highway and you see someone stick out their thumb, asking for a ride. You don’t pick up random hitchhikers, but for some reason, you feel compelled to stop. The hitchhiker, you now realize, looks weird, is dressed strangely, and starts to behave in unusual ways. Suddenly you realize that the hitchhiker is not human. This may sound crazy, but the fact is, there are more than a dozen cases on record that fit this exact pattern. Extraterrestrial hitchhikers! It happens more often than you think. 1956: Army officer Virgil Atkinson is driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, CA when he picks up two young sailors. After dropping them off, he finds himself being followed by a UFO. Oct 10, 1967: Norman C is driving to his home in Lakewood, CO when he is stopped by an odd tall man alongside the highway. The man begins asking him very odd. As the man walks off, a gigantic UFO appears overhead. Mar 1973: Frank Bales is driving through WA when he stops to pick up two tall strangers wearing white robes. Frank is amazed to see that they have six fingers on each hand! The hitchhikers give him predictions and tell him they are “the Watchers.” 1973: Musician Steve Boucher is driving with his fellow musicians along a highway in Ontario, Canada when they pick-up a hitchhiker. The next thing they realize, a UFO lands on the road in front of them, and the hitchhiker is leading them onboard the UFO. Oct 18, 1974: Edmoana Toews and Nuria Hanson are driving through a remote area of British Columbia, Canada when they are followed by a UFO. At some point, they feel compelled to give a strange hitchhiker a ride. So begins an ordeal that leaves them convinced that the man was an ET. 1978: Gina and Lois traveling to Phoenix, AZ see a strikingly handso…

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