drinkswiththeunknown

Smoke puffed into the air like it was coming out of a chimney. The small cigar-shaped aircraft made an impact at the base of the windmill. It was unclear what started the fire because the aircraft had no distinct way of propulsion. For the time, none of the people in town understood flight. This is before the Wright brothers premiered their Wright Flyer in 1903. The year this flying aircraft crash landed in Aurora, Texas is 1897. Flight should not be possible. But the burning windmill says otherwise. A crowd of fifty people watched as the fire grew larger. A large creaking sound came from the aircraft. A hatch was opened. Anticipating what would emerge had the crowd on edge. A small grey hand appeared to push the hatch open. Then a three-foot humanoid figure fell out of the aircraft and hit the dry, desert land with a hard thud. Two men ran as fast as they could to remove the figure away from the fire. Lifeless. The creature's large, disproportionate head housed two black eyes th...