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"Meeting Nicola"

Clear Light said:
Sadly, it's all shades of that kind of activity, including sexually motivated murder. On the opposite bank of the Thames on this stretch lies Desborough Island, known to locals as Desperate Island. The whole area has long enjoyed a seedy reputation and has a distinctly dodgy vibe.
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It certainly felt dodgy when I walked along those paths in twilight - I was glad to get back to the road.
 
Ironic that, considering that posters (not least me) have mooted all kinds of speculation about who and even what Nicola might be, we only have Frank's testimony; what is crucial, what we really need to complete an accurate picture of the whole encounter is Nicola's side of the story too.
 
Steven said:
Ironic that, considering that posters (not least me) have mooted all kinds of speculation about who and even what Nicola might be, we only have Frank's testimony; what is crucial, what we really need to complete an accurate picture of the whole encounter is Nicola's side of the story too.
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But if we did the mystery would be over
 
Steven said:
Ironic that, considering that posters (not least me) have mooted all kinds of speculation about who and even what Nicola might be, we only have Frank's testimony; what is crucial, what we really need to complete an accurate picture of the whole encounter is Nicola's side of the story too.
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And how often do we truly get both sides of a story or experience?
 
Steven said:
Ironic that, considering that posters (not least me) have mooted all kinds of speculation about who and even what Nicola might be, we only have Frank's testimony; what is crucial, what we really need to complete an accurate picture of the whole encounter is Nicola's side of the story too.
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Personally, I'll reserve judgement until I've consulted the dog.
 
Hello Forteans. I am new. I joined this site because I have some books by David Paulides on missing people that I want to take to the used book store - and I thought I would drop by here first to record my thoughts. But that's another thread. I read through this long thread and could not resist adding my two cents.

1. Damien, is it possible your friend Frank avoided - narrowly avoided? - an assault, or robbery, at the hands of a duo of urban criminals. Nicola lures him up to an isolated spot where they planned on robbing him, but somehow something went wrong - the vibes were off - and they fled the scene instead.

After seeing all the photos that Simon B posted I could not help but think "Girl, what are you doing? Get yourself out of there. Don't go wandering off into the woods with a strange man". It would not be hard for her to say "Oh,my dog - gotta run - see ya". And I think Frank suggested something along those lines when he says

I suddenly became very uneasy in her company.
She was gorgeous, I thought, and must have been chatted-up so many times before; surely she must have been aware of the dangers of going off with strangers… and yet here she was, alone, with a stranger (me) in a dark (even though it was day), secluded spot.


Then when they are at a pre-arranged spot Nicola is suddenly enraged - as a distraction - and then Leather Boy is there. The fact that she appears differently, older, can be attributed to his shock and disorientation and adrenaline.

But then somehow it falls apart and they depart without Frank quite seeing how. And nothing happens.

If i am at the scene of an accident and I meet up with you later and I say "I saw some awful scenes at this accident today", then you believe me and listen uncritically. If I say "I went to a performance of a stage magician, and he induced a young woman into a wooden box and sawed her in half. I saw it. It really happened. He split the box in half and showed us", then you understand that I have been under the influence of some deliberate deception. Deception that involved some skillful direction of my attention towards and away from the rapid activites and just the right times. So by virtue of your sophistication you can re-interpret my account without necessarily contradicting it.

So then I come to FT forum and say, 'yes this really happened. I saw it. I don't understand it but it really happened to me'. And that is true and not true at the same time. I absolutely did see what happened on that stage. But from another perspective I know that something else probably really happened. It just depends on how we interpret things.
 
So I don't know if I get to add something to this without hyjacking the thread. Dunno.
Just want to say that the portrait of the beauriful and mysterious Nicola reminded me very much of the equally beautiful and mysterious Aura Rhanes, who hales from the planet Clarion and was the confidant to Truman Betherun. Let me see if I can attach her portrait here
Hmmm


Yes! An uncanny likeness! LOL Don't be a stranger Aura!
 

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Schubertian said:
Hello Forteans. I am new. I joined this site because I have some books by David Paulides on missing people that I want to take to the used book store - and I thought I would drop by here first to record my thoughts. But that's another thread. I read through this long thread and could not resist adding my two cents.

1. Damien, is it possible your friend Frank avoided - narrowly avoided? - an assault, or robbery, at the hands of a duo of urban criminals. Nicola lures him up to an isolated spot where they planned on robbing him, but somehow something went wrong - the vibes were off - and they fled the scene instead.

After seeing all the photos that Simon B posted I could not help but think "Girl, what are you doing? Get yourself out of there. Don't go wandering off into the woods with a strange man". It would not be hard for her to say "Oh,my dog - gotta run - see ya". And I think Frank suggested something along those lines when he says

I suddenly became very uneasy in her company.
She was gorgeous, I thought, and must have been chatted-up so many times before; surely she must have been aware of the dangers of going off with strangers… and yet here she was, alone, with a stranger (me) in a dark (even though it was day), secluded spot.


Then when they are at a pre-arranged spot Nicola is suddenly enraged - as a distraction - and then Leather Boy is there. The fact that she appears differently, older, can be attributed to his shock and disorientation and adrenaline.

But then somehow it falls apart and they depart without Frank quite seeing how. And nothing happens.

If i am at the scene of an accident and I meet up with you later and I say "I saw some awful scenes at this accident today", then you believe me and listen uncritically. If I say "I went to a performance of a stage magician, and he induced a young woman into a wooden box and sawed her in half. I saw it. It really happened. He split the box in half and showed us", then you understand that I have been under the influence of some deliberate deception. Deception that involved some skillful direction of my attention towards and away from the rapid activites and just the right times. So by virtue of your sophistication you can re-interpret my account without necessarily contradicting it.

So then I come to FT forum and say, 'yes this really happened. I saw it. I don't understand it but it really happened to me'. And that is true and not true at the same time. I absolutely did see what happened on that stage. But from another perspective I know that something else probably really happened. It just depends on how we interpret things.
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None of that would explain how he didn't hear, or see, the motorbike and biker appearing (just a yard behind him) though.
 
Schubertian said:
Hello Forteans. I am new. I joined this site because I have some books by David Paulides on missing people that I want to take to the used book store - and I thought I would drop by here first to record my thoughts. But that's another thread. I read through this long thread and could not resist adding my two cents.

1. Damien, is it possible your friend Frank avoided - narrowly avoided? - an assault, or robbery, at the hands of a duo of urban criminals. Nicola lures him up to an isolated spot where they planned on robbing him, but somehow something went wrong - the vibes were off - and they fled the scene instead.

After seeing all the photos that Simon B posted I could not help but think "Girl, what are you doing? Get yourself out of there. Don't go wandering off into the woods with a strange man". It would not be hard for her to say "Oh,my dog - gotta run - see ya". And I think Frank suggested something along those lines when he says

I suddenly became very uneasy in her company.
She was gorgeous, I thought, and must have been chatted-up so many times before; surely she must have been aware of the dangers of going off with strangers… and yet here she was, alone, with a stranger (me) in a dark (even though it was day), secluded spot.


Then when they are at a pre-arranged spot Nicola is suddenly enraged - as a distraction - and then Leather Boy is there. The fact that she appears differently, older, can be attributed to his shock and disorientation and adrenaline.

But then somehow it falls apart and they depart without Frank quite seeing how. And nothing happens.

If i am at the scene of an accident and I meet up with you later and I say "I saw some awful scenes at this accident today", then you believe me and listen uncritically. If I say "I went to a performance of a stage magician, and he induced a young woman into a wooden box and sawed her in half. I saw it. It really happened. He split the box in half and showed us", then you understand that I have been under the influence of some deliberate deception. Deception that involved some skillful direction of my attention towards and away from the rapid activites and just the right times. So by virtue of your sophistication you can re-interpret my account without necessarily contradicting it.

So then I come to FT forum and say, 'yes this really happened. I saw it. I don't understand it but it really happened to me'. And that is true and not true at the same time. I absolutely did see what happened on that stage. But from another perspective I know that something else probably really happened. It just depends on how we interpret things.
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Oh, welcome by the way.

All opinions are valid and all contributions are of merit. We certainly don't all agree on everything here on these forums but we keep it friendly.
 
Schubertian said:
So I don't know if I get to add something to this without hyjacking the thread. Dunno.
Just want to say that the portrait of the beauriful and mysterious Nicola reminded me very much of the equally beautiful and mysterious Aura Rhanes, who hales from the planet Clarion and was the confidant to Truman Betherun. Let me see if I can attach her portrait here
Hmmm


Yes! An uncanny likeness! LOL Don't be a stranger Aura!
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To be honest though, that's pretty much 'generic attractive woman'. Long hair, high cheekbones, large eyes, small mouth. If a visitor to Earth (or a fae or a creature of the mind) wanted to appear as a woman, that's what I would expect them to look like. Why don't they ever appear as weak-chinned, large nosed, assymetrically faced with slightly buck teeth and oddly coloured eyes? In which case I might be mistaken for one...
 
catseye said:
To be honest though, that's pretty much 'generic attractive woman'. Long hair, high cheekbones, large eyes, small mouth. If a visitor to Earth (or a fae or a creature of the mind) wanted to appear as a woman, that's what I would expect them to look like. Why don't they ever appear as weak-chinned, large nosed, assymetrically faced with slightly buck teeth and oddly coloured eyes? In which case I might be mistaken for one...
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Round this part of Cornwall they would be...
 
Unless the biker was already secreted in the trees waiting for Nicola to arrive with a "victim", silently emerging from the undergrowth when they arrived at the spot where he was hidden.
 
Clear Light said:
Unless the biker was already secreted in the trees waiting for Nicola to arrive with a "victim", silently emerging from the undergrowth when they arrived at the spot where he was hidden.
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If I recall, somewhere in the thread the o/p states that there was nowhere for him to have hidden.
 
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