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23 C'TPOir FRfE PF.CS3THURSDAY, JULY 5. 1379 THAT'S GRAY BARKER Consumed by suucermumu i I 1 -A M- V. 1 Jf ft m- By BOB ROBINSON Associated Press Writer JANE LEW, W.Va. Gray Barker has never seen a flying saucer, never met a monster, never talked to a spaceman. But he can sure tell some wild stories about them all.

A favorite is his story of the Mothman, a tall, man-like creature with flaming red eyes who terrorized Point Pleasant Or the story of Woodrow Derenberger, a Parkersburg salesman who rode in a spaceship to the planet Lanulus with an alien named Indrld Cold. "The people who allegedly contact these space people have always fascinated me," admits Barker, a chain-smoking, 54-year-old writer. They hold equal fascination for others, a fact that has kept Barker in business writing about bizarre occurrences. THOUGH THE MARKET for saucer lore is small, Barker has written scores of articles, edited several magazines and published seven books. Perhaps the best known of the books was "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers," a big seller in the Barker avoids admitting he has any strong beliefs on the subject at all.

At the same time, he does not dismiss the sightings and tales lightly. "Whether reality or folklore, it's very strongly implanted in our culture," he says. His many Interviews and Investigations have left him a little wary of some stories, however. "After you're in this for a number of years and you can't prove it you get a little cynical, especially about some of the stories that are hardest to believe," he says. And there Is always the tendency for the fish to grow in the fisherman's tale.

"I don't doubt that people have these experiences, but it seems to affect them in some way," he says. "Some of their follow-up stories aren't very believable." Barker's Interest in the subject blossomed in 1952 when he wrote an article about the Flatwoods Monster in Braxton County, a foul-smelling thing that oozed evil and apparently landed in a bright, shiny object in the desolate area. late 50s and early 1960s. It told of a group of men in black who harassed people who were foolish enough to talk about their sightings. Barker works at the Lovitt Drive-In theater here, directing theater advertising and selling educational equipment He also runs a movie theater in Buckhannon.

Those jobs pay the bills, but his consuming interest is saucermania. He publishes Gray Barker's Newsletter, which costs $6 for six issues and appears at irregular Intervals. He also is the only stockholder in a small publishing firm, Saucerian Books, in Clarksburg. Barker Is convinced there is more than meets the eye to the saucer sightings, cattle mutilations, and strange smells and noises that seem to periodically visit the land. "Something Is going on and it just keeps going on," he worries.

"It all seems to be sort of tied in together." That elusive tie-in has been the carrot on a stick for writers specializing in the subject for years. Seldom, however, do they come up with the ever-promised explanation. AP Photo Gray Barker, who is convinced there's more than meets the eye to saucer sightings and cattle mutilations. HOSPITAL CUTS X-RAY DOSES i ft Minimizing radiation peril advice from the experts for people with problems (Siii he cheat a little 'You don't have to be around Three Mile Island to know about problems with low-level Sou 33 50 i Savings in every department! Girls (4-6X, 7-14) Dresses Co-ordinates Sleepwear Pants Pant Sets Polo Shirts fr: Short Sleeve Shirts Shorts Skirts 8 Skirt Sets Short Sets Swimwear Boys (4-7, 8-14) 8: Co-ordinate Jeans Vests Shorts Short Sleeve Shirts Polo Shirts Pants Three Piece Vested Dress Suits Swimwear Tank Tops Short Sets Infants (6 mo.) 4 Toddlers (2-4) Dresses Crawlers Crawler Sets Polos Pants Pant Sets Dress Suits Co-ordinates Sleepers Girls Sleepwear Sun Suits 3 Swimwear Hats Bonnets If every hospital in the country were to switch to the multi-system approach, Brodeur estimates medical X-ray exposure in the United States would drop 50 percent. Such a drop would help everyone, but it is especially beneficial to children.

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