… Suddenly a bright light appeared ahead of the Ford, and McConaughey sharply slowed down. As far as the tattered patches of fog allowed to see, it was a ball of light and it moved above the highway at a height of about three meters. “Then I realized that the Devil was following me! I was terribly scared, "Den told his colleagues …
This happened in the early 70s. Tsen McConaughey, a twenty-year-old blue-eyed blonde, worked at the Vancouver General Post Office. He was a deeply religious person and belonged to the Mennonite denomination. The young man drove to work from Clearbrook, even though it was far away.
His parents lived there. The fact is that, according to Mennonite customs, children must live with their parents before marriage. Den was very naive and judged all the phenomena of life from a religious standpoint. The young man even refused to serve in the army, as his sect preaches humility, rejection of violence and war.
One day, in the late autumn of 1972, he showed up for work, clearly not himself. Den trembled and kept repeating: "I saw the Devil!"
He told his colleagues that an incredible story had happened to him the night before, not far from Clearbrook. He was driving along the highway at a speed of 70 km per hour. Suddenly I noticed a bright white light in the rearview mirror. At first, the guy decided that these were the headlights of a car that was driving behind and descending at that moment from the hill. McConaughey thought at first that the car was several miles behind him, but after five seconds the fire was shining just behind Den's Ford. But he did not like when he was overtaken, and therefore put pressure on the gas, increasing the speed to 120 km per hour. Fog fell over the highway, Den was afraid to crash into the cars that were driving in front. Suddenly a bright light appeared ahead of the Ford, and McConaughey sharply slowed down. As far as the torn patches of fog allowed to see, it was a ball of light and it moved above the highway at a height of about three meters.“Then I realized that the Devil was following me! I was terribly scared,”Den told his colleagues.
One of the young man's colleagues, sorter Tommy Potter, immediately realized that Dan could see. “Look, it was a UFO. Alien ship! " - he said. It turned out that the young McConaughey had never heard anything about aliens, "flying saucers" and abductions, although in those years this topic was widely discussed in the media. The reason for this was that Den's parents and all members of their small religious community did not have televisions. They read mainly religious literature, considering newspapers and magazines breeding grounds for sin.
After Potter explained to a colleague that aliens are sentient beings that come to Earth from other planets, McConaughey blushed and said, “There are no other sentient beings besides humans. The Lord created us and breathed our souls into us. And everything you talk about here is inspired by the Devil."
The colleagues laughed to themselves, but decided not to talk to McConaughey about this topic anymore. Potter tried to persuade the devout guy to call the editorial office of a popular weekly and tell about what he saw, but this proposal only pissed off Dan. A week later, he returned to work upset. It turned out that the day before, in about the same place, on the highway at the entrance to Clearbrook, he was again "pursued by the Devil."
McConaughey asked his boss to transfer him to a new work schedule - three days later. Now the guy went to the service and back only in daylight hours and surrounded by other cars. Since then, the Devil has not pursued Den.
