NOV 29, 23 .. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

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A few weeks ago, out of the blue, our friend Kit in South Dakota texted us the following photos.

BIG ROAD BUMP. After I decided to write and publish this Post, I could not, for the life of me, find the below photos Kit initially sent me.

Today I contacted Kit and she "immediately" sent me another set of photos.

The instant I received these photos from Kit, I knew exactly what they were all about.

We are looking at Devils Tower in the State of Wyoming!

The final scenes of the movie Close Encounters of The Third Kind, took place at Devils Tower.

After I received her photos, I immediately asked.. "Kit, did you see the movie Close Encounter Of The Third Kind".

"Yes indeed." Kit replied.

How about the below photo.

I asked Patti if she had ever seen the movie "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"?

Patti said "No." 

I then explained to Patti what Close Encounters was about.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind was an American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. Richard Dreyfuss was the star of the movie. It is the story of Roy Nearly, a blue collar worker in Muncie, Indiana. His life, and the lives of many others, changed dramatically after an encounter with a UFO.

It was released forty five (45) years ago in 1977. 

Patti said that she didn't like science fiction movies and I said that I thought she would find Close Encounters very interesting.

Enter into this scheme Michael, our great friend here in Lake Havasu City. Michael is a "Very High Tech" gentleman.

Thinking that this would be a very simple task, I asked Michael IF he would bring up Close Encounters on his gigantic television so Patti could see it.

I mistakenly thought he could merely go to Netflix (an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service) and presto bring up Close Encounters. 

The problem was that it was released forty five (45) years ago in 1977. 

Netflix did not have Close Encounters in its massive library (238.39 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries). 

Finally after a lot of effort Michael located a personal friend here in Lake Havasu City who actually had a DVD of Close Encounters.

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As we three watched Close Encounters, I must have snapped 75 photos. Only a very few were of any use.

Below are but sixteen (16) of the 75 photos that I snapped that were worthwhile showing here.

So far So good with the photos.

Then I could NOT get a good photo of the very understated title.

Michael even stopped the movie for me and no way could I do better than the above (poor) photo.

Roy Nearly was possessed with constructing a vision that the Aliens had put into his head. He himself did not know, nor understand, what was driving him. As we all came to find out, the Aliens came down at Devil's Tower and Roy had unwittingly (without being aware; unintentionally) constructed a model of Devil's Tower, Wyoming, a long way from Muncie, Indiana!

Roy was exasperated (irritated and frustrated) not knowing what he was doing and why he was doing it!

Not bad Roy! Not bad at all! But he still didn't understand what was happening!

In the below photo, the Mother Ship, is hoovering above its landing place.

Below is a photo of  Melinda, a lady who followed Roy on his mission because she too, was obsessed with the same vision that Roy had.

In the last three photos below, The Mother Ship is about to set down.

Yes! In the movie they showed shadowy photos of the Aliens and many others that were not worth posting here.

A photo of the model used in filming the movie.

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Patti really enjoyed, and was greatly impressed, with Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

Michael and I also enjoyed seeing it again.