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They Walk Among Us

They Walk Among Us By Elton Camp “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” - Carl Sagan The gullible will believe almost anything From them, all kinds of wild ideas spring Monsters reside in the depths of Loch Ness Dinosaurs live in darkest Africa, they guess Oh, they are certain for goodness sake In many places there’s a large, erect ape Our solar system has one inhabitable place Yet, it’s invasion from deep space we face Around many stars, we know planets rotate But their distance from earth is very great The immutable laws of physics have decreed That the speed of light no object can exceed Even if there is life on any planets out there About enough food and water they must care Even at light speed, years would be required By the time they get here, they’d be expired Yet many believe aliens have already come “They abducted & examined me,” say some Unusual claims there’s obligation to prove “Put up or shut up” would such behoove

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