People from the Orkney Islands in Scotland feared small, fairy-like creatures called "trows". According to legend, trows would give birth to children who were apt to be sickly.

" their ghosts aren’t like regular ghosts. They’re not transparent and, at first glance, seem like normal people. You might see them out of the corner of your eye, but when you look, they disappear. "

Ed sang to the rocks till they levitated; he received extraterrestrial support; he “used magnetism.”

Van Tassel claimed to have had physical and telepathic contact with extraterrestrials, one of whom introduced itself as Ashtar.

Each participant or observer would wear a luminous armband so his or her movements could be tracked in the chilly dark. Robin would begin with a prayer: 'Infinite spirits, creative source of all things, be with us this evening and guide us in our work towards the highest good…'