The Allagash Abductions is a part of the UFO / Alien Abduction theories.

The Allagash abductions occurred on August 20, 1976 when four men in their mid-twenties ventured on a camping trip into the Allagash wilderness of Maine, United States.

As darkness settled that August night, the men built a blazing campfire which they expected to burn all night long. Then they headed out in a canoe across the lake for a short trip. The next thing they remembered was rowing back to shore and finding the campfire burned out.

They thought they were gone only a few minutes, but strangely, did not discuss how the campfire could be burned out so soon. Instead, they promptly went to sleep without any discussion. After several years of nightmares and



sleep disturbances, the brothers began asking each other if something terrifying had happened to them on the camping trip which they couldn't remember.

Under separately conducted hypnotic regressions, the men recalled being abducted from the canoe in the middle of the lake. Despite their attempt to escape by rowing to shore, a blue beam of light overhead pulled them into a hovering UFO. The men were probed and subjected to many physical and medical procedures.

The Allagash abductions achieved notoriety as the first well-documented, multiple abduction case.

However, it is not known, as with most abduction cases, if their story was true or a hoax.

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