I once had an uncle who fainted at the sight of blood.
the reaction was instant and beyond his control, as kids we used to prank him with the mechanism by either deliberatly making a small cut and waving it in his face or faking it with tomato sauce and a prop like a razor blade. either way his eyes would roll up in his head and he would collapse to the floor in a boneless heap, waking white as a sheet mins later. with the consequences the prank wasnt one you pulled twice and it was often the result of daring a new nephew or neice to try it for themselves.the con being the kid gets accidentially cut and had no idea that the uncle had that reaction, plausible deniablty. but wed all gather behind the shed later for a chuckle
i wonder if the "frozen" effect we see in abductions isnt the same as the incredable stillness an animal can effect when being hunted, a natural animal reaction to an extreme predator situation.
how frustrating would it be if in trying to contact another race they kept fainting on you in fright as soon as they clapped eyes on you.
my poor uncle knew what blood was and how it worked where it came from etc , but that didnt stop this relflex action of his from kicking in at the sight of even a small amount
i suppose if you were hell bent on communicating with creatures that damn near die of fright like a mishandled ginea pig, then all you could do is embark on a breeding program to breed the feature out of the species
the reaction was instant and beyond his control, as kids we used to prank him with the mechanism by either deliberatly making a small cut and waving it in his face or faking it with tomato sauce and a prop like a razor blade. either way his eyes would roll up in his head and he would collapse to the floor in a boneless heap, waking white as a sheet mins later. with the consequences the prank wasnt one you pulled twice and it was often the result of daring a new nephew or neice to try it for themselves.the con being the kid gets accidentially cut and had no idea that the uncle had that reaction, plausible deniablty. but wed all gather behind the shed later for a chuckle
i wonder if the "frozen" effect we see in abductions isnt the same as the incredable stillness an animal can effect when being hunted, a natural animal reaction to an extreme predator situation.
how frustrating would it be if in trying to contact another race they kept fainting on you in fright as soon as they clapped eyes on you.
my poor uncle knew what blood was and how it worked where it came from etc , but that didnt stop this relflex action of his from kicking in at the sight of even a small amount
i suppose if you were hell bent on communicating with creatures that damn near die of fright like a mishandled ginea pig, then all you could do is embark on a breeding program to breed the feature out of the species