1994-08-31 - Stockton, CA - Circle

I was captured, encapsulated, I was one with that light, the objects were light.

I was travelling north on I-5 at approx. 80 mph. I was alone in the car, I had to urinate and was speeding towards a rest area I knew was thirty three miles ahead. There were no other vehicles around me when I saw to my right out in the fields paralleling the interstate a very bright light. I looked into it and it appeared to be a combine working in the field and loading a big truck. At the moment of this incident I thought it odd this would be going on in the middle of the night and that the light could blind someone.

Then the combine and big dump type truck seemed to be Tonka type toy's. Then the rest area was at hand and I realized I had to urinate quite badly. I slowed and followed the rest area road info the parking lot and parked.

As I did so another smaller car followed mine and parked to my left and the driver got out and hurried over to my car as I was opening the door and he said "did you see them?" I said "see what?" He said "the bright lights following your car." I said "no, but I did see the combine with the light shinning on the highway"

he said "not that, the round lights that were all around your car?" I said "no , just the combine and I have to use the toilet fast.

I ran to the rest room and when I came back I went to the passenger side of his car and a woman put the window down and there were three children in the back seat. The woman and the three girls in the back seat were obviously frightened. The woman asked me again if I had seen the lights and I told her the same as I had told her husband. "No, I only saw the combine light but that it had held me and I did not remember the last thirty three miles."

I told them not to be afraid, if whatever it was wanted to harm us it would have, and all I accomplished was to further frighten the children.

I got back to my car and headed back north on I-5 to a motel in Stockton. As I was trying to sleep I felt as though I had been one with that light. I'll never be sure how long I was with the light, I know I lost attention with the road for at least thirty miles at 80mph.

In the years since I see the combine and truck as toy's and feel as though I was encapsulated by the light.