2007-03-20 - Charlotte, NC - Sphere

I am actually a little freaked out that I am even in a position where I reporting something like this, but I have nowhere to turn. I have had an encounter with something not of this world. I am a 21 year-old college student studying to become a teacher. One night, about 1 a.m., I was returning home from studying late at the library. I was suddenly forced off the road by a blowout. I stopped the car and began to change the tire when suddenly my car radio started changing channels rapidly and the car lights began to flicker and dim. All of a sudden everything just stopped, even my cell phone was off. I could barley see anything as my eyes didn't have time to adjust to the darkness. Across the road right at the tip of the tree line I saw a small orb-like object hovering and slowly changing color red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. It hovered for about 15 seconds and then started moving rapidly in a square pattern around me, about 50 feet up for another 15 seconds. At this point, I remember feeling a warm paralyzing sensation through out my body. The next thing I remember is opening my eyes, and finding myself directly in front of the car tire with the tire iron in my hand. The only difference was the time, it was 5:30 a.m. and starting to get light. The spare was changed and leaning up against the car, I don't remember getting that far with the tire change. I drove home in a state of shock and when I arrived in the house I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My right eye had a red mark on the outside corner; I had red marks in the back of my throat and soreness ((deleted)). For the next 3 days, none of my body functions were operational, meaning I did not defecate or urinate for that period of time. Usually, I am very regular. Since that time I have not slept and my appetite has all but vanished. My desire to study or do anything productive is gone. I am really scared that something has been done to me physically, or there is some underlying trauma that my mind is blocking out. Please help me, I can't stop thinking about it, and I feel I am going crazy. ((deleted/obscene))

((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. The obscenity included in this report, in its original form, makes us wonder whether it was intended as a serious report. We include it here, nevertheless. PD))