Hello everyone, I am Peter Krees and you're listening to Into the Void, a show where I dedicate myself to finding out the who, what, when, where, and hows in a world full of whys. Today I'm joined over the phone by a guest of the show, Morgan Hess from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who has a harrowing story to tell about a close encounter of the third kind he experienced about 19 years ago. So why don't we just bring him right on. Morgan, you there? Yeah, hi Peter. Morgan, how are you doing today?
I'm doing pretty good. How about yourself? I'm doing fantastic. I just want to thank you for taking time out of your schedule to come on and tell us your story. So why don't we just hop right in here and just start from the beginning. So how did this story play out? What were the events leading up to what culminated in a close encounter with these entities? Sure, Peter. Like you said, this happened about 20 years ago to the best of my memory.
I believe I was around nine or 10 years old at the time. Like you said, living in, it happened in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which is just a middle of nowhere kind of nothing farm town. Farm country. Yeah. Farm country, Pennsylvania. I lived on a farm with my father, uncle and my little sister at the time. Now did they all experience these things with you like along the way or? They did. We each had somewhat different experiences. Okay. But I can't really speak for them, but I can.
I apologize if I get a little choked up during this. It's kind of hard to. Take your time. Just tell the story as it happened. Yeah. You know? Yeah. So like I said, lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There's nothing going on in a farmland. Like the biggest thing there is to do in the town, you know, is basically go to the local pizza place downtown and play an arcade game or something. That's the. Typical small town kind of feel to it.
Gotcha. So I remember hearing some noises with me and my little sister and waking up in the middle of the night and going outside to our, uh, our cornfield and kind of looking around. The dogs were, um, acting very strange, which was partially what woke us up. And I remember being out there and looking around, but not really sure why I was there. I was kind of, I was sort of kind of in a mental fog. If that kind of. Okay. It's almost like, almost like you were drawn. Yes. To go out there.
Yes. And, um, I don't really remember snapping back to, to being completely in the present until my, um, my father and uncle, um, also woke up and found my sister and I out in the field. And um, they brushed it off as just nothing. They thought, you know, some of the local neighborhood or kids were just out messing around and causing trouble. So yeah, something that teenagers would do in a small town, nothing to do. Yeah. Go cause a ruckus. Yeah. Okay. Of course.
So we, uh, we went back to bed and it wasn't until the next morning, um, when we woke back up that we had found the part of the field where we were in, there was a rather elaborate crop circle. Oh, wow. Really? Yes. And at the time I didn't even really know what a crop circle was or, you know, what exactly it had happened or what was going on. But um, so you didn't, you didn't recognize the high strangeness of what was going on.
You just assumed it was what your father told you, just kids messing with your crops, that kind of stuff. Yeah. Okay. He specifically blamed it on, um, this one town boy and some brothers that he, uh, he thought they had messed around in our crops before. So that was what had happened. And I didn't really understand what was happening until I started seeing it on, um, on TV, on the news. So this wasn't just a localized event then?
No, no. This, um, actually in the beginning had realized happened in other parts of the country as well around the same time. And even, um, as time went on, it had been happening in other parts of the world. So it started out to your knowledge locally and then expanded from there to go, uh, basically worldwide. Like, yes. Okay. Okay. So, so, so what happened next? So what, what, where, how did this escalate?
So once I started watching it on the news, first of all, my father didn't even want to let us watch TV at the time. He clearly had a better idea of what was going on than we did. And he wrote it on the news that someone mentioned, uh, aliens. Okay. Possibly. So, um, I, uh, remember going down to our local bookstore and, um, getting a, uh, a book about, um, uh, basically generalized about aliens and sort of close like a, like a beginner's guide to kind of thing. Yeah, exactly.
And um, I remember the old bookshop owner was trying to claim that it was all just, uh, propaganda and they were, they were trying to sell soda. And you know, he was saying, I've seen 12 soda commercials since all this news started. They're just, they're trying to sell a soda and you know, now that's a conspiracy I could get behind. Yeah. That's something as a young child, I didn't really know anything about marketing or things like that. It was a violent, um, valid conspiracy.
So I bought the book, got home and started reading it. Um, I basically read it nonstop as since our, our father really wouldn't let us watch, um, TV anymore. Now, now, did he not want you to watch TV due to thinking you would become sort of like in a panic of what was going on? He didn't want you to think that it was something more than it was. Cause it sounds like to me that he did not believe that this was any sort of extraterrestrial thing. Um, yeah, he was, um, very skeptic.
He actually also, um, he used to be a, uh, a preacher up until recently. So, um, and this was just way out of the realm for his belief system. Yes. And at the time I really didn't understand, you know, a whole lot of it because, um, basically all I knew was that my mother had, had died and my father decided he wasn't going to be a preacher anymore. I think he kind of blamed God and was questioning his beliefs. So a loss of faith kind of thing.
Okay. Yeah. So you got the book, you're learning up on it, trying your best to fear what's going on even though you don't have access to the news or television, trying to keep up with it. So, uh, what happened from there? So from there as we're reading, you know, we went through all the basic conspiracies and things like that. Me and my sister even made little tin foil hats that we had put on so the aliens couldn't read our mind. And, um, perfect logic for young children. Yeah, that makes sense.
Makes sense. Of course, of course. And, um, I remember taking one of her old baby monitors thinking it was, you know, somehow an antenna that could pick up on the alien signal, you know, possibly and really just acting like kids and not knowing exactly what was going on. And then, um, I remember my father and my uncle actually getting really, really scared. And that's when I kind of knew something was, um, more serious or, or, or sinister.
Um, because it wasn't too many nights after the fact, um, that my father and uncle had claimed they heard someone outside, um, running around the house and went out and tried to apprehend them thinking it was the people who damaged our crops. Yeah. Yeah. And they ran around the house trying to find them. And according to them, this person moved like a, I don't even know, like an Olympic athlete of some sorts.
Cause Okay. So you would assume they tried to do everything they could to catch them running around the house in different directions and then they just were nowhere? Yeah. They, they, um, yeah, I remember hearing them swearing outside and that was the thing my father, um, he never swore. So I knew when he, when he swore that there was something, um, it was something very serious. So that that happened again and, um, um, at that point we, my father let us actually start watching the news again.
Okay. So, so, so he's, he's come around, your uncle's come around and now he feels that you need to be informed of what's going on. I assume bucks County isn't a major city. And I'm sure, you know, people there have their belief systems, they're not really, you know, sharing this news around, I would assume. Yeah. It was a very small town. Everyone had their own theories in the beginning, you know, thinking it was nerds who handmade crop circles, obviously.
Yeah. Yeah. You've seen it all over the world. People doing that. Yup. Yup. I remember my uncle saying, yo, it's just a bunch of virgins, you know, back in the 70s who did this and they didn't have girlfriends. So they wanted to scare people and that's what they were doing again. But then once they saw it happening in other parts of the country and world, it got much more, um, serious. It became real to them. It became real.
And um, and then at that point, I can't remember the exact timeline again. I was kind of in a mental bog. It was 20 years ago. Yeah. And you don't have to get the timeline. Just, you know, get the details, uh, that you think are important out to the world. Cause I do feel like people should know that this is the first time I'm hearing of this, uh, I guess extraterrestrial encounter in Pennsylvania.
So, you know, just do your best, tell your story and we'll let all the listeners decide what they think it is. Yeah. Cause I remember the first, my uncle was watching TV and someone in, um, Mexico had actually caught one of the aliens on videotape. Really? Yes. And really this is a, a lot of this might've been scrubbed from the internet or TV or any type of sources because like you said, you've never heard of it.
A lot of people have never heard of it, but I remember as clear as day, um, seeing that clip on the TV of that alien being. So it was reported at the time. Yes. But like I said, I've, I've never heard of a global alien conspiracy, uh, or global alien encounter, I guess you would say. Uh, so they, I would sure, I'm sure the governments of the world is something they'd want to keep quiet to try and control panic. Yeah. And, um, once we, once we saw that on TV, we were just all terrified.
Um, I would, I would imagine so that it does sound like a very, uh, trying time. Yeah. And then, um, people started seeing lights in the sky, which they believe to be UFOs and not just, um, our part of the world, but other parts of the world. Now, are these like, are these like just right? You're one of the mill UFO lights or are these like the Phoenix lights? Like, well, you can only imagine to be a bigger ship than.
It looked to be that there were multiple ships, multiple ships, multiple ships, all forming and hovering around certain areas of the country and world, particularly around where these crop circles have been made. So it sounds like what you're describing to me is almost a full scale alien, uh, invasion. I think something out of war of the worlds almost that, that, that they sent out maybe like a couple crafts here and there to form these crop circles, maybe as markers or, you know.
That was the theory at the time, Peter. Because I was, because I was reading more into my book and sort of explaining to my father and uncle that the aliens were basically there. You mentioned war of the worlds, but they were there basically either to be friendly or to be a hostile. Yes. Well, there, there is a theory that, uh, aliens are real.
And the reason why we don't know they have, they, they, they would only make contact with the human race if they were violent, if they wanted to exterminate us. Cause other than that, we would just be a blip on their system. So at the time you propose a theory to your father that they were either here to help or to hurt. Yes. Now, now which camp were you in when you first noticed all this stuff? As a child, I wasn't sure.
Um, all this was still new to me and this was literally the first thing I had ever really heard outside of, um, kid stories or TV shows, anything about aliens or someone from another planet, or even having it possibly, um, be real. So this would be your first major experience with anything sort of, uh, quote unquote paranormal or extraterrestrial. Yeah. Stuff like that.
Okay. So, so after people started noticing the lights, after they started seeing the crafts, uh, what, what happened next, uh, to you and yours? So basically what happened next, we kind of, um, the news started to get more and more serious that the aliens were there actually as a hostile threat. And they, okay, so, so they weren't there to help or no. Okay. All right. They were clearly there as hostiles and had started making, um, more and more contact with humans. So they were becoming braver.
Basically they, they were showing themselves. Yeah, they were. I remember my, my father, um, someone he knew he had even, he told me this after the time had locked one of them in their, in their pantry closet. Really? Yes. And, um, he actually had, that was his first, um, close encounter with one of the creatures with one of the creatures was in this person's, um, in their pantry closet. That is, that is some very crazy stuff, man.
Yeah. Um, he even chopped off, he told us, um, a few of its fingers when it tried to reach under the door for him and he had a knife. It was malicious right off the bat. Yeah. Okay. All right. So what, so what happened next? At that point we were all terrified and we started basically barricading ourselves, um, inside of our own house. We started, we started boarding, boarding up the doors.
Um, again, it was me, my, my little sister, my father and my uncle had just barricaded ourselves essentially in the house. And, um, uh, my poor little sister at the time, she was, she was a troubled child. Um, we don't know if she was, um, uh, possibly autistic or something. My father was always ranting about anti-vax and stuff like that. So she, she had some of her own ticks and other personal things. She always thought water was contaminated or something.
So she was, you know, she drink water and just leave, like she'd take a sip of water and then leave a cup or glass out. And then she'd just, yeah, yeah. You know, almost like an OCD kind of thing. Yeah. So this was before all the aliens even. So we, uh, we lock ourselves, so again, board ourselves up in our house. And at this point, my dad is really, um, starting to lose it.
You know, I remember, um, we sat down for almost sort of a, uh, a last supper type deal where he asked everyone what they wanted to eat. And we basically made a giant feast and that, um, he started crying and swearing at us. And so he was almost basically preparing for everyone to die. I think so. I think it was that dire. Yeah. And obviously when your dad is scared, you're scared as, as well.
Because that's supposed to be the person, you know, who's there for you and to protect you and everything. And yeah, so, um, long story short, after that, our house was attacked. Okay. Now, now attacked, you mean, uh, the creatures tried to break in or they were shooting it? I don't know how extraterrestrials would attack. So break it down for us.
The creatures, um, were coming in and making, and this was another theory that I had read in my book that the aliens, instead of using their technology to just vaporize us, they were more likely to show up in person and use hand to hand combat. Because according to this theory by this doctor, that if they were using their special technology and everything that we would eventually just use nuclear weapons and then make our planet and resources basically uninhabitable and useless to them.
Makes sense. So they would want to try and preserve as many of our resources for them to take for themselves. And you are correct if, if an alien invasion were to happen, we would more than likely use the nuclear option to try and fend it off. That is a very good point. Yeah. So, um, they largely everywhere in the world were coming down physically in person. And um, so the, I don't even think I described to you what the creatures looked like either.
They um, no, no. They looked, um, they were human like they, they had two legs. They stood upright and walked. So humanoid. Humanoid. Um, they were, they were grayish, but they could, they could camouflage to their surroundings. Wow. Almost like chameleons, you know? So almost like a cloaking kind of thing. Okay. Yeah. Wow. And we believe they avoided detection before they sort of wanted to be seen and they were so hard to spot was because they were camouflaging themselves. That is terrifying.
Yes. It was very, very terrifying. And um, so they did, they did have eyes and some sort of nose feature. And it's like, would you, would you say it's almost like a stereotypical alien look or a little more human than that? Almost not the stereotypical green type of aliens that we see, you know, drawn on cartoon or something like that. It was more humanoid and just gray with the strange camouflage. Gotcha. Gotcha. So we're in our house.
Um, we hear them crawling all over the house, banging on the doors, trying to, um, get in and eventually we end up, uh, locking ourselves in the basement. Almost like a last line of defense kind of thing. Yes. Correct. And um, one of them actually ended up, um, almost getting into the basement through an old coal chute that we had in the house. Like I said, it was an old farmhouse.
Yeah. Yeah. And it had, um, it had reached through and actually, um, uh, grabbed, um, tried to grab me and my sister. That must've been terrifying for you. I thought I was going to die, Peter. Honestly, I, I, I thought that was the end of everything. I think anyone would in a scenario like that. I don't know how I would feel, but I can imagine. Yeah. I also, um, have asthma as well. It was worse as a child. Yeah. And I had a, I had an asthma attack in the middle of all of this.
Oh, I'm sure stress is a very big trigger. Of course. And, um, my medicine and my inhaler was upstairs. That was something we had forgot and all the chaos that was happening at the time. So I, um, basically had, had passed out from the, uh, the asthma attack. Lack of oxygen. Yeah. Yeah. So the rest of this is, is kind of fuzzy, but, um, this is how it was sort of related to me from my father and uncle after the fact. So we went upstairs and had heard that, um, we thought the aliens were gone.
All of a sudden they stopped attacking the house. Just done out of the blue. Yep. They just, they just stopped attacking all of a sudden. We thought it was all over. The news was back on and working again. And it had been said on the news that, um, some, um, small villages, I believe somewhere in the middle East had found a very primitive way to defeat the aliens. Okay. But they didn't know exactly what that was. Yeah. And those specific, no specificities just, yeah. Just, yeah.
Okay. Just the, yeah. They found some way to defeat them and we were back upstairs thinking, you know, it was all over. That was safe to go. Yeah. And it was safe. And I was still in the middle of my asthma attack and being in and out of consciousness. But apparently, um, when my family went to go in the other room, I believe to grab, um, some of my medicine and an EpiPen. There was still an alien left in the house. Really?
And it had actually grabbed me and was holding onto me and holding me hostage. Now why do you think this alien stayed behind? Was it trapped in the house somehow? Or maybe it just, you came up a little too early before he could retreat. Like we think it possibly could have been trapped in the house. But the other theory was that this thing had a personal vendetta against my father because it actually, remember how I told you my father had found one in a pantry in the beginning?
Yeah. Yeah. And it chopped off its fingers. Yeah. This alien was also missing fingers. Really? So you're saying that this alien somehow remembered your family. Yes. And was able to track down your father. I assume it would be, it'd be easy for an alien to figure out where you live, but that is wow. That is some crazy stuff, man. So the alien came to your house. You figured it was safe. Go back stairs. It grabs you. Yep. Now what?
It grabs me and then it had a sort of, um, spike come out of its arm. Okay. Like, like Baraka from Mortal Kombat. Yeah, exactly. And it was clearly using me as a, um, as a, uh, you know, as a hostage. It had taken me, taken me hostage and was holding the spike up to, um, my face. And um, my uncle used to be a, um, profession, uh, um, a minor league baseball player who almost made it to the pros. And he happened to have one of his, um, like championship bats hanging on the wall.
And at that point, um, my father just told my uncle to basically just go and, and attack the alien. And, um, my uncle just took that bat and the alien supposedly realized he was hostile and he had sprayed some fumes out of its wrist bone. Really? So, so the aliens have their own form of, I guess, weaponry, but it's like a bio weapon attached to them. That is, wow. They believe it was some type of poison gas.
And the craziest thing is, is that's, and it sprayed me while I was unconscious with this, with this gas. Yeah. So I assume your family just assumed that's it. He's done. Yes. So they, they just went and started attacking, um, him and, um, it dropped me and my uncle and my father rushed both me and my sister outside while my uncle actually fought this alien with a baseball bat. Really? Yes. With a baseball bat? With a baseball bat. Your uncle sounds like a very brave man. He absolutely is.
I will, uh, I will love my uncle Merrill till the day I die. And the crazy thing was, do you remember how I told you that my sister was kind of possibly, um, but maybe autistic or somewhere on the spectrum and thought there was some poison on the water? Yeah. And there had been water glasses left all around the house and, um, some of it splashed onto the alien. Okay. And it actually burned it. Really?
So that was when we realized they were possibly hydrophobic or, um, basically water was almost like acid to them. Hmm. Okay. All right. So my uncle just started taking his bat and smashing all these glasses and throwing water at the alien. Yeah. And, um, burning it and, you know, eventually just ended up killing it. And the only reason they think that I survived this, um, whatever gas it had tried to put into my body was because of my asthma attack. Oh, they believe closed airway.
Yep. They believe that my lungs were closed while it had tried to poison me and none of the poison got in. And then I remember coming to and asking my family what had happened. And that was, um, that last part of the story. There was basically everything that I was told after the fact, since I had been, um, partially unconscious from my asthma attack. Wow Morgan, that is a harrowing story. You know, I applaud your bravery coming on here and tell the story.
I assume this isn't something again, like I said, I've never heard of this scenario happening so I assume the governments of the world are trying to, you know, keep it quiet, cover it up the best way, scrubbing internet and newspapers, all that stuff. So I want to thank you for your bravery calling in today to, uh, to tell us this story. Cause man, that is, uh, that is wild. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Peter, for letting me, um, letting me tell you, like I said, it was hard and there was, um, so many random connections that had happened. It almost renewed my father's faith in religion again after. Wow. And I'm happy to hear that you and your family are, uh, are doing good now. I hope you were able to put this behind you and then lead a fellow ter relatively, uh, normal life after this.
We tried to, we tried to Peter, I still live in bucks County and they're, um, nothing like that has ever happened here since. Well, I'm happy to hear it. The craziest thing was my uncle, you know, having the home run minor league record, you know, and that was, um, that was basically back to our small farm town life again. And that's how we've lived ever since. Well, thank you again for joining us and maybe we'll have you back soon. Thank you so much, Peter. All right.
I just want to say thank you to my guests. Uh, Morgan Hess, uh, what a harrowing story. And uh, if any of you guys out there live in bucks County, know anyone who lives in bucks County who can, you know, add more to this story, maybe a different perspective, please just let us know. But uh, until then keep your eyes to the sky and your ears to the ground.