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Soon thereafter someone who was also studyingGrof's work introduced Mack to Bud Hopkins, a NewYork artist who had been studying the abductionphenomenon for decades...
...first reaction was that if he took thisseriously there must be something wrong with himand that this is some kind of psychosis ofpsychiatric problem." Mack recalls...
...Mack's opinions about both Hopkins and theabduction phenomena changed after he began seeingabductees professionally in the winter of 1990.Mack, who dedicated Abduction to Hopkins,says, "It soon became apparent and remains clearto me that these are not experiences that can beexplained in a purely psychodynamic orpsychosocial way. They do involve some kind ofactual encounter with some sort of entity...
Most abduction reports follow a similarscenario. According to Dominique Callimanopoulos,the coordinator for Mack's International AbductionProject, people report being visited by a brightlight, floating through a closed window, wall orceiling, entering a ship, and undergoing certainprocedures [For an account from an actualabductee, please see adjacent story...
...Mack, however, is now studying the personalityprofiles of experiencers to determine whether ornot abductees may share certain characteristics...