Location. Near Cisco Grove California
Date: September 4 1964 Time: 2200
Donald Shrum, a bow & arrow deer hunter, was lost and benighted in the hills and had climbed a pine tree when he saw a moving light in the sky not far off. This presently discharged a domed object with a blinking light on top. Then two figures came toward him; they wore silver or whitish coverall uniforms with hoods & gauntlets, and dark goggles. A third being, which had large reddish orange glowing eyes, looked metallic all over & appeared to be a robot; all 3 were about 5 ft tall. The “robot” came to the base of the tree & its mouth emitted a puff of white vapor, which had the effect of causing Shrum to lose consciousness briefly. To keep off the entities, Shrum set fire to everything available, including much of his clothing, and threw it down. But as soon as the blaze died down they would come back to the tree. He also shot his 3 arrows against the robot; they stuck with a flash of light, but did not injure it. Throughout the night, the robot repeatedly emitted the anesthetic vapor (Shrum fastened himself to the tree with his belt so as not to fall) and the other 2 beings kept trying to climb up the tree, which Shrum would shake to make them get down. At some point a second robot joined the besiegers. Finally, just before dawn, the 2 robots exchanged arc-like flashes & emitted a large volume of vapor. When Shrum came to, the entities were gone.
Humcat 1964-21
Source: Paul Cerny for Nicap, & Dr. James Harder for Apro