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Nightmare Fuel: Alien Abduction Incident In Lake County

Caused many a nightmare and sleepless night for kids who saw it on TV back in 1998 who didn't realise it was a hoax ( and even for some of those who did.) —

When the aliens open fire on Tommy and his brothers
When an ominous figure walks past the window during the dinner
When the aliens can be heard moving around on the roof, and then one of them is briefly glimpsed climbing into the upstairs window
The scene where Tommy is ambushed by one of the aliens in his room, during which Tommy enters a trance and doesn't seem to remember the incident after
The sinister red glow and visual pixellation that foreshadows the aliens' presence
When the family is cornered and mind-controlled into submission by the aliens at the end, with the camera disturbingly zooming in
That damn little girl

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