John

I was sitting at a bar in an Oklahoma casino. I was down on my luck that evening so I was drowning my sorrows with a few beers. I heard a voice behind me, asking if I could spot him for a beer. I turned and saw this tall cowboy. I said “Have a seat stranger.” He said his name was John and he too was down on his luck. John was the kind of man that commanded the attention of women. It wasn’t long before two identical, gorgeous twins waltzed up and asked John to buy them a drink. John looked at me and I said, “Why not?” We moved from the bar to a table nearby. The twins were on either side of John, while I sat alone on the other side of the table. They were having a great time while I sat and wondered why I was funding this odd moment. They were getting happy while I was running out of money.

It wasn’t long when two big strapping cowboys showed up and asked, “What the hell do you two think you’re doing buying our girls drinks?” John said, “Shove off” in a not so nice manner. They replied, “Okay boys, outside and we’ll settle this.” John looked at me and said, “ Stay here Bill and get us another round of drinks while I talk this over with these two.” They headed for the back door and I saw two more cowboys fall in behind John.” I started to get up when the girls told me to relax and see what happens. I watched as John and the four others left the bar. I was concerned about John’s potential health hazard outside. My concern faded when John walked back into the bar about five minutes later. He didn’t have a scratch or a bruise on him. “Are you okay John?” I asked. “No problem,” he replied. “Bill, ladies, let’s go win some money.” We were walking out of the bar when two ambulances came by on their way around to the back side of the bar. I didn’t bother to ask John what happened.

We walked into a casino and John asked if I had any quarters in my pocket. I had three left to hand over to him. John put them into a slot machine and pulled down the handle. The wheels spun and two jackpot icons showed up on the payline and the third was one spot below the payline. John placed his finger on the screen of the slot machine and somehow lifted the third wheel icon back up to the payline. Bells sounded as the machine flashed indicating he had hit the big jackpot! Slot attendants came over to verify the win and They along with John walked over to the cashier’s cage to collect his big win. John walked over to where I and the two cuties were waiting. John had a fist full of cash. He counted out and handed me a thousand dollars. I was shocked and told him I didn’t deserve that. John said to take it and that he had a thousand for himself.

We left the casino and went over to a hotel where John booked two rooms. I kind of liked what I thought was happening. We took an elevator upstairs and were walking down the hallway when John said, “Here’s your passkey Bill, me and the girls are going into this room, yours is next door.” John said he would meet me in the restaurant downstairs for breakfast.

John was true to his word and we had breakfast together. The ladies had been given cab fare and a token of John’s appreciation for a night of fun. We finished breakfast and John said it was time for him to leave. “Where are you going?” I asked. John said he was heading back home. “Where’s home?” I asked. John pointed his finger up skyward. “Do you mean you are not from this planet?” John shook his head yes. “This is difficult to believe John.” He looked at me and said, “Come with me and see for yourself.” We took a cab out about a mile or so near the edge of a wooded area. John paid the driver and we walked into the woods and I was staring at a triangular shaped craft with no engines visible, no tail section, no ailerons for flight control. I asked John if he really looked human? He replied that he did not. He explained he had shape shifted to look like the first cowboy he had seen as he was walking to town and the casino. I asked what he normally looked like, but he declined to show me his true appearance. John climbed into his flying craft and the ship slowly rose above the trees and then shot off like a bullet, disappearing into the distance.

I know what I saw and experienced. It’s difficult for me to believe and I was there for the whole event. If you, the reader, care to believe the story I am fine with that, if you don’t believe it, I’m okay with that too.