Zach has one of those “tell me everything” kind of faces. Folks all over have a tendency to tell him some pretty intimate details for no reason other than, I guess, he’s a good listener. The conversation he had with a local fellow the other day affects all of us, so listen up. Apparently we shouldn’t be worried about the ill effects of mining in our community, we have bigger problems.

Are you sitting down?

Apparently what we’ve got on our hands is an international cover-up for a much bigger situation. Yep you guessed it, an alien invasion.

This seemingly harmless fellow laid out in detail what’s really going on in Harshaw at what he calls the “gravel pit.” (Not sure of the exact location.)

Some members of some sort of international government agency are posing as miners here to distract us from the landing and taking off of (according to him) giant space craft. We are being invaded by aliens from all over the universe.

Actually, he doesn’t believe it’s an invasion but more like infiltration. According to him they are walking among us and some are “lizard people.” Some of the spacecraft are miles long and on some occasions he has witnessed these alien ships trying to enter small spaces in the hills.

According to him all the mining activities we are seeing in the canyons and mountains are actually holograms to distract us from what is really going on: a multi-universe substation for alien travel. (Cue the spooky music.) Some mornings at approximately seven o’clock, a giant white pyramid-shaped flying object can be seen coming in for a landing over Harshaw.

Right about now you are probably imagining the look on my face. A slight smirk perhaps? Well, based on a few interactions I’ve had with the public lately the notion of aliens walking among us is pretty probable. Don’t discount what he’s saying. I’m not. It explains a lot. As my good friend Mandy always says, “you can’t make this stuff up.” Now talk among yourselves.