Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
the News
This is for Susan Moldow and Nan Graham
First, the News
From the East Oregonian, June 25, 1947
FIRE CONTROL OFFICER SPOTS 'FLYING SAUCERS'
Kenneth Arnold Reports 9 Disc-Shaped Objects
'Shiny, Silvery, Moved Incredibly Fast'
From the Roswell Daily Record, July 8th, 1947
AIR FORCE CAPTURES 'FLYING SAUCER'
ON RANCH IN ROSWELL REGION
Intelligence Officers Recover Crashed Disc
From the Roswell Daily Record, July 9th, 1947
AIR FORCE DECLARES 'SAUCER'
WEATHER BALLOON
From the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 1st, 1947
USAF SAYS 'CANNOT EXPLAIN' ARNOLD SIGHTING
850 Additional Sightings Since Original Report
From the Roswell Daily Record, October 19th, 1947
SO-CALLED 'SPACE WHEAT' A HOAX,
ANGRY FARMER DECLARES
Andrew Hoxon Denies 'Saucer Connection'
Red-Tinged Wheat 'Nothing But A Prank,' He Insists
From the Courier Journal (Ky), January 8th, 1948
AIR FORCE CAPTAIN KILLED CHASING UFO
Mantell's Final Transmission:
'Metallic, Tremendous In Size'
Air Force Mum
From the Brazilian Nacional, March 12th, 1957
STRANGE RINGED CRAFT CRASHES IN MATO GROSSO!
2 WOMEN MENACED NEAR PONTO PORAN!
'We Heard Squealing Sounds From Within,' They Declare
From the Brazilian Nacional, March 12th, 1957
MATO GRASSO HORROR!
Reports of Gray Men with Huge Black Eyes
Scientists Scoff! Reports Persist!
VILLAGES IN TERROR!
From the Oklahoman, May 12th, 1965
STATE POLICEMAN FIRES AT UFO
Claims Saucer Was 40 Feet Above Highway 9
Tinker AFB Radar Confirms Sightings
From the Oklahoman, June 2nd, 1965
'ALIEN GROWTH'A HOAX,
FARM BUREAU REP DECLARES
'Red Weeds' Said To Be Work Of Spray-Gun, Teenagers
From the Portland (Me.) Press-Herald, September 14th, 1965
NEW HAMPSHIRE UFO SIGHTINGS MOUNT
Most Sightings in Exeter Area
Some Residents Express Fear of Alien Invasion
From the Manchester Union-Leader (N.H.), September 19th, 1965
ENORMOUS OBJECT SIGHTED NEAR EXETER
WAS OPTICAL ILLUSION
Air Force Investigators Refute State Police Sighting
Officer Cleland Adamant: 'I Know What I Saw'
From the Manchester Union-Leader (N.H.), September 30th, 1965
FOOD POISONING EPIDEMIC IN PLAISTOW
STILL UNEXPLAINED
Over 300 Affected, Most Recovering
FDA Officer Says May Have Been Contaminated Wells
From the Michigan Journal, October 9th, 1965
GERALD FORD CALLS FOR UFO INVESTIGATION
Republican House Leader Says 'Michigan Lights'
May Be Extraterrestrial In Origin
From the Los Angeles Times, November 19th, 1978
CALTECH SCIENTISTS REPORT SIGHTING HUGE
DISC-SHAPED OBJECT IN MOJAVE
Tickman: 'Was Surrounded by Small Bright Lights'
Morales: 'Saw Red Growth Like Angel Hair'
From the Los Angeles Times, November 24th, 1978
STATE POLICE, USAF INVESTIGATORS FIND NO
'ANGEL HAIR' AT MOJAVE SITE
Tickman and Morales Take, Pass, Lie Tests
Possibility of Hoax Discounted
From the New York Times, August 16th, 1980
'ALIEN ABDUCTEES' REMAIN CONVINCED
Psychologists Question Drawings Of So-Called 'Gray Men'
From the Wall Street Journal, February 9th, 1985
CARL SAGAN: 'NO, WE ARE NOT ALONE'
Prominent Scientist Reaffirms Belief In ETs
Says, 'Odds Of Intelligent Life Are Enormous'
From the Phoenix Sun, March 14th, 1997
HUGE UFO SIGHTED NEAR PRESCOTT
DOZENS DESCRIBE 'BOOMERANG-SHAPED' OBJECT
Switchboard At Luke AFB Deluged With Reports
From the Phoenix Sun, March 20th, 1997
'PHOENIX LIGHTS' REMAIN UNEXPLAINED
Photos Not Doctored, Expert Says
Air Force Investigators Mum
From the Paulden Weekley, (Ariz.), April 9th, 1997
FOOD POISONING OUTBREAK UNEXPLAINED
REPORTS OF 'RED GRASS' DISCOUNTED AS HOAX
From the Derry Daily News (Me.), May 15th, 2000
MYSTERY LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN REPORTED
IN JEFFERSON TRACT
Kineo Town Manager: 'I Don't Know What They
Are, But They Keep Coming Back'
SSDD
It became their motto, and Jonesy couldn't for the life of him remember which of them started saying it first. Payback's a bitch, that was his. Fuck me Freddy and half a dozen even more colorful obscenities originated with Beaver. Henry was the one who taught them to say What goes around comes around, it was the kind of Zen shit Henry liked, even when they were kids. SSDD, though; what about SSDD? Whose brainstorm had that been?
Didn't matter. What mattered was that they believed the first half of it when they were a quartet and all of it when they were five and then the second half of it when they were a quartet again.
When it was just the four of them again, the days got darker. There were more f**k-me-Freddy days. They knew it, but not why. They knew something was wrong with them - different, at least - ?but not what. They knew they were caught, but not exactly how. And all this long before the lights in the sky. Before McCarthy and Becky Shue.