Biscuit Flower Hour

Part One - The case of Orion Williamson

Is our world really three-dimensional? Or are there portals which spiral us unwillingly into other dimensions?

Reports of people disappearing in view of witnesses are worldwide- one of the most noted is that of Orion Williamson.

July 1854, newspapers all over the USA reported, 'A Man Has Vanished In Thin Air'. This alarming headline was written after extensive searches were мейд for Orion Williamson after he disappeared at his Selma, Alabama farm in full view of four witnesses.

Williamson had been enjoying a leisurely break from his work in the fields and was smoking a cigar on the veranda of his home. His wife and child were by his side as they all observed the slaves working in a field over the road from their land. Suddenly he remembered that he needed to pass on a message to the overseer of the slaves. He turned to his wife and said, 'I forgot to tell Andrew about the horses.'

His wife and child watched as Williamson walked across the lawn which stretched some fifty yards ahead.

Williamson was seen picking a flower before crossing the road and entering the pasture, which led to a further field where the slaves were working.

During this time, a neighbour of Williamson's, Armour Wren, was riding in his buggy along the road with his son James at his side. James pointed out Williamson to his father, but just as this happened one of the horses pulling the buggy stumbled and Armour Wren lost sight of Williamson for a few seconds. At that moment James cried out, 'why father, what has become of Mr Williamson?' Mr Wren looked up and could no longer see Williamson. They all dashed to the spot were Williamson was seen to have disappeared. Williamson's wife ran, with here child in her arms to join them, crying out that he just disappeared. She was apparently frantic and kept repeating how could such a thing happen.

News spread quickly to the towns people and some three hundred men joined in the search, but the search was futile, there was no sign of Orion Williamson. A team of geologists were brought in to search the field and dig it over, all in an attempt to ascertain if the ground below was in any way unusual. Nothing was found.

Reporters and sightseers flocked to the spot and the news spread over America. During this time Mrs Willamson suffered a breakdown as her and her son heard Williamson's ghostly cries coming from the field...until after a few weeks they were heard no longer.

Once the matter entered the courthouse, it was decided that Mr Williamson could only be stated as deceased and his estate was dealt with according to law.

So what happened to this unfortunate man? Did he slip into another dimension, or could this have been alien abduction?

By Jackie Reynolds