A Similar Account to Jim G's Praying Mantis 
		Alien
		Below is an account from a different witness in a different country that 
		occurred prior to Jim's encounter. The similarities (including purple 
		cloak) appear to be more than coincidental. 
		
		Humanoid report 1999
		Case# 103.
		Location. Chicago, Illinois
		Date: August 1999
		Time: late night
		A man visiting a friend's house and sleeping on the sofa in the bedroom 
		suddenly woke up feeling very panicky and totally unable to move. 
		Looking towards the front door he saw a huge humanoid figure over 7 ft 
		tall standing by the door. The figure resembled a large "praying mantis" 
		and was wearing something resembling a black and purple cloak. Its skin 
		was dark gray in color. It slowly approached the witness and reached out 
		to him with a large hand with long thin fingers and grabbed his 
		shoulder. At this point the witness lost consciousness and does not 
		recall anything else of the incident. He remembered also feeling very 
		cold during the encounter.
		Compiled by Albert Rosales
		
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