外星人真的存在吗？_风闻

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正文原创翻译：

Do aliens really exist?

外星人真的存在吗？

Andy Kashen

Daytime Dilettante, Nighttime Renaissance Man

Aliens definitely exist and the first time I ever saw them was as a small boy in a rural area outside Cleveland, Ohio. And I have proof.

外星人是绝对存在的，第一次看到它们的时候，我还是一个孩子。当时，我是在俄亥俄州的克利夫兰看到外星人的，而且我还有证据。

I should probably preface this in context as a Baby Boomer. My first recollection of what “aliens” were came from Saturday morning cartoons. They came from outer space in flying saucers and they were usually bad, ugly, and green, though some, like Superman, were humanoid and good. So I was prone to be afraid of them, but open-minded.

首先自我介绍一下，我是在婴儿潮时期（从1946年至1964年）出生的。而我对“外星人”的第一印象，则是来自周六早上的卡通动画。它们都乘坐飞碟从外太空而来，而且普遍都是那种坏人、丑陋且一身绿色的形象，当然，也有一些外星人心地善良，有着人类的外表，就像超人一样。所以，我对外星人还是有些惧怕的，但我还是持有一种开放的心态。

My dad and I were visiting some guy who was building a new house on small clearing in a heavily wooded area. He wanted my dad’s help with something - I don’t remember what. There were no other houses around and my dad got lost and he was upset because we were late. It was getting darker and the remoteness of the area was a little scary to me.

当年，我和爸爸去拜访了一个朋友，他在位于一片茂密的树林里的一小块空地上盖一所新房子。他想让我爸爸帮忙做点什么——但具体我不记得是什么了。那个地方的周围根本就没有其他房子，后来走着走着，我爸爸就迷路了，于是那个朋友很生气，因为我们迟到了。天越来越黑了，这个凄凉偏远的地方让我感觉有点害怕。

When we finally found the property my Dad was quiet and looked worried. A guy came out of a parked car near the entrance and my dad got out to meet him in the driveway after telling me to stay put. He also left the car running which was never a good sign. It was then, through the dashboard window, that I first saw these three humanoid creatures milling around in the distance. I was stupefied. All of them had yellow turtle-like shells covering the top of their heads and large translucent blisters covering what appeared to be their eyes. The exposed parts of their skin and hair(?) were darker than ours (I’m white) but not as dark as the few black people I’d seen up to that point (none lived in my small town). Their thoracic area gave off a dim fluorescent yellow and orange glow in the twilight.

当我们最终找到那所房子的时候，爸爸一言不发，带着一丝担忧的表情。这时候，一个人从家门口停靠的车里走了出来，我爸爸告诉我不要动，然后下了车去见那个人。但是爸爸一直让我们的开着，这可不是什么好兆头。就在那个时候，通过仪表盘上的窗口，我人生中第一次看到了三个人形的生物在远处转来转去。我当时都惊呆了。它们的头上都顶着一层黄色的龟壳，眼睛周围都是半透明的大水泡。它们暴露在外的皮肤和头发比我们要黑一些（我本人是个白人），但是，和我之间遇到过的黑人相比（我居住的镇子上没有黑人），它们还不是太黑。在朦胧的暮色中，它们的胸部发出微弱的黄色和橙色的光。

My dad and the man were clearly also aware of these humanoids because I saw both men point in their direction in an agitated manner and my father started towards the car several times as if he wanted to leave. So I could tell something was wrong. I rolled down my window to listen but it was hard to hear them over the car engine as they talked in hushed whispers. I also noticed that the humanoids seemed to be communicating with each other too. At first I couldn’t make it out but then they suddenly got much louder as if they were getting mad. However, if what they were speaking was a language, it was certainly unlike anything I’d ever heard before.

很明显，我爸爸和那个男人也注意到了这些类人生物，因为我看到它们激动地指着这些生物的方向，我爸爸好几次都朝汽车走来，好像他想要离开这个地方。我知道出问题了。于是，我摇下车窗去听他们的声音，但是，他们在低声交谈，在汽车引擎的轰鸣声中很难听到他们的声音。我还注意到，这些类人生物似乎也在互相交流。起初，我根本就听不清这些生物的声音，但后来声音突然大了起来，好像它们发疯了似的。如果他们说的是一种语言，肯定和我以前所听到的语言完全不同。

Suddenly my dad stopped whispering and started yelling at the man and told him to go do something to himself I didn’t understand at the time. Then he jolted and ran to the car, swiftly got in, and peeled around back to the road in a cloud of dust. For a minute, the only sounds were from the accelerating car engine and tires spinning on gravel. Then I blurted out in panic, “What’s wrong?! What happened?! What was that?!“ My dad angrily pounded the steering wheel with his fist and exploded, “Damn illegal aliens! No way I’m going to work with the Goddamn illegal aliens!” Then he went silent with a scowl on his face.

突然，我爸爸不再小声说话了，开始对那个人大喊大叫，让他去做一些我当时根本无法理解的事情。然后他摇摇晃晃地跑向汽车，飞快地上了车，绕过一片土路走上了马路。当时，我唯一能够听到的声音来自汽车引擎加速的声音以及轮胎在沙砾上转动的声音。然后我惊恐地说：“怎么了？！发生了什么事？！那是什么？！爸爸生气地用拳头捶打方向盘，怒吼着说：“该死的非法移民！”我才不会和那些该死的非法移民一起工作！说完，他皱着眉头就不吭声了。

It was suddenly obvious to me, all of it. The humanoids were indeed aliens. And these must be bad aliens because my dad didn’t like them and they were illegal. Apparently the government knew the aliens existed and were dangerous. Otherwise why would they pass laws making them illegal? All sorts of realizations and new questions begin entering my mind. How many aliens were there? Were they a secret for some reason? Were they all bad/illegal? Was the man talking with my dad working with the aliens to take over the Earth - or just the greater Cleveland area? If so, how did they communicate? I had always wondered why my parents made me lock my car door whenever we went to the city. Prior to my alien encounter I had assumed it might be because of all the black people I saw there since they were also often the bad guys on TV. Now I knew it must be because of the aliens, who were dark, like the black people. Were blacks working with the aliens too? That’s why the city was dangerous and not just the traffic! For me it was one horrifying epiphany after another.

我突然就明白了，这些类人生物确实是外星人。不过，这些肯定是坏外星人，因为我爸爸不喜欢他们，而且他们是非法的。显然，政府知道外星人的存在，而且知道它们很危险。否则，为什么政府会立法判定外星人是违法存在呢？于是，我的脑中开始涌现各种各样新的认知和问题。那里有多少外星人？它们是因为某种原因而被当做秘密隐藏的吗？它们都是坏的/非法的吗？那个和我爸爸谈话的男人，是为了占领地球或者仅仅大克利夫兰地区才和外星人合作的吗？如果外星人真的存在，他们是如何交流的？我一直想知道，为什么每次去城里，父母总要我锁上车门。在遇到这些外星人之前，也许是我在电视上看到的所有黑人都是坏人形象的缘故，我认为外星人也都是邪恶的。它们的皮肤和黑人一样黑。难道黑人也在和外星人一起工作吗？所以，城市里危险的不仅仅是交通事故而已！这是我发现的另外一个可怕真相。

Then I just started blurting out lots of questions at my father in quick succession.

 “Are you gonna call the police? The army? Does the President know? Does Mommy?!!!!”

然后，我就像发射连发炮似的，向我的父亲提出了很多的问题。

“你会报警吗？上报军队吗？总统知道这件事吗？需要告诉妈妈这件事吗？”

My dad just said, “No, and you don’t need to be telling anybody either. We just need to mind our own business.” I was getting mad and ashamed. My dad was a strapping six foot tall athlete who served our country in the Korean War. Now he was a pitiful coward, complicit in a potential alien invasion, too afraid to say anything. However, on sudden reflection I realized my dad could not be a coward. Obviously the man had threatened my father and our family or my father knew they could. He was protecting me and mommy. I wanted to tell him that I wouldn’t mind risking my life to help stop the aliens. I thought mommy would too but I’m sure learning about the aliens would be a terrible shock to her. Ultimately, I knew these were grown up problems and like with everything else argumentative, I’d just be told I was too young to understand. What could one small boy do? So like a coward, it was I who kept my mouth shut.

但是，我爸爸说：“不，任何人都不要告诉。我们只需要管好自己的事就行了。”我很生气，也觉得很羞愧。我的父亲身高六尺，是一名魁梧的运动员，曾在朝鲜战争中为我们的国家效力。可是现在，他成了一个可怜的懦夫，面对那些潜在的外星人入侵，连话都不敢说。然而，我突然意识到我的父亲不可能是一个懦夫。很明显，那个人威胁过我父亲和我们的家人，或者说我父亲知道他们可能会威胁我们。他所做的一切，都是在保护我和妈妈。我想告诉他，我不介意冒着生命危险去帮助他阻止外星人的阴谋。我以为妈妈也会这样做，但我同时也明白，外星人对她来说是一个可怕的打击。最终我明白，和其它所有的争论一样，这些都是成年人才能处理的问题。父亲告诉我，你还小，根本就不懂。也是，一个小男孩能做什么呢？所以，我像个懦夫一样闭上了嘴。