For those who don't know:The Llŷn Peninsula is a peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, with an area of about 400 km², and a population of at least 20,000. It extends 30 miles into the Irish Sea, and its southern coast is the northern boundary of the Tremadog Bay inlet of Cardigan Bay.
Lucia Gillot, 61, recalls her unforgettable encounter with a
mysterious figure on the
Do aliens exist? Few debates have proved as enduring – or as divisive – as the question of whether there is life beyond Earth.
‘I felt like it wanted to approach us – we ran like hell’
Lucia Gillot was 17 when she came face to face with
something she still cannot explain. On a late-night walk in 1982 near her
family’s second home near Nefyn, on the
“My friend and I had driven out late at night to a remote stretch of countryside for a walk,” she says. “We parked up and started down this narrow lane, barely wider than a car.” The road ran straight ahead before dipping gently out of sight. About 100 yards away, she saw something approaching. “It looked like Darth Vader, but with really long arms that hung below the knee. They looked like tubes with a soft, white fluorescent glow. They didn’t bend. They just swayed.”
This strange sighting couldn’t be put down to alcohol, as Gillot and her friend were “completely sober.”
The being, she recalls, was coming directly towards them.
And although they could hear heavy footsteps, it appeared to be floating. “My
friend tried to reassure me,” says Gillot. “He said, ‘Don’t worry, Lou, I’ve
got my
The pair remained frozen for two minutes until headlights appeared from behind the figure. As the beams swept forward and caught the being in their glare, it vanished.
The lane was bordered by high hedges on both sides. There was nowhere for the figure to go, so Gillot believes it must have “disappeared” into thin air.
“There was no sense that it was trying to catch us, but I felt like it wanted to approach us,” she says. Still spooked after it vanished, the two ran “like hell” back to the car and quickly drove away.
Now 61 and living in Derbyshire, Gillot has never forgotten – or been able to explain – the encounter. “It’s something that always stuck with me, but I never talked about it until now”, she says.
“I would define an alien as something that is not of this earth. That being definitely wasn’t of this earth. A few years ago, I came across a book [The Uninvited: The True Story of Ripperston Farm by Clive Harold] about a family in the same area who kept getting alien visitations. I felt it supported my experience.”
Despite her eerie encounter, Gillot isn’t disturbed by the prospect of alien life. “I sense that the ETs are looking out for us”, she says.
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