‘Hood’ Winked?
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007I found a copy of the May 2000 issue of Czech UFO magazine "Astro" when cleaning out the apartment. It features an article on Mike Orth, the ostensible subject (he does the narration, too) of the movie "Hood," which you may have seen on this site.
Time to come clean. As the article reveals, Mike didn't really experience the full-on alien abduction he seems to recount in "Hood." The truth is, I asked him to relate his extraterrestial experiences and he sent me an hour-long audio recording recounting in great detail ten-plus years of psychic and subconscious encounters with a vague foreign entity. I then selectively edited down and manipulated his statement to create a more "cinematic," Close-Encounters-of-the-Third-Kind narrative.
I met Mike when he moved to Prague, the Czech Republic in 1995, while I was living there. We had a mutual friend. This friend and I went to Prague's Ruzyne airport to greet Mike upon his arrival. The first thing I remember is he had a small duffel bag that was incredibly heavy. I picked it up and it felt like I was carrying an anvil. Turned out Mike had brought his entire, extensive collection of crystals from back home in La Mesa, CA.
Mike ended up renting out an apartment from a Czech UFO enthusiast with contacts to "Astro" magazine. They got to talking, and Mike ended up getting profiled.
Mike and me in Prague, summer 2001
Click here to read the full "Astro" article on Mike.