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High strangeness: Uniontown Pennsylvania, Oct 25, 1973.

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Quote:As Petter Aliranta was about to get hold of the humanoid, when about 3 metres from the saucer, it rose into the air in a strange way, floating towards the opening from which it had come. The humanoid having risen to more than 1 metre above the ground, Aliranta reached out quickly and grabbed hold of the heel of the right "boot" with his bare right hand. However, he had lo let go of the foot right away as it burned like a hot iron (the wounds caused by the burning on the thumb, forefinger and inside of the hand were still clearly visible two months later). At the same time, Aliranta automatically took a couple of steps backwards, so the entity was able lo glide back into the craft undisturbed.


Quaint that transhumans / posthumans would still nostalgically cling to the atavistic method of walking to get around (if they don't have to anymore). The need to exercise appendages to prevent them atrophying away would be a reason. But I'd expect either chemical agencies or genetic modification to be available to grow / maintain strong muscle and bone even with zero use. Plus, depending upon just how cyborg they are (assuming any organic tissues and organs at all are left to the bodies!), the legs might be technological to begin with. Probably saves energy to just walk (though compact, fusion energy sources would seem to make that irrelevant).

This is kind of like being concerned about the inconsistencies of superheroes (I can't believe some of the decades-old explanations they're still clinging to that are so magical they don't even qualify as pseudoscience).
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