The Invisibility Factor

I'm sitting in front of a mirror as I write these words, conducting somewhat of an experiment to determine if it is really possible to disappear without really going anywhere. So far, no luck.

Instantaneous human invisibility is not something you hear a lot about everyday. I don't ever remember a time that a friend or family member of mine said "Hey, I just became invisible and you couldn't see me". I don't ever remember a time when I became suddenly invisible -- though there were a few times I wish I could.

But believe it or not, there are a number of stories circulating around today of people who have apparently just vanished from everyone's sight. One minute they are there, the next they are not. Or at least, no one can see them there.

We're not talking about your slight-of-hand magician's trick here, but an honest-to-goodness invisibility act performed by fellow human beings without any effort on their part. And there are hundreds of stories about it; hundreds of people who have reported they just disappeared in front of friends and neighbors; no one could see them and no one could hear them though they attempted to talk to others and participate at busy functions.

And about the only common thread between all those that say they have become momentarily invisible is that it doesn't last very long and they have no idea how it happened. Many of the storytellers remain in somewhat of a state of disbelief themselves.

There's the West Coast woman that reports she was sitting on her sofa watching television, on the verge of nodding off to sleep. Her husband sat on the same sofa not three feet away. Suddenly looking in her direction and not seeing her, he called out her name, assuming she had gone into another room without his being aware. She answered him, but he didn't hear her. Rising from the sofa, he strolled through the house, opening the back door and calling her name. She went into the kitchen, again he ignored her attempts at conversation, passed near her as he returned to the sofa. She followed, sat down, then he looked in her direction again and said "Where did you go? Didn't you hear me calling?"

Then there was the man in Suffox, Englnd who had gone into a bathroom at a friend's party. He and another guest had arrived at the bathroom door at the same instant, but the other had yielded to him and waited outside the door until he finnished. After coming out of the bathroom and closing the door behind, he spoke to the other guest who had his back turned, but didn't receive a response.

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