On August 19, 1965, in Luumaki, Finland the southern region of the country, two individuals would have an experience that would change them forever.
Matti, Maria, Teuvo and Tapani Kuningas went to the forest to pick blueberries. They spread apart in four different directions and always keeping an eye out for one another. About noon, two of them, father Matti and his eldest son Teuvo had an experience they would share with other family members only as time passed.
When they arrived at the forest Matti Kuningas observed a large stone, or so it looked like one. Puzzled, as he was very familiar with the forest, it was something he had never seen before. The distance to the stone was about 30 meters, or 90 feet. Matti described the stone at about 2 meters high and three meters in width. On it there was some very green moss
Suddenly a gust of wind rose, which astonished Teuvo Kuningas since the day was clear and calm. Both he and his father Matti spotted now a little man, about three feet tall, which appeared near the stone. The man’s skin was reddish like that of a carrot, and he wore a green overall. The head was large and his shoulders broad. Teuvo Kuningas observed a box in the man’s chest, from which came some kind of flash. Suddenly, the little man started to run away from the stone, and Matti Kuningas, who was closer, heard him make a “weeping” like sound.
Teuvo Kuningas heard a voice resembling human speech. Suddenly the little man turned and ran towards Matti Kuningas. He stopped at a distance of 15 meters and for a minute or so looked at Matti. He seemed to have a human like face, however it appeared elderly. Then he turned and started to run away. About 50 meters from Matti he seemed to do a somersault and disappear. Teuvo saw also the disappearance, but he saw also the man reappear, now closer to him. He was now somehow deterred by some unknown force and could not even look at the man properly. He could not move either. He also smelled a terrible odor in the air. After the man had again disappeared, he heard a noise from the direction of the stone, but nothing was found.
When the whole thing was over, Teuvo noticed to his astonishment that over a half an hour had passed. When they were on their way home, Teuvo decided to have a closer look on the stone to see if there were any footprints. When he came near, he also noticed the moss and some silvery gray on its surface.
When he tried to get closer to the stone and touch it with his berry basket, the same unknown force deterred him again and even turned him around and forced him to go walk away. He thought of throwing a stick at it but could not do that either. In the car he suddenly found himself unusually tired.
He intended to tell the others about the experience but soon it all vanished from his thoughts. Only gradually could he remember the event, but it was some six months later when he told of the experience to his younger brother Tapani. Teuvo had thought that he had been the only one to have seen the little man, but soon found out that his father had also seen him.
Like many Alien encounters this has similar characteristics and raises questions. Did the alien hypnotize Matti and Teuvo so that they would forget the event? This would explain how they forgot about the incident. Also, did the alien use mind control to control their actions? One similar trait with this event like other Alien encounters and sightings is the lost time. It’s possible that Matti and Teuvo were abducted or possible that the beings were interdimensional.
Regardless, one positive outcome was the effect it had on Tapani, the younger brother. Tapani Kuningas would go on to become one of Finland’s leading Ufologist and non-fiction writers. Although it is said he never had a personal UFO incident, this encounter gets about as close to personal as possible.
