“My dear Watson, for a man of principle who is a life long bachelor, and perhaps quite ignorant and inexperienced concerning sexuality, to be handled in this extraordinary manner must have necessarily been very disturbing. And then for him to also be arrested, and confined in Cheltenham jail, at night! You saw what a dreary, depressing place it is. Altogether it was just too much for poor Mt. Fletcher to cope with. He chose to escape into death.”
I was reasonably satisfied, but had one last question.
“Holmes, why did they take his semen? What did they want it for? What will they do with it?” Holmes paused in reflection, reviewed his thoughts, and went on.
“Watson, they are studying us. They are studying us, and not just from afar. Evidently they can breathe our air, and our force of gravity suits them. History on Earth repeats itself, the lesson it teaches is always the same, and I reasonably assume it is the same everywhere. First comes exploration, and then colonization. Evidently they are only exploring now.” Holmes paused a moment to consider this, and then went on.
“As to why they might want human semen, there are a number of possible reasons. Since semen is a reproductive fluid, they are studying our reproduction. And, certain infectious diseases are transmitted through the sexual fluid. Concerning this possibility, we shall have to wait and see whether at some time in the not so distant future, a new, sexually transmitted disease appears, as if out of nowhere.”
Sherlock Holmes, the world’s best and most famous detective, paused for a long moment to sum up the situation, and then said this.
“Watson, at present we can only speculate further. To speculate publicly on this matter would only bring disbelief, followed by disrepute. Since nothing more can be deduced from the available evidence, there is nothing more to be done. Write this case up as usual, and since the circumstances of Mr. Fletcher’s death have been established, it can be considered closed.”
After a brief pause for consideration, he then continued on.
“However, due to the loose end of the matter relating to his abduction by space aliens, for no doubt that is what they were, I am far from satisfied, and think it best that the matter be closed at this time. To this end, the case is not to be published. It is closed, but not to my satisfaction, not to my satisfaction at all. It does not merit publication, and it is best that it not be published at this time.”
Everything proceeded just as Holmes had predicted. The coroner’s report stated, “The specific cause of death is unknown, but death is due to natural causes following alcohol intoxication.” Mr. Fletcher’s strange experience was ascribed as due to “alcohol intoxication,” and quickly forgotten, just as he, being a bachelor, was also quickly forgotten.
There was no scandal, and Miss Hotchkiss was very grateful. In addition to a large cash honorarium, we both received honorary Theosophical Society in London memberships, entitling us to attend any and all educational programs without charge. I could hardly wait, and said so to Holmes. The case of Sherlock Holmes And The Alien Abduction was closed.
It was closed, however, as Holmes had clearly stated, “not to my satisfaction, not to my satisfaction at all.”
I was instructed to withhold the case’s publication until 100 years after Holmes’s death, and this has been arranged.
Mr. Fletcher’s handwritten signed statement now graces Holmes’s study, along with many other curious mementos of other cases. On occasion Holmes’s gaze comes to rest on it, and his reaction is always the same; he lifts his eyes up to beyond the ceiling, obviously looking into the heavens above, while attempting to wrest more information from that uncooperative source, and failing to do so.
So Ends The Case Of Sherlock Holmes And The Alien Abduction.
Author’s Afterword
The Human Immuno- deficiency Viruses, the HIVs, are transmitted primarily through the male sexual fluid, the semen, and suddenly appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, to cause the terrible disease AIDS. There are a number of theories regarding the origin of HIVs. One theory is that they are the creation of the little grey men with big egg shaped heads, no hair, nose or ears, and with big, oval all black eyes, who abduct people and take their semen.
The author of this book has examined the evidence concerning these theories, and in his opinion the evidence best supports the belief that the HIVs were created and initially spread by the little grey men, with the object of sickening and killing so many people, that effective, socially organized resistance will not be possible prior to colonization.
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Dedication. This story is dedicated to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originator and creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, Dr. James H. Watson, and their 60 original crime mystery case stories.
Disclaimer. This is a fiction book, and any resemblance between persons, places, things or anything else in it, and actual persons, places, things or anything else, is entirely unintentional and coincidental. The characters of detective Sherlock Holmes, Doctor James H. Watson, and their 60 original crime mysteries, are the creations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The concept of the lost cases of Sherlock Holmes, and the case titled Sherlock Holmes And The Alien Abduction, are fictional creations of author Phil Duke.
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