The stories were unvarying. There followed weeks of commentary by scientists, academics, politicians and religious leaders, but no matter what conjectures they offered (mass hallucination, secret military weapon being tested by the US, Russia or China, aliens, God punishing the world for abortion and gay marriage), no one had an answer to the mystery.
Naturally, those who had been in the vanished area were also interviewed. To a person, they said, "We didn't go anywhere. But I can't say everything was as usual."
"You did not cease to exist?" asked a reporter. "Your consciousness did not falter?"
"Not at all," said the victims, "but it felt different. Not sure I can describe it."
'Try," urged the reporter.
"I don't know," said a student. "For a second, everything blended."
"Did the perimeter of the dematerializing area vanish from your perspective?"
"Didn't notice," said a school teacher clutching her briefcase. "No time to notice things like that," said a businessman. "I felt somewhat more intense than usual, maybe more alive, said a student.
"Perimeters weren't important," added a store keeper.
"Apparently," concluded one commentator, "no one inside the dematerialization ceased to exist, if that is any comfort."
The stories were unvarying. There followed weeks of commentary by scientists, academics, politicians and religious leaders, but no matter what conjectures they offered (mass hallucination, secret military weapon being tested by the US, Russia or China, aliens, God punishing the world for abortion and gay marriage), no one had an answer to the mystery.
Naturally, those who had been in the vanished area were also interviewed. To a person, they said, "We didn't go anywhere. But I can't say everything was as usual."
"You did not cease to exist?" asked a reporter. "Your consciousness did not falter?"
"Not at all," said the victims, "but it felt different. Not sure I can describe it."
'Try," urged the reporter.
"I don't know," said a student. "For a second, everything blended."
"Did the perimeter of the dematerializing area vanish from your perspective?"
"Didn't notice," said a school teacher clutching her briefcase. "No time to notice things like that," said a businessman. "I felt somewhat more intense than usual, maybe more alive, said a student.
"Perimeters weren't important," added a store keeper.
"Apparently," concluded one commentator, "no one inside the dematerialization ceased to exist, if that is any comfort."
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