Those Little Green Grooloos

From the archives of Mysterious SF, an article from what he considers the northernmost reach of his jurisdiction.

Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, March 12, 1968.

Sebastopol

Sonoma County

High school students call it the "Grooloo".

They've seen the dancing green light in an apple orchard. So have the owner of the orchard and a high school teacher.

John Morrison, a Greyhound bus driver who owns the property two miles from here, said the Grooloo is about as big a large flashlight beam.

"When the light moved toward the fence," said Morrison, "I heard a loud screeching sound of wire. Afterwards I found my pasture fence damaged. And there weren't any footprints."

Russell Beach, a teacher at Analy High School, thought it was either marsh gas or one of his students' practical jokes, and went out to investigate.

"It was a green light," said the former Air Force pilot. "That's all I can say."

"Sheriff's Sergeant Joseph Jackson said the green light could have been the reflection from a deer's eyes. But he couldn't understand how a deer could skip around a pasture without leaving any hoofprints in the damp soili. 

Sheriff's Sergeant Dick Gore, said yesterday that deputies have been called to Morrison's orchard three times since the Grooloo  was first reported Wednesday.

"But none of our men has seen anything," said Gore.

Our Correspondent.

Publicly, Mysterious SF says: Flashlight beam. 

Privately, Mysterious SF says: Really, who knows.