The little men that Joe Simonton saw are not the only gnome-like UFO pilots that have been seen in Wisconsin. A similar encounter occurred in a restaurant in Antigo on a Saturday night, November 17th, 1974. Prior to this encounter, there were multiple reports of UFO sightings in the Antigo area. The proprietress of the restaurant, while on duty manning the bar, saw a strange looking little man enter the establishment with a “bouncing” gait. This Antigo alien was of a similar height to the little men that Joe Simonton had seen, and had the same dark complexion. He furthermore had shiny, dark black hair, a loosely-woven, burlap-like jacket, and dark glasses with thick frames.

The Antigo alien, unlike the men that Joe Simonton had seen, was not silent but rather spoke in a rapid-pace English that was hard to follow. He motioned to the proprietress and said “You saw a bright light on Friday night,” to which the proprietress tried to correct him, saying she had seen a bright light in the sky on the previous Saturday night. The little man was insistent, however, and repeated “You saw a bright light on Friday night” four more times, smiling throughout the whole encounter. He then began rapidly chattering, saying that a meteor had landed nearby and mentioning something about the town Medfort about 100 miles away.

 

The proprietress was unable to follow what man was saying, and eventually the strange little man threw his arms into the air and exclaimed “And the whole world lit up!” before suddenly exiting the establishment. The proprietress followed the strange man outside, but discovered that he had vanished completely, with no one having heard a vehicle driving away.

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The Antigo alien not only strongly resembled Joe Simonton’s little men in appearance, but also appears to fit the motif of encounters with the “men in black.” The men in black are a strange phenomenon reported by those who have witnessed UFOs. They typically appear as humans, though often short and sometimes appearing slightly abnormal, typically reported as wearing black clothing and sunglasses. A man in black encounter will typically occur within a few days or weeks after the UFO sighting. They will attempt to talk to the witness about the UFO sighting, but their speech will often be nonsensical and impossible to follow.