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[JBishop870]

I am new to this forum, I am just curious as to how others have come to be interested in this subject of Erich von Daniken's books and ideas, i.e. how interest in this general subject of 'ancient astronauts' came about.

In my own case, it was way back in the late 1970s, in Africa and out in the bush, that a friend of mine loaned me EvD's second book to read. It was out in the middle of nowhere and late at night by the light of an old lamp I read this wholly new (to me) material. It fascinated me, and it set me off on a long and several decades-long reading journey.

About a year later EvD's film 'Chariots of the Gods' was aired at a theatre in Salisbury, Rhodesia. I viewed it and I thought it was wonderful. I now have a copy of it on DVD.

I don't absolutely accept everything EvD has to say, but in general I think he is on the right track, re ancient anomalies etc.

I have now read perhaps a dozen of EvD's books, and I also began collecting and reading those by many other authors in this and related fields. My interests have widened in this area to UFOs and parascience in general, and I have a huge bookcase filled with books on these subjects, which I am still reading my way through.

Others? .........

[marg noils]

hi, my interest started only last year, 2007, I read the book "chariots of the gods?"the book fell into my hands rather strangely. I was given a big box of second hand dishes and in the bottom was one book. old too. so I read anything that I find. I started reading it and right away I was hooked. It explaines a lot of things I had been wondering about.it makes a lot of sence to me. So now I am a beliver. I have ordered some other books by him, have read one by graham handcock too.bye for now marg.

[Jerry_S]

Chariots of Gods was the first book I read. As a child age 12 I didn't really grasp all the content. However it did "hook" me into a life long interest in these topics.

[waynedg]

i got interested at school i think and started reading his first book and then went out to collect some more. i was hooked.

[upperworld]

Strangely enough i first became aware of EvD through his video in the bonus features on the Stargate DVD.
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[Manneman]

Since I´ve been interested in scifi movies and TV series since childhood and have seen all episodes of what ever caught my interest, I started to explore the internet in around the year 2000 and stumbled upon the first movie version of EvD´s at about the same time.

After that I have encountered numerous of tales and stories about not only ancient astronauts but also ancient structures and artefacts wich I strongly believe is heavily related to oneanother.

[granmaimx2]

I just happened to be watching TV one night and came across the History Channel and Erich was talking about extraterrestrials and the bible. And I said Halleluiah, finally there is someone who believes as I do. I heard there was a movie called "Chariots of the Gods" but not being a movie goer I did not think anything of it, but after this program I bought all of Erich's books and started reading up on all he's about and am a real believer. One of the books I bought had one of his business cards in it and it was signed by him. This is very precious to me. I would love to meet him in person.

[Teresaist]

I caught Ancient Aliens on the History channel this past weekend, and learned about all sorts of things I never even considered. It fascinated me and I'm interested in learning more. I'm looking forward to reading Chariots of the Gods? Also, I'd like to pinch von Daniken's cheeks. He's adorable.
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[spacerelatives]

My Dad read COTG's in the early 1970's and he rarely read anything. So I knew it had to be interesting and I soon picked it up and read through it. Or at least enjoyed the cool pics.

[gwennwittig]

Heard about COTG back in the '70s when I was a kid, I was a rabid fan of 'In Search Of'..Alot of what I read (when I finally got my hands on a copy of EVD's book), really resonated with me and made alot of sense, (especially being brought up in a religious fundamental environment). COTG answered alot of questions for me. It also helped me to expand my mind to accept alternative answers to difficult questions. I've been searching and studying the Ancient Astronaut theories for a long time since then. One of my 'discoveries' was William Bramley's novel 'The Gods of Eden' which not only expounded on EVD's theories but takes it a few steps further, (alot of interesting theories in this book and I recomend it to anyone who's searching also). Zacharia Stichen is another favorite of mine. Anyway I've been on this journey for a long time now, and absolutely am grateful to Mr. Von Danniken for his courageous efforts in putting this material out to the public.

[Bob137]

I started questioning my orthodox schooling, and preaching, and sought information in local libraries in the late 60's. I found many unorthodox books an various subjects, to include EVD's Chariots of the Gods. I have continued my research for over 35 years on ancient civilizations, religious beliefs and customs, governmental and religious control, thought control, history dissinformation, ufo's, aliens, mysteries, and the like. I have learned through my travels, and experiences, and readings, that we are made from a star faring species from their DNA mised with that of primates, most likely chimpanzees, and that through many such manipulations they finally came up with humans. Hw would they be able to do such things over vast eons. Most likely they are interdimensional time travelers, and have seeded this planet, and possibly others, and are still watching our developments. If they don;t like what they see, it is possible that they produce global destruction, and restart or rebuild after the calamity has subsided, and or possibly people living in the interior of the earth have came out and reseeded the populations. Both are likely scenarios, and the most likely of what has happended upon this earth many times over. Religions, and governments, have tried to little avail to control this information, and to keep it from the general public, again and again, only for this information to be refound, and republished again. I have found various old books in libraries, that are not supposed to be read by the general public, and after I return them to the libraries, these books seemingly disappear, so that they can not be read again unless you are a scholar from a university, you can not check them out. I was probably very lucky on finding some of these, and checked them out when a newe person was working there, and did not know this information. I had a friend that was a librarian at one of these city libraries for some time, and informed me that many such books are kept from the public, at many libraries, that only the few are allowed to read. One of the books was on the alchemy and some of the information was from the Egyptian book of the dead that is not otherwise published, on the manipulation of matter, the spiritual processes for evolving oneself to a higher being. I which I would have kept that book, and jsut paid the fine for not returning it. That book had secrets that I have not found in any other literature in any book stores.

[fotoguy]

I enjoy mostly documentaries. I found COTG on another forum and watched it and was blown away. EvD has such incredible intelligence and insights! Every bit of it made sense, even though it went absolutely against what I had been taught and believed all of my life.

Thank (whatever powers be) for Giorgio! What a great man to follow closely in those big footsteps!

[Hawklady]

It was a very cold clear night in early 1974 (Jan or Feb) and I was driving my husband and myself home after getting off work approx. 2am. I rounded a curve and there before us was a UFO. The craft had no sound for I rolled down my car window to listen for a sound. It had all the other identifying characteristics as normally described by other UFO sightings and after hovering for a minute or so, zipped off in the blink of an eye.

Back then there was no internet and the only book we could find regarding UFO's was EvD's "Chariot of the Gods". I still have that book and reread it every few years.

We've "come a long way baby" since then and reporting such events no longer mark you as a lulu

[Bob137]

I just visited another web site on ancient astronauts, and it was poorly informed, and stated that some of EVD's research had been proven wrong, which on the ones they proposed, such as Searching the cave in Ecuador, and the Nasca Lines, were not up to date, and were pure conjecture. I have read on other sites, that EVd's story of the Cave in Ecuador have been found to be totally true, and that the person he was with was withholding the information to protect his original guide, but that since that person has died, the guide admitted to EVD's original statement, and that since then the guide's son has shown another person part of the cave system. Also in regards to the Nasca Lines the supposed evidence, is not evidence disproving EVD's claim, it is only another perspective, not evidence at all. So I decided to state this information to this web site, but their feedback seems to not be working anymore, probably because they got to much flack for producing too much bull! Personally I check many web sites out on information, and have read numerous books on thiese and many other interesting subjects, and I admit I am inclined more with EVD and ZS's, and the ones from TS reasoning, more than others since their claims are the most logical I have ever found.

Logic shall prevail over ignorance and stupidity!

[Prymus]

Gowning up next to 3 church's ,i got to talk with the leaders of them. It just so happened that one the minesters girls was hot . Yea i spent alot of time around Mr Dursham. I liked the idea of God at first ,but i could not wrap my head around some the rules and laws that went along with it.

Over diners i'd question him and his answers seem rehearsed (thats the best way i can think of it) Then i found the game D&D my ideas ran wild.

As funny as it sounds i'd say getting high and debating things with friends were fun. So i go find stuff to read on them so i was better armed in the late night debates we get into.

I heard once a saying . In the universe there is nothing unique . It allways stuck with me.

[TeamBobbaFett]

I started questioning life outside our world when I was about 7, but my father was a small town preacher and the only answers I got were, there's nothing but us in the universe, because God said so and because the Bible said so..I never bought it.
One of my fist few questions for my father was, "Well then, who made God?'
Of course, his answer was that no one made God, he made us.
The question that fallowed was, "What about the other universes? Who's God of those?'
My father tapped me on the head and said there were no other's.
I looked up at the night sky and said, "But that's a lot of stars dad, there's gotta be more out there than this."
From a very young age, I understood that people who told me what was what, didn't have the whole picture.
But my interest in AAT came about from the T.V. shows....it all just makes sense, more so than anything else I have heard.
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