Taken: The Travis Walton Abduction That Shook the World

On November 5, 1975, Travis Walton and his crew were driving home after a long day of logging when they saw something impossible—an unidentified craft hovering in the Arizona woods. Before anyone could stop him, Travis stepped toward it. A beam of light struck him, lifted him off the ground, and then… he was gone.

For five days, search teams scoured the forest. His crew was accused of murder. Then, just as suddenly as he vanished, Travis reappeared—disoriented, terrified, and with a story no one was ready to believe. He claimed he had been taken, held aboard an alien craft, and returned with missing time and a lifetime of questions.

Skeptics call it a hoax. Scientists have tried to explain it away. But decades later, Travis still stands by his story—and the details refuse to fade into obscurity. Did he really experience something out of this world, or was this the greatest deception ever pulled in the middle of nowhere?

In this episode, we break down what happened that night, the media firestorm that followed, and the theories that refuse to die. Because whether you believe in extraterrestrials or not, one thing is certain—whatever happened to Travis Walton, it changed everything.

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