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82 Alien Abduction Insurance Sold in Florida

Only in Florida! 6,000

people snap up $24.95

alien abduction insurance

policies offering $10M

payouts for psychiatric

care and 'sarcasm

coverage' for mockery

following an extra

terrestrial experience

By Josh Saunders

A company that sells alien abduction insurance
policies worth $10 million in compensation has
revealed it has sold a whopping 6,000 packages.
The unusual site that has been running
MIT who examined an implant from the policy harmful untruths.
since 1987 and has even paid out to one
holder's body and found it was not made of any
individual, according to Fox35. earthly material. • To control information. As opposed to airing
The tongue in cheek site offers coverage
'I said we’re going to waive the signature a falsehood, indirect lying is withholding or
for a one-off fee of $24.95 in which they will
and we started paying him a dollar a year for 10 concealing important facts. This is often
mail a paper copy of the certificate in a frame.
years before we lost contact with him,' St. seen as a more acceptable form of lying,
Digital copies cost $19.95.
Lawrence told Fox. since a person doesn't actively construct lies,
But there's one catch in the small print,
He claims that more people are taking but only sits tightly on the truth. A missing
they will only pay $1 per year over a 10 to 20
the site seriously in recent years: 'When I started piece of information can completely alter the
million year period.
most people thought it was completely absurd, understanding of an event, leading American
Business owner Mike St. Lawrence, of
and today I’d say 50 percent of the people think courts to demand not only the truth, but "the
Altamonte Springs, Florida, also offers it’s a possibility.' whole truth."
reincarnation and asteroid insurance.
A surge of interest arose after a
He announced the policy coverage
Facebook page named 'Storm Area 51, They Lies are told -- in some form or fashion -- by just
extension to include Area 51 promising to pay 'If
Can't Stop All Of Us' launched online. about everybody. Some personality types,
you get in, but don't come out' of the infamous
It proposes a meeting on September 20 at however, are more likely to lie than others:
Nevada, U.S. Military airbase that some believe
the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction to
has played host to aliens.
coordinate a raid. • Pathological liars are generally sociopathic,
'Don't Leave Earth...Without It' the site
'If we naruto run, we can move faster lack a clear sense of right and wrong and
reads and claims to be, 'The Perfect Policy for
than their bullets. Lets see them aliens,' the site show an absence of remorse when harming
Anyone Who Thinks They Have Everything
wrote. others. Sociopaths tell some of the best lies,
Covered.'
It attracted more than 1.9 million people since they don't feel bad about doing so and
As part of their lifelong coverage they
confirming their attendance and a further 1.4 don't show signs of guilt or worry.
pay out for 'outpatient psychiatric care, sarcasm
million likes, as of Friday. [] Sociopaths lie for self-gain, and their lies
coverage, and double identity coverage,'
veer heavily toward manipulation.
according to Fox.
The site elaborates that the 'sarcasm How Lying Works
• Compulsive liars lie as the first option, even
coverage' is limited to only cover against family when there's no reason or advantage for
members who mock the abductee. Continued from Page 80
doing so. Childhood experiences, such as
'There’s a readjustment period if you’ve
living in an abusive environment where
gone through something like this,' St. Lawrence • To avoid hurting someone's feelings. lying might be necessary for survival or
told the site. Children learn early on to be polite, not to emotional well-being, are often responsible
St. Lawrence stated that the policy is point out physical flaws, and to say "thank
only intended for someone with a sense of you" even after they receive something they for compulsive lying.
humor. don't like. These "white lies" are • Narcissists lie to gain undeserved glory and
'I don’t want to try to rip somebody off,' distinguished from other types because they
he told Fox. 'The people that come to me, if I carry no ill will or bad intentions. esteem in the eyes of others.
think they don’t understand the terms and
• Borderline personalities experience wild
conditions, that this is tongue and cheek, I won’t • To increase stature and reputation. Some lies mood swings and out-of-control behaviors,
sell it to them.' are told without any obvious external like drug abuse, gambling or promiscuous
To make a claim on the policy the small stimulus, such as a demand for an answer to
print lists certain criteria including the type of a specific question. This type of lie is often sex. This type may tell lies in an effort to
deal with the fallout from these behaviors.
life form taken by the abductee, their point of narcissistic in nature, told to make the liar
origin and a tag number from the UFO. seem more accomplished, skilled or gifted as • Histrionic personalities desperately crave
They also request photographs of the a means of gaining favor in the eyes of
aliens and a signature from an 'authorized, on- others. love and attention and will tell lies that,
though not accurate, may reflect the
board alien.'
emotional truth of the situation. "I'm so sick
St. Lawrence told Fox that two people • To manipulate. These lies aren't evasive or I could die," and "If you leave me, I'll kill
have submitted claims so far, with one even defensive, but rather aggressive and myself," are two examples of lies told by this
submitting a Polaroid photograph of the malicious in nature. Such lies are told to gain type [source: Goleman].
suspected aliens. wealth, love, favor or other assets by
One claimant spoke to a professor at damaging another's reputation or spreading
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