On January 13, 1974, a 17-year-old boy named Travis Walton and his 15-year-old friend, Pedersen, were driving through the countryside near Ceres, Nebraska, when they witnessed a strange object hovering in the sky. As they approached the object, they claimed to have seen a group of alien beings, which led to a terrifying and bewildering experience for both boys.
Set in the brutal, desolate winter of North Dakota, the story begins when Big Hans, a hired hand on the Segren farm, discovers the nearly frozen and unconscious "Pedersen kid" (identified in some analyses as Steve) in a snowbank. Once revived, the boy recounts a harrowing tale: a mysterious intruder wearing a green mackinaw and yellow gloves forced his parents into their fruit cellar at gunpoint. the pedersen kid pdf