Forget Roswell. Gubernatorial candidate wants Puerto
Rico to have Disney World for UFO fanatics
Popular ufologist Reinaldo Ríos has
announced his independent run for the governorship of Puerto Rico on a platform
of making the island a world center for paranormal tourism.
"What I want is to create a
Disney World of the infinite space we live in. Many tourists would come here
and make investments," Ríos said in an interview with Efe.
The candidate, who teaches first
grade at a school in the southern town of Yauco, has won popularity on the
island for his activities related to supposed sightings of apparitions, UFOs
and extraterrestrials. He even organized a gargoyle hunt.
"I've been a philanthropic
person and never made money out of the paranormal theme. I would make those
connections for the good of the country, for Puerto Rico to become a center of
paranormal tourism," Ríos said.
 |
|
Reinaldo Rios
|
"I believe in extraterrestrial
life and as human beings we would ally ourselves with creatures of the universe
to improve our educational system and really know we're not alone in the
universe," Ríos said, adding that his objectives also include
"eradicating poverty and eliminating crime" on the island.
Ríos's name gained fame back in
1978 when he belonged to a group called Universe Station, a club for Puerto
Ricans who claimed to have been contacted by extraterrestrial beings.
Since then he has worked at building
a center for studying UFOs in the southern municipality of Lajas, which even
has landing strips for alien spacecraft.
In 1993 he began to organize
monthly UFO camps to entice experts and curiosity-seekers from Puerto Rico and
elsewhere to take part in "public vigils" to capture sightings in
photos and videos.
On one occasion, in December 2010,
he organized a gargoyle hunt in the old sugar mill in Guanica, on the southwest
coast of Puerto Rico, a project with which he planned to confirm the existence
of a supposed mutant that attacked animals in the area.
"I have great friendships with
people in the paranormal movement who could come to invest in Puerto Rico. Our
extraterrestrial embassy would have all international sights trained on
us," Ríos said during an interview with Efe.
No comments:
Post a Comment