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I have seen them doing an ultra marathon on the second night of no sleep. It's weird how you brain fills so much detail in. The creatures I could see were like gollum from LoTR but with reptilian skin..they were either smoking pipes or playing elaborate music on instruments I have never seen before..

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The non-fiction book "Why people believe weird things" begins with the author's recounting of his own meeting with aliens, during a coast-to-coast cycle race where he had gone without sleep.

In reality it was his crew trying to get him off his bike before he fell asleep and fell off

Which Ultra Marathon?

Did you enjoy that experience, or did you take it as a sign you are pushing your body to an extreme that may be unhealthy in ways we don't understand?

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