Alien Abduction Day Lands Again

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - Alien Abduction Day is March 20. What in the world is that, you ask? It's when "the skies are carefully watched by those expecting/wishing to be abducted by an alien life form," according to eHow.com .

"The exact origin of this strange but very real holiday is unknown. Rumor has it an abduction may be to blame," states an eHow blurb .

For other reasons unknown, an Alien Abduction Day festival is not happening this year in Toronto. (See last year's promotional poster.) That means no "Free UFO Rides," "Random Abduction Incidents" or "getting in touch with your inner-extraterrestrial," which were highlighted on a flyer for a past festival.

For UFO fans in Toronto and beyond, however, eHow.com offers the following tips for enjoying your own Alien Abduction Day.

For starters, you can keep track of all your alien and UFO sightings. If you are new at this sort of extraterrestrial stuff, UFOcenter.com can help. You will find "The Web's most comprehensive and up-to-date UFO information source; provided by America's foremost UFO Reporting Agency; in continuous operation since 1974." The site even features a UFO sighting report form.

Another idea, thanks to eHow.com, is to visit a Web site devoted to alien abduction experiences at Abduct.com . This site describes itself as "the world's oldest and largest research Web site into the alien abduction and UFO experience." It features several computer screens worth of helpful UFO/alien links, along with an Alien Abduction Survey, discussion group, questions and answers, research, photos, drawings, personal encounters, and more.

If this is all a little too far out, go more mainstream and simply enjoy an alien abduction movie on March 20. Here are a few suggestions: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Fire in the Sky," "Men in Black," "The Astronaut's Wife," "Taken" and "Signs."

Still too much? There's always "Ghost Busters."