Would you pick up this hitchhiker? Even if he came from Betelgeuse?

We understand that Men In Black observers often complain that aliens show up in public places – the highway, say, or the public library – looking almost, but not quite, entirely like ordinary people. There's always some detail they miss: the hair's a bit off, or they've missed the fashion by a decade or two. They usually manage to give themselves away with their fashion faux pas. Kind of like the German spy who showed up in Piccadilly during the 1940s dressed like Bertie Wooster, complete with spats…he got arrested and subjected to an Allied makeover.

This hitchhiker showed up on a Texas roadside in the late 1930s. What do you make of him? Note the shoes. Our guess is: either he's a runway model from the last decade who had an accident involving the 'Queer Eye' folk and a time machine, or…he's from Betelgeuse. He has an electronic thumb hidden someone, plus a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide that's in serious need of an update.

Let's face it: those shoes are NOT 'mostly harmless'.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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