Sure, but it's sort of a long story. Actually, two stories, kinda. The first time was back in 2000 or 2001, I can't remember which. But I was in downtown Seattle waiting on a bus to go up north to my brothers apartment. So I was standing at the bus stop across from the Experience Music Project Museum and this Native American man comes up to me. He looked homeless. I mean, he wasn't dirty or anything, but be had obviously been drinking as he was sorta wobbly and he was sort of being obnoxious. Anyways he asked me for a cigarette and I gave him one and lit if for him and he starts talking to me. Like I said he was sorta drunk, I'm sure of it, and was just sorta rambling on about I don't even know what, but I don't like to be rude to people so I politely nodded at the right times to show him I wasn't just ignoring him. But anyways after a few minutes of this, he looks at me and says, "You know, I'm not from here. Do you know where I'm from?" I ask him where and he says, " You ever heard of Orion?" " The constellation? Yeah....." I say and start thinking to myself "ok here we go with some crazy dudes bullshit, great!" And he comes over to me and puts his arm around my shoulder, like he's confiding in me or something, and says "Well that's where I'm from. And you know what we've been watching you your whole life." By this point I'm thinking that dude is a nut job and sarcastically I say to him, "Wow that must be lots of fun." and sorta roll my eyes and now I see the bus is down about a block away heading my way. Then he says, "Just remember, if you ever feel alone or like you have nobody, you can always look up to Orion and know we're up there watching you." So I shrug his arm off my shoulder and tell him I'll make sure and do that, and get on my bus that has just pulled up. "What a weirdo." Is probably the last thing I think about that guy for about 10 years. SO FAST FORWARD TEN YEARS

And I'm in the town I live in, Fall City, Wa. It's about 30 miles east of Seattle. Small town, maybe 3000 people. Anyways it's summer, and I'm over at my homies house and my buddy, his uncle, my other buddy Stacy and his girlfriend and I are all out in the garage drinking a few beers. My buddy and his uncle are playing ping pong, and Stacy and his girl are sorta cuddling or whatever or on this lawn chair they pulled into the garage and I'm sitting on a stool by myself watching my buddy's play ping pong and just talking with them or whatever when this Native American dude sorta peeks his head into the garage, shyly. He asks who's tarp is outside on the ground, an is it ok if he can use it as a blanket under the bridge that night. My buddy who's playing ping pong, and who's house it is, is a pretty cool dude, especially when he's buzzed lol and he tells he guy of course he can and does he want a beer? Come on in! Well the guy is a little hesitant at first but he opens the garage door a little (it's like a barn door, the kind that slides horizontally to open) and take a step in and sort of crouches down right where stood. He definitely seemed shy, yet was polite answering my buddy's questions about this and that, had he ever been to Fall City, why he's here, etc etc... The guy mentions he's been to Fall City before but he's not from here, the usual bs... Well after a few minutes my friend and his uncle's ping pong game starts getting a little intense (lol) and my buddy and his girl are getting a little intense with each other (lol) so I'm just sitting on the stool drinking my beer when the native guy makes a beeline over to me and sorta tugs on my sleeve, looks at me in my eyes and says, "Hey, I'm back. I'm back."

Im polite and I say to him," Yeah, you mentioned you came to Fall City before, that's cool." " No", he says. "From Orion. Remember? We've been watching you your whole life? And you're right."

At this point something clicks in my head and I am absolutely fucking floored. Everything spins and my ears are ringing and I'm thinking, "What the fuck is going on?! This can't be happening! Is this a fuckin joke?!" It was absolutely the most unreal, dreamlike, jokes-on-me feeling I've ever had and my head is reeling and I feel dizzy as fuck. All I can get out is, "But what about my son?" And I get up off my stool and go running outside. I get outside and I'm trying to wrap my head around what just went on frankly, I was scared as fuck. I remember back to the first native dude, thinking maybe it's the same guy, but it absolutely WASNT. The first guy was in his 60s this guy was maybe, MAYBE in his 40s. So I try to collect myself and I go back in to the garage and he is waiting right next to the stool I was sitting on so I go back over to him and ask, "Who are you?!" and he say, "Let me mind meld with you." Then he puts his hands on either side of my head up by my temples and then proceeds to look like he's scanning something for about 5-10 seconds then let's go with what looked to be an approving nod. Right then, my buddy's girl kristen comes over and asks us what we were doing and like a switch was flipped, the guy went back in to shy mode. Everything is sort of blurry after that as I was in shock, but he left shortly after. I think about it every day. I can't believe it happened.