path heading to his property that said The Center for UFOs, Earthquakes, and Alien Abduction . The guyâs first name was long with a bunch of squiggly lines over the letters. His last name was Wackjöb, with two dots over the o . Dr. Somethingorother Wackjöb.â
Vivian scratched her chin, thinking. âHmmmâ¦â she muttered. âTJ, would you please fire up your laptop and Google UFOs, alien abduction, Dr. Wackjöb .â
TJ typed in the search and hit Enter. He scrolled through a bunch of pages before finding something relevant. âThis may be something,â he said. âItâs an old article from the ReykjavÃk Review âIcelandâs English Newspaper.â
We huddled around the computer and read.
Doctor Defends UFO Research
By Sigudur Bödvarsson
REYKJAVÃK, Iceland âThe well-respected seismologist, Dr. Aðalbjörn Wackjöb has been accused of misappropriating money from the University of Icelandâs Geology Department where he had been Chairman. This week Karà Thordarson, University President, fired Dr. Wackjöb for the unauthorized funding of his controversial UFO earthquake theory.
The investigation looking into Dr. Wackjöbâs activities has been ongoing for the past eight months. University officials feel they have unearthed enough evidence to terminate the doctorâs tenure. âUFOs are the cause of the entire worldâs seismic activity!â Dr.Wackjöb shouted to reporters as police led him away from his office. âMy scientific research will prove it!â
What Dr. Wackjöb calls science, others call âjust plain kooky,â according to several of his colleagues inside the Universityâs Geology Department. Dr. Wackjöb has also become a laughingstock in the scientific and academic worlds with his claims that aliens are abducting thousands of people (mostly children) each year and using them in their extraterrestrial earthquake experiments.
Dr. Wackjöb, who also has an advanced degree in astronomy from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany, plans to relocate to the United States to continue his UFO, earthquake, and alien abduction studies.
âThat was his first name,â I said. â Aâ¦owl⦠beeâ¦yourn , or however itâs pronounced. The sign said Aðalbjörn Wackjöb.â
âDo you think itâs the same man, TJ?â Vivian asked.
TJ turned to me. âWhat was the name of his center again?â
âThe sign said T he Center for UFOs, Earthquakes, and Alien AbductionâDr. Aðalbjörn Wackjöb, Director .â
âIt has to be the same guy,â Jimmy said. âHow many Aðalbjörn Wackjöbâs can there be who study UFOs, earthquakes, and alien abductions?â
âI one hundred percent agree,â Vivian said. She then produced a flash drive from her pocket and plugged it into the USB port of TJâs laptop.
âWhat are you doing?â TJ grumbled, miffed that Vivian was touching his computer.
âIâm transferring the video of Schnoz and the alien from the computer to the flash drive.â
âWhy would you do that?â Mumps asked.
Vivian peeled Mr. Sticky from the window and gently stroked the reptileâs head. âBecause Schnoz is living evidence of Dr.Wackjöbâs theory and the video proves it.â
CHAPTER 10
GRÃÃARSTÃR NEF
V ivian had a dentist appointment that afternoon, so we had to wait until the next morning before heading to see Dr. Wackjöb. I went to bed that night sniffling with anxiety. TJ had hooked up the camera system to get another video, but the whole thing still freaked me out. I smuggled a two-liter bottle of soda into my room and chugged it down before bed, hoping the caffeine would keep me awake.The idea was a complete waste of high-fructose corn syrup and carbonated water. By the time midnight rolled around, I couldnât keep