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    The Last Time I Saw Billy

    May 08, 2019 2 minutes

    Out of more than 300 entries, Writer’s Digest editors and readers selected this winner, submitted by Heidi Hansen of Sequim, Wash.

    At 10, after seeing , my cousin Billy announced that he was part alien. He didn’t claim to have been abducted, but a descendant. Instead of shaking hands, he extended his left index finger to meet yours a la E.T We cousins rolled our eyes at him behind his back.

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