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'''Alien abduction entities''' are the beings alleged to secretly abduct and subject experiencers to a forced [[medical]] examination which often emphasizes their [[reproductive system]].<ref name="medicaldiff"> Miller, John G. "Medical Procedural Differences: Alien Versus Human." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. ''Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Co(contracted; show full)a Survey of 203 of pre-1985 Abduction Claims'''<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings">Bullard, Thomas E. "The Variety of Abduction Beings." In: Pritchard, Andrea & Pritchard, David E. & Mack, John E. & Kasey, Pam & Yapp, Claudia. ''Alien Discussions: Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference''. Cambridge: North Cambridge Press. Pp. 90-91.</ref>
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! Type
! Description
! Number of Reports
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| Short Humanoids.
| Includes [[
Ggreys alien#Height|short]] [[Grey grey aliens]] and similar entities.
| 51
|-
| Average (Human) Height Humanoids
| Includes [[Ggreys alien#Height|tall]] [[Grey grey aliens]] and similar entities.
| 25
|-
| Tall Humanoids
| Beings similar to, but much taller than a normal human. Considered an atypical abduction category.
| 23
|-
| Mummy-like
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"In North America large-headed gray aliens predominate, while in Britain abduction aliens are usually tall, blond, and Nordic, and South America tends toward more bizarre creatures, including hairy monsters."<ref name="skepticalperspective" />
</blockquote>

As noted above, the so-called [[
Ggreys alien]]s are most popularly associated with abduction reports. Again, however, this seems to be a North American paradigm best-known since the 1980s. On the contrary, some researchers (such as [[Kevin D. Randle]] in his 1997 book, ''Faces Of The Visitors: An Illustrated Reference To Alien Contact'') have noted a vast variety of alleged creatures have been reported in abduction accounts worldwide, with some of the alleged creatures not even described as [[humanoid]].

(contracted; show full)<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings" /> In an essay, Bullard writes that "The small showing for monstrous types and the fact that they concentrate in less reliable cases should disappoint skeptics who look for the origin of abductions in the influence of Hollywood. Nothing like the profusion of imaginative screen aliens appears in the abduction literature."<ref name="varietyofabductionbeings" />

==References==
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[[Category:Alien abduction phenomenon]]