Shimmer in the Pasture – Orphan boy’s encounter, silent whirlwind & three square holes in western FranceA rural orphanage. A boy on cow-watch.Animals scatter; the air ripples into form.By noon, time slips—and the pails are empty.This week on Stories Lost, we travel to western France—to the grounds of the Château des Maréchaux (formerly the Château de Masséna)—to follow the written testimony of “M. Alfer,” handed years later to Gérard Deforge at a public conference in Laval, where he spoke alongside Joël Mesnard of Lumières Dans La Nuit. “I have suffered many times what others only suffer once, when they die.” — M. AlferThe account traces a precise, unsettling sequence: a silent whirlwind that flattens reeds in a perfect circle, a disc-like presence rising beyond the pines, and three square holes set in an equilateral triangle. The boy’s world tilts—time telescopes, the herd refuses the pasture, and the best dairy cows return with no milk. The moment is brief; its aftermath lasts decades.But that’s only part of the story.🔹 Vibrating air carves a perfect circle🔹 Disc lifts beyond the treeline🔹 Three square holes, equilateral spread🔹 Noon arrives in a breathless instant🔹 Rosette & Blanchette yield no milkSource: https://ufowaves.org/enquetes/gerard_deforge/docs/investigations.pdf🕰 Chapters00:00 – Introduction01:01 – The Manuscript01:58 – Life at the Orphanage03:09 – Crossing the Bridge03:41 – The Farm and Rita04:33 – Whistling for Birds04:54 – A Strange Shiver05:34 – The Flattened Circle05:50 – The Disc-Shaped Presence06:49 – The Mysterious Holes07:23 – The Frozen Cows07:53 – Herding Chaos09:52 – Aftermath with the Cows10:23 – Watching the Herd Again11:10 – Return to School12:56 – A Force Passing Through14:12 – Isolation and Burden14:58 – Postscript15:14 – ReflectionsThis episode draws from the manuscript entrusted to Deforge. It honors a witness who carried his story alone, asking only to be heard.👍 Like, comment, and subscribe if you enjoy forgotten casework and eerie true accounts.👽 Support the channel:Support the channel:https://www.youtube.com/@storieslost/membershiphttps://buymeacoffee.com/storieslosthttps://www.patreon.com/c/StoriesLostKeywords: western France, orphanage, UFO, shimmering air, three square holes