Jason Andrews was twelve when his parents first realised he was being abducted. Suddenly, the strange happenings that had dogged their bright son all his life were explained: the weird marks on his body, the secret language he babbled, the terrible nights when they found his bed empty. The family's farm, too, had been affected: animals have been mutilated, cattle have died in mysterious circumstances, pregnant cows suddenly become barren, strange lights have appeared in the sky. And, always, there have been the watchers in the wood: silent figures who keep the farm under observation. This compelling story of a normal family caught up in terrifyingly abnormal events is the most detailed exploration of an alien abduction case ever, bravely told by the Andrews family to independent investigator, Jean Ritchie.