Your story reminds me of three different occasions my family observed some very different people: My brother told me about one day he heard his hose running outside his mobile home. Stepping out of the house, he found two people spraying water from his hose all over the yard and the street. In Phoenix, this is a no-no. They rather ducked away from him as he tried to approach them to retrieve his hose. His description of them was rather interesting: Both appeared to be elderly, small stature, both were in a form of lederhosen garb, and the clothes seemed to be very old, but clean. Their speech sounded more like bird twitters, and they finally handed him the hose and trotted down the street of the trailer park toward the city street. By this time, my brother was trying to get the hose coiled up and turned off, so didn't see if they got into a vehicle. The second experience occurred in our neighborhood Target Store in Phoenix. My daughter and I were shopping when we encountered three elderly ladies. All were very nicely dressed, rather old-fashioned, but clean. They, too, twittered. Very odd speech. The third experience was in 1991 in Kingman. Same thing. Several people, average size, neatly dressed, albeit rather straight from the thirties--housedresses, mainly. One lady wore a straw hat of a style I have not seen since the late thirties which women wore when weeding their gardens. They also twittered, speaking very fast, but twittered. My brother also was telling me about one year at the Arizona State Fair, he was leaving after his shift at his department's booth (Arizona Department of Agriculture). He noticed three women (why always three women, I don't know) who were dressed in early day fancy Roy Rogers western wear. They stood out in the crowd's shorts, tee-shirts and tennis shoes. He didn't hear them speak, but he said their clothing was really impressive as far as fancy, and colors were concerned.

Who these people might have been, I have no idea. They were just "there," and I wish I had taken the time to try to talk to them. Might have had an interesting conversation.

A small remark about albinism. Not all examples of albinism are alike. It depends on the base coloration from which the albinistic mutation derives. For instance, in the case of Tigers, the white tiger is an albino, but an unusual one. The inheritance pattern of THAT albinism is co-dominant and not recessive. USUALLY, white albinos with blue eyes derive from a melanistic species. The best example is that of SNOWFLAKE, the albino gorilla. He boasted light blue eyes and was tested for the usual eye impairment of pink albino eyes and was found to have healthy eyes. I even postulate that the recessive blue eyes of caucasian peoples derives from this kind of albino.

I love the story and makes me think of times in my life of odd things and happenings that have accord to me. I hope to one day meet these people from possibly far away. For me reading this story a whole book comes alive in me that may be written one day.