Close encounters in Big Tujunga Canyon? In March of 1953, two women asleep in a remote area of the canyon say they were awoken by a bright light flooding around their cabin. Inexplicable time loss, an alien abduction account and years of searching for answers were to follow. Investigators in the field point to the incident as one of the earliest modern-day abduction experiences, but even in the town that gave us 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' it’s not a story many Angelenos have heard. 🎥