UFO involvement?

a story:

so there i was, parked and sitting in the driver's seat about ready to go explore the beach.  i was snacking on sliced pears from a can and talking to a friend on the phone.  my van was the only vehicle in the parking lot, until a police cruiser pulled in and slowed to a stop as he passed right behind me.  i turned and glanced through the back window and tried to wave incase he was looking to see if someone was inside.  "yes, i'm in here," i gestured.  i wasn't sure why that mattered.  why would it be a problem if the van was empty?  i was allowed to be parked there, i thought...  especially during full daylight.  

the sheriff rolled another 20 ft and then stopped.  eventually he got out of his vehicle and cautiously approached my vehicle.  uh oh, what's the problem?   i told my friend to hang on.  "hello, sir!" i said to the sheriff.  [i don't remember the actual quotes from our conversation, but this was the gist of it...]  

sheriff: "so, you have an interesting license plate, ay?"

me: "uh...   LEVITY?"

sheriff: "yes, so can you explain to me what that is supposed to mean?"

this tripped me up a bit because i totally didn't expect such a question.

me: "um..   well, like happiness?...   or making someone's day a little brighter?...  or.."

i couldn't tell if he was satisfied with my responses or indifferent...

sheriff: "hmm...   have you been involved in the strange events over the last couple of nights?"

me: "uh, no.  i have no idea what you are talking about."

sheriff: have you been involved with any of the recent occurrences over the pamlico sound?

what could he possibly be talking about?

me: "no.  i really have no idea what you are talking about."

i was starting to chuckle inside because of curiosity, and i'm sure it showed in my face.  but i gathered from his face that he was extremely serious in his questioning and i could totally see fear in his eyes about the issue he was referring to.

me: "i wasn't even around here the last couple of nights because i came across the ferries from the south and was on ocracoke island this morning."

sheriff: "there's been several reports of UFO activity over the sound.   it's a strange glow and no one knows what it is from"

'whoa COOL, UFO activity!!" i thought to myself.

me: "oh...   wow!...   no, i have no idea what that is from.   so, have YOU seen it?"

sheriff: "yes i saw it and so did other people"

me: "hmh..   like maybe it's someone using fireworks or something"

sheriff: "no.   it's really strange"

me: "well, if there's a chance that it may be there again tonight, that might change my plans for the evening.  i might have to hang around to see if i can see it too"

i still couldn't tell if he was completely convinced that i wasn't part of it.

sheriff: "since i was little i've wondered about extraterrestrial beings.  there are a lot of planets out there... [etc]"

me: "yeah, and we've only scratched the surface on our discovery's of what's out there.   i've journeyed to california and back on my trip and almost went to the UFO museum out in roswell, new mexico because i find that stuff really interesting"

sheriff: "so how long did it take you to get here from delaware?"

me: "well, i detoured through california, so i've had a long trip."  i showed him the can i was eating out of and briefly explained my short budget. 

sheriff: "and i see you have aloe plants there"

i think he was still trying to find my connection with aliens.

me: "yeah"

sheriff: "use them for sunburn and such"

me: "yeah, did you know you could eat them too?"

the sheriff stuck his hand forward and said "my name is so&so."  i'm kicking myself for forgetting what his name was...   i shook his hand and told him mine.   part of me wonders if this was a symbol of his coming to grips that i was a normal human who wasn't involved in the strange UFO occurrences, or if maybe he needed to grip my hand to Feel that i was a human.  who knows.   anyway, his phone rang and he claimed it was his wife and that he had to go.

so, as a suspect of UFO activity, i didn't want to arouse anymore suspicion.  you know, like by going out on the beach and standing on my head! : )  ha!  but that's what i had pulled over to do in the first place, so i went about my business and made my up-side-down pose special for the occasion, laughing out loud every ten minute about what had just transpired.  i felt so honored to be accused of UFO involvement!  : )   in my photo, i tried to resemble someone who was involved in UFO activity...  this was the product: