Bridgewater Triangle Quiz...What Really Happened?

by Bill Russo 

I have often wondered about the "Purple People Eater". He's the star of a Sheb Wooley novelty song that was number one in 1958 and is still heard today. Is the Purple People Eater purple? Or is he so named because he eats Purple People?

At any rate, "Purple People Eater" is NOT the answer to the Bridgewater Triangle Documentary Quiz. The producers did not sing Purple People Eater during filming.

So with "B" out. There are three possible correct answers to the question: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REALLY HAPPENED DURING THE FILMING OF THE BRIDGEWATER TRIANGLE?

A. The crew was abducted by aliens.
C. A Puckwudgie creeped into the picture.
D. Bigfoot ate everyone's lunch. 

About that "Purple People Eater". I think I have figured out that he was NOT purple. His name comes from his fondness for eating Purple People. At least that's what I get from reading this part of the lyric where he is asked by the narrator of the song:

"Mr Purple People Eater, what's your line?
He said eating purple people, and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock 'n roll band"

Here's the full set of lyrics to Sheb Wooley's Classic......

Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
It had the one long horn, one big eye
I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
It looks like a purple eater to me
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One eye?)
Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One horn?)
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line
He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine
But that's not the reason that I came to land
I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
(We wear short shorts)
Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock, really rockin' around
It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune
Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
I like short shorts
Flyin' little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)
And then he went on his way, and then what do ya know
I saw him last night on a TV show
He was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head