October 19, 2022

Tom Hicks, our quirky and beloved extraterrestrial visitor from Aarkon, has finally returned to his home planet, after decades of painstaking observation of the human condition. Sources have confirmed that he shared information about his imminent departure with his friends and loved ones in the months prior to takeoff.

In a communication sent on September 27, 2022 he wrote to his grandsons, “I plan to spend the day today working on my ship for the trip back to Aarkon. Got to rebuild my linear forward condensers and those take some time to reset afterwards, so I’m not planning my return trip too soon.”

On the morning of his departure he told his friend Kevin Sandstrom that he was in what he called his “final rodeo”. Additional emails suggest that he had possibly been anticipating his return trip since March of this year.

His immediate family carried out his wishes that his return to Aarkon be concealed from the authorities by faking his death.

A memorial was held in his honor at an art gallery in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, where his daughter read her now-famous essay, “Alien“. Over 100 members of the community were invited to the event. Not all were aware of the ruse to cover up his return to Aarkon with his supposed death, however, all did grieve the loss of this extraordinary being.

As one Facebook admirer commented recently, “Aarkon’s gain is a big, big loss for planet Earth.”