In Jacobs’s cases, abductees are frequently presented with hybrid children. One woman recalls holding a small child whose appearance is both human and otherworldly. The emotional reaction is intense, unlike ordinary experience. She feels immediate attachment accompanied by confusion.
The child’s large eyes and fragile body evoke surreal dream imagery, blurring boundaries between symbol and reality. The experiencer senses that the beings expect her to bond, although she does not understand why.
Jacobs interprets these presentations as secondary events that engage symbolic maternal emotions in a dreamlike field of meaning.