Pro Soccer Player Guillermo Marino Once Claimed Alien Abduction Made Him Late to Training, Says Former Teammate

In an interview with Lado B, Gustavo Lorenzetti said that former teammate Guillermo Marino once claimed that he was late to a training session because he had been abducted by aliens.

Lorenzetti said the Argentinian former soccer star used the excuse while they played together at Universidad de Chile. The pair played there under manager Jorge Sampaoli from 2011 to 2013.

"Guillermo is a friend who football gave me, like Mati Rodriguez," Lorenzetti said. "Regarding this [story] that Guille wants me to tell, the truth is that I doubt [I should tell you] because he is going to receive calls from channels of other information and not from sports, but I will explain it because he asked for it."

He says that he arrived late to one training because he was abducted by aliens. He gave us the entire explanation of what he felt and the rest of it.
There are cases where the player says: 'I left and I came back two days later because I was kidnapped by aliens.' But Guille is not that kind of player. Guille was a very proper guy. Everyone knows Guille Marino.
He started to explain that he was suddenly lost and abducted by aliens. He explained that they take out your soul, analyse it and all the while on the journey they are looking after you. He said something like that.

During the interview, Lorenzetti expressed belief in Marino’s experience.

"Honestly, I believe in aliens," he said. "[Marino] gave a great explanation and we will have to believe him. I don't know, other types of channels will have to call him so he can tell it better. But in any case, he was abducted by aliens. I believed in him because he tells you that way and if you know him, you realize that he is a serious person. He will not be late anywhere, he is very correct."

"He explains it to you. He is a big believer," Lorenzetti continued. "He reads books about it, so I didn't have [any] other option but to believe him, because with the seriousness that he told it to us, we have to believe him."

Lorenzetti wasn't able to say if their former manager believed Marino's explanation for his tardiness.

"I don't know if Guille would have told [Sampaoli] the same story, honestly," he said. "They must have had a chat afterwards to explain it to him. But knowing Guille, I think he must have believed him."

"What can you say? This is worthy of the Discovery [Channel] or some of those channels," added Lorenzetti.

A spiritual element to the abduction experience, as described by Marino, is not necessarily unusual. Similar narratives can be found throughout the history of UFO and alien abduction phenomena, having been included in early to mid-twentieth century contactee stories, and continuing even in the accounts of contactees and alien abduction experiencers today—perhaps most famously in the work of author and experiencer Whitley Strieber.

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