grandfather

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On a September night in 1961, Hill's grandfather Barney and his wife Betty believed they were abducted by aliens as they returned home from vacation.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Andrew Crowley, 46, of Longwell Green, Gloucestershire, asked the auction house to value three Cycladic figures and an Anatolian stargazer statuette he had inherited from his grandfather.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

One man, for instance, insists the bottle-wielding man was his grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

His grandfather set him up with an internship at an investment firm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Christopher spat the coffee out of the window when his grandfather wasn’t looking—it tasted like a melted shoe.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell