And that is why mom said "Never trust dolphins."

Bottlenose dolphin picture taken by someone from NASA

Mom actually never said don't trust dolphins and I doubt most moms would say it period, excepting the possibility that they were a dolphin-phobic. However there is a slight chance that the infamous Grey aliens might be related to said dolphins, therefore making them natives of earth. Of course they might also have evolved in similar conditions to those dolphins therefore making them more likely extra-terrestrial. Either way, Greys seem to have a thing for basically kidnapping people, which in my books makes the Greys someone you can't fully trust.

The theory that the Greys came from dolphins I first learned about in either a UFO book or TV program when I was growing up. Since then it's hung out in the dark corners of my brain periodically popping up and saying "Hi I'm here." So I figured it's time to finally do something with that piece of info and see what I can come up with.

To start with, there are two major similarities between dolphins and the Greys. First, they're both obviously grey and second, they both have suspiciously creepy black eyes. Beyond any doubt these can be considered rather big similarities, at least in my mind...which isn't much to go by, but it's a start, and at least I'm trying. Anywho, back to the dolphin/alien thing.

So after having poked a stick at my brain to many times to count I finally let this dolphin/Grey connection out and did an internet search on it. The result it seems is that it's a somewhat popular theory. Well at least that the Greys evolved in similar conditions to dolphins, with some thinking they are related.

The biggest bit of this theory is the eyes (no pun intended). You see (the unintentional puns keep coming), when creatures evolve in low light levels, their eyes adapt in ways to get as much light as possible. For instance, dolphins live in the sea/water (Which by all accounts makes sense. After all, it'd be a bit odd walking down the road and suddenly seeing a dolphin swimming by. Why with all that defying the laws of gravity and stuff we'd have all kinds of chaos.) where light conditions, as most would agree, are rather low. Therefore dolphins eyes evolved all fancy like so they can see better in darker light, but also so they can see better in brighter light as well. The result is a black lens that slides down over their pupils.

This is very similar to the proposed reasoning for the large black eyes of the Greys. It is thought that perhaps they originally evolved (On land of course though. People would be getting abducted by dolphin like creatures instead if they had come from water, or at least they'd have clearly webbed hands and feet or gills or something.)on a planet with low light levels and were in need of adaptations of the eyes similar to those of dolphins.

As for the grey skin, well dolphins actually come in a variety of colors, even pink as far as Amazon river dolphins are concerned, however grey is a dominant one in many species of dolphins. The greys on the other hand...who knows, perhaps that is just the result of coming from a warm planet and not needing insulation.

I guess in a way, you could consider intelligence a third similarity, but I hardly think the IQs of the two can be compared. Although it can be said dolphins are as or almost as intelligent as apes, or perhaps even us (With the added advantage of not being able to destroy vast portions of the landscape for their own purposes, although dolphins have been rumored to rape each other, which is just as bad.). However that hardly compares with the ability to build flying saucers and stealthily take people aboard and then suppress the memories of said people when they are returned.

I think the only comparison I can make now is that some UFOs (unidentified flying objects) have been seen in water, coming out of water, and going into water, thereby giving them the title of USOs (unidentified submerged objects.). That doesn't necessarily point to a watery origin for the occupants however, seeing as we humans are fairly amphibious ourselves with our fancy nuclear subs and what not.

So in my honest opinion, I think the Grey aliens evolved off world on another planet in conditions that caused them to have some similarities to dolphins and are not of cetacean origin.

And for now I'll make my exit with a quote from Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series: "So long, and thanks for all the fish."



Sources and Further Reading:
Grey Aliens, Dolphins, and an Interesting Comparison
Alien/Dolphin Share Heritage?
Greys and dolphins
Some Dolphin Basics
Ultimate Guide: Dolphins