From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!ucf-cs!bratman Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: ET (Spoiler) Article-I.D.: ucf-cs.631 Posted: Mon Jun 21 22:24:21 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 01:51:15 1982 Although E.T. went to the river I presume to lower his body temperature, and the doctors commented on it being very high, I tend to agree with the life force proximity theory. Could it have been a form of advanced bionics or symbiosis? As far as his being a child, certainly it's possible that a child of his species could have built the radio signaller, Elliot knew HIM better than anyone, and told his friends that he was a MAN from SPACE. True, to Elliot, that could have been a teen-ager, but I sort of doubt it.