An alien dances by during the UFO Fest parade on Saturday, May 16. (Lily Roby/Courthouse News) MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (CN) — For one weekend every May, downtown McMinnville is abducted by aliens.

Oregon, it seems, is a great place to disappear. Who among us hasn’t dreamed of a life off the grid, of leaving behind all worldly desires and shacking up among the forest and Bigfoot sightings? Isn’t ...