Of course, the whole light and beckoning figures part could be the equivalent of the lures on deep-sea fish…
I am, and I’m going to stay that way unless I can be assured I won’t be eaten or probed.
Plus, if I had to abandon my dog Nathan I wouldn’t want to go. I love that dog more than I value my curiosity.
An appropriate quote from the Chronicles of Narnia:
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
In other words, it might be dangerous, but I’d kick myself if I didn’t go.
Do they have a book titled “How to Serve Man”?
Do you go?
If so turn to page 23.
If not turn to page 33.
-R.A. Montgomery
Depends on the shape of their head. The seem to be smiling an beckoning me, but who knows what they mean.
I know that down deep my curiosity would make me want to go.
But in reality I wouldnt because I dont know what could happen to me? End up dead, brain damaged, scarred for life? I once saw this movie “Fire in the Sky” where this guy was abducted and they found him naked and blabbering on the side of the road with all these weird injuries and it sent him into a mental hospital.
Plus the Barney and Betty Hill incident - nothing good came of it.
In any case I’d be no use to my family as a provider so I’d guess I’d say no.
It depends on where I was in my life.
Right now? No. I’d make contact, but I wouldn’t leave Earth. I’m nearing the age of having a wife, and kids, and interstellar travel would almost certainly change that. I couldn’t leave my friends and family behind.
Right after high school? Sure 
I go. I’d rather be anally probed than go through life trying to convince people I actually saw the aliens.
Oh, hell no!!! I am a big wimp, and do not believe in aliens. Besides, I would never go camping. And if by some chance I was in New Hampshire in a cabin (closest thing to camping you will find me), I would not go.
It would be so awesome, yet really spooky, all at once. I would love for someone to prove to me there are other living things out there, but I do not want them coming knocking on my cabin door. :eek:
Hah, that reminds of a cartoon where the aliens are probing a woman who is clearly really, really enjoying herself. One alien is saying to the other “Are you sure that’s the right opening? The other one didn’t make noises like that!”
That’s my view. The fact that they are bothering to ask is an indication they are likely friendly.
No kidding.
Do I happen to have a gigantic generator and a huge keyboard with an enormous light display on top of it with me?
I’d probably either ignore them or laugh myself silly. I’m supposed to believe smiling humanoids are from another planet? Please. Obviously someone who has watched too much Star Trek is pulling a hoax.
Now if something that looked like a cross between a slug and a praying mantis approached me, I might become curious.
That’s my criteria. ![]()
I would not. This exact scenario turned out poorly for Kaspian in Kaspian Lost.
Given how first contact situations have played out in the past, I might be inclined to shoot em. 
I would punch them and say WELCOME TO EARF.
I’ve got a six year old son. He may be less important to the people of Earth than these aliens, but he’s more important to me than these aliens.
IOW, I’m staying. Let 'em take someone who wants to go.
Now that’s what I call a close encounter.
I would beckon them over to stay with me, saying “I have gazed at the unknown places whence thou hast come - from among the clouds, from the mists. And so this.”