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=== Foundation === Ex soldier [[Marshall Applewhite]] and nurse Bonnie Nettles founded in 1974 the group called "Total Overconsumers Anonymous" and "Human Individual Metamorphosis", that later would be called Heaven's Gate, after going to some religious places claiming to be the two witnesses of the Apocalypse. The Two would gain their first follower, Sharon Morgan, in May 1974, abandoning her children to join them. A month later Sharon left and returned to her family. Nettles and [[Marshall Applewhite|Applewhite]] were arrested and charged with credit card fraud for using Morgan's cards, despite the fact that she had consented to their use. The charges were later dropped. However, a routine check brought up that [[Marshall Applewhite|Applewhite]] had stolen a rental car from St. Louis 9 months earlier, which he still possessed. Applewhite then spent six months in jail primarily in Missouri, and was released in early 1975, subsequently rejoining Nettles. Eventually, [[Marshall Applewhite|Applewhite]] and Nettles resolved to contact extraterrestrials, and they sought like-minded followers. They published advertisements for meetings, where they recruited disciples, whom they called "The Crew". At the events, they said that they represented beings from another planet, called "the Next Level", who sought participants for an experiment. They stated that those who agreed to take part in the experiment would be brought to a higher evolutionary level.
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