Thanks Jim, It's good to be back on familiar ground
. It wasn't the ufos, more like me under a rather large rock.
The thing about the camel and the bulging eye is this...I've read a number of accounts from mid-1800s, both French and English, that describe Berbers as not very superstitious in regards to trinkets, in contrast with Arabs. Amulets and the evil eye were apparently not important, rather people were superstitious about things like the time of day when one departed from home, the direction one took, when an action was made, etc...I'm not sure if I ever quoted one such account here, I will look for the book again and share the relevant bit. This is partly why I'm keen on the camel idea.
Emanuel