they did n't understand my connection to the creature . exhausted , he laid his head back and pulled his hat down over his eyes . `` that does n't make me a rocket scientist . '' the americans , and then the russians , first observed it . i put my finger under her chin , tilting her to meet my eyes . within ten minutes , they are floating down the middle of the river . i do n't think she was bitter and twisted about what happened to her , but she did n't want me to make the same mistakes . 