ONLINE INVESTIGATION DIARY

by Brandon R. Sanderson

 

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26-10-2012

OKAY THIS IS BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I KNOW I SAID I'D SHUT DOWN THE WEBSITE, BUT: I WAS RECENTLY CONTACTED BY AN INSIDER WHO OFFERED ME AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. THIS MAY CLEAR THE CASE!!!

I AM WRITING FROM REFORESTATION AREA AT THIS MOMENT, I GOT MY LAPTOP WITH ME AT THE MUSEUM (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE NOW, DIDN'T KNOW WHEN EXACTLY THE INSIDER WOULD SHOW UP. INTERNET CONNECTION IS NOT STABLE, GOT A WEAK SIGNAL JUST NOW!

I GOT A NEW VIDEO WITH ME ON MY LAPTOP TO PUBLISH IN EVIDENCE, BUT I CAN'T UPLOAD FROM HERE BECAUSE OF SLOW CONNECTION! WILL DO SOON, IT'S AMAZING!

JUST GOT A TEXT MESSAGE ON MY PHONE!

I'M GOING DOWN TO THE HATCHERY NOW TO MEET WITH THIS PERSON! (ODD PLACE FOR AN INTERVIEW? BUT PERHAPS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE! I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE MY LUCK) I GOTTA GO THERE ANYWAYS, LEFT MY BACKPACK DOWN THERE LAST TIME (SILLY!) - I'LL WRITE AGAIN AFTER THE MEETING! I'M SO EXCITED! C U SOON! - BRANDON

 

THE END
22-08-2012

Dear community,

This decision isn't easy for me but I came to the realizaton that, with no Reforestation Area left to go to, there is no point in me continuing my investigation. If there are any traces left, they are probably being destroyed by the demolishing people at this very moment.

It's been a good few years we had here and I will certainly miss the community. I won't disappear off the paranormal- and hiking forums, but I am shutting this website down by the end of this year. No need to be paying the hosting bills for a case that - NOW - will never be solved.

Thank you for your support & Good Bye.

- Brandon

 

 

SADNESS
01-08-2012

There we have it, the sad confirmation:

"Due to a no longer sustainable level of public safety, Clearwood Industries has decided to demolish (!!!!!!) the derelict remains of the failed nature project formerly known as Reforestation Area to make room for a new housing complex."

Nothing to add here. They're going to destroy the Area. Sometimes life just sucks.

- Brandon

 

 

SPEECHLESS !!!!!
23-07-2012

I didn't believe the rumors at first but now we have to face it:

Reforestation Area has been SOLD. The property, to be specific. To some concern called CLEARWOOD INDUSTRIES. As if it were a crude joke, but it's actually reality.

God knows what will happen to the area now. I wish I could be optimistic ...

- Brandon

 

 

THE >KEY< TO NEW EVIDENCE
19-07-2012

I can't go into too much detail on the web, but let's just say I've been working my sources and ... well, I came across a very special little key, or more precisely, a key to a very special house (don't even ask how I pulled that off!) ... Let's just say, it starts with an A and ends with a "baum" ;) And I've been there, at their house!

Needless to say, the house is breathtaking. It seems almost untouched by time, doesn't really look like a place that's been abandoned for close to 30 years. Not much could have changed there since the last members of the family left - even the boat is still there (although that one is quite rotted)!

I can't publish any of the pictures due to private property rights and such ... and it IS illegal trespassing after all. But you won't tell, will you? I only saw so little, still lots to explore. I'll go there again, soon.

In case you're wondering how I found the A.-House in the first place: Taking a good look around at the Trevor-Memorial did the trick: There's actually a Map there that guided me to the house! It's easy to find, you just gotta know what you're looking for. Crazy, but true!

- Brandon

 

 

UPS & DOWNS!
13-07-2012

That's life for you! Here's me being all upset about the sloppy police work, and before I can even write more about it, I find yet ANOTHER VIDEO!

I was wandering about in the mines, listening to the ol' mining song, trying to focus, when I literary stumbled upon a camcorder! The thing was awfully dusty so it must have been lying around there for some time ...

Naturally I took it home with me. It's a relatively modern miniDV-model so it can't be from the same period as the Trevor-Tape. However, its content is very unsettling indeed ... check the Evidence section for the "Lady Tape"!

- Brandon

 

POLICE 'WORK' ...
13-06-2012

I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I can't.

Despite the amazing new video footage, the Applebaum-case remains closed, no investigation is reopened.

What a sad day indeed.

- Brandon

 

 

BREAKTHROUGH IN APPLEBAUM-CASE?
06-06-2012

You all know what this is going to be about - the recently surfaced Applebaum-Abduction-Video. I've been sent dozens of emails telling me about the leak and I actually thought someone was pulling my leg! Turns out they weren't.

This is real and this could be the breakthrough we've all been waiting for! I have to take all this in. Stay tuned for my analysis.

- Brandon

Update: video added to EVIDENCE !

 

 

EERY EXPERIENCE LAST NIGHT ...
05-11-2011

Precisely one year after I found my tent torn apart by godknows what, I went on another trip to the area, as a torn-tent-anniversary, if you will.

Nothing much happened, but I could have sworn I heard somebody on the observation deck on my way back!

It must have been around 10 p.m. when I came by the deck on my usual route. Now, I'm not sure I imagined this or not, but I thought I heard the old radio mumbling about with its numbers again... the thing stopped working years ago, so I know it's impossible. However, when approaching the deck, I heard a faint scream! I asked if there was anyone there and I could swear I heard someone respond with an "Hello?" - but that was it, nothing more after that.

I didn't go up there and check as I didn't want to get involved with some crazy person who climbs the ladder at night. That alone says enough about them. But I keep wondering who the hell that could have been.

- Brandon

 

 

DAMN THOSE VANDALS!
04-05-2011

I am depressed. Angry and depressed. People are stupid. I want to make one thing very clear:

I DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANY VANDALISM IN OR AROUND REFORESTATION AREA!!!

I'm sorry my website seems to be drawing the attention of vandals to the area, but I will not shut it down and stop investigating because of a few idiots!

However, I have decided to remove the information regarding the specific location of some of the hard-to-find landmarks from the area section, including the Trevor Applebaum-Memorial.

I sure hope you vandals enjoy ruining it for everybody!

- Brandon

NEED A NEW TENT ... !!! O_O
04-11-2010

Dear community,

My tent is GONE! ... well ... not exactly gone, but I was both shocked and amazed today when I went back to my former campsite and found it completely torn apart and thrown all over the shrubbery!

See this HiRez-picture for evidence:

I emailed the picture to the folks at the forest office again and this time they were a bit more cooperative (I wasn't telling them I had been camping inside a condemned area). They told me a damage like this couldn't have been done by any regional animal as all bears potentially large enough are already in hibernation.

So who or what gutted my tent? I'll go back to investigate & keep you updated ... !

- Brandon

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
31-10-2010

As an experienced researcher, I am of course smart enough NOT to go out to the area tonight ... ! ;-)

But I still wish all of you a very HAPPY HALLOWEEN !!! Have a terrific night everybody!

- Brandon

 

 

MY EXPERIMENT
29-10-2010

Dear community,

First of all I'd like to say I am so very glad to announce that, after a long period of abscence, I return to tell you about my most recent experience!

I went for a little 'hike' yesterday and returned after an experience that literary blew my mind!Let me explain:

I decided to do a little experiment: I set up my tent just like the one shown in the 1985 CCTV-video. I even bought the same type of tent (yes, call me crazy!). I hooked up a TV-Set and leached electricity from the nearby museum (apparently, power-companies still haven't shut it off - someone must still be paying the bills!)

Naturally, I had the CCTV-Video with me and watched it, at the same time, and on the same date (exactly 25 years later!), hoping for new results.

Although nothing physical happened, it was an amazing experience! I am definitely going to repeat it, hence I left my equipment & tent there and will go back in a few days. Fingers crossed, I'll eventually come across something...

- Brandon

 

 

STAY TUNED ...
03-01-2006

Make sure to check back with me here in a few days. I'm close to a breakthrough, I can feel it.

- Brandon

 

 

WASTE OF TIME ...
24-11-2005

I made a few phonecalls, sent an email to the national forest society and spoke to a few people regarding the video I found. Of course, nobody knew anything of the video and some even called it a hoax and me a FAKER!

Oh well. So be it. Let them say what they are being paid to say, but they are fools if they believe I give up that easy!

- Brandon

 

 

FIRST ENTRY
19-11-2005

Welcome to my online diary!

This is the place where I will publish my thoughts, retell my experiences and give you an insight of what goes on within the realms of Reforestation Area.

I'm looking forward to sharing the latest with every visitor of my website!

Stay tuned for updates!

- Brandon