Brian's grid mark recurrence had impeccable timing. We've been needing help dealing with the workload of this investigation. As of this moment, we have more than 80 ongoing cases. That's a lot of relationships to build and manage. We received 6 new cases this last week, and they keep coming. It tells us the voracity of this phenomenon that we would be so overwhelmed with incoming emails, but it has made our process slow. We've had to prioritize and change our approach, update our system, and ask for patience.
Our two man team is now bumping up a notch to three. Brian has experience managing a similar caseload when he was a Ghost Hunter. "I was part of South Jersey Ghost Research from about 2002 to 2007 or 08. [I] probably did close to 70 or 80 investigations during that time."
"People wanted reassurance" he said to me as I introduced him to our drive. He understands the value of being replied to as soon as you send in your personal story and photos, having lost his only copy of one of his early marks when he sent it to a researcher for consideration and never heard back. We don't want our reply time to be so delayed. We want people to feel heard.
I've been on the lookout for someone with the interest, time, willingness, and experience -if possible- with our particular set-up. His marks had been absent for 19 years until this July 2015. He has investigative journalism training, has already proven his determination to help our cause, has personal experience tracking the marks, and seems excited to be part of something that, as he says, is "Right up my alley."
Brian will be helping us with new cases so that I can focus on cross-comparison data analyses, and Jordon and I both can get our heads above the water with our own caseloads.
Let's welcome Brian and the unique experience he brings to the team! We're excited to be working with him.
To read Brian's RGMP case report (#16), see Part 1: History with the RGMP, or Part 2: 2015 Recurrence.