Night 3

This night was... interesting. Certainly this night was the most lucrative; however, it wasn't yielding what I expected. First, I set up my trap cameras and walked around the woods. I lost my EVP recorder when I tried to replay the voice of "?", so I had to resort to the small, crappy mic on my thermal imaging camera. I bought a surplus of tapes, and I had four with me at the time.

I was honestly bored. I was not nearly as tense as in the first night, and I still saw only a small number of animals (though I did, at one point, see a deer). It wasn't until I was five minutes away from the end of the second tape that I noticed something. I noticed human footprints leading into the woods. I followed them for about a minute until I hit a small creek. Then the tape ran out and- as I stooped to change tapes- I saw a guy running from tree to tree a ways to my right. I stood there, shocked for a moment, but then I began chasing after him. I left my camera on the bank without further thought as I pursued the man. Slowly, he turned around. I couldn't recognize him before. Slowly, he opened his left hand and a single sheet of paper fluttered to the ground. Then he continued running. I ran after him, stooping only once to pick up the sheet of paper. That single moment was all he needed, for when I looked up again, the man was nowhere in sight.

Then I realized the one identifying feature- he had no identifying feature. I didn't recognize him and I couldn't recall a single feature besides him being male and him being tall.

It was "?".

I picked up the note.

"Ask Maria about Back Room Number Three."

It was scrawled in a handwriting that had no style to it or any distinguishing marks. It was almost as if it was typed on a computer.

I decided to finish my investigation early. The Jersey Devil investigation had failed, but my curiosity on this "?" individual had peaked. I'm going to ask Maria. I'll follow the note. It may lead to more clues on who this mystery "?" is.

Travis out. One case busted, another one just beginning to open.

Wish me luck!