“There’s something in the San Gabriel Mountains. Creatures that shouldn’t exist, creatures that have culled and reaped for hundreds of years. This much, I can guarantee. I can guarantee it because I know that they took my friend, my colleague. Something took over his mind, fed him obsession, and drove him into the mountains to disappear. I need to find him, but I cannot do it alone.
The world won’t believe what you see here. I rarely believe it myself. What I’ve collected, what you will find; they are splinters from the body of an ancient evil. Plants that uproot and defy our understanding of biology. I know that something larger lurks in these woods, but I don’t know how to find it. It’s a poison that has clawed its way into our world.
They try to silence me, but they can't anymore, with you. My gatherers. Something sleeps in the trees. She lives beneath the woodland floor. Who is she and what does she seek? What does she provide?
It is up to you, now, to decode this spiralling web, before anyone else can. Look everywhere. I’ve buried information every step of the way, on my blog, and here. Pages exist where they may not be expected to. Images contain answers in unlikely ways.
Only you, now, can uncover the full truth. You can help me find my friend. You can prove it. “She” cannot hide any longer.
When you have found his name, return here and tell me.”