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| Backdated to 16 Dec 2018; Departure |
[17 Dec 2011|05:59pm] |
I wanted to make an official notice of my departure for the mainland. I will be leaving around mid-day today, 16 Dec. 2018, and will be staying at the New York Public Library safehouse until further notice for the purposes of research. I will return to the island if I am needed or if you require anything.
The patrol route and schedule I used to follow I have left posted near the back door if anyone wants to keep it up.
[Filtered to David and Eliott Zimmerman]
While I appreciate your offer to monitor the swimmers with the underwater camera and inform me on any discoveries, do be careful while you're out on the water. Infected fish may behave more aggressively than anticipated.
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Be safe.
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| Subject: Swimmers |
[08 Dec 2011|12:02am] |
URGENT: Any swimmer spotted alone and non-moving in the water must be immediately killed on sight.
REPORT: Over the past few months, I've being using the patrols I take daily to observe the behavior of the swimmers. At first, I didn't notice anything of interest to note, but the events of 30 November 2018 through 2 December 2018 and the subsequent observations have lead me to a strange, and perhaps frightening, conclusion.
On the last patrol of 30 Nov. Lucretia and I noticed a few swimmers off-shore that were not moving, only occasionally ducking beneath the waves. The fact that the currents were not particularly strong that night was one of many indications that something wasn't right, but the ones that were spotted were killed. The next day, over twenty swimmers were seen off shore and on late 1 Dec. into early 2 Dec. those swimmers that had been off shore breached the island and attacked Rae and I on the patrol that night. I believe the two incidents are related.
On 5 Dec. I spotted another lone swimmer, with the same behavioral patterns as the ones from the 30th. I decided to go out to investigate the infected. It appeared that there was a radius of dead fish and other animals around the infected. I can't say for sure if these swimmers have any kind of ability to small anything underwater, but the stench from the surface was bad enough to smell for quite a distance. I believe that the lone swimmers I've been seeing are almost like pilot fish; they find groups of living people, and lure the rest of the infected towards themselves. It's the only explanation I can come to, having observed this scenario twice. (On 6 Dec. a group of around five or six swimmers appeared around where the stationary one had been waiting, even though it was dead at this point. I was able to take care of this pack).
In summary, any lone swimmer should either be reported or immediately taken care of, and patrols should be more wary for one to two days after a sighting.
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| Backdated to 2 Dec 2018; Report Follow-Up |
[06 Dec 2011|11:04pm] |
The swimmers that had been spotted off the coast of the island breached the shore late last night/early this morning. They hadn't made it far onto land before they were found and eliminated. The bodies have been removed from the island, the area cleaned, and a subsequent sweep indicated that there are currently no swimmers within visual distance of the island.
However, still maintain proper caution near docks and on the ferry to the mainland.
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[01 Dec 2011|08:50pm] |
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While not many have managed to get themselves to shore because of the surf, more swimmers have been spotted in the water. Proceed with caution when going out near the outer perimeter of the island unarmed.
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