What’s more, it appears that the government has quarantined the town, under the guise of a training exercise. Sorta makes you wonder if whatever happened in LA happened in Piedmont, except on a much larger scale. Or if they transported those involved in the LA incident to Piedmont. But that wouldn’t make sense. Be much easier to control the situation on a military base than in a civilian town. So scratch that last part. But someone going from LA to Piedmont is a possibility. There’s also the meteor theory as well. Wonder if any space debris has fallen on LA lately?

On a side note, I am so writing into Jack Nash and seeing if I can get an autographed picture of him. Is there anyone who has read his book? I’m in need of a good book since I finished Cathy’s Key.

Too keep myself occupied now that I don’t have Eric’s strangely familiar face talking to me from Youtube anymore, I’ve been reading, watching tv and going to the movies. One of the most interesting movies I’ve seen wasn’t at the cheap theatre, but online: The Goblin Man of Norway, directed by Howard Byrackk. Sadly, they only have the first part of the documentary up, but I am anxious to see the rest of it. The only thing I’m not really enamored of is that it looks like they recorded it by filming a projection of the film. You can see dust on the image and it jitters (most noticeable when the subtitles are visible). There was no other way to digitize the film?

In the meantime though, maybe I can be of use to someone else. There is this guy named Eric Brody out in Los Angeles who, after getting fired from his job logging evidence from the LAPD, found a video tape of an alleged shooting involving the CDC somewhere in LA. But he’s been unable to find any other information about it – no eye witnesses, no news reports, nothing except this video tape. Brings back memories of searching for information about Howard. But unlike me when faced with a black hole of nothingness, Eric has become more obsessed rather than apathetic. Which is probably a good thing if one wants to get to the bottom of a mystery.

And he’s not alone in his quest. There’s a retired cop named Mike Davidson who has written about “Case 1017″ in his blog lastpalmtree.blogspot.com. Apparently there are two missing men from the night in question: a police officer named Jim McCreedy, and a firefighter. And as he’s known as being one of the best at missing persons cases, he’s agreed to at least check around for some information about the missing men. So if you have any information, you can email him at excopmike@gmail.com – or Eric at EasyE323@gmail.com for that matter.

What’s so weird for me about this isn’t the video or the missing people or the lack of information. That kind of stuff happens all the time. For me it’s Eric – because despite the fact that I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen him before, he seems so maddeningly familiar. It probably hasn’t helped that I’ve been having really odd dreams lately – dreams about people I haven’t seen in close to 15 years. The first time I dreamed about “B” seemed odd enough. But the second and third times is really making me wonder if I shouldn’t try to track B down and see what they are up to – and why I keep dreaming about them.

Now, B and Eric are nothing alike, but watching the videos of Eric make me feel like I’m remembering something out of a dream. When I first started watching them, he just seemed like some random guy making a silly video blog. But the longer I watched, the more it felt like I knew him. The sound of his voice, his mannerisms of playing with his ear and beard, even the way he looked in his glasses – I somehow knew all of that. But yet, I have no idea how. It’s a bit like seeing an actor in a movie and trying to remember what else you’ve seen them in, but in this case I don’t think I’ve ever met or even seen Eric before.

As an aside, watching old TV shows on Hulu is a fun way to see actors way back when. I remembered that Gary Cole was in American Gothic, but not Sarah Paulson, Jake Weber, or Nick Searcy.

So now I’m not only interested in Case 1017, I’m really curious as to why Eric seems so bloody familiar. Does he have a twin brother who is an actor? Did I meet his doppelgänger while I was in college or something? Seriously, it’s beginning to bug me as to how I ‘know’ him – so if you happen to recognize him (or someone like him), lemme know.