The Abandoned Windmill

The Abandoned Windmill
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Interesting links:
	Hydesville Day = March 31st
	http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WyIyH5SmWX4J:burslemspiritualistchurch.co.uk/Hydesvillehistory.aspx+Hydesville+NY,+windmill&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Cast Major:
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	Thomas Pickman
	???		Note poster
	Mr. Thief	a.k.a. Lord of the Lost

Cast Minor:
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	Regina Pickman	Thomas Pickman's sister, schizophrenic
	Peter Bergman	Died in windmill cellar
	Edmund Grace	Spotted fire, died at 87yo, married twice know of one wife.

Irrelevant Cast?
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	Mr. Pickman	Thomas & Reginas father
	Emmet Grace	Edmund Grace's son
	Edmund Grace II	Edmund Grace's grandson
	Jessica		Ex-Girlfriend
	D. Warton	Fire Chief
	F. Alexander	Journalist - Obituary writer
	S.E Havedon?	Journalist - Fire reporter
	Mrs. Bergman	Peter Bergman's wife


Blog:
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3/23/11		Title: Breakup
		- Girlfriend of three years left him a week ago
		- Uses Horror (books/movies?) as escape
		- Spelling mistakes:
			* monde = mind
			* uawning = yawning
			* thatt = that
			* hi = he
			* othwr = other
			* sine = sign
		- Additional letters:
			* et
		- Replaced letters:
			* ouiwne
		- Replaced letters (with additional):
			* oeutiwne
		- Replaced with letters:
			* iyeegn
		- Replaced with letters (with additional):
			* ieyteegn
3/24/11 AM	Title: Studio
		- Inventory :p :
			* Ton of batteries
			* Flash light
			* hotplate
		- Girlfriend named: Jessica
		- Dad is taking him to studio
3/24/11 PM	Title: Windmill
		- Studio is actually a windmill
		- Father owns windmill outright
		- Blog entry contains drawn image
3/25/11 AM	Title: Freezing
		- No heat in studio
3/25/11 PM	Title: Bird
		- Dead crow in sink via shattered window
		- Dead bird smells like it's been rotting for a week
		- Sees a shrink
		- Blog entry contains drawn image
3/26/11		Title: Shrink
		- Weird note under windshield
			* Reads: Welcome to the area, neighbor
			* Greasy paper
			* Crumpled, but folded neatly as well
		- Supposedly no neighbors for 2 miles
		- Female shrink
		- Used to be suicidal
		- Introduction of blogger:
			* Age: 22
			* Lives: Upstate NY
			* Name: Thomas Pickman
				- Link to Lovecraft's Pickman's Model?
3/27/11		Title: Net
		- Tom creates twitter account
			* http://twitter.com/tpickman
		[ Trailhead started on unfiction ]
3/28/11 AM	Title: Painting
		- Tom takes shots
			* Used to having help with shots
		- Does not own a clock - losing track of time
		- Believes he saw someone in the woods
3/29/11 PM	Title: Note2
		[ Missing 3/28 PM - 3/29 AM??? ]
		- Paper taped to the door
			* Article about the windmill
				* Article is missing letters
				* Missing letters produce "Beware the men in black rings"
			* Windmill named "Bergman Mill"
				* No info at library about it
			* Handwritten content at bottom
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				Hostile

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				In direcT ServICE
		- Tom is asking for photographs
		- He retaped note to door with his own message added:
			* "Stop leaving notes. Introduce yourself."
3/30/11 PM	Title: Hacked
		- Slept over 12 hours
		- Site and twitter hacked during sleep
		- Thanks readers for pictures.
4/1/11		Title: Model
		[ Reference to Pickman's Model by Lovecraft again ]
4/2/11		Title: Obit
		- Obituary of Edmund Grace left under windshield wiper
			EDMUND GRACE
			WAYNE COUNTY - Mr. Edmund Erasmus Grace passed
			away in his home on Thursday evening. Grace had
			been an area resident for all of his 87 years, and
			an influential and much loved figure in local
			business throughout much of his later life.
			Grace was married twice, and is survived by his son
			Emmet, and his newborn grandson Edmund II.
			Calling hours are from 1 o clock to 4 o clock
			Saturday for those wishing to pay their respects
			before the funeral, which will remain private.
			F. ALEXANDER
		- Missing letters from obituary:
			* UsbulelsbX
		- Odd markings and text on bottom:
			‡||||  |||||
			Heir
		- "USBULULSBX" vignered with "Heir" = "NOTDEADBUT"
		- All the other notes are missing.
		- Tom introduces his Sister
4/2/11 con't	Title: Things
		- Sister's name is Regina
			* Nickname Reggie
			* Age 28
			* Diagnosed schizophrenic
				* Under treatment
			* Invented game "Things are Disappearing"
				* Emphasis that things are not being taken by something human
4/4/11		Title: Maryland
		- Tom visited sister
			* Reggie lives in Maryland
		- Reggie found old, thought to be lost (Things are Disappearing!) painting
			* Painting is of a porcelain doll Reggie broke
			* Painted in 2007
			* Painted on 6x9 acrylic on board
			* Doll looks mangled in places
				- Tom clarifies the doll was bought like that
			* Doll is crying blood
				- Tom clarifies that this was to reflect Reggies pain at the time
			* Painting is called Queen's Dahlia
		- Tom posts another drawing to prove there is no cellar or oddity
			* Artists impression of the floor
			* Floor has markings that equate to binary code:
				01110011
				01100101
				01100001
				01101100
			* Binary code equals "seal" in ascii which leads to seal.html
 		- seal.html shows a new hidden painting
			* New painting in same style as all of Tom's other paintings
			* Depicts Tom smashing window with hammer
				* Same window where dead crow was found
			* Picture called "1678230.jpg"
				* No significance found yet on numbers
		- Tom reveals that when playing "Things are Disappearing", he named the thing he blamed "Mr. Thief"
			* Later at age 12 he called him "Lord of the Lost"
				- Also the name of a German Goth Band
4/6/11		Title: Mindgames
		- Tom is notified of the weird hidden painting
			- Posting mostly covering how he is sure he did not paint that even though it's his style
			- Convinced someone is messing with him
		- Tom posted on twitter offering to mail "personalized" business cards
			* Comments on blog that he will send anywhere - "business expense"
		- Tom adds comments section to blog as long as it's not abused.