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Welcome to my diary of trials and tribulations. I wanted others to get a more in depth view of what goes on during an investigation of this magnitude such as hardships, trials, tribulations of this size etc. This page gives our fans some incite of how are NJ Pine Barrens trip came around and the tribulations that come with it . This is a log it allows my fans to get a more in depth view of what really goes on during investigations. Its not meant to demean or bash anybody but its here to prevent anybody libeling our organization or making false speculations. Its a diary of events from start to finish all the way from the beginning of the trip to the very end. "This Page Is Still Under Construction We Will Add To It As The NJ Updates Progress With Photos Based On Days!" ________________________________________________________________________ November 2006: I advertised that the PGS team would visit any out of state location based on member responses. Nobody responded accept for Adam who was on our myspace forum that we come to NJ and investigate the pine barrens. At that given time Adam told me he has been all over the state of NJ and that if I came I would not be disappointed. So after years of research on the pine barrens I decided to plan a winter trip since the brush would be less abundant and not alot of people would be back in the woods. So I set my sites on a Feb.2007 Expedition. Nov.2006-Feb 2007: PGS receives about 42 dollars in donations for the trip sadly not even coming close to comparing what was spent on airline tickets, rental vehicle, equipment etc. Jan. 2007: Our airline tickets our purchased and the team is set. It would be Andrew, Adam and Myself. Jan-Feb 2007: I made purchases for the trip of two way radios, two 80 lumens twin flashlights, emergency radio, hand warmers, extra warm clothing, military thermal clothing, new 35 mm camera, new digital video and photo recorder, zero Fahrenheit sleeping bag, batteries, charger cords, energy lights and much more supplies would be used by our team in the Pine Barrens. During this time I spent days mapping out places, printing trail maps, gathering date from various sources etc I told Adam he would be in charge of certain things like also getting trail maps and mapping out these following locations. Feb 19th 2007: I received a cut on my chin and neck area causing a full blown infection side effects were fever, dizziness, nausea, dementia, and hypertension. The brush had bacteria on it which got up inside my skin deep causing my neck to swell with heavy pain to other extremities. Feb. 22nd 2007: Andrew and I leave for NJ early morning. I had no time to make it to the ER and so I had to take alot of Motrin and put vitamin E on my infected area to slow it down.
Some Airport Photos When we arrived luggage was an hour late. We had to be shuttled to our car rental and we ended up receiving a Chevy Tahoe Truck made mainly for off roading. Andrew wanted to get ciggs so bad he took over and got us lost looking for a gas station. We showed at Adams about 2 hours late.
Adam seemed like he was not even ready to go this upset me he had two friends over and I just felt as if this was one of these things where the guys just were not ready for what I had in store for them. Adam did not bring the spotlight he promised and he had no maps as I asked him to get for us. Day 1 of our journey begin. Andrew did not even have a jacket the entire trip example see photo below Andrew wearing a long sleeve shirt with a short sleeve....also you can see Adam's head lamp his only source of light for the pine barrens and state of the art equipment he supposedly bragged about.
Day 1:
We visited Kips Castle Adam was on the phone arguing with his girlfriend she did not want him to be with Andrew or I. Nor did she want him to camp or hike with us. I felt quite alot of rudeness only meeting an hour with him and having to listen to this while driving. Adam did not know where Kip's castle was again I left him in charge of finding it since he said he knew where it was. I found it by accident driving in Verona seen it to my right up on the hill not to hard to miss but still.
We visited Overbrook Asylum Adam had me pick up a lady friend so she could come along. I had to turn all the way back to get her she was very knowledgeable and very sincere. However we had no plans to visit here because I wanted to make it to Hibernia before sundown so we could get back and rest up for our Pine Barrens adventure. This investigation put us over an hour behind but Adam insisted we go and we almost got in trouble with the cops as one drove by when I walked out of it and another was parked in front patrolling.
Next stop was Lambert Tower it was raining, foggy and miserable. I had a trail map leading to the tower that started at the castle Adam said he knew the area and we should go his way. So I ended up parking in front of the tower with no hiking it all fine it was a convenience but then the question was to Adam where is the castle? He said he never heard of it and did not know. I could not find it cause Adam took me a different way onto the mountain and the castle is almost 2 miles away.
Next area we visited was Pyramid Mountain a place full of energy vortexes, rich native American history, rock formations etc. At the time Adam did NOT read the directions proper therefore we wasted an hour driving around. Going on and past something mean two different things. Andrew became very angry with me cause he had to pee their was no gas stations nor places to pull over on the narrow curvy roads. Pyramid Mountain was a great hike the guys left me behind alot I was struggling my first few hours waiting for the Pills to kick in etc etc. We reached the peak sun was going down I found us a short cut to the road where we were parked. Either it was take the 2 mile switchback trail or cut down the side of the mountain which was doable just steep. The guys refused I said fine Ill meet you at the car they got made and went way ahead of me down the mountain. We reached the road in 15 minutes and saved over an hour of hiking. We made a pit stop at a foundation I lost my camera it fell when I got dizzy from the infection we spent 45 minutes backtracking Adam found it and I commend him for having a good eye in the dark. Cop stops me ask me to move my car out of the parking area so he can lock up. We move it go to another hiking area and at the peak someone was messing with our truck way further below as the safety alarm went off.
Adam on his cell phone during the ancient investigation of Tripod Rock On Pyramid Mountain!
After Pyramid Mountain we visit Hibernia St Patrick's Cemetery we do not see anything on the way to dine at. I have us continue the journey. Adam cannot find Hibernia he said he knew how to get here well he ended up calling a friend asking them. I missed a turn somehow and eventually we found it however he did not have me park at the one trailhead which had the mine, cemetery and ghost town along it. Adam took us in the back way showed us the cemetery. I give him credit for knowing all the various trails but he should have done his homework on the underground railroad and the mine.
After the cemetery we visited the Hibernia Munitions Ruins Adam told me that is what this was. However further research showed me that this was the mine crusher an actually factory that crushed up the ore to make iron and it was processed. It was called the Stone Crusher and some foundations off to the sides are part of the ghost town.
Photo of our team dinner the first night we arrived in NJ sorry someone had to take the picture! We stopped at a Diner was about 10pm at night and had a team dinner. I ordered some chicken wings and a Philly along with a giant apple turnover. Food and service was great and I was not feeling good at all the cold however seemed to have subdued the infection.
We continued on after our dinner and investigated the ghost town of Waterloo once again Adam told me this is not it and took me down some dark road with a bunch of houses. I did not have a good feeling about this turned around and took us to Waterloo a restored ghost town. The ghost town turned out to be very prestigious with a saw mill, church, cemetery etc the guys did separate from me and did not stay with me so they did not get to see the old civil war bridge, mills, canal or black smith shop. We left waterloo to look for one place near Adam's house we both missed it somehow and we turned in after midnight at Adam's house. Andrew got pretty pissy about me having the couch. I drove all day was very sick from the infection and to hear him even mention that we should bargain over the couch really upset me. Without me the trip would not have been possible but some seem to forget these things. Day 2: We woke up about 7am it was chilly and dreary outside. Adam was on the cell phone again so much for focus!!
We would start our jaunt to Southern Jersey's Pine Barrens. We stopped at a gas station then later Andrew and Adam kept pestering me to find them rolling papers whatever happened to people just making a pipe out of a soda can sheesh. We entered Whitesbog our first place in the Pine Barrens. I seen my first cranberry bogs and ghost town in the Pine Barrens. The guys tried to cross one of the bogs by throwing a log across it failed I told them it would the purpose of it NONE just good old not following there leader wasting more time on the trip.
Next time try putting the log on land then let it drop across the water try listening to the leader it works!
We go deeper into the Pine Barrens entering the ghost town of Atsion I experience some of my first off roading in the Pine Barrens the roads were fairly in good shape hardly any snow out here. I thought this was a highlight of the trip the guys were pretty disciplined with my very fast driving cause I had alot of mileage to cover. We searched the town nothing to exciting but it has history. We left Atsion in search of two farmhouses found one did not go into it but I wanted to check them out even if it was driving by them. We then went into the heart of Wharton Forest down a dirt road this would be the beginning of a very dangerous journey into the Pine Barrens.
This dirt road had giant holes some 15 feet covered in ice. Under that ice would be terribly deep water one wrong move and we would be stuck here. The true face of the pine barrens showed itself some roads had sugar sand on them, some roads had deep mud, other roads were so narrow that branches scraped the windows and sides of the truck. Under the truck a piece broke off from us hitting the bottom of the ground on one of the deep pits. The truck was smoking cause water got up under the hood. We found a guy stuck up in the air on one of the hilly filled water holes we towed him out. We tried to find Hampton's furnace it was across the river on our gps but we could not get to it we hiked in the woods tried multiple dirt roads. About midday I tested a huge ice hole it did not seem deep as I stuck a wood board in it so I floored it tried to get through and some pipe underneath got us stuck in the middle of nowhere. I put it in 4 wheel floored it back and I was out. Andrew pretty much told me that how do I know the place exist the questioning from my team started to set in it upset me it was in his ghost town book it was on the web I had seen photos of it. It was okay I mean it gave us a chance to drive down roads and hike around it was not a waste of time as the guys felt it was. Every road we went down was out though. The guy we towed out misunderstood us told us the roads are clear all the way to Friendship and Washington what he failed to realize is I meant the ghost towns not the towns outside of Wharton Forest lol. So we spent miles driving down dirt roads and then finally I found one that had fresh tracks and so I used the compass to drive us out of the forest towards the ghost town of Washington where we hit a very wide level dirt road we were out of the danger zone. Before this it was getting dark I had to actually go off of the dirt roads to get around deep ice puddles and it became a scary scenario. I did not panic as a psychic and very good driver I knew I could get us out of this we had the right vehicle and as long as I stopped in front of each ice pit tested it etc we would be okay. Andrew was yelling at me alot because he wanted food and smokes. I think he failed to realize we were in the pine barrens. I had brought food most normal people who go into the woods fill a cooler with drinks and food common sense something I felt my team lacked. We could not find Washington we were on the edge of the Wharton Forest in the pine barrens missed the turn off for it in the woods that was fine instead we moved onto Harrisville Papermill Ruins a well worth visit.
After Harrisville Papermill Ruins we ate at Wendy's took us a half hour almost to get our food nothing but a bunch of slow people working there. Andrew said he was not doing well with the cold and cannot adjust. I thought to myself if you would dress proper you would not have a problem. I did not feel cold at all but then again layers of clothing, a good jacket, gloves, hat etc can actually keep you alive in the cold for hours if not days. I had to drive very far to this Wendy's Andrew got mad because after this I did not stop at a gas station the guys just did not get the idea that we were here to investigate not live at gas stations constantly. Andrew yelled told me if I have to drive 40 miles to a gas station then I need to make the effort for him I thought WTF driving alone was very stressful for me cause I had to make sure we did not hit any trees, slide off the road, get stuck etc I do think I did a great job piloting our vehicle through them. Our next two places we tried to go to were Pasadena and Brooksbrae instead they turned out not to be found they exist just to many dirt roads in this one state forest and wrong turn offs. Adam did not do his research he relied to much on a book of ghost towns which had not to scale hand drawn maps in it which looked nothing like any area we been simply because the books maps do not include the other of dozens roads which go diagonal, crisscross etc so finding such places were like needles in haystacks. We were very close to both but the guys were burnt out they had no will to look around more. When I found out where Brooksbrae might be they did not even want to hike they told me the markings are not paint but moss I did not know moss is orange on trees. We went back here Andrew made cynical psychic remarks directed at me I was in the right area. When I arrived home I looked further at my maps and a website about it and we were maybe a few hundred feet away. We missed it and why cause my team wanted to go to the car they were bitching how they were tired and just wanted to go to sleep. Windchill factors were high all day it was windy I understood them being cold and tired but I also felt as if both of them could have been more productive considering I was driving most of the day they had a chance to rest up I did not. I was pretty upset since we were already in the general area all we had to do is hike around find the foundations from the factory. They were close.
We did after this take on off I drove us to Leeds Point cool area cause you could see Atlantic City from this area unfortunately we found nowhere to park or hike. Therefore we could not camp near the Leeds House as planned but I did visit it would have made a wonderful investigation until I seen a few new houses that said keep out so that was off limits.
The guys started to get impatient with me Adam was like pull over let me sleep and Andrew was like drive to Atlantic City lets get a hotel. So I started driving there they seen a hotel it was sleazy I was not stopping no matter what the cost was. The gas light came on we had no gas I was almost in Atlantic City and I made it there when Andrew made a very rude comment comparing me to politics then my team ganged up on me they feel they were not but I should not get reamed for wanting to fill up on gas. I put 50 dollars in the tank nobody paid me anything towards it. If I did not get gas I knew that in the morning we would not be able to warm the truck up or defrost it the guys just were not thinking clear at all. I found us a hotel in Atlantic City it was small affordable but the heat did not work but that is what the guys wanted. Adam was on the phone two hours arguing with the girlfriend about her cheating and this camping trip. I just cannot believe that here I am not on the phone with my kids yet he is on the phone arguing with this girl forget about talking about the investigation forget about trying to rest. The truth is he wanted a hotel so he could get on that cell phone. Andrew made alot of rude remarks I felt were unnecessary I had explained to them both this is how we do things etc etc did it sink in no my leadership talk was ignored. Day 3: We woke up Andrew made a threatening comment to me that we can fight and settle this. I thought to myself yep he has lost his mind. Investigators are supposed to be on the same team as the founder but instead I had two people who just had their hearts set in other places. I took them for some breakfast goods at this grocery store. Nobody hardly talked to me and why because they did not do there part the night before. Andrew had to be told to use the GPS and Adam should have had the forest mapped out as promised he was sent these places way ahead of time. Anyhow we stocked up and made our way to the Estellville Glassworks Ruins of course Andrew lectured me because I parked on the side of the road as if I would make a difference since we would only be there taking photos a few minutes of the ruins. We started hiking they cut it short wanted to get back to the truck nice to know I am the founder and they call the shots guess that is why they will not be going anywhere again.
Next place was Weymouth Furnace things simmered down we explored the ruins not haunted nothing exciting but if you visit NJ its a must see. I think its a pretty place very preserved and well I chose places like this cause they are notable for even daytime JERSEY DEVIL sightings.
After this we made our way to the Blue Hole its a mysterious place filled with many Jersey Devil folklore. I just wanted a good hike and that is what I took us on. Adam said he knew where it was to show me he was not fully honest with me cause he had no clue. I had an idea even asked a local he tried to help out. We started to follow the GPS and ran into another guy who gave us a truck ride and then we followed him on the back side around to it. We had a nice little walk around it the guys were starting to bond nicely with me that is cause we worked together. They followed me lead more on this and we had a nice woods hike something Andrew wanted this trip he got it. But he also tried to rush it at first which I do not like either when we are trying to find evidence.
We got out of the Winslow area in the pine barrens and went to a gas station that has subs as well as pizza. I ordered the greasiest biggest sub there so did Andrew. That would be dinner for us as we were trekking deep into the Pine Barrens in a few moments. I had a few cemeteries we did not find them after this so we just decided to move onto our next place. Our next place would be Pleasant Mills Cemetery sadly we looked around did not see the mill as others had told me to visit. We found the cemetery to be very historic and it was perfect for a daytime then a nighttime investigation. I think the guys liked this place even though Andrew does not like cemeteries. We did hike around the woods found the river got out took a look it was really peaceful here.
A little ways away I would take the team to Batsto one of the nicest ghost towns I ever been to. My camera broke when I got out of the truck something inside caused the film not to wind up. I had Andrew fix it but every time I change or put in film it has to be fixed internally so the camera pretty much went bad at the wrong time. We got alot of nice daytime photos of the town itself then as promised since for a change we stuck with the time schedule we would look for the ghost town of Herman to camp near. We found a small town with a small unsued state forest to camp in the guys said its great but we cannot have a fire since the cemetery and town was a mile up the road. I was like ummm okay why not!! So after finding out Herman was on private property I drove us to an area with a long hiking trail and we brought our supplies back there setting up camp. We gathered some wood, put our sleeping bags down and the guys set up the tents. I did not have a tent I wanted to be out in the open to keep an eye out for things. I set up extra lights and brought a bag of various supplies. We camped on a little narrow side trail and after we were set up we would start our long journey to Batso. Adam and Andrew spent most of their time talking away I was alone taking ghost photos was not happy about this if you cannot stay with the team do not be on the team. The guys and I made it to a hiking trail they got ahead again we lost site of the trail they wanted to go back to camp. I felt we should have just taken another trail on the other side of Batsto but they were worried about being lost. The woods are no fun unless you get lost a little the lake was to the west that to me would have been a good marker to use since it sits on the ghost town but they started marching off and that was that.
We arrived back at Camp I brought snacks for the team Adam had a little bit we had a nice fire going. I had a few things to eat laid in my sleeping bag. The guys were in there tents. I had a small hole and watched deep into the woods most of the night. I woke up fire was out it was cold so I waited till the sun came up. It was a good rest I was not cold I gave Adam some hand warmers for his sleeping bag just in case. My infection on my neck was very painful I woke up in alot of pain I was a little worried but I knew I had to stay strong. I had no other choice we had a big day ahead of us.
Day 4: We went for breakfast outside of Wharton at the Silvercoin Diner great food great service. Adam said he needed medicine for his blisters. Buddy you never just wear boots in the woods bring sneakers like me for comfort. We picked up his medicine so it would help his blisters. Blisters are no fun but they are going to happen. My feet were good the whole trip I bought new boots and sneakers had inserts and new socks. I also changed them up constantly to prevent any sort of blistering.
After our nice meal we drove to the Carranza Memorial a nice little Jersey Devil location and then we visited the ghost town of Friendship which is fairly deep in the Pine Barrens but on a well maintained dirt road. Ghost town was great had alot of foundations and areas to investigate.
After this we moved onto to another attempt at Hampton's Furnace which of course their is MANY ways to get back to it we were on the north end which had better used roads so I figured why not. We drove near old railroad tracks took a few roads and of course found a few roads that were out but we were close. I do feel that Andrew should not have gotten the regular maps for his GPS not just topographical ones I could careless about sea level. We had nothing to show us any main roads and that was half of the problem the narrow small dirt roads were risky. When we arrived close and could go no further I parked the truck and I had us hike. Andrew said it was close by it turned into almost a 3 mile hike there. We found the Cranberry warehouse ruins in the woods and the guys never got to see Hampton's furnace because they hiked no further with me and all they had is 400 feet more to go down a hill. I found the furnace it was nothing much left but its a site enthusiast of the pine barrens should visit. The guys stayed up by the cranberry warehouse foundations and I went off alone. My 8 hour quest for this came to an end if the roads were not that bad we could have had more time for other things but hey it happens its the Pine Barrens. Our hike back revealed some startling finds.
We then head out to Apple Pie Hill the tallest point and site of a ghost town in the Pine Barrens. We made our way here and the guys went to the top of the tower to smoke a joint. I did not have a problem with it as long as they explored the ghost town with me but they did not they stayed up their the entire time. The tower to me was not very safe and not a place to smoke up on in my opinion. I took my photos found an awesome foundation in the woods.
After this excursion we went to another restored ghost town and park called Smithville it was sprinkling out which was turning to a sleet. I seen snow in the forecast. It was a nice ghost town we could not really get into anything but the jail but I felt the ravine hike was a nice little midday excursion.
After Smithville we took a wrong turn had to pick up some things at the auto store to clean up the truck it was full of mud, rocks, plants, scratching etc the expensive scratch removal we bought we never ended up using it Andrew told me he rather take it to a shop I felt that what's an hour of taking it to a car wash and detailing it ourselves two or three of us working together and its done. The sleet was still coming down and we had one last stop in the Pine Barrens called Double Trouble. It looked like a cool place haunted who knows but if you do not look around the woods or trails you might miss out on seeing the Jersey Devil or some odd evidence of something. It was starting to get dark we had to get back up to Nutley where Adam lives. I drove back in a snow storm it was coming down pretty good I left it in 4 wheel driver and not once did I slip going about 80 mph home. I did not appreciate Andrew trying to tell me which lane to drive in it took alot of concentration going through Newark in a snow storm and I could not once take my eyes off the road lets face it NJ drivers are not the best in the world but northern NJ has ALOT of high volume traffic so a snow storm did not help.
We arrived at Adam's Pad their was about 2 inches of snow on the ground I brought up everything 3 stories up to sort through then prepare for our final expeditions of Split Rock Road, Clinton Road and Graystone. Andrew told me that he is scared to drive with me and I should not drive in the snow because I may not be able to handle this. This really upset me being from Buffalo NY I have spent most of my life driving in 12 inches if not more of snow. I have done alot of winter investigations up in NY with it snowing etc so at this point I knew right their the guys did not trust me and they just wanted an excuse to stay in smoke, drink and watch movies. The celebration does not start till we complete the investigation some just think that this is a vacation. Well Adam says to me well I have to work in the morning and I have a criminal record so he changed his mind on Graystone. I was pretty angry cause a majority of the reason why I came to NJ was because Adam bragged about Graystone for three months and how he has blue prints in his head and how he has been their 20 times. I was going to go to Graystone asylum alone I figured this was just straight up Drama then Andrew got all in my face I seen him clench his fist he did not like the idea that we had protocols or I was the leader. I am not a leader by choice I am the owner of this organization I put the mapping and investigations together I do the research if others cannot follow what I put together they are not going to go. But Andrew was asking me how far we had to go how long we were going to be and these were just small time investigations to wrap up our NJ expedition. Adam backed out on Graystone then he backed out on Split Rock which is just a small investigation of a furnace and reservoir where UFOs are seen at. I had an area to park etc etc it was snowing their wasn't going to be any cops patrolling a haunted road or some asylum sheesh. Adam says well yeah I got a criminal record I don't want to lose my job and I have to work blah blah blah but then the story changed to I will take you to other places I know. So I had to not only deal with two people backing out on me but had to deal with the agony of having to apologize for Adam lying to me. This is the risk you take you decide to go out explore places you take the chance of dealing with security, cops, crazy locals he knew the risk and the mind games had begun. At this point the trust was gone I seen two grown men acting like babies and that is all it was. I get the whole my friend called said its not wise to explore the asylum blah blah then they both told me that this was supposed to be a vacation and that all PGS is to them is a forum. Adam never has been on our site and this whole trip was about him bragging to his friends how he hiked 40 miles in the pine Barrens which is not entirely true either. Because alot of the trip was spent outside the pine barrens to on very flat level ground which is extremely easy to hike in. We ate our Pizza but that we ordered at his place seen Adam's mom bring up his folded laundry etc etc he wants to go around libeling our organization well brother where I come from a man is somebody who does things for himself if you cannot wipe your own ass how the hell do you expect to show leadership on one of the toughest grid iron paranormal teams in the country? I was pretty upset over the years we stick to our maps and plans they work because I research them and when you get some punk telling you hey we are not going to this place its like WTF.
So after the two know it alls through a mutiny I warned them both action will be taken when I get back home Andrew he is banned off the team no ifs ands or buts he knew for a few months the protocols which he told me mean not a thing to him or this group and Adam was removed off our message board. It was the proper thing to do I am the captain the leader the guy who has made this all possible and for someone to turn around overthrow my motivation optimism and mentally abuse me like that does not deserve to be a part of this group or its team. I handed the Keys to Andrew so that Adam could take us to a spot he hangs out at or so he says. Problem was he had to call an ex-girlfriend and ask them where is it located. I watched as Andrew drove in the snow and honestly his driving sucked and it put us all in jeopardy he was sliding all over the place almost hit a wall on a turn and he was just laughing the whole time. I thought hmmm so this is what its about guys and there toys see it snow they have to test it out instead of just letting me drive and do what needed to be done as planned. So good ole Georgia Boy thought he was so great of a driver I just laughed to myself anybody who wants the stress of driving in a storm is more then welcomed to it but where I come from I had a job to do and well Adam took us to Jumpers Bridge.
Jumpers Bridge seemed like a place where alot of homeless people hang out their was no area to hide my camera it ended up breaking from water getting inside due to the snow storm. But see Adam does not care because Adam claims he spent 400 dollars on equipment yet the only equipment I seen on him was a headlamp a tiny pair of binoculars and some bear mace. Oh wait the book he bought at the bookstore on ghost towns. The will was gone at this point camera was broke I had to get another one out batteries were dying on the flash. I was probably minutes from Graystone asylum yet here I am roaming slippery rocks in an open field because Adam claims UFOs land down and their is a vortex to another world. Its like okay great area but the asylum is better I don't need to travel 1000 miles to look at a thruway bridge and walk in a field that does me no justice. After this we went to Clinton Road I knew where the furnace was I did not say nothing to Adam. I looked at it like this since he claims to hang out here all the time then let him lead the way. I asked about the tunnel he says I do not know of one well sure enough their was one under the bridge. Adam did the stupidest thing on this investigation took us to a steep incline which was ice and had a high drop off into a gorge of rushing water. We had no business here the furnace location I could have gotten us to a safe way but Adam got cocky and thought he was the PGS leader. We seen nothing on the road we did not even hike at the hiking location on it he just took us to a cliff edge and I almost fell over because this man got it in his head because he visited the Pine Barrens he was now an explorer.
Above the drop off into the deadly gorge on Clinton Road. Snapped the photo when I fell almost over.
After this we went back to Adam's Place we had to get out of there at 7am Adam's father brushed off his car had it started Mom had his lunch made so nice to have someone wipe your ass for you. But here at PGS we wipe our own asses and use common sense on investigations especially like bring drinks into the woods bring more then just the clothing on your back like extra pairs of socks. All I heard the whole trip is bitching my feet hurt, I am cold, I am hungry, I am thirsty blah blah on my team I will have none of that if you go in behind the enemy lines unprepared you deserve to freeze and go hungry that's part of doing such adventures. Day 5: We had to load the car and clear on out. The truck was cleaned off from all the snow dripping down it and Andrew did not want to run it into a car wash he said it looks fine. I did not think so really you have a brand new truck that has sand and scratches on it you go you fix it up or if you don't they charge you a paint job plain and simple. We got lost trying to get over to NYC eventually got into the Holland Tunnel 6 dollars to enter. We were going to the State of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty was hectic cost me 43 dollars to park had my credit card stolen Andrew was bitching how he did not sign up for this Shi$ I was getting pretty upset with him cause I had my own things to contend with such as a swollen face. The security here was terrible my knife I had hidden that was stolen someone was watching me secretly. I got the island miss the ferry back by a few minutes. Bought Andrew's ticket not even a simple thank you. It was hard I spent the entire time on the island in tears because I was sad not weak because my cameras were broke that I just bought lost photos friendships were coming to an end and I was getting very very bad from my infection. I was running a fever and everything.
After liberty island I had made a visit to the WTC site Andrew was making sighs and impatient gesures as well as comments how he would rather drink and sit at the airport. A promise is a promise people asked me to go I was a few blocks away and that was just it I was going. I told him to wait at the restaurant and I would come back in a few he refused complaining how he could not walk and his leg hurt. I thought excuse me how can these guys be so out of shape yet they want to be the leader. I visited its a sad site obviously to see Andrew had to stick his two cents in how I was going the wrong way back to the truck which in turn saved us alot of walking. But when your from the country what the hell would you know about the city so again I proved him wrong but oh well that's life its common sense that you can cross certain roads in NYC using the pedestrian halls above the roads. At this point I was not feeling well the infection had grown in size people were giving me dirty looks I had no shower in days dirt all over me my hair was not brushed in a week and it was setting in that home was the only thing on my mind.
After all of this hassle I called off the last two investigations of a historic cemetery and central park. I just had enough of the mouth Andrew wanted to go to the airport I returned the rental car the guys passed it for inspection and took us to the airport. The airport was hell but it did not take us to long to get through security. I was so tired I fell over on the train Andrew almost got caught in the doors cause the train we barely made. The lady tried to get me for an over weight breech on one of my bags I am like what the hell cause both together weighed under the weight limit and of course the woman told me to remove some things and put it in another bag its like ummm all 3 bags are full to the max. We had dinner at this Italian pizza place at the food court in the airport. Our plane had a delay we were stuck at the airport a couple more hours I dozed off a few times at the airport. It felt good to board the flight it was a very smooth ride then again I was so tired I slept the entire time almost red eye flight or not it felt good to be heading as far away from NJ as possible. The Arrival Home: I arrived home it was 80 degrees just could not wait to see my sons. I had to pick up Cory just a few hours later from the airport so I would see Orlando airport within a few hours apart on Feb. 27th 2007. February 27th 2007: I check email receive this letter from Adam's Girlfriend Emails & Responses [[sweet
catastrophe]]'s Comment: Lord Rick's Response I do not have strepthroat I never had a sore throat period during the trip or that sort of sickness Adam told you that so I could get some antibiotics to clear up Cellulitis which is an abrasion deep under the skin which causes fevers and fatigue. An infection is not contagious especially one from an abrasion. I find it extremely appalling that you have been on my paranormal list and yet you have no clue that your so called amazing "Boyfriend" was involved with this expedition of the Jersey Devil. I heard all the conversations I was hiking when Adam was in the woods talking to you on that cell phone, sitting next to him driving when you told him he cannot camp out, etc etc Its called drama and I feel that its not my place to write Adam's girlfriend to ask permission for him to go hiking from you. If he did not tell you till he was already out in the woods with me then I guess he is not so amazing. As far as your flame post on my paranormal forum you were removed and so was Adam cause its strange how before all of this you never posted then after I arrive home you start to make threats and bad mouth me publicly on my forum. You are a teenage "BITCH" oh did I say that well to bad the truth hurts. But what gives you the right to tell me how to live what to do who can come along on my investigations or demean me when you do NOT even know me. My sexual lifestyles are on my myspace profile they are none of your business. My age is not your concern.....the fact that your pissed off is not my problem. The so called whores you talk about on my friends list are female members from my paranormal list I find that offensive as I am sure they would also. Something clearly is mentally wrong with you now I realize you have insecurities I heard your voice on the phone the entire trip worried about Adam cheating on you, Adam freezing to death, Adam being with his friends blah blah blah it all fits into the drama category. I also removed him based on your wish then you turn around and flame me to my group for doing so well you TOLD me not to talk to him therefore he was removed accordingly as were you. Your so worried about your boyfriend receiving credit for this investigation yet you do not want him working with us that sort of is double standard. Your boyfriend only gets credit for what he did do that is it. He did not plan this expedition, he did not bring proper gear for it, he spent half of his time on the phone arguing with you, and he surely did not do what was asked of him. Above all you told him not to go to Graystone and he listened to you can we say WHOOPED your Boyfriend is a pansy and you are just an infatuation of his mind. Now I realize that Adam still lives with mom, dad, grandma and gets his bread buttered and laundry done. But my advice to you is a woman needs to let a man have his space if your jealous over a man hiking in the woods you have no place dating that man. You disgust me and your boyfriend has no balls to really be a man about things that is why he has you writing me letters and flaming me to my own list. This to me is so classic it almost makes me laugh because honestly does your message have any purpose at all? You are not the founder of my group I am so your opinion actually does not count period!! A Posting Made On UER....By Adam Re:
Asking for donations for UE related web site Lord Rick's Response I never asked you to lead me I have the ability to lead myself and my investigators. This is not something I am new at. I asked for you to help map the investigation, gather research, and pick up certain equipment which you failed to do. You broke protocol you broke your word alot with me then you turn around making murderous threats and bad mouthing me why? Cause I removed you off my forum? Because I reprimanded you? Be a man about things I told you before we met how things were going to be I also told you when you failed me about Graystone that if things were going to be this way then I would take a different course of action. You cannot tell somebody come out to NJ to see Graystone then turn around and you do not even show them. You are not ready to be a leader that is the problem I left you with alot of responsibility you failed me. You mentioned you would have a spotlight, trail maps etc etc you did not have any of that. Those trail maps could have gotten us to those other ghost towns. We wasted alot of time driving around and looking to find places cause you did not know where anything was. Sure you knew Hibernia and a few other places near your house but as you could see I already did all the maps to them places. Lets face it man I mapped out the places, bought maps, brought extra food for everybody just in case, two spotlights, two way radios, head led lamps, flashlights, new cameras etc. What did you bring but the clothes off your back a head lamp and instamatic camera, ghost town book and bear mace???? You live near the pine barrens you are supposed to be the responsible party to getting camping gear my investigator and me were flying in and instead I lugged over 100lbs of equipment on a plane and I did it cause out of all these years I have yet to meet anybody who lives up to their end of the bargain. Literally I removed you off not just the forum but free access to our site when this posting above was sent to me by someone. How can you dare post something such as that and call yourself an honorable person? On my myspace forum you go on talking about UER then you do not get your way so you go on there board and you talk about us. Playing both sides of the coin eh? Grow up dude I am not going around the internet bad mouthing you I have said on my group you are very nice but I also am honest with my members and told them the facts. The facts are you spent the entire trip on your cell phone, you did not bring any maps as promised a book is just not good enough, you did not bring any gear as you said you would, you also did not discuss overbrook with me I told you we are not going in to many cops but you insisted we go. I insisted we did Graystone my last night in NJ you refused!!! You took me to Clinton Road which is great but if you were there over 20 times as you claim you would have not taken me to the edge of a slippery cliff!! What if I fell down and slid into you we both could have died!!! A leader does not lead his men into life threatening situations you got cocky and that is what it came down to. I spent the whole trip motivated, leading the hikes etc etc although you did do much better then Andrew one of my longer investigators you still broke protocols. You never been to our site you never called me back when you said you would before the trip and you never handled the drama on your end with your GF she had no clue you were going on this trip until we left your driveway. I spent alot of money on plane tickets, rental truck, gas which you only gave me gas money on one filling, I mapped the entire trip which you should have done. You did not see it but I also had trail head directions for some of the areas. You had NOTHING but a store bought book instead of doing research on Ariel maps and getting directions to some of these places. Just because I had directions to some ghost towns does not mean I know how to find them look at Pasadena Brickworks that place is hidden in the woods we were close but if you did your part and did the research we could have found it. This trip for you was all about boasting to your friends when you could not find something you got on your cell phone you called them to ask. You brag to me you do it to them oh I been here 20 times we will not have a problem then we get close and your like we should not go or I do not know. That is NOT acceptable to me and we are more then just a forum according to what you said. What you and Andrew did was through a mutiny against your captain your leader. Its not your place to call the shots it was your place to do what you could to help me get this investigation complete. But the whole hotel incident thing, Graystone thing etc etc were pathetic. Without gas how do you expect us to sleep in the truck with no heat? No Gas=No Heat No Gas=No Defrosting I am not amused and I cannot stand know it alls. I have done over 700 investigations not 20 not 10 not 100 OVER 700 and well over 600 places across the country. You act as if I owe you something or that I should thank you for your services I have done many investigations like this alone that is why I have a GPS that is why I print out maps that is why I got equipment. You know I could have done these places with or without your aid our first investigation we went to I find NOT YOU and that was 10 miles from your house. I am not whiney nor am I a baby I went to NJ sick with an infection that was life threatening I was in pain, dizzy, had fevers. But I hiked when you were to tired, I drove 1000 miles, I got right off the plane started hiking etc that is not whiney that is honorable to keep pushing on despite the condition I was in at the time. I have not stolen anything from you your in the reports from the investigation, we have photos of all of us from the trip and you will have credit. But I will only give you credit where it is due you were not the leader you did not lead me on this investigation. You did not bring any sort of equipment for me to use actually you guys used my equipment but that is why I purchase it for my guys. You were removed off my board because you disrespected me and did not show trust in me as a leader. Your friend wont take you to the pine barrens I DID though didn't I? My looks have nothing to do with the paranormal if you want to get into looks...look at you your overweight you weigh more then I do and constantly stuff your face with Doritos. Point is that this is not about looks its about doing all you can to gather data for our site. You did not even photograph that mutilation and you certainly told me you thought this was a vacation. People do not take vacations to the Pine Barrens they visit Hawaii, Disney World, Myrtle Beach etc I did not come out there to watch movies I did not come out there to have you tell me where we are going and what we are doing. I gave you a task that was to help me out if I decided to come to NJ you did not live up to your task sure you hiked sure you read off directions on a piece of paper but you did not respect me as your leader and it showed. When my investigators start to swear at me, tell me what to do, how to do things, how long to spend at a place, where we are not going that is when I draw the line. I do not need someone telling me that we are not going to hike at split rock road you knew the risk of being arrested on this trip and you made an oath to follow through with the places and you lied to me. You have a criminal record and you made me suffer for it, my fans and pretty much tainted the entire trip. All of it is in my reports my fans have a right to know the truth its not stealing from you its letting them know here is what happened at each place its the truth I vow it on my sons I vow it on my own life. You cannot be double standard when doing this you say you are going to do something you stick to the plan you dint have me come out there then start making your own plans after I worked hard researching these places talking to other investigators etc you made a fool out of me and in return that is the purpose of this page to let others know the BS you caused. As a person your pretty nice to hang with as an investigator you just lack on alot of things. You smoked pot up in a ranger tower why I was investigating a ghost town in the woods in Batso you were off talking to Andrew why I was looking for ghost. Give me a reason why you should not be banned from PGS? Are you going to replace my camera that broke because you did not want to go to Graystone your little place allowed me no place to keep my camera from getting snowed on and it got wet and its broke. At least if I went to Graystone it would have stayed dry inside am I pissed? You bet and this is where I STAND. You went onto UER a group that has made fun of my son you would not know because you do not have children. You stuck a knife in my back and if you wish to make threats go ahead murder me take my life Ill hand you the knife lets see if your man enough to take down the founder of this organization. I can assure you my friend I am the leader for a reason not because I have a huge ego its because I am a strong wise leader and Ill take care of those who take care of me you failed to do so on this trip you only cared about doing this so you could brag to some friends you spent the night in the Pine Barrens quote in a tent while I slept right out in the open!!! What would UER say if they knew how you talk about them? Loyalty is priceless where is yours? I am not anti pot but I do think that priorities come first over having fun and you see this as fun only. I do not find it fun to receive fire from two investigators who still lack the experience necessary to handle such a large investigation nor do I find it fun that your cell phone is going off in the woods nonstop while we are trying to look for the Jersey Devil!!! You cannot blame me for banning you be a man blame yourself for your lack of bedside manors. I was a guest and you should have felt honored I could have gone anywhere Hawaii, California, Haunted Ohio, Eerie Texas etc I did not have to come hang with you and take you to places just remember that and nor did I need you or Andrew for this investigation I would have still done all the places myself whether you decided to go or not because I have fans and supporters something you just can careless about because you only care about YOU and I seen that towards the end of our trip!!! I never asked you to lead me I show enough leadership to thousands of people why do I need it? You do not know the area just because you live in a state does not mean you know every single place and that showed when I quizzed you I did it to see if you knew your Shi$ and you did not even know the history to one single location but Hibernia. By the way that is not a munitions ruins its the crusher factory. Ore is brought their its crushed and its processed then shipped out. Their was a munitions factory at one time but the place you took me was not it so again you misinformed me its my right to remove and ban you!!!! With me you only get one chance to do it right if you lie, fib, mislead me, etc etc then my trust is gone in you. Your so worried about me taking credit on this trip but in actual reality what do I get out of this I am out of $1000 dollars not you I could not get medical treatment cause I was in the woods with you so its taking me weeks to recover. Have you ever had to drain an infection? Mine was so large it took me 2 weeks after the investigation to drain the fluid from my neck do not tell me I am stealing from you I gave my investigators my all and my members. Without our so called forum as you call it this trip would not have been possible no Lord Rick means no investigation so in reality you owe me an apology and a thank you at the same time for making this possible. Cause you did not make this trip possible I did I flew to you I mapped out the places I did the research NOT YOU!! So all I can technically do is give you credit in areas you helped with such as hiking, navigating off my maps etc but you have not submitted any paranormal photos to me and you surely have bad mouthed me which leads me not to trust you at all period. You are not aware the sacrifices I have made for this trip I put my life on the line, all the places I chose were for you and my other investigator, and on top of it the money I had spent on this trip could have gone for another cause like my friends dying grandmother who she might not get to see because of NJ at least if you had abided by the rules and followed through with what you said most of this trip taken would not have been in vain but most of it was because you decided to make your own RULES. Adam's Forward From GF and Friend To Group 02/27/2007 9:36 M/19
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=P Lord Rick's Response Of course its wonderful I mapped it and planned it like I do with every investigation for 5 consistent years. It was so wonderful that we did not even have you pitch in for the rental vehicle which you road in the entire trip. I do not appreciate you flaming my forums if you ever read this which you will I am sure sometime using a friends subscription. But let me say this I am not that guy that is how you treated me during the trip as that guy and that is why you had no respect for my leadership. Get it out of your head I am the leader, founder, king whatever you wish to call me. I planned the trip and left you in charge of some duties that you failed me on because you are not responsible. You cannot get mad for being banned look at how you acted the entire trip it was well deserved. The first hour I arrived at your house you were not even ready to go you had friends over then every place we go if you missed a street on my directions you called a friend to ask. If you know all these places then prove you know them. People do a fine line of dishing out gibberish then when it comes time to conquer they all become pussified. I give credit where it is due that does not make me a thief. What did I steal? You did not gather any paranormal evidence for the website? Maybe I hurt your pride but stealing come on now lol. I been doing this for years and any members who have come out with us either have there evidence on our site with credit to them or they are mentioned in my reports for better or worst. People are not going to follow you...you do not have it in you to be a leader I gave you a little bit to see if you can handle it and you could not. You were falling asleep the second night at 9pm, you were up in a tower smoking while I was hiking, you brought me to icy cliff yet you claimed you knew where this place was. I have followers because I am a leader I do misguide others what they see is what they get straight up. Just as straight up you knew this would be rough lots of hiking, lots of elements, dangers, risk etc and then when we got into things you started chickening out especially when it came to Graystone. I made it our last night so we could walk around take it easy do something inside such as the tunnels you claim to have been in. You did not put yourself on the limb Id like to know when you did that because this investigation to me was not even close to advanced as what we did a few months ago up in Kinzua PA. Now credit is due where its due yes you went along, yes you read my directions, yes you took a few photos of me and yes you hiked is that what you want to hear cause its already in our reports from the trip!!! But I still do not see how I wronged you hmmm you decided to join us on this trip but you talk to me like I would not be able to do this without you haha have you not seen that for the last 3 years most investigations I have either done alone or with Jason who has been investigating for me in the years now? We investigate shorthanded all the time and if people do not help I get it done myself because I know that their are a few who are just liabilities. What do you want Adam a medal or a chest to pin it on? So what you took off from work when we first talked you told me you do not work on Thursday's Fridays, Saturday's or Sunday's so that is when I made the trip for. You did not pay for the truck rental, no gas hardly, and your equipment or three things you brought could not nearly come close to the two large bags of equipment I brought. So your away from work and your fowl mouthed broad I was away from my children whom I love more then the world itself and I was instead with some dude named Adam!!! Think twice before you act son people will pray to me before they bow to you! That is why I am the founder because I its foundation you are NOT! I treat you as an equal when you treat me like a person! My infection a few days later had grown quite large from the warmer weather after I arrived back in FL. Just a few days after I went to an herbalist shop it did not work cause it just was not the right oils and extracts for what I had. Around the beginning of March I get antibiotics to treat the infection and go to the ER. Symptoms and almost full curing ends March 15th still experiencing fatigue. In celebration of a safe investigation we will be going to Universal Studios and Walt Disney World!! As Of April 2007 Adam has gone around bad mouthing the PGS organization and me. It really is ashamed that people have no sense of discipline or respect. I am posting this because I want others to know the truth I want them to be able to form their own opinions. Those that libel PGS are only mad or weak cause they did not get their own way or follow the rules that were given. Being an investigator is a privilege and should always be honored.
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