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GoodChild
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Ok, i'm out. it was fun, but I can't watch any of the videos, including the new ones and the posts to the blog. it was fun, good luck everyone!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:38 am
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maradydd
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Well, I no longer live in Houston, but mycroftxxx pointed me here, so I'll see what I can add.

I can't quite make out the three words in blue above "BAPTIST CHURCH" on the church picture, but the plaque behind that appears to read "MOUNT _____ MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH". The cross which separates the two sets of double doors and the windows above appears to be made of stained glass, which should make it easy to identify. However, I've googled around for Missionary Baptist churches in Houston and none of Mt. Corinth, Mt. Sinai, Mt. Pilgrim seem to fit the image. I couldn't find pictures for Mount Tabor, Mount Olive or Greater Mount Pleasant (which all have "Missionary" in their name) or Mount Ararat, Mount Carmel, Mount Gilead, Mount Houston, Mount Moriah, Mount Pisgah or Mount Zion (which don't, but are all Baptist churches).

It also appears to say that a Rev. Tim Glyn spoke on 9/24/06 at 2:30 pm, but I can't find anything on Google with that spelling. However, there's a Pastor Tim Glynn who's apparently affiliated with some church up in Ft. Worth; back in August, someone named Delores French on AOL Cityguide for Dallas/Ft. Worth was looking for him. Drop her an email perhaps, find out what church he's with, and find out where he was speaking last Sunday...?

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randomtrickpony
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Hey, I'm gonna stick it out, though mostly I'll just be lurking unless I really know for sure I can contribute (since I feel bad about the false lead, cafes look pretty much alike after a while, you know?)

Although I will add these little observations, just to refresh everyone's minds. Cocos is an asian cafe (our doctor likes asian food, I see) ...I get it now. For anyone looking at the photo of the door, there is a phone number, the phone number is a dead end, it does not exist in Houston (I checked several places). The WEBB on the tombstone, when googled, turns up Webb County, TX (no relevance?)....actually, now that I look at it, it almost looks like the above letters and the below ones spell out Roy Webb (lol, don't they look like it?). The church in the photo is Baptist (this sign date appears to be 9/24/06?)

Oh! You already got that. Ok, well I'm going to look more into Mount Tabor, because the little sketch on their site looked interesting...

And when "Rainbows" is mentioned, is that any connection to the young Masonic "rainbow girls"? I only ask because I was one, and that popped into my head when I heard it.

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ardiente
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Shot the fox?

OK. A thought occured to me this morning - something obvious really....

This board is OOG, but the blog is not. It took us a day or two to find Dr Peiper, after AngBa found a reference to CoCo's cafe, but when he posted the images, it took me just a couple of minutes on Google to confirm what we suspected.

The dilemma is: having posted the cafe video already on an in-game space, we can safely assume that AV is on the Dr's trail too. If I post the recent photos AV will track him down just as quickly as we did last night.

So... Should we use the Doctor as bait? Should I, as I am tempted to do, just post anyway to coax AV out of the shadows? After all, they haven't attempted to harm him in any way... Yet.

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AngBa
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That is exactly what I was thinking - when I was chatting with him last night, I told him we knew where he was. He was emphatic that I not even say it "outloud", so I didn't mention it again. There has to be a way to bring them out of the shadows. Again, my feeling is that we have everything we need - we're just overlooking it somehow.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:50 am
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Wabonan
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The church is Mt. Horeb Baptist Church the picture has 118 as the address. Also it is near the texas junk company.

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AngBa
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MewXLCyAx8

New video up - I think the Dr. wants us to focus on the skull and the skull house. It almost looks like a baracade around the Alamo Wink

I can't hear the audio at work, so if there's anything said, can you please post it?

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:27 pm
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ardiente
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AngBa wrote:

New video up -

No notable sound - some music in the background.
*sigh* The boy doesn't learn...
ardiente wrote:

I must warn you. The photos you sent to us recently have enabled us to locate the city you currently occupy. The cafe video you publicly posted gave us an idea of where you might be, but it was impossible for us to confirm that. With the photos I was able to confirm it within minutes. It is safe to say that AV will be able to do the same.

This is ...uh... not ideal for you, to say the least. I am trying to think of a way to turn this to your advantage, of luring AV into revealing itself. It would surely be better to do this than running from a shadow that will always keep up.

Jochen wrote:

Please this is not about where I am. I went to great lengths to hide from AV. I have not once said where I am. Please stop investigating me! You frighten me with all this talk of finding me when I am not supposed to be found. Please try to find AV.

I can not lure the AV. It is far too dangerous. I left my home and moved many thousands of miles. I did not do this to be a treat in a wolf trap.

I share my photos with banana an others in a friendly gesture not to be investigated. Please do not expose me. I am looking for a way to get my evidence to someone. I do not know if it will be digitized or maybe another way I am getting frightened of all the Internet people exposing me. What if one of you is AV?

ardiente wrote:

You can trust that we are not AV, but you seem to have missed the point of my warning to you. Your position has already been compromised by the cafe video you posted, regardless of whatever I, or others, might do now.

It is you that AV is pursuing. We cannot uncover AV's motives without investigating you too. For the moment, it is unnecessary for us to know your location precisely, so I will not investigate further. But in return, I would appreciate it if you could direct some attention to my questions in the previous email (regarding your family history)


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maradydd
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Wabonan wrote:
The church is Mt. Horeb Baptist Church the picture has 118 as the address. Also it is near the texas junk company.


Great call, Wabonan! I can't find a picture of Mt. Horeb to confirm, but this definitely places our three biggest landmarks squarely in the Montrose/Midtown area, and not the Heights. (Texas Junk Company is at 215 Welch, the Baptist church is at 118 W Gray, and Coco's Crepes and Coffee is at 218 Gray.) These are all within pretty easy walking distance of each other, so our doctor might not have a car nevermind, he says in the last video that he's driving, and the motion of the camera is consistent with that.

Didn't he say something in an email about going to a city with world-class medical facilities? That would imply that he's working with people at M.D. Anderson or one of the other teaching/research hospitals in the Med Center.

(Note that there's another Coco's in the Houston area that is an Asian restaurant, but it's not a creperie; it's also way down in Sugar Land. Wrong direction.)

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Layloken
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The maroon house in the last frame of the newest video has an address of 508. The wood pole before that looks like it says 544 on it.
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randomtrickpony
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The skulls look like Dia de los Muertos stuff to me. Not sure if that helps though...

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AngBa
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Ok, just chatted with the Dr. for quite a while... I will say that I will miss our witty banter when he is gone. But it's pretty long, so here's a summary:

He is becoming obsessed with witches/occult/paganism since all of the items he has received has
Quote:
"...the same symbolsim as AV... demons and circles and stars..swords"
- which he said after sending me several youtube links to wiccan ceremonies that I have yet to watch since my 1st grader was here, after she goes to bed I will.

He is also worried about making sure that someone has his AV "memorabilia" as he is too afraid to ask someone to finish digitizing it for him . This is on the off chance something happens to him (Don't leave me DR!!!) But it is enough for one person to carry (can we say DROP TIME, anyone...) Papers and a few trinkets.

Oh, and my favorite was right at the beginning of the convo...

Quote:
[17:18] docjpjr: Hello banana. How are you peeling today? [17:18] theangrybanana: Just great Smile And yourself?
[17:19] docjpjr: I am not sure. I am a bit concerned about people looking for me. Do you know Nihil?
[17:20] theangrybanana: no, that name doesn't sound familiar...
[17:20] theangrybanana: Who is that...
[17:20] docjpjr: A person helping me with the AV question. I though you knew him.
[17:21] theangrybanana: Has he been talking with you via email or IM?
[17:21] docjpjr: he sent me this
[17:21] docjpjr: I must warn you. The photos you sent to us recently have enabled us to locate the city you currently occupy. The cafe video you publicly posted gave us an idea of where you might be, but it was impossible for us to confirm that. With the photos I was able to confirm it within minutes. It is safe to say that AV will be able to do the same.   This is ...uh... not ideal for you, to say the least. I am trying to think of a way to turn this to your advantage, of luring AV into revealing itself. It would surely be better to do this than running from a shadow that will always keep up.   Let me know your thoughts
[17:21] theangrybanana: Oh yes, I know him as Ardiente...
[17:22] docjpjr: He is safe to deal with?
[17:22] theangrybanana: yes, he is trying to help - he (and I ) just don't know how to go about finding AV


Don't worry Ard, I've got your back Wink Thanks for posting what you sent earlier, or I would have second guessed it!!!!

Oh, he also asked if we knew any Wiccans that "specalized" in White Magic (Majik) and if we could point him in their direction. I told him we would do what we could.

Anyway, it seems like he was watching the youtube links as he chatted with me (I like the authenticity angle of this A LOT!) but I couldn't do the same.

Question: He is using yahoo for IM - is it normal for a "pirate man" to be the default picture? I am using Trillian, and I don't have an icon. The last thing the Dr. said to me was "I hope that when we talk again the pirate is not there"... What I'm thinking is, since I'm not familiar with Yahoo chat, is that code for someone "watching" the conversations?
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OK - on the skyline thing I believe(through very rough google earth manipulation) that the skyline photo was taken from the Hilton Houston Plaza - next to the med centre so it makes sense. The doctor was probably staying there temporarily.

The skull house is probably a product of Art League Houston. The only place I can find a representation of the house is on this guy's running blog:

http://www.jayhendrickson.runbayou.com/Photos.htm

According to whois he lives on Bomar Street which would put the house in a similar geographical area to places already documented.

Also, the Art League have a place on Montrose Boulevard which is again in a similar area.

...any Houstonians feel like taking a walk when they have some free time?

That's all I have so far but I don't see how we are going to get any closer to discovering who the shady AV are without a few more clues from the doc. Do we now definitely have all the information that he has received from AV?

EDIT: NVM about the AV stuff - I have lousy timing as far as starting to write my post while Angba finishes his.

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AngBa
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Just out of curiosity, am I the only one who has his IM? It's a Yahoo account (and again if you can help me with the whole pirate thing, I would appreciate it) screen name is docjpjr

Nice find on the art house Oraclle!
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IM with der gut doktor

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mycroftxxx42: Hi!

docjpjr: Hello

docjpjr: Are you banana?

mycroftxxx42: No, but I have been pouring over banana's notes.

mycroftxxx42: you mentioned to... (looking something up, justasec.0

mycroftxxx42: Banana, actually, that you wanted to pass on the items that the videomaker sent to you?

docjpjr: I am think about how to do things. I do not know for sure.

docjpjr: sorry - thinking

mycroftxxx42: No problem. Has he done or sent anything to you at your new location?

docjpjr: No there has been no contact from AV here

docjpjr: I think I am safe

mycroftxxx42: Good. I would like to reinforce what nihil said, though - the information you have posted is a defnite marker to your current whereabouts. please don

docjpjr: I never say the city to any person

mycroftxxx42: please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm reasonably certain I could locate you with about 40% confidence within a week based on the videos you've posted.

mycroftxxx42: you should remove the video of your entryway, if you wish to keep it on youtube, i would suggest an alternate account.

mycroftxxx42: Again, please understand that i'm not saying i would look for your home, it's just possible for someone who knows this part of town to search out the handful of apartment complexes that use that style of entryway.

docjpjr: It is just an entryway. I do not think it is so dangerous. AV can not even know my city.

docjpjr: Thank you for being concerned. I am being very safe.

docjpjr: I never say the city name to anyone.

mycroftxxx42: You know best in this. Anyway, mostly what I popped up to say was that I am usually in the neighborhood most evenings if you decide you want to pass on the stuff that was sent to you.

mycroftxxx42: btw, how long ago were the "Warning" videos sent to you?

docjpjr: In my neighborhood? You can not know where it is!

mycroftxxx42: Uhm, you live near or around $street1 and $street2 - if i were to start looking , i would actually head west a few blocks and check the $street3 area.

mycroftxxx42: As I said, you've put up enough information for a dedicated and familiar searcher to find you.

docjpjr: You have made me very frightened. Why are you searching for me?

mycroftxxx42: I'm not. that's what i figured out by looking at your videos and some of the photos banana chose to share with us.

docjpjr: I have only shared those photographs with banana

mycroftxxx42: if he wasn't supposed to share them with the rest of us, i apologize on his behalf - most of us are interested in learning as much as we can about both you and AV - aside from rapant craziness, motivation can tell you a lot about why someone is doing something, and the only motivatOR we have for AV is you.

mycroftxxx42: As i said, though, I'm not looking for you.

mycroftxxx42: You just happened to move into an area that I've been hanging out and living in for over a decade.

docjpjr: I only find AV in Europe. I do not think they can find me so easily.

mycroftxxx42: Oh let's hope that's true. Groups that use old religious symbology always give me the creeps.

docjpjr: Yes me too

mycroftxxx42: Ok, my friend has finally shown up - we're actually supposed to be apartment hunting for ourselves this evening, but it looks like it's gotten too dark to look for 'for rent' signs. Be careful, Doctor, and keep me posted if anything does show up.

docjpjr: Thank you for your assistance.

mycroftxxx42: It's my pleasure. have a good evening.



Ok, so I scared him a little bit. Bad gamer. Hopefully, this won't dry up the clues, but I was betting on cautioning the Doctor being a good ploy to "buy" us more time before AV moves into the scene.

Comments? Criticisms?

I redacted the streetnames because I get the impression that the PM involved is using his real location or something very near it and I didn't feel comfortable just releasing it out. If it becomes important to the game, I will blab.

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