In October of 2008 I began chronicling this perilous misadventure in a blog at the Bamblebrush.com site, which took a whole year to unfold and finally came to an end. I've received word from people and other online sources that they would still like to read this strange chronicle, so I resubmitted it in a journalized story format -- including pictures! Then placed this in the Outer Edge of Reality site. But now it's back in Bamblebrush, with a link from Outer Edge to it. Two birds, one stone, you know.

Certain posts in the blog had been referring to articles in “Strange Reports from Zones Unknown,” the other fascinating blog I produced, which is on hiatus now but still visible in Outer Edge. So, at the bottom of each particular entry where it’s required, I listed which articles I am referring to in a link so you can click it and go directly to that post for the particular “Zones Unknown” articles, many of which are currently in the Archive section of the Outer Edge site. 

Incidentally, most of the articles for the "Zones Unknown" blog are not obsolete or outdated yet, although a few may be if they pertain to "current affairs." Most act as if I wrote them this morning! Okay, that's pushing it -- we'll settle for yesterday. Also, there were numerous comments from readers in the blog version, but I only kept in the text those I felt were most likely sent from those ominous dark strangers.

To avoid confusion, the entry dates you will see refer to the days I journalized the ongoing events, not the dates of the events themselves. For instance, I may be writing about a particular event that took place the day before or even a few days prior. That will also explain why certain things I wrote will be in the present tense, and others will be in the past tense if it happened a day or so ago. So that should clarify matters.

My fellow writer, L. J. Stroud, suggested I use the tagline, “The demented diary of a dingaling in the desert.” But I think he was only joking. So the one you see will suffice.

Also I have continued to chronicle Area 57 episodes in Book II, here at Bamblebrush, considering high strangeness and eerie occurrences began to transpire here in the high desert soon after the first adventure took place, which means you’ll definitely have new material to read! Because weird paranormal phenomena began to rear their ugly heads! So the intriguing adventure continues!

But in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this fascinating tale of my close encounters of the most sinister kind!