Independent research · On the record
Unexplained events, investigated like evidence.
Material Witness traces strange stories back to where they started: documents, the people who were there, and the most ordinary explanation that fits. I report what holds up and what doesn't, either way.
Were you near Southaven Park in November 1992?
Some people remember lights, a fire, road closures and helicopters the week before Thanksgiving. Officials said the park was closed that week for duck hunting. I'm collecting firsthand accounts from both sides while the people who were there can still tell them.
The rules I hold myself to
Trace it to the source
A podcast or article is a lead, not a fact. Every claim gets followed back to whoever first made it.
Records beat recollection
Documents first, then firsthand witnesses, then secondhand accounts. Nothing is stated as true without two independent sources.
The ordinary explanation, always
Every story gets its strongest mundane explanation, laid out as carefully as the extraordinary one.