Log #201 – Old Faithful Bison Herd
Report by Agent Pines
Bison circled ranger station at 0340. Formation matched diagram found in manual, pg. 17. No sound recorded during event.
“We serve the Fire. We guard the cache. We trust no raccoon.”
Mission Status Update: Phase 1 - Activation | Field Agents: Cache Fragment Sigma is unstable. Reroute via Lava Creek Trailhead. | Clearance Level: Marmot Required | Transmission #00-001: “The Fire is never without witness.”
ACCESSING WILDLIFE LOGS...
Warning: Clearance Level Raven or higher required for full visibility.
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Bison circled ranger station at 0340. Formation matched diagram found in manual, pg. 17. No sound recorded during event.
Squirrel seen carrying single sunflower seed. Trailed by two magpies. Possible █████ operation.
Grizzly tracks detected. Path traced to cache site #4. Claw marks arranged in Morse code for █████.
Otter surfaced with stolen radio tag. Returned it in exchange for marshmallow. Tag still █████.
Elk herd intercepted on trail cam. One calf tagged with red string bracelet—origin █████. Archive for analysis.
Raven landed on antenna at 0545. Delivered torn map fragment. Map is water-damaged but includes marked coordinates: ████████.
Pronghorn stood in staff parking lot for 11 minutes. Unresponsive to hazing, vanished when backup arrived. Possible █████.
Beaver dam rebuilt overnight. Structure forms crude spiral visible from above. No agents observed beaver activity.
Wolf howls triangulated to cache perimeter. Recordings analyzed: howls sync with log feed █████.
Chipmunk intercepted at supply drop. Agent’s lunch missing. Suspected inside job; recommend ██████████████.
White-tailed deer seen watching field agents. Did not flee when approached. Agent reports █████ “sudden sense of being evaluated.”
Coyote spotted pacing back and forth along boardwalk. Ignored all visitors. Left behind half-eaten sandwich (origin unknown).
Osprey circling above overlook. Wing feathers shimmered blue at dusk. Video footage █████; only audio remains: low-frequency hum.
Skunk observed dragging field marker away from trail. Marker never recovered. Agent shoes irreparably █████.
Unusual frog chorus at midnight. Pattern in croaking matches hymnals recovered from cache #2.
Fox entered camp perimeter. Paused, stared directly into camera for 34 seconds. Eyes reflected green even without flash.
Muskrat built nest atop archived field notes. When disturbed, notes were found to be perfectly dry.
Trout tagged in 2021 located upstream of prior boundary. Tag transmitted coordinates spelling HELP in Morse code.
Canada goose attempted to enter field office. Left feather on windowsill with tiny scribble: E7-B9.
Bats emerged before sunset. Flight patterns mapped out the shape of cache marker symbol when plotted over 10 nights. Pattern archived as █████.
American white pelican observed at dawn, staring directly at trail camera lens for 6 minutes. Photo file corrupted.
Snowshoe hare left perfect circle of pebbles at dawn. Track pattern: S2-Δ9.
Ravens cawed in synchrony with 0500 chimes. Observed moving small stones into triangle around cache marker.
Mouse family took up residence in field pack. No supplies missing. Left behind single acorn and chewed copy of Psalm 23.
Pine marten observed running across log bridge with what appeared to be a USB drive. Contents unknown, drive unrecovered.
Owl hooted three times at midnight. Agent reported vivid dream afterward. Entry classified for review by Dr. Finch.
Moose intercepted road at 0100. Stopped in front of vehicle and stared. Engine died; restarted only after moose departed.
Agents reported “chirping” in cave. Audio spectrogram showed outline of key symbol. Entry redacted for clearance.
Gopher network intercepted. All holes appeared in grid pattern overnight. Engineers baffled. Suspected underground cache.
Marmot seen “standing guard” at gear cache. Did not flee when approached. Agent recorded “suspiciously judgmental” glare.