Each puzzle is accompanied by a brief description of the objective, while some also include a set of rules and conditions to assist players in deducing the solution.
He decides to conduct an unofficial investigation and returns to Scoggins, leaving his colleague Jim Ingraham in charge of his files.
Tethers meets a local resident named Darryl Boutin, who reveals that his brother is one of the missing people.
Tethers learns about Scoggins' folklore, particularly the Hidden People, from anthropologist Alfred Versteckt and his student Will Medlock.
Tethers successfully retrieves the missing persons files and meets puzzle enthusiast Melkorka Teterdottir, who posted the note under his door.
She believes that Isaac's true identity is Ed Davis, a test pilot declared dead after his crash in Sasimy Woods.
Korka believes Ed Davis is living in the woods as a serial killer responsible for the disappearances.
Tethers encounters a member of the Brotherhood named Edvard but loses him and discovers the body of an astronaut before being spooked by the Hidden People.
Returning to Korka with his findings, Tethers realizes she is obsessed with the "Kitimat Incident" involving a rumored Sasquatch discovery.
Together, they venture into the woods, but Alfred disappears, and Tethers finds a campsite centered around a crashed lunar lander occupied by astronauts.
The crashed lander disrupted the Hidden People's habitat, and they chose Isaac to destroy the Lunar Ray, a device that repelled them.