October 1994 - My cousin Heather Donahue arrives in Burkittsville to make a documentary about the Blair Witch for her college film class. Her crew consists of two other students: Joshua Leonard as cameraman and Michael Williams on sound. After interviewing various local people, Heather, Josh, and Michael hike into the woods. They document virtually every moment of their journey on film and video tape. As the video tapes eventually reveal, they soon become disoriented, lost, and ultimately terrified. Heather and her crew are never seen again. Following an exhaustive 10-day search of the Black Hills area, authorities give up, and the case is declared inactive and unsolved. 1995 - Students from a nearby university anthropology class hike into the Black Hills and—coincidentally—began excavating near the burned-out foundation of what used to be Rustin Parr's house. They discover Heather's duffel bag containing her film and video tape footage, her journal, and a camera. When the footage is viewed it provides a terrible glimpse of the last days and hours of Heather's life. It also raises numerous unanswered questions—questions I'm still trying to solve. March 1996 - Launch of www.theblairwitchfiles.com—the website I created to search for information about the evil that lives in the Black Hills. 1999 - Artisan Entertainment releases The Blair Witch Project, pieced together from my cousin Heather's footage by Haxan Films. The film is distributed by Artisan Entertainment (www.artisanent.com). August 2000 - THE WITCH'S DAUGHTER and THE DARK ROOM, the first two Blair Witch Files, are opened and published in book form. October 2000 - THE DROWNING GHOST published, case file opened. October 2000 - Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 released November 2000 - BLOOD NIGHTMARE published, case file opened. Present - My search continues. For more information, consult: BlairWitch.com and Artisanent.com.