I am sorry that I have not posted in a while, but from time to time I need to step back and take a look at everything. Everything from what I have personally found in the woods and what was in the buried box, to the things that I have experienced since starting this blog. Sometimes I need to try to make sense of it all to keep my sanity, but there are times when things don’t make sense, or fit together. One example was “Mary” and another is America’s Research Gate (ARG).
A few moths ago I got an email from “America’s Research Gate”, and I posted the connection I found between that email and the Cowsills song “Indian Lake”. I now believe that the initial email regarding America’s Research Gate was bogus, and designed to send me on a wild goose chase. I think someone (or group) cleverly pointed me in a direction using cryptic clues within that email that led to something about Indian Lake, which they knew would interest me, but ultimately was a dead end.
Why? That is the big question. Could it be that someone wanted me to explore something other than the underground complex? Could it be that someone just wanted to see how I would react to a “clue”? Could it be that someone was testing the idea that the Indian Lake Project was some sort of Alternate Reality Gaming experience? Both America’s Research Gate and Alternate Reality Gaming have the same acronym – ARG.
I don’t know why it was done, but I am no longer following that path and I am back on track. The reseach into “America’s Research Gate” is over.

In February, shortly after America’s Research Gate contacted me, I began to notice a large unmarked white van following me or showing up everywhere I went. This continued through March, until I was able to snap this photo of the van on my camera phone. Once they became aware that I knew I was being followed, it all stopped – that is until recently. As I said sometimes this van would just show up, they seemed to know when and where I was going to be. Which leads to my reason for not going into the woods anymore. On the way to explore the ILP further, I noticed two hunters with shot guns heading into the woods (it is NOT hunting season), and the unmistakable white van hidden behind trees and bushes well off the road. Needless to say I sped past at about 100MPH. I am posting this now because I feel that perhaps the more I speak out, and the more people who know about me and the Indian Lake Project – the safer I'll be.

I've been getting an increasing amount of emails recently. The one from America's Research Gate being by far the strangest, though it yielded something equally as strange (see below). Most of the emails offer helpful suggestions, some send encouraging messages to continue, and some fear for my safety. To everyone I say thank you. There is one however, that suggested I close down the site for fear I've let this consume me. At first I thought it was well meaning, but then I thought about it a little more. Isn't that what "they" would want me to do, to just close it down and go away? Is this person, yet someone else, trying to manipulate me?

Here is the email I received:

Hello John,
I have ties to America’s Research Gate. ARG determines when gates are open, and when they are closed. This contact with you will only happen once, and it is the only time the gate will be opened.
G. Cowsill
The gate is now closed.

This was a strange email to say the least. Was this real or someone just taunting me? I googled America’s Research Gate, but found nothing - I didn’t think I would. Then I googled Cowsill and found links to the 60’s band The Cowsills. I looked up their music and was stunned to discover they had a song called “Indian Lake”.

Here are the lyrics to “Indian Lake”...

You take a bus marked “Lakewood Drive”
And you keep on drivin’ till you’re out of the city
Where the air is fine with the sweet smellin pine
And the countryside’s pretty
And you’ll see daffodils peepin over
The hills or a honey lovin’ mama bear
You take a left at the bridge
Go down to Quakerforn Ridge
And in a minute you’re there
(dupe do be do do do )
Indian Lake is a scene
You should make with your little one
Keep it in mind if you’re lookin’ to find
A place in the summer sun
Swim in the cove have a snack in the grove
Or you can rent a canoe at Indian Lake
You’ll be able to make the way the Indians do


Here are a couple parallels between the Indian Lake Project, this song and the band.
1. The Cowsells, all family members, started the band as children.
2. The Cowsills manager was their father. He retired from a long career in the US Navy to manage his children.
3. The Cowsills reformed at one point and considered using several names. The Secrets and The Orphans were noted.
4. The lyrics:
Indian Lake is a scene you should make with your little one
The obvious connection with the Indian Lake Project and making that scene with a “little one”.
Keep it in mind if you’re lookin’ to find a place in the summer sun
The reference to “mind” and “lookin’ to find”.
5. My general thoughts on the lyrics are that they have many specific clues, and maybe even trigger words or phrases contained within. This strange email led to an even stranger and unexpected find.

I got an email yesterday from a gentleman who said he was from America’s Research Gate (ARG). Has anyone ever heard of this before?