What The Cryptid? — Witness File WITNESS INTERVIEW — FILE #0419 INTERNAL — NOT FOR RELEASE Location: Alderman Street residence, Harlan’s Creek, WVWitness: Philippa “Pip” Okafor, 34 — Data Analyst (remote), recently relocated to Harlan’s CreekInterviewer: Mara VaneDCA Case Reference: DCA-HC-2024-0419 [DCA NOTE: Witness contacted WTC tip line voluntarily. This interview conducted at witness’s residence following four email exchanges with WTC administrative staff. Witness has not previously been interviewed. No prior sighting history on file. Alderman Street property — formerly Alderman estate annex, 1940s subdivision. DCA file on this address: see cross-reference 0091-ALDR, flagged dormant 2017.] INTERVIEWER: For the record — you reached out to us. I want to make sure you’re comfortable with that being noted. WITNESS: I’m comfortable. I emailed you. I knew what I was doing. I just — I wanted to be clear, for whatever this is, that I’m not a person who calls the paranormal hotline. I’m a data analyst. I work with supply chain logistics. I build models. I find inefficiencies. So when I tell you something doesn’t make sense, I mean I’ve already tried to make it make sense and I couldn’t. INTERVIEWER: Understood. Walk me through it from the beginning. WITNESS: The crawl space. The house has a crawl space under the back half — original construction, the realtor mentioned it, it’s in the inspection report. Adequate ventilation, no moisture issues, no structural concerns. Twelve inches of clearance in some places, maybe eighteen in others. It’s not a space anything larger than a raccoon should be navigating. INTERVIEWER: And you’ve heard something...