Visibility: 10 miles; Barometric pres.: 30.06" & steady; Wind speed: 4 mph; Precip.: none.

Principal Witnesses/Participants:

1) Jerry Workman (Arundel Mills construction worker, Age: late 20s);

2) Chuck Vance (Arundel Mills construction worker, Age: late 20s);

3) Worker X (Arundel Mills construction worker, Age: unknown)⁽¹⁾

4) Officer X (Anne Arundel County police officer who was dispatched to workers' 911 call)

5) Nicholas DiPietro (Anne Arundel County police officer working in an off-duty capacity as a construction site security officer, Age: early 30s).

Enigma Project investigator Marcus Adams was first alerted to the Arundel Mills incident by a friend who heard a local radio news brief aired on the morning of Tuesday, August 1^st. The radio report mentioned that some construction workers at the Arundel Mills site had been frightened by a mysterious creature during the early morning hours of the previous day. Mr. Adams was able to inform this writer of the sighting by 8:00 PM that evening. By 10:20 PM, Enigma investigator, Timothy Arcilesi was contacted regarding the incident. Mr. Arcilesi, who lives within 10 miles of Arundel Mills, was en route to the site by 10:50 PM. He arrived at the mall construction area around 11:10 PM and quickly determined that Clark Road⁽²⁾ would afford the best public view for the site. Tim loaded a camera with film and began carefully observing the area. He first noticed a police car with roof-mounted floodlights patrolling the construction area about 35 yards north of his position. In excerpts of his field notes Tim reported:

Tuesday, August 1, 2000

-11:15 PM- Occasional curiosity seekers drive into the construction site. The patrolman quickly approaches and orders them out of the area.

-11:20 PM- Patrolman leaves position and drives to other sections of the site.

-11:25 PM- An early 80's Chevy van drives into site from State Route 713. Vehicle is driven erratically. An individual is sitting in the passenger door/window opening with a flashlight trained to the side and front of the vans path. The van then leaves the site and pulls onto Clark Road. The passenger with the flashlight got out of the van and walked in the direction of a multi-acre "island" of trees on the eastern edge of the Arundel Mills excavation. He is illuminating the area along the old road that enters the site near the trees. He seems excited and concerned with something in that area.

-11:30 PM- a light-colored pickup truck parks near me on Clark Road.

-11:31 PM- a dark-colored SUV parks near me on Clark Rd.

I talked with the occupants of both vehicles. Their close arrival was coincidental. They are unrelated.

1. This individual left Arundel Mills employment the following day. We know little about him.

2. This road skirts the southern perimeter of the site, affords a panoramic view of Arundel Mills and is roughly 100 yards south of where the van was parked the morning of the sighting.

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