Category:Characters

The following is a list of all known characters within Pacific Drive:

• The Driver

• Dr. Francis Cooke
• Dr. Ophelia Turner/Oppy
• Tobias Barlow

• Dr. Allen Turner
• Chiaki Saruhashi
• Dr. James Cay
• Ida-Mae J. Tacke

A.R.

A.R. is the author of the Off The Job #2: A New World View record. He is implied to be an ARDA employee and is 36 years old. At the time the journal fragment is written A. R. is struggling with his sexuality after having gone through a divorce. ^[1]

Alejandro Lopez

Alejandro Lopez is an accountant who reportedly went missing for eight years and had no memory of where he was for that time or the amount of time that had passed. ^[2]

Alex

Alex was a member of the radio show 'My Two Best Friends and Me'. He is implied to be deceased.^[3]

Alicia

Alicia is mentioned in the Radio ??? transmission A Trapped Rabbit which details her finding a trapped rabbit being fed upon by trees in the Zone.^[4]

Anna

Anna is a meteorologist implied to be working for ARDA. She is reported to have collected data for weather stations.^[5] Anna may be the same person as Dr. Lopez as implied in the Broken Bunny logbook entry however this is not confirmed. On May 14th 1965 it is alleged that she feels that no new equipment should be brought into the Zone. ^[6]

A. Ward

A. Ward is mentioned as having sent the teletype autoscript about the Wriggling Wreck anomaly to an unknown receiver at ARDA.^[7]

Ben

Ben was a member of the radio show 'My Two Best Friends and Me'. He is implied to be deceased after running over to a bush in the Zone that had been calling out to him with Alex's voice.^[3]

Beth Rosen

Beth Rosen is an Elma WA local Bigfoot expert.^[2]

Buck O' Bostrell

Buck O' Bostrell is the Pierce County Sheriff who feels ARDA has not been supportive of local authorities in tracking down fugitives who flee to the Olympic Peninsula.^[2]

Captain Neil Douglas

Captain Neil Douglas is a member of the US Army who files the report detailed in the Spike Puddle logbook entry.

Carolyn Murrell

Carolyn Murrell is the fake name of a guest on Frequency File provided to Chiaki Saruhashi. She lived in the Zone for ten years and her partner worked for ARDA. She was the ringleader of an illicit smuggling ring^[8] which she ran to fight the boredom of Zone life.^[9] She is voiced by Shara Kirby.

Cedar

Cedar is a hefty build orange tabby cat with a snaggletooth belonging to a Zone resident.^[10]

Chen

Chen is present for the psychiatric debriefing of Sgt. Dale Farrow. It is unknown what role they hold. ^[11]

Christina

Christina is a person who works in te Zone, however it is not mentioned whether she works for ARDA specifically. She is the recipient of a Dictaphone recording from Dr. Richard Prebble about Tourists anomalies in the Zone. ^[12]

Clive

Clive is a pneumatube technician that went missing and was later found hiding in a field lab and insisting he'd only been gone a week.^[13] It is theorized that Clive is the same pneumatube technician who wrote The Mailman records however this is not confirmed.

Cynthia Wan

Cynthia Wan is a Blackberry Lake local arborist who claims to have found a new subspecies of fir that grow at extraordinary speeds. ^[2]

Dante and Mango

Dante and Mango are a hiker's dogs that are credited with his survival after fighting off an anomaly.^[2] The names Dante and Mango are also references to Ironwood Studio pets Dante and Mango ^{Source: Pacific Drive Credits: Studio Pets}

David Okada

David Okada is credited with closing a trio of missing person cases in 1970 within the Zone.^[13]

Debbie Reed

Debbie Reed is the host/author of Zone Motors and You.

Dennis Wiley

Dennis Wiley is the host of the radio show The Scavenging Gourmet.^[14]

Desmond Singley

Desmond Singley is a member of the Singley family and works for Singley and Family Hauling (a.k.a. S&F Hauling). He is the author of the Singley & Family #5 and Singley & Family #7 journal fragments. He lost his right eye due to an anomaly during a job cleaning up an ARDA science facility and has a collection of washing machines on his front lawn.^[15]

DJ Belcher

DJ Belcher is a DJ for the Flash Wednesday radio event.^[16]

DJ Spitter

Dj Spitter is a DJ for the Flash Wednesday radio event.^[16]

Dr. Essid

Dr. Essid is a scientist who worked for ARDA and is only mentioned as reporting on Birkland currents.^[17]

Dr. Everett

Dr. Everett is a scientist who worked for ARDA. Many of his field notes discuss the logistics of what ARDA was doing in the Zone (ARDA Fuel Tanker, Box Truck, Supply Containers, Spark Tower). He is credited with the theory about nothing truly being lost in the Zone and is instead moved somewhere or some-when else.^[18] He notes that the anomalies seemingly evolve over time to defend and deter^[19] and that that the anomalies don't intend harm.^[20]

Dr. Garleese

Dr. Garleese (a.k.a. Dr. Garlic) is the author of Minty Fresh Nightmares and a guest on KRBZ The Zone. They believe that going to bed with fresh breath is the cause of nightmares and mention they would like to study the host of KRBZ The Zone.^[21]

Dr. Kauker

Dr. Kauker is reported to have corresponded with Zap Douglas on what the classifications of what is and is not a plant are. He believes that their determination is whether or not the thing has eyeballs. He is also said to have held lectures on biology.^[22]

Dr. Naveen Sohi

Dr. Naveen Sohi was a member of the SRR prior to its disbandment and is implied to have worked for ARDA afterward.^[23] Dr. Naveen Sohi provided naan and roti sampling to the SRR meeting on February 15th, 1952.^[24]

Dr. A. F. Kingi

Dr. A. F. Kingi is a scientist who worked for ARDA. Many of his private field notes discuss the invention and installation of new equipment to be used to adapt and overcome the difficult environmental conditions of the Zone (Lead Shielding, LIM Magnetizer, Plasma Generator, Transmuter). Other field notes detail specific Zone phenomena such as Goldshell Stumps, Twisted Embers and Hot Dust as well as details the impacts of an ARDA lab explosion on the environment.^[25] He resigned from ARDA after the creation of the Transmuter presumably due to growing frustrations with the way things were being run by ARDA^[26] and the impacts LIM technology was having on the surrounding environment. In his notes he states that he has hope that the next generation would be the ones to 'right our wrongs'.^[27]

Dr. Anita Olsen

Dr. Anita Olsen is a scientist who worked for ARDA. On March 21st, 1961 she shares her conclusions about Bollards with an unknown other person (though presumably another ARDA scientist) via a transmission. She suggests that Bollards are a deliberate reaction or defense mechanism of the Zone, conclusions of which are dismissed and shut down.^[28] On November 28th, 1968, she states that Tour Bus anomalies are an evolution. She also states that after the death of Dr. Powell, she is now in charge.^[29]

Dr. Henry F. W. Mulligan

Dr. Henry F. W. Mulligan was a member of the SRR prior to its disbandment and is implied to have worked for ARDA afterward.^[23] At the SRR Meeting on November 18th, 1949, he provided "local cider 'tasting' " for attendees of the meeting.^[30]

Dr. John Liu

Dr. John Liu was a member of the SRR prior to its disbandment and is implied to have worked for ARDA afterward.^[23] He presented a summary titled "Increasing Interference in our Modern World" at the SRR meeting on December 15th, 1950.^[31]

Dr. Kauker

Dr. Kauker is an alleged doctor who lectures on biology. They believe that what is and is not a plant is determined by whether or not the thing has eyeballs. They also had multiple written correspondences to Zap Douglas. ^[22]

Dr. Kelly Lombard

Dr. Kelly Lombard is a scientist who worked for ARDA. On February 12th, 1969, she made a dictaphone recording of what is presumably a memorial for her colleague, Eric Gordon.^[32]

Dr. Ken Washington

Dr. Ken Washington is a scientist who worked for ARDA as the assistant to the general manager of the Section 1 Northern Facility. He was born and raised on the Olympic Peninsula and returned there to work on researching LIM technology with his goal being to put it in the hands of the people. He spearheaded the LIM Fair project and personally reviewed town applications to decide which town would host the first ever LIM Fair and be the recipients of the first LIM technology to reach the hands of the general public.^[33]

Dr. Lopez

Dr. Lopez is a scientist who worked for ARDA. They researched anomalies, most notably Bunnies^[34][35] and Sizzling Mist. They stated that intelligence could not be ascribed to bunnies and that they should not be referred to as "bunnies" at all.^[35] A later memo from Dr. Lopez states that they feel as though the bunnies are "playing" with them and that they do not like this as it makes them feel like an experiment.^[34]

Dr. Mensah

Dr. Mensah is a scientist who worked for ARDA. They researched Zone re-stabilization as shown in their private field notes on Anchor Plugs and Zone Stabilizers.

Dr. Niraj Patel

Dr. Niraj Patel is a scientist who worked for ARDA. The researched anomalies such as Burp Bunnies, Blacksmiths, Minutemen and Boom Bunnies as well as the other effects of LIM technology on the Olympic Peninsula. They also researched the drop in fauna across the Peninsula and the strange occurrence of birds populations remining stable despite the drop in population of all other fauna.^[36] Their area of specialty was geological anomalies. ^[37] They were one of the scientists alleged to be in support of not bringing any new equipment into the Zone as of May 14th, 1965, due to the belief that new equipment was 'feeding' the Zone and aiding the evolution of new anomalies^[6] and is referenced as having a theory that ARDA twisted half the Peninsula into some kind of Klein bottle. ^[38]

Dr. Powell

Dr. Powell was a scientist who worked for ARDA. He died on November 28th, 1968 due to interacting with a Tour Bus anomaly.^[29]

Dr. Reginald Stanley Robinson

Dr. Reginald Stanley Robinson was a member of the SRR prior to its disbandment and is implied to have worked for ARDA afterward.^[23] He was assigned to take notes and format minutes from SRR meetings as of September 16th, 1949 at the SRR's founding meeting.^[39] He is later given the responsibility of minute-taking and record keeping on November 18th, 1949.^[30] At the SRR meeting on January 15th, 1950, issues with Dr. Reginald Stanley Robinson's minute-taking are discussed. Said issues are presumably related to his incorrect usage of the Oxford comma.^[40]

Dr. Ricci

Dr. Ricci is a scientist who worked for ARDA. The researched LIM technology and later it's impacts on the Olympic Peninsula, most notably the Pacemaker anomaly.^[41]

Dr. Richard Prebble

Dr. Richard Prebble is a scientist who was temporarily contracted to work for ARDA. Whilst working for ARDA he worked on research of anomalies such as Tourists. After completing his review he wanted to return to academia and applied for a position in Portland.^[12]

Dr. Wan

Dr. Wan is a scientist who worked for ARDA. They studied the after effects of the Lim Fair, most notably the anomaly created by the disaster, Colossal Cappy.^[42]

Ed Baker

Ed Baker was an astronaut on the American spaceflight missions and is a caller in Frequency File #5, Part 3. He was on the third landing mission and what he saw and experienced during the LIM-assisted landing procedure for the mission traumatized him.^[43]

Elaine

Elaine is a chef and a guest on KRBZ The Zone.^[44]

Ellison Nagata

Ellison Nagata is a man who conducted Zone tours during the Zone's operation. He had multiple tour packages available however would not take tourists to the Old Wall or Deep Zone.^[45] He recounts meeting Oppy and that she was not a fan of his work.^[46]

Ellison Nagata is voiced by Desmond Cloverdale.

Elvis

Elvis was a real life American singer and actor. He is referenced in a Fax message to still be alive and in the Zone.^[47]

Eric Gordon

Eric Gordon worked for ARDA, however his role in the organization is not specified. He was a collegue of Dr. Kelly Lombard and died due to a Shaker.^[32]

Gabriella

Gabriella is implied to be a scientist who worked for ARDA, however her role in the organization is not specified. On May 14th 1965 it is alleged that she feels that no new equipment should be brought into the Zone. ^[6]

George Singley

George Singley is a member of the Singley family and is the owner of Singley and Family Hauling (a.k.a. S&F Hauling)^[48]. He is the author of the Singley & Family #1 and Singley & Family #6 journal fragments. He notes that instead of running the family business, he secretly wanted to run his own circus. As a way of fulfilling this wish he collects old taxidermy from the houses he is contracted to clear out as well as items such as a popcorn machine.^[48] He has a silver finger after sticking it into a bucked of "melted silver" that had come from a leak at a gas station he had been contracted to fix by ARDA. He hides his finger with a glove knit by Desmond Singley's wife.^[49]

G. Hopper

G. Hopper is implied to be a scientist who worked for ARDA, though it is not specified if this was her official role in the organization. She recorded data on anomalies capable of electrogenesis.^[38]

Gil O'Hanlon

Gil O'Hanlon works for and presumably owns O'Hanlon which provides utility vehicles for state and federal needs.^[50]

Harry

Harry is an actor in the ARDA training reel about dealing with anomalies.^[51]

Ian Ratzenberger

Ian Ratzenberger is a member of the Pacific Sasquatch sports team. It is unspecified what kind of sport he plays.^[52]

Jack

Jack is someone who worked for ARDA or the US military. It is unclear what his role is. He is the recipient of a transmission about the dangers of bringing new things into the Zone due to concerns from scientists that bringing new things in would cause new anomalies to form. ^[6]

Jill

Jill is implied to be a scientist who worked for ARDA. She worked on researching the Crackling Crawler anomaly.^[53]

Jim

Jim works in the offices of the US Military though it is unclear exactly what his role is. He is accused of not briefing soldiers properly before sending them into the Zone.^[54]

Joe (Attorney)

Joe is the attorney of an unnamed former resident of the Olympic Peninsula. He has a collection of Coast Salish art. He is unsympathetic to the former resident's protests about losing their land to ARDA's expansion of the exclusion zone.^[55]

Joe (Army)

Joe is a member of the US Military and was stationed in the Zone during its operation. He is implied to either have artistic talent or just simply enjoy drawing as he is stated to have drawn a picture of the view from the van he was stuck in after it got pulled into a tree by an Abductor. He has a wife, Maggie and an unspecified number of children. ^[56]

Justin

Justin is a friend of Noah and presumably Taffy. He is a member of the Forgotten Paths Zone podcast and is apathetic about the game sessions being recorded and broadcast, seeming to just want to get on with playing the game.^[57][58]

K.A. Holmes

K. A. Holmes is the host of the radio show "KADD Mystery Radio Productions presents".^[59]

Karina

Karina is the host of the radio show "Cook with Karina". ^[60]

Laura Cesari

Laura Cesari was an executive secretary at ARDA with a hobby for painting. She was severely affected by the Mass Hallucination where she continued to have visions after the event. She was the holder of the Rusty Paintcan Remnant with which she used to paint a series of three murals in the Mid-Zone^[61] in 1962^[62] after which she disappeared.^[61]

Lenny

Lenny is the recipient of a call from ARDA Field Headquarters about Devil Grinders. They are inattentive and implied to be kissing someone whilst taking the call.^[63]

Lou Argonza

Lou Argonza is an eye witness to the Sierram Disaster and a guest on Frequency File. She lived in Sierram until being evacuated from the Zone on February 13th 1973 at nine years old.^[64] She was severely traumatized by the incident and still can't go anywhere near a county fair 20 years later.^[65] She is voiced by Denise Lee.

Lucy Landowski

Lucy Landowski worked for ARDA in the logistics department. She had many ideas for ARDA and Anomaly merchandise.^[66] It is unknown whether this was part of her job with ARDA or if it was a hobby.

Lyle McKrut

Lyle McKrut is a local man in the town of Clearwater who claims to know what caused possums to fly and that he can speak with the late president Koch.^[2]

Maggie

Maggie is the wife of Joe and intended recipient of his letter about being stuck in a tree due to an Abductor. ^[56]

Maria Wolff

Maria Wolff was someone who lived in the Zone. It is unclear if they worked for ARDA or the military. They share their secret to getting in and out of the Zone in Off The Job #4: To Canada and Back Again to go drinking in Canada.^[67]

Marie Singley

Marie Singley is a member of the Singley family and works for Singley and Family Hauling (a.k.a. S&F Hauling)^[68]. She is the author of the Singley & Family #3 journal fragment. She collects paints that she finds whilst on the job to take home to her children.^[68]

Meera

Meera is an ARDA maintenance worker who worked alongside Tobias Barlow. One of her duties included "potholing jobs". ^[69]

Meg Entwistle

Meg Entwistle is the writer of the mystery drama 'The Old Road' which was written especially for KADD Mystery Radio.^[59]

Mervyn Leigh

Mervyn Leigh stars in 'The Old Road' mystery drama on KADD Mystery Radio.^[59]

M. Nguyen

M. Nguyen is a scientist who worked for ARDA. They discovered the Neon Reef anomalous phenomena, at first thinking it was another hallucination like those from the Mass Hallucination.^[70]

Nicole

Nicole is an entomologist who stars on Bugwatch. They found and were subsequently attacked by a new bug species near Sierram. ^[47]

Noah

Noah is a member of the Forgotten Paths Zone podcast and is the game's GM and podcast's host. He is the most into broadcasting the group's sessions and believes that "if they're going to play they may as well create stuff for the people out there."^{[57] [58]}

President Lawrence Koch

President Lawrence Koch was president in 1955. He was present for and introduced Dr. Ophelia Turner and LIM technology to the public in 1955.^[71] It is unsure the exact date and year of his death however it is known he died prior to April 20th 1969.^[47]

Prof. Peter Wallace

Prof. Peter Wallace was a member of the SRR prior to its disbandment and is implied to have worked for ARDA afterward.^[23] During the operations of the SRR there was an unspecified incident in his home lab around the time of September 21st 1951.^[72]

Prof. Sir Anthony Gould FRS

Prof. Sir Anthony Gould FRS is a professor that visited the SRR during its founding meeting in which he provided teacake tasting.^[39]

Representative Rondeaux

Representative Rondeaux is a member of the U.S. Department of National Security who visited the SRR on September 21st, 1951 to discuss proper containment procedures for LIM technology.^[72] He visited again during the SRR's final meeting on October 17th, 1955 to discuss prevention of rogue LIM experimentation outside of ARDA facilities.^[23]

R. Hansen

R. Hansen is a person implied to have worked for ARDA. ^[73]

Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips claims to have worked in the Zone and stayed for six years after its decommission.^[74] He provides Chiaki Saruhashi with documents relating to the Zone^[75] and later appears on Frequency File Episode 7: Zone Life in parts 1 and 2 as well as in Frequency File Ep.8: The Breachers in part 4. He knew of Dr. Ophelia Turner and has sat in on one of her seminars about LIM tech.^[46]

Roger

Roger is the recipient of a transmission from Dr. Niraj Patel regarding wildlife populations in the Zone.^[36]

Russell Gallaghar

Russell Gallaghar stars in 'The Old Road' mystery drama on KADD Mystery Radio.^[59]

Sally

Sally is the recipient of a phone call on October 2nd, 1967 from an unknown caller detailing a failed attempt to catch Scott using Shaggy Scrambler Anomalies.^[76]

Sanderson

Sanderson is the reporter of a potentially anomalous pimple that allegedly never empties no matter how much it is squeezed.^[47]

Scott

Scott, also known as: Rainforest Rogue, the Washington Wanderer, the Green Avenger, McKnife and Notorious Scott^[47] is a fugitive who was on the run from state police during the operating years of the Zone.^[47] He fled to the Zone where he was pursued by an unknown person/persons who attempted to catch him by using Shaggy Scramblers but were unsuccessful.^[76]

Paul Dean

Paul Dean is a Washington biologist and bear expert with allegedly bizarre theories and disruptive behavior such as bursting into legislative sessions. He claimed to know why animals were no longer present on the Olympic Peninsula.^[47]

Sgt. Dale Farrow

Sgt. Dale Farrow is a member of the U.S. Military. He undergoes a psychiatric debriefing in which he expresses his fears and frustrations regarding anomalies, specifically Moldy Balloons. He states that he cannot sleep at night.^[11]

Shirin Singley

Shirin Singley is a member of the Singley family and works for Singley and Family Hauling (a.k.a. S&F Hauling).^[77] They the author of the Singley & Family #2 and Singley & Family #4 journal fragments. They are attending night school and have the assignment to write a journal in English.^[78] During hauling jobs they collect bobblehead toys for their daughters.^[77]

Steve Strawberry

Steve Strawberry was the last Mayor of Sierram and announced in a radio broadcast that Sierram had been selected to host the LIM Fair.^[79]

Taffy

Taffy is a friend of Noah and presumably Justin. They are a member of the Forgotten Paths Zone podcast and is apathetic about the game sessions being recorded and broadcast, seeming to just want to get on with playing the game.^[57][58]

The Squatchers

The Squatchers are a group of eight breachers who were investigating Bigfoot in the Zone and cultivated farms of anomalized mushrooms to attract it. They disappeared soon after and it is alleged that Bigfoot got them.^[80]

Toni Singley

Toni Singley is a member of the Singley family.^[81] She was inspired by the female scientists of the Zone and decided to go to college.^[81]

V. Carrol

V. Carrol is a person who works for ARDA. They were involved in two accidents. One where they and their team veer off the road into a settlement of squatters^[82] and one where they damage a staff car on a Spike Log anomaly.^[83] They believe that all Canadians speak French.^[82]

Yang Luo

Yang Luo is a person who details how they went parasailing in the Zone using a Pickpocket, a parachute, skis and a vehicle.^[84]

Zap Douglas

Zap Douglas is the host of Zap’s Douglas Fir Your Knowledge Tree Facts on KRBZ the Zone as seen advertised on billboards throughout the Zone. He primarily talks about trees and takes issue with Dr. Kauker's theories on the determination of plants.^[85] It is alleged he lives in a stable pocket of the Zone with no way in or out, where even time remains static.^[47]