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Please note, dear readers, that this article touches on a fairly graphic and salacious part of our proud nation's history. The hunting of monsters is not for the feint of heart, those with consumption, or those vulnerable to the influence of the Vapours.

The incredible story of Professor Jonathan Lake, has been brought to light by a Michigan inventor who goes by the moniker of absinthetic  . Professor Lake's remarkable work regard's continuing explorations of the Wonderlands. (Further photographic documentation available!)

{Readers may recall from earlier publications that the Wonderlands were initially explored by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the famed Novelist who sensationalized his work under the moniker of Lewis Carroll.}

Mr. absinthetic   has painstakingly reassembled the original exploration kit used by Professor Lake as he tracked outbreaks of Nonsense in England during the 1860s. Upon Professor Lake's death, the original kit was devided. Portions were sent to the London Museum for Study, while other elements (most notably, the biological and horticultural elements) were retained by Miskatonic University, where Professor Lake taught. Mr. Absinthetic acquired the pieces through a series of recent auctions and private sales. Until he announced the completed kit however, the intentions of the buyer had been unknown.

This kit follows on the traditions of other historians, such as the estimable Alex CF, who is considered a veritable giant in the field of Cryptozoological preservation and restoration.

Indeed, recent articles on the Aethernet indicate a general resurgence in interest for these often unusual and scandalous oddities. The works of Professor Ernst Blomberg cannot be undervalued in this regard. Professor Blomberg dedicated his life to the elimination of the Vampire in Europe. Many of his toolkits survived intact, as he had a penchant for replacing them after each expedition. Until these recent efforts by Alex CF, Absinthetic, and doubtless others, Professor Blomberg's work was the only evidence of the brave men and women who hunted the scourges of the night.