- The PIGS | Tim Brown -

Rank: Director
Role: Investigations Co-Ordinator / Lab Team
Contact: tim.brown@the-pigs.co.uk
Member since: Founder

About me:
I currently work as a general manager for a large electrical retailer.

My claim to fame is having a my song writing work on a gold selling album in the USA and having many other songs with publishing deals attached to them.

I love the challenge of "it can't be done" when clearly whatever "it" is just requires fresh thought and determination. Achievements are what motivate me. The thought of "How high is high? Why is the sky the limit" are what motivate me.

Mission:
To ensure the P.I.G.S. collects evidence of actual paranormal activity. I want our group to earn its reputation of being the most professional, hard working and fun group. We will only feature pictures of unexplained phenomena and the teams at work. We will do our research and homework more thoroughly than any other group. We will hold our actual investigation in a simple structured way, always explaining everything we are doing, why we are doing it and what the desired outcome will be and mean. We will always be respectful to anybody we work with or any location we feature. We are not a group that simply functions as a
thrill seeking event to its paying members as we deliberately don’t have members for
this reason.

Why:
I founded the PIGS because I had been ghost hunting for many years and holding team builds for almost as long. It all happened accidently really when I held a haunted team build and the idea came from there. I invited some fantastic professional investigators to try and find paranormal stuff and from there the PIGS began.

Qualities:
I like to think that I bring loads of ideas, fresh thinking, enthusiasm and questions to the group. I have a great knowledge of electrical goods from TV’s to fridges and of course our own technical gadgetry. I am also very interested in photography, video editing and sound engineering and I have experience of working in a recording studio and live sound production. My strengths are determination, consideration, ability to think differently and the fact that I never take anything for granted.

What the role involves:
My role within the PIGS involves coordinating all investigations. I will be the main point of contact for any location about to have an investigation.

Pre investigation, I will discuss the objectives for the investigation with the owner or manager of the location and then brief our research team. Once everybody is in agreement I will initiate the first phase of our research. Phase two and three are confidential (unless you are one of our locations in which case we disclose all planed activities to you to ensure satisfaction), so I won’t be making public our investigation methods. Let’s just say nobody does more than us on this part of the investigation. Once all facts are established we will record relevant points on our case files and for the location investigation briefing.

On the investigation, when we arrive on the night for the investigation I will have already covered the technical angles also with our technical team and possibly set up complicated equipment the day before. I will introduce the investigation team to the location and any participants. I will hold a briefing session for all involved and create some objectives and plans to follow for the investigation. Sometimes I will head the technical equipment while co-ordinating the investigations teams, other times I will head an investigation team myself.

Post investigation, I will also any previously agreed data to the owner / manager of the investigation location and and stay in touch with the locations throughout the following year on a bi-monthly / quarterly basis.

Special interests:
Gadgets, people, challenges, healthy eating (kebabs) and "stuff"!