David Mackey, a former Air Force radio and television announcer and engineer, learned about sasquatch when he was the night DJ at KAST radio, Astoria, Oregon. The head of The International Sasquatch Center dropped by the station periodically and discussed sasquatch with him. Self-loading log trucks crossed his path in Waldport, Oregon, when he met the owner and operator of just such a truck. During trips into the woods, they spent time together discussing an early version of Fires in the Night, the prequel to Plague. David and his wife are retired and living in Brownsville, Oregon.
