Jeremiah Woods

## Background

Jeremiah Woods was born and raised in Florida. He was the most middle child of the twelve children and was often delegated the responsibility of watching over the younger children. He and his family often went out to the Everglades to go noodling (catfish hunting) which lent to his telling of his own paranormal experience like those of the other Breacher Team members.

On one particular trip, Jeremiah had four to five of the kids with him. Jeremiah, himself, was a preteen at the time. While distracted for a moment, one of his younger siblings, James (5 or 6 years old at the time), wandered away. Jeremiah put the other kids in the truck to wait for him and took off after James, though he wasn't confident in being able to do anything. He ran back into the Everglades shouting for James as loud as he could, panicked and letting the fear get the best of him. He then explains that he began to feel like how someone would in a dream when they try to yell but nothing comes out. He wasn't sure why, but it felt like something was wrapped around his windpipe. In the silence came a new sound, someone or something calling his name. However, he went by "J" as a kid, but the voice was calling "Jeremiah." No one called him Jeremiah unless it was his parents when he was in trouble. Somehow, he assumed it was James calling his name. Deep down, he knew that it wasn't James, but he convinced himself that it was. He froze in place, convinced of both things. He then heard, "Jeremiah, come here," and he started walking as though his body was unwilling but his mind didn't see a problem with it. He went all the way to where the reeds were thickest and carefully pushed them aside. There was a small, tranquil clearing with lily pads, each with a gentle light on top of them. At first, he assumed them to be fireflies, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the lights were on the tips of fleshy vines growing out of the lily pads. They grew up maybe six inches or so, then drooped down and ended in a little light that flickered on and off while he watched, mesmerized. He then heard, "Jeremiah! Come to me!" very loudly. He snapped his head to the source of the sound, and it seemed to be coming from right beside him in a lily pad. The light of the lily pad called his name and the light flickered with each syllable of his name. The voice called again, "Come. To. Me." as the light flickered with each word. He realized that he was slowly leaning closer and closer to the light. The voice, seemingly impatient, called out to him again full of power and authority, “JEREMIAH. COME TO ME." His face was incredibly close to the lily pad and he managed to smell it, and it was a horrendous stench worse than hot rotting flesh. He suddenly snapped out of it and ran back the way he came through the reeds. When he returned to the truck, he realized his family had already found James and were instead frantically searching for *him*. He says that he swears when he looked back while he ran, he saw the outline of the wide, gaping jaws of some tremendous fish, and then it scurried away underwater into an impossibly deep pipe or tunnel.

## Role

Jeremiah is the Breacher Team's medic. He also works with Greg as one of the safety team members thanks to his military training.

## Personality

Jeremiah is an easygoing guy who seems to go with the flow rather than cause any waves. He tries not to ruffle feathers as much as he can, much preferring to take life as it comes at him and deal with situations as they arise. He takes his job as a medic seriously, but he certainly doesn't mind cracking jokes and making sarcastic comments whenever possible. He has a soft spot for certain Breachers, particularly Greg and Alyx.

## Quotes

* “There’s no lifeguard on duty, so Breach at your own risk!”

## Trivia

* All of Jeremiah's siblings have a "J" name, with one brother confirmed to be named James. The other names are John, Johnathan, Jesus, Jessica, Jedediah, Jesse, Joel, Jaden, Jerry, and Jasmine.