=============================================================================== FAQ/Walkthrough for Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator CASE 1: IN SEARCH OF THE SKUNK-APE =============================================================================== GUIDE INFORMATION ----------------- Author: Tom Hayes E-mail: thayesguides(at)gmail(dot)com System: PC Updated: 19th June, 2008 Version: 1.1 CONTENTS -------- 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough 2.1. Original 2.2. Deluxe 3. Item List 3.1. Original 3.2. Deluxe 4. Point List 4.1. Original 4.2. Deluxe 5. Copyright Information VERSION HISTORY --------------- 1.1: 19th June, 2008 (Format update) 1.0: 7th April, 2008 (First version) =============================================================================== 1. Introduction =============================================================================== This is the first in a series of eight planned adventures in the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series. The games can be downloaded for free from the developer's home page (http://www.grundislavgames.com/benjordan). In this game, Ben travels to the Florida Everglades to track the Skunk-Ape, a Bigfoot-type creature that has recently killed five people in the area. The search starts in the park, but soon Ben has to travel to the woods to hunt for the Skunk-Ape, where he discovers why the creature has recently become so dangerous. The deluxe version of the game (released in 2006) follows the same storyline as the original but features new items, locations and puzzles. The graphics have been improved, there is new music and also voice acting as well. Although it is a remake of the original game, it is still well worth playing as all of the new additions make it very worthwhile. It is also substantially more difficult than the original. This walkthrough covers both versions of the game. =============================================================================== 2. Walkthrough =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1. Original ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARK ---- The game starts in the ranger's office. Talk to the ranger and ask about the Skunk-Ape. Say "What's a Skunk-Ape?": It's similar to a yeti, but is called the Skunk-Ape due to its horrible smell. Ask about the murders: Five bodies have currently been found, and the livers are removed. Ask about the sightings: Nobody has seen the Skunk-Ape and lived. Ask about the Plan: The ranger tells Ben that he should take an airboat to the murder site with Ranger Rick. Ask about Ranger Rick: He is extremely superstitious. Stop talking to the ranger. Open the refrigerator to get the liverwurst sandwich. Open the drawers at the right side of the room to find a brochure for the park. Exit the building. Outside, talk to Rick and ask about himself. Ask about the plan: He says that he won't go out to the woods unless Ben can make an anti-Skunk-Ape amulet. Ask about the amulet: It needs hair from the Skunk-Ape and an object from an earth source. Walk west to the visitor center. Get the right photograph on the wall. Use the computer to see a closer view of it. Use the photograph from the wall on the slot, then use the brochure from the ranger's office on the slot to get the doctored photo. Give the doctored photo to the hippy outside the visitor center, and he will go over to talk to the receptionist. While the receptionist is distracted by the hippy, get the shark tooth from the display case. Walk to the right side of the visitor center and go north to the clearing. Use the liverwurst sandwich on the bush and Ben will put it on the floor. Exit the clearing and then return to it to see that the sandwich has been taken, and a tuft of hair has been left on the floor. Get the tuft of hair. Walk south to exit the clearing and then walk east to the ranger's office. Combine the shark tooth with the tuft of hair in the inventory to make the amulet. Give the amulet to Rick. Ben and Rick will then head out to the murder site. WOODS ----- After arriving at the site, Rick realises that he forgot to bring the lamps, so Ben offers to try and find some firewood. Talk to Rick and ask about the Skunk-Ape to get the compass. Walk west to the cave entrance and get the stick on the ground. Enter the cave. Use the stick on the ground. Use the compass on the wall and sparks will fly off that light the stick. Use the lit stick on the pit to look inside: Ben will see that a large amount of cocaine has been stored in the pit. Ben returns to the camp site to tell Rick about the news. A few hours later, Ben is woken up by a strange noise near the camp. After leaving the tent, he sees that Rick has gone. Walk west to the cave entrance to see Rick pointing the rifle at the Skunk-Ape. After the Skunk-Ape kills Rick, Ben passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself outside a cabin near the woods, where the Skunk-Ape and a stranger are standing nearby. The stranger introduces himself as Jed, and tells Ben that he has been using an electric collar to control the Skunk-Ape and protect his stash of drugs in the cave. Just before he releases the Skunk-Ape, Ben dashes into the cabin. Inside the cabin, the Skunk-Ape will start banging on the door. There is no need to rush as he can't get in. Use the couch to find a remote control. Use the remote control on the TV to turn it on. Look at the TV to see that it is actually a control mechanism for the Skunk-Ape. Use the compass on the TV to complete the game. In the ending, Ben will put the compass on top of the TV and the Skunk-Ape will kill Jed. Back at the Ranger's office, Ben collects his payment from the ranger before leaving on his search for more paranormal cases. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.2. Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURDER SCENE ------------ The game starts near the river, where the old ranger has brought Ben to the site of one of the murders. Interact with the dead ranger to see a closer view. Get the tuft of hair from the ranger's hand. Exit the view. Ask the old ranger about the Skunk-Ape. Say "What is a Skunk-Ape?": It is similar to a yeti, but has a horrible smell. Ask about the sightings: Nobody has seen the Skunk-Ape and lived to tell about it. Ask about the animals: The ranger suggests that a Florida Panther might be capable of the murders, but thinks it is unlikely. Ask about the park: The ranger gives Ben a brochure. Ask about himself: The ranger says his name is Ernie. Ask about the plan: The ranger tells Ben he should go out into the woods to look for the Skunk-Ape's lair, but should take someone with him. Ask about Ranger Rick: He is at the visitor center. Exit the conversation. Use the map in the inventory to see a view of the park. RANGER STATION -------------- Open the door to enter the ranger station. Ask the ranger about Ranger Rick. Ask about the plan: Rick says he needs a nature amulet. Ask about the nature amulet: The base has to be made from an ancient earth object, it needs some animal hair to make the string, and the amulet needs to be blessed by a shaman. Exit the conversation. Open the drawers to get the diuretic water pills. VISITOR CENTER -------------- Ask the strange man about himself: His name is Lloyd. Ask about the protests: He protests any threat to the environment. Exit the conversation. Open the door to enter the visitor center. Ask the receptionist about the visitor's center. Ask about the animatronic miccosukee: It's a broken robot which used to give a blessing if a coin was put in it. Exit the conversation. Open the door to enter the bathroom. Get the toilet paper, then use the toilet paper on the toilet. Flush the toilet, which causes it to become blocked. Exit the bathroom. Use the pills on the receptionist's mug: He finds that the toilet is blocked and leaves the building to find a tree, where he gets told off by the environmentalist. Use the display case to get a shark tooth. Exit the visitor center to see that the environmentalist is still lecturing the receptionist. Get the picket sign. FOREST ------ Use the picket sign on the tree to make the sap appear. Use the hair on the sap. Combine the sappy hair with the shark tooth to make the amulet. VISITOR CENTER -------------- Enter the visitor center. Walk east to the next room. Use the notepad on the coin slot: Ben uses the pen to make two objects fall into the coin return slot. Use the coin return slot to get an arrowhead and a quarter. Use the amulet on the shaman. Use the quarter on the coin slot to get the blessed amulet. RANGER STATION -------------- Enter the ranger station and give the blessed amulet to Rick. WOODS ----- Ben will give a compass to Ben after they arrive in the woods. Use the backpack near the log to get the nasal decongestant. Walk west to enter the maze. Use the decongestant on Ben to see the nose icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen. Click the nose icon and it will tell you which direction to walk in. Walk to the new screen, then click the nose icon again. Keep repeating this to find the Skunk-Ape's cave. Enter the cave. Use the nest to get a stick. Combine the arrowhead with the compass to make the spark. Combine the spark with the stick, then use the lit stick on the hole. Ben finds that drugs have been stored in the hole, and returns to the camp to tell Rick about the news. A few hours later, Ben returns to the cave with Rick. Enter the cave and Ben will hear noises from outside. Exit the cave to see that Rick is pointing the rifle at the Skunk-Ape. After it kills Rick, Ben makes a run for the maze. Walk north to see a cabin. Use the door to meet Jed, who lets Ben into the cabin. Walk west through the doorway to the back room, where Ben finds out that the drugs in the cave belonged to Jed. After Jed calls the Skunk-Ape into the room, quickly use the table in the middle of the room to complete the game. =============================================================================== 3. Item List =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1. Original ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMULET Made by combining the shark tooth with the tuft of hair. It is given to Rick. BROCHURE Found in the drawer in the ranger's office. The brochure and the photograph are used on the slot on the computer to get the doctored photo. COMPASS Found by asking Rick about the Skunk-Ape after traveling to the woods. After the stick has been used on the floor in the Skunk-Ape's cave, the compass is used on the wall in the cave to set fire to the stick. DOCTORED PHOTO Made by using the brochure and photograph on the slot on the computer outside the visitor center. It is shown to the hippy outside the visitor center. HAIR When Ben uses the sandwich on the bush in the clearing, then leaves the area and returns to it, the tuft of hair will be on the floor. It is combined with the shark tooth to make the amulet. LIT STICK After the stick has been used on the floor in the Skunk-Ape's cave, the compass is used on the wall in the cave to set fire to the stick. Ben will then pick up the lit stick. It is used on the pit in the cave. NOTEPAD Available at the start of the game. It can be looked at to see notes that Ben has written throughout the game. PHOTOGRAPH Found on the wall outside the visitor center. The photograph and the brochure are used on the slot on the computer to get the doctored photo. REMOTE CONTROL Found by using the couch in the cabin. It is used on the TV. RIFLE Available at the start of the game. It is not used. SANDWICH Found in the refrigerator in the ranger's office. It is used on the bush in the clearing. When Ben returns to the clearing, the sandwich will be gone but a tuft of hair from the Skunk-Ape will be nearby. SHARK TOOTH After the doctored photo has been shown to the hippy outside the visitor center, the shark tooth can be taken from the display case near the receptionist. It is combined with the tuft of hair to make the amulet. STICK Found on the ground outside the Skunk-Ape's cave. It is used on the ground in the Skunk-Ape's cave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2. Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMULET Made by combining the sappy hair with the shark tooth. It is used on the shaman in the visitor center. ARROWHEAD Found in the coin return slot in the visitor center after the notepad has been used the coin slot. It is combined with the compass to make the spark. BLESSED AMULET After the amulet has been used on the shaman in the visitor center, the quarter is used on the coin slot to get the blessed amulet. It is given to Rick in the ranger station. COMPASS Rick will give the compass to Ben after they arrive in the woods. It is combined with the arrowhead to make the spark. DECONGESTANT Found in the backpack near the log at the campsite in the woods. It is used in the maze in the woods to get directions to the Skunk-Ape's cave. DIURETIC Found in the drawer in the ranger's office. After the toilet paper has been used to block the toilet in the visitor center and the toilet has been flushed, the pills are used in the mug on the receptionist's table. HAIR Found in the dead ranger's hand at the murder scene. After the picket sign has been used on the tree in the forest, the hair is used on the sap. LIT STICK Made by combining the spark with the stick. It is used on the hole in the cave. MAP Found by asking Ernie about the park. It is used to travel to locations. NOTEPAD Available at the start of the game. It can be looked at to see notes that Ben has written throughout the game. It is used on the coin slot in the visitor center to make the arrowhead and the quarter fall into the coin return slot. PICKET SIGN After the receptionist leaves the visitor center, the sign can be taken from outside the visitor center. It is used on the tree in the forest. QUARTER Found in the coin return slot in the visitor center after the notepad has been used the coin slot. After the amulet has been used on the shaman in the visitor center, the quarter is used on the coin slot. RIFLE Available at the start of the game. It is not used. SAPPY HAIR After the picket sign has been used on the tree in the forest, the sappy hair is made by using the hair on the sap. SHARK TOOTH After the receptionist has left the visitor center, the shark tooth can be taken from the display case. SPARK Made by combining the arrowhead with the compass. It is combined with the stick to make the lit stick. STICK Found in the nest in the Skunk-Ape's cave. The spark is combined with the stick to make the lit stick. TOILET PAPER Found in the bathroom at the visitor center. It is used in the toilet. =============================================================================== 4. Point List =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1. Original ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARK ---- 5 5 Ask Ernie "What's a Skunk-Ape?". 10 5 Ask Ernie about the murders. 15 5 Ask Ernie about the sightings. 17 2 Ask Ernie about ranger Rick. 19 2 Get the sandwich from the refrigerator in the ranger's office. 21 2 Get the brochure from the drawer in the ranger's office. 24 3 Ask Rick about the amulet. 27 3 Get the photograph outside the visitor center. 28 1 Use the photograph on the computer slot. 29 1 Use the brochure on the computer slot. 34 5 Receive the doctored photo from the computer. 38 4 Give the doctored photo to the hippy. 40 2 Get the shark tooth from the display case. 43 3 Use the sandwich on the bush in the clearing. 47 4 Get the tuft of hair after returning to the clearing. 50 3 Combine the shark tooth with the tuft of hair. 57 7 Give the amulet to Rick. WOODS ----- 59 2 Ask Rick about the Skunk-Ape. 61 2 Get the stick on the ground outside the cave. 66 5 Use the stick on the ground in the cave. 69 3 Use the compass on the wall in the cave. 84 15 Use the lit stick on the pit in the cave. 86 2 Use the couch in the cabin to find the remote control. 90 4 Use the remote control on the TV. 100 10 Use the compass on the TV. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.2. Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MURDER SCENE ------------ 2 2 Get the hair from the dead ranger's hand. 4 2 Ask Ernie "What is a Skunk-Ape?". 6 2 Ask Ernie about the sightings. 8 2 Ask Ernie about the animals. 10 2 Ask Ernie about the park. 13 3 Ask Ernie about Ranger Rick. RANGER STATION -------------- 14 1 Ask Rick about the nature amulet. 16 2 Get the diuretic water pills from the drawer. VISITOR CENTER -------------- 17 1 Ask Lloyd about protests. 18 1 Ask the receptionist about the animatronic miccosukee. 20 2 Get the toilet paper. 23 3 Use the toilet paper on the toilet. 28 5 Flush the toilet to block it. 31 3 Wait for the receptionist to walk outside. 32 1 Get the shark tooth from the display case. 34 2 Get the sign outside the visitor center. FOREST ------ 37 3 Use the picket sign on the tree. 39 2 Use the hair on the sap. 41 2 Combine the sappy hair with the shark tooth. VISITOR CENTER -------------- 43 2 Use the notepad on the coin slot. 46 3 Get the arrowhead and the quarter. 49 3 Use the amulet on the shaman. 51 2 Use the quarter on the shaman. RANGER STATION -------------- 53 2 Give the blessed amulet to Rick. WOODS ----- 54 1 Receive the compass from Rick. 56 2 Get the nasal decongestant from the backpack. 59 3 Find the Skunk-Ape's cave. 60 1 Get the stick from the nest in the cave. 61 1 Combine the arrowhead with the compass. 62 1 Combine the spark with the stick. 65 3 Use the lit stick on the hole. 68 3 Use the table in the cabin. =============================================================================== 4. Copyright Information =============================================================================== This file is Copyright 2008 Tom Hayes. As it can be difficult to keep track of websites that haven't posted the latest version of this file, please do not distribute it without my permission. Send an e-mail to me if you would like to post this file on your website and you will likely receive a positive response. If you do post the file, please keep it in its original form with all of the sections intact and credit the author (Tom Hayes) as the writer of the file. 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