Current working draft is he's a passionate cryptozoologist trying to find that final piece of perfect evidence to prove the existence of a classic cryptid like bigfoot or the loch ness monster (probably will be a specific creature in the story but he has pieces of evidence of all sorts of monsters lying around his mess of a cabin), so things like blurry photos and fur scraps? trace samples and such. maybe a pinboard or monster-sighting newspaper (I remember some from the first survival plot but can't for the life of me remember the names to see if they fit asdfkl). Something like a handheld radar or trailcam or other tracking-type equipment would be good as well!

Things like jackalope taxidermy or other gaffs don't really fit him as they're demonstrably manmade (pet-made?) and he's looking for real (or at least disputed) evidence in his quest.

A good camera is definitely also on my list too but I don't really need recommendations for one atm.

(please no CWs. am poor. :'))