Paranormal Defense Agency

The Paranormal Defense Agency (PDA)

The Paranormal Defense Agency is a top secret off the records black ops agency of the United States Department Of Defense that deals with supernatural beings, and paranormal phenomenon. The PDA was founded in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. Their world headquarters is a vast facility 500 feet under Washington DC with a secret tunnel leading directly to the White House, and Congress as well. They are responsible for the so called "Men In Black" who have spooked many an American citizen in their paranormal investigations. They will often refuse to identify themselves, or do so without showing ID. Sometimes they will pose as members of other governmental agencies, and show ID. The Paranormal Defense Agencies origins date back to the very formation of our nation into 1789. Although they can be traced even further to the colonization of North America by European settlers who had to deal with the supernatural scourges of vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghosts, and a plethora of other entities of evil. In the early days of the United States some secret supernatural societies were transformed into secretive Federal agencies. As the government grew so did the number of agencies that dealt with the many paranormal threats against the American people, and the government in general. By the 20th century the government was no longer as transparent, and such secretive agencies could grow more easier without anyone noticing. Secrecy was essential to prevent mass panic. This conveniently allowed the government to not violate the Universal Law of the Supernatural Secrecy Pact.

Six core Federal agencies were folded into the Paranormal Defense Agency. As the decades of the 20th century rolled by their missions became more about creating paranormal weapons, and less about protecting the general public:

Bureau Of Vampire Affairs (BVA) - The Bureau was formed in 1808 not only to eradicate vampires but also to diplomatically deal known vampires in positions of power, or those with great influence in the various nations of the world. An official Ambassador to the Royal Vampire Kingdom was created in this year as well to prevent a full on invasion of vampire forces into the fledging United States under the goading of the British government.
US Werewolf Corp (USWC) - Formed in 1868 as a secret branch of the US Army after the Civil War to deal with the greatest concentrations of Werewolves which were within various Native American tribes. The Werewolves needed to be eradicated before the general army could begin to perform their reprehensible cleansing of Natives from their rightful lands. Many of the top Generals in the USWC were actually Werewolves who chose to turn against their own kind for promises of wealth, status, and immunity from persecution. The USWC eventually became a branch of the Marines to deal with Werewolves around the world.
Witch Defense League (WDL) - This private organization was officially made Quasi-Federal by George Washington in 1791 to keep if off the books. Very few in the Executive Branch nor Congress knew of it's existence. They reported directly to the President himself. It's rumored that the organization saved Washington from a beguiling time traveling Witch who sought to destroy the USA before it could be a force to be reckoned with. The WDL has it's roots all the way back to the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600's.
Federal Zombie Agency (FZL) - The FZL actually was born from the Witch Defense League when a powerful coven of witches rose forth the first large scale army of zombies on US soil. Their intent was to overthrow the US Government, and decimate the entire US populace by turning them into flesh eating rotting corpses. The FZL was created in 1855 to deal with various zombie uprisings that were occurring only in the Northern USA. This culminated in the Great Zombie War of 1859 fought somewhere in Wisconsin. These witches were southern belles who wished to weaken the North before the onset of the Civil War which was already being planned secretly at that time. These wayward women had connections to high ranking southern government officials.
Extraterrestrial Task Force (ETF) - Hastily founded in July 1947 to deal with first contact with aliens at the infamous Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash. Before this reports of extraterrestrial activity had been sparse at best.
Federal Living Dead Defense Commission (FLDDC) - Numerous other small agencies, and branches working on a large number of paranormal projects related, and not related to the other organizations above were folded into the other agencies, or the newly formed FLDDC which took shape in 1952. The Living Dead Defense Commission was also put in charge of the FZL, and the BVA.

All the above agencies were unified into the Paranormal Defense Agency in 1977 under a secret restructuring plan master minded by President Jimmy Carter. Some say his obsession with the supernatural led him to drop the Presidential ball causing one of the most embarrassing Presidencies of all time. If only the world knew that his malaise days were due to him trying to protect us all from the supernatural scourges of the world. When President Ronald Reagan took the reigns of power it was reported in secret memos that he was so shocked by the revelations of the supernatural that he had erratic heart palpitations that required immediate medical attention. This despite a run in with a vampire when acting in Hollywood, and reports from various California agencies when he served as Governor. Reagan also had no idea that he was being shadowed by Temporal Secret Service agents from the distant future. However the existence of the TSS is unconfirmed at this time. Reagan did eventually get over the initial shock of entering the world of the supernatural, and worked hard to strengthen the effectiveness of the PDA in the 80's. Many vampire nests, zombie uprisings, and werewolf attacks were thwarted under the Reagan Administration. However as the decades have passed the organization has become bogged down in bureaucratic red tape, paranoia over paranormal infiltration of the government, and a mad scientist mentality of tinkering with the supernatural to create unholy beasts, and crypto-biological warfare. Their central mission is no longer protecting the greater good against supernatural evil. It's about protecting themselves, and staking their claim on this paranormal planet as they jockey for global domination in the face of the great Armageddon.

Due to the PDA becoming nefarious on a variety of levels, despite some good agents still among them, the fight against paranormal evil has fallen upon us in the private paranormal community. So in essence we've come full circle, and have returned to the days of the 13 colonies. We here at Mystic Investigations have had some dealings with the PDA, and it's usually never a good thing. However our good friend, and business colleague Lee Sampson, CEO of ZombieCorp, is a former PDA agent who left the government in disgust over in the ineffectiveness of the agency. We're rather sure they have a branch here in the supernatural laden community of Woodland Springs. We suspect it's a small underground base in the Mystical Forest. The PDA are the ones who keep Woodland Springs off the maps, and prevent people from coming here. When we've left town, and returned we are often met with odd events, and various people trying to prevent us from re-entering. Thankfully we have a wonderful Sheriff who fights this idiocy. There's also both good, and evil supernatural entities that discourage large scale government inference in what is thought to be a paranormal haven. Hopefully the PDA won't quarantine our town someday. It would raise too much attention so the odds are in our favor. If you believe a PDA agent has approached you then contact us with the details of your encounter immediately!

The PDA has various restricted research areas around the country that include a joint Area with the US military called Area 51. Several thousands of feet below Area 51 is Paranormal Area 1 which is the central research facility for the PDA. Paranormal Area Alpha refers to the administrative headquarters hidden below the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Overall there are approximately 2000 Paranormal Area's around the world. Some in cooperation with foreign governments, and the equivalent of their PDA. Such non-American Area's will have a dash after the number, and then the abbreviation of the nation. The most infamous foreign one is Paranormal Area 48-DE. It's a top secret former Nazi research site in Germany. Some say an advanced rocket was developed there that supposedly took Hitler, and others through a wormhole in near Earth orbit created by German scientists by accident while testing an intercontinental energy weapon.

We've written about Paranormal Area 842. Home of the Lancaster Homestead Pentalpha Poltergeist.

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