Cauldron Lake Update is one of the Collectibles in the AWE expansion of Control.
File text[]
To Chief Investigator Denis,
It happened again. Third time this year. Something certainly has it out for our [REDACTED]. Could be raccoons, the locals certainly complain about them enough, but why the hell would raccoons keep going after a monitoring station? Doesn't add up. Anyway, I've got a Bureau tech going to the site next week to take a look.
Next on the list of recurring problems is the staff at the Lake House research station. How am I supposed to effectively keep an eye on [REDACTED] Lake if they won't let me see any data? Hell, I don't even know what they're researching out there. We need to petition them again to share their info with Investigations agents. It's only a matter of time before this [REDACTED] hits again and I want to be prepared.
Anyway, if anyone at HQ asks why the Bright Falls report is a little thin this month, tell them it's because we couldn't take any readings. In the meantime, I might invest in some raccoon traps.
Sincerely,
Agent Estevez
Location[]
The file can be found in the Investigations Sector. It is located in the Sector Head Office, at the stairwell in the southwest corner.
Notes[]
This file foreshadows plot threads which were developed in Alan Wake 2. Both Agent Estevez and the Bureau technician she mentions (Steven Lin) appear in Alan Wake 2. The monitoring station and an entrance to the Lake House can be found in the Cauldron Lake map in Alan Wake 2, and the "raccoons" are revealed to be the Cult of the Tree, who are modifying the monitoring station so that it alerts them instead of the FBC when paranatural events occur at Cauldron Lake.