- « "There's no one left. The others are all dead. God help me, it's happening again. They're here...!" »
- — John Morton's last words in his diary[src]
Professor John Morton was part of a four-person group of scientists studying an Anomaly in a Research cabin from around 1921/1931 up until 1938. He came into contact with Terror Birds and recorded their screeching. The birds later killed his team and trapped him in his study room. Apparently, he eventually died in there from starvation, but not before he wrote, in code, about what had happened in his journal.
In 2009 , when Danny Quinn and the Anomaly Research Centre team came to the cabin to hide from Christine Johnson, Connor and the team found Mortimer's skeleton still in the study room, along with his journal. Sarah Page took the journal, decoded it and read it to Danny, Abby and Connor. (Episode 3.6)
Trivia[]
- Two of Morton's colleagues were named Dr. H. Smith (female) and Dr. D. D**** (male).
- Between 2009 and 2020, many fans assumed that John's last name was Mortimer due to mishearing Sarah Page saying "Professor John Morton. Er...".