Who Really Are The Private Investigators?

Do you have this deep hatred to the bearded guy employed by the evil woman (with an equally evil laugh) in movies? Here, the woman antagonist ordinarily gets this bearded guy to investigate on something. And if the poor guy flunked, he normally gets a tsunami of maledictions and beatings. Such an unfair and negative portrayal! Well, he is not as bad as what his beard connotes; he is actually none other than, our Private Investigator (P. I.). We usually detest on these guys for siding with the villains, but actually, the media is not just a raconteur in explicating who a real P.I. is. So now, as our T.V. mates (a.k.a. family) chew their pop-corns and watch how the investigator finds pertinent data, let us put our eyes on the investigator himself. Let us cut the fuss and be investigators ourselves.

Investigators, unlike how the media impersonates them, are not composed of a one-man band. They are usually a squad of individuals that come from several fields of expertise. They include policemen, attorneys, medical practitioners, and forensic anthropologists. We are already rather familiar with the three professions enumerated so we will just concentrate on the last one, the forensic anthropologist. In a nut-shell, forensic anthropologists specialize on corpses. They are the gurus when it comes to that “cold” subject. They are educated about these dead subjects not only in their classrooms but mostly in fields. That is why these investigators are not all used to sedentary and soporific lectures; they are more into action! This is the reason why brooding has been a hobby to them; their experiences on the field let them breathe courage everyday. At the end of the day, they may still look like regular guys but beware; their ability are just outrageously stunning!

Our Forensic Anthropologists do not work in an 8 am to 5 pm work period. As I have said earlier, their atelier is situated on where arcane corpses lay. Though they are not usually wearing a gentle-looking coat and tie, their work are not done in a sloppy manner. Their hands should always be in cogitation. One ataxic moment and boom! The valuable bone might be destroyed. So rummaging has been deleted from their dictionary; gentleness has been the mantra (so as not to destroy any important bone). After the stressful process of digging bones (if ever they are buried), the next step is careful examination. The next steps are just equally perspiring: identification of age, race, stature, sex, and time interval of death. After this tedious procedure, the piece of paper bearing all these details will now be handed to another member of the “band” (of Private Investigators).

If at this point you quit your research about private investigators and assume that their job is easy, then you are definitely left behind on our investigation. It is because you have not yet found of the “perks” of being one. And these “perks” include one of the following:

1) Work period is indefinite; it last till you see the body/bones;

2) Eureka moments are oftentimes preceded by sleepless nights on locations with bugging mosquitoes;

3) If things loose control, you are not exempted from occasional raids;

And ultimately, when you believe the job will not get dirtier, here is another perk:

4) Trauma may also attack you after being able to decipher how one was killed.

But then, you will also get desensitized. The latter is definitely a perk, as far as private investigation is concerned.

When you cross this seemingly end point of your investigation, then you are still left behind. It is because you have not seen them yet as an important being in real-life cases, as heroes. Yes, they also save the day with their braveness and helping hand. So the next time that we see an investigator (bearded or not) in TV, let us give them justice. They may not be around when the enemy is finally defeated, but in real life, they are heroes behind the curtains.

At this point, the case is closed.

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