Do you have this deep hatred to the bearded guy hired by the villainous woman (with an equally evil laugh) in soap operas? Here, the woman antagonist ordinarily pays this bearded guy to investigate on something. And if the poor guy flunked, he normally receives a tsunami of maledictions and beatings. Such an unfair and poor personation! Well, he is not as bad as what his beard connotes; he is in reality none other than, our Private Investigator (P. I.). We ordinarily loathe on these guys for siding with the villains, but actually, the media is not just a raconteur in explaining 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 portrays them, are not composed of a one-man band. They are usually a team of individuals that come from various 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 experts when it comes to that “cold” subject. They learned 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 bravery everyday. At the end of the day, they may still look like regular guys but beware; their skills 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 located on where arcane corpses lay. Though they are not normally wearing a gentle-looking coat and tie, their work are not done in a careless manner. Their hands should always be in cogitation. One ataxic moment and boom! The precious bone might be destroyed. So rummaging has been deleted from their dictionary; gentleness has been the mantra (so as not to break any important bone). After the stressful procedure of unearthing bones (if ever they are buried), the next step is careful scrutiny. The next steps are just equally perspiring: identification of age, race, stature, sex, and time interval of death. After this tedious process, 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 stopped your research about private investigators and presume 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 casual raids;
And finally, when you believe the job will not get dirtier, here is another perk:
4) Trauma may also attack you after being able to trace 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 reach 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 courage 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.
