I have no intention of doing this, but I thought I'd throw the idea out there for constructive feedback -- in either direction.

What if someone were to start say a gofoundme page that would collect money to be used to hire a PI -- a real PI. Or ex-cop. It seems if everyone gave a dollar or two, the funds would be there.

What would be the downside? The upside? What exactly would his focus be on?

It just seems that a PI would be able to easily get his hands on material to confirm or deny the basement that Alefantis first said was there, and now says isn't. Or if there was renovation done that might have hidden the basement between the time Alefantis gave this interview and now. Or how about sending him to investigate that farm they kept revisiting?