Last updated: November 9, 2026
Who operates the Archive
The Explorer's Archive, available at mradventurearchive.com, is owned and operated by Joshua John Lerma, an individual based in Georgia, United States of America, creator of Adventure Explore Discover and known online as Mr. Adventure. The website and channel names identify the project; they are not a separate registered company. The website shares journals, folklore, reported encounters, research commentary, illustrations, personal letters, and related videos for a general audience. It is not directed to children.
Privacy & personal information
Visiting the website
The Archive does not operate its own visitor-account or payment-card system. The embedded shop is provided separately by Spreadshop, as described below. Delivering pages and protecting services can involve technical information such as your IP address, browser details, requested page, time of access, and referral information. Cloudflare Pages hosts the Archive, and Cloudflare provides content delivery and security services. Cloudflare processes technical information to deliver pages, prevent abuse, and maintain security. The third-party services described below also process information needed to provide their services. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy. These providers may process information in countries other than your own.
Analytics, cookies & browser storage
The live website loads Cloudflare's Web Analytics/performance beacon to measure website usage and page-loading performance. Cloudflare states that this beacon does not use cookies or browser storage and does not fingerprint visitors. This describes the analytics beacon, not all hosting or security processing. See Cloudflare's beacon information. Google Analytics is not currently enabled, and the Archive does not currently run a separate advertising network.
Cloudflare security features may use cookies where needed to protect the service; see Cloudflare's cookie information. The contact form does not save your entries in localStorage, sessionStorage, or IndexedDB. The Archive's fonts and artwork are served from its own files; the embedded storefront also loads resources from Spreadshop and its service providers. Your browser may cache files. Embedded services and external destinations have their own privacy practices, and may process technical information or use cookies and similar technologies.
The Archive does not currently provide a site-wide cookie-consent manager. The embedded shop provides its own Tracking controls. Browser settings can limit third-party requests and storage, but may affect embedded video playback. They do not undo information already sent. Any new analytics, advertising, or other collection service will require a corresponding update to this notice and any consent controls required for its use.
YouTube videos
Journal pages embed YouTube videos using the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com player. Your browser can contact YouTube or Google when a player loads, including before playback; lazy loading may postpone this until a player approaches the visible area. Playing a video can involve further requests, device information, storage, and advertising handled by YouTube. Privacy-enhanced mode does not mean no information is processed.
Google states that views through privacy-enhanced embeds are not used to personalize the viewer's YouTube browsing experience. YouTube operates the player and its advertising under its own terms. See Google's Privacy Policy and YouTube's embedded-player information.
Contact messages & encounter submissions
The contact form sends your entered name or preferred name, reply email, topic, subject, message, and any encounter permission and credit choices to SilentForms. A copy of applicable permission terms is included with an encounter submission. SilentForms also receives technical information including the submitting page URL, IP address, and submission time, and checks messages for spam. The operator reads submissions in the SilentForms dashboard. SilentForms also provides email forwarding; a message accepted by the service does not guarantee an email notification reaches the operator.
SilentForms states that submissions, including held spam, remain in its dashboard until the form owner deletes them, the form, or the account. Its infrastructure and email providers also process data to provide that service. See SilentForms's Privacy Policy. Deleting a forwarded email does not delete a dashboard copy.
If you contact [email protected] directly, Google Gmail processes your email address, correspondence, and any attachments you send. See Google's Privacy Policy. Do not include passwords, payment details, private addresses, sensitive locations, or unnecessary information about other people. The website form does not collect attachments and does not subscribe you to a mailing list.
The Adventure Letter, Patreon & external links
The Adventure Letter is a free newsletter delivered through Patreon. The website links to the creator page; it does not collect or store newsletter email addresses through a signup form. Patreon manages registration, membership, email delivery, and notification preferences. You can manage or end membership and notifications through Patreon. Creator access to member information depends on Patreon's features and your profile and membership settings. Information made available to the operator is used to administer the community and related communications. See Patreon's privacy information.
Links to Amazon, YouTube, Patreon, and other websites take you to independently operated services. Their own terms and privacy policies apply. Patreon handles payments made on its service; this website does not receive payment-card details through its code.
Embedded Spreadshop storefront & purchases
The Shop page embeds the Adventure Explore Discover storefront provided by Spreadshop/Spreadshirt. Opening that page loads the provider's scripts and product resources. The provider may process your IP address, device and browser information, browsing activity, and cart information, and use cookies or similar storage to operate the shop and apply its tracking preferences. Use the storefront's Tracking controls to review the provider's available choices.
Product selection takes place in the embedded storefront; checkout and orders are handled by Spreadshop/Spreadshirt and its payment providers under the terms displayed during checkout. They process the contact, delivery, payment and other information you provide to complete a purchase. The Archive does not collect payment-card details through its own code. Product availability, final prices, shipping, returns and customer support are governed by the shop's checkout terms and provider policies. Sales information made available to the operator through the shop service is used to administer merchandise sales and related inquiries.
See Spreadshirt's shop privacy information and the storefront's Legal Info, Terms & Conditions, shipping and Help links for the applicable provider details.
How information is used and shared
The operator uses information to read and respond to messages, review encounter submissions, carry out your publication and credit choices, maintain authorized stories and permission records, resolve corrections and rights concerns, and operate and protect the website. Necessary service providers process information to supply their services. Information may also be disclosed where required by law or reasonably necessary to address legal claims, fraud, or security problems. Private contact details are not published as story credit.
The operator does not sell submitted contact details or use them for targeted advertising. Amazon affiliate links and advertising within YouTube's player are described separately below. These statements concern the operator's use of information; independent third-party services apply their own policies.
Retention & security
Personal information is kept only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here, including responding to inquiries, reviewing submissions, maintaining authorized published stories and evidence of permission, meeting legal obligations, and handling legal claims. Information is deleted or anonymized when it is no longer needed, subject to applicable legal requirements. Published stories and necessary permission records may remain while the stories are in use. That does not justify retaining unrelated private correspondence indefinitely.
Where copies are held in SilentForms and email, deletion needs to address both locations. Provider security logs, backups, and other service records follow the applicable provider's policies and legal obligations. No communication channel or website can be guaranteed completely secure. Please share only information needed for your message.
Privacy questions, corrections & requests
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, receive a copy of, restrict, or object to processing of personal information, or withdraw consent where consent is relied upon. You may also be able to complain to a privacy regulator. Rights, exceptions, and response requirements vary.
Email [email protected] with a privacy question or request. We may need proportionate verification before disclosing information or changing a published account. Please do not send identity documents unless a suitable method has been agreed. Requests concerning information independently held by YouTube, Amazon, Patreon, or another provider should also be directed to that provider.
Website terms & storytelling disclaimer
You are welcome to read the Archive and share links to its pages. Copying or republishing protected journals, illustrations, videos, or collections requires permission unless applicable law permits the use. These terms do not restrict lawful copyright exceptions.
The Archive provides general information, storytelling, and entertainment about historical accounts, folklore, reported encounters, and personal interpretations. Including a story does not establish that every claim has been independently verified or that an unknown creature or supernatural explanation has been confirmed. Accounts may contain mistakes, disputed interpretations, or incomplete evidence. Interpretations and descriptions may change when new information becomes available.
Do not trespass, disturb wildlife, enter unsafe locations, or violate anyone's privacy while exploring subjects discussed here. These pages do not provide professional legal, medical, financial, or safety advice. Use the website lawfully; do not interfere with its operation, attempt unauthorized access, or misuse other people's information.
Reasonable care is taken, but accuracy, completeness, continuous availability, and suitability for a particular purpose cannot be guaranteed. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the operator is not responsible for loss caused by reliance on general website information or independently operated services. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limits mandatory consumer rights.
External websites are not controlled by the operator. The site and this notice may be updated; substantive changes will be reflected in the date above. A policy update does not itself provide consent for a new use where separate consent is required.
Copyright & material concerns
© 2026 Adventure Explore Discover, for original material owned by its operator and protected by law. Historical facts, folklore, public-domain material, and other creators' work are not claimed as the operator's property. Website artwork is drawn by the operator or created using AI tools. No copyright is claimed in purely AI-generated material where protection does not apply. Third-party fonts remain the property of their respective creators and are used under their licenses.
Font licenses
The website uses Carter One by Vernon Adams, Arty Signature by Christopher Jackson, Veteran Typewriter by Koczman Bálint, and Snake by Kevin Richey. Original license notices are included with the site:
- Carter One — SIL Open Font License
- Arty Signature — license
- Veteran Typewriter — license
- Snake — license
If you believe material infringes your rights, email the contact address below with the page URL, identification of the material, your interest in it, your concern, and a way to reply. Include relevant supporting information without unnecessary personal data. We will review the concern and may seek clarification, correct, credit, restrict, or remove material as appropriate. This contact process is not a claim of a registered statutory copyright agent or a guarantee of a particular outcome.
Affiliate links, Patreon & advertising
The About page includes Amazon affiliate links identified beside the recommendations. When you follow one and make a qualifying purchase, the operator may receive a commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Patreon is an independent membership service. Free membership is available through the creator page, including The Adventure Letter; Patreon controls account registration and notification preferences. Other Patreon links may describe additional creator offerings available on that service.
The Archive does not currently run a separate advertising network. Ads within embedded videos are controlled by YouTube. Any future paid sponsorship or other material commercial relationship will be identified with the relevant content; this general notice does not replace a disclosure beside a recommendation.
Encounter submissions & publication permission
The contact form accepts encounters, business inquiries, and ordinary questions. Encounter contributors must be at least 18 and confirm that the account is theirs or they have the rights needed to share it. Do not submit unlawful, threatening, defamatory, privacy-invasive, or unauthorized material. Submissions are reviewed; publication, a reply, payment, and presentation as verified fact are not guaranteed.
You retain ownership of protected material. Website publication requires the explicit permission shown in the encounter form: a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, edit for spelling, clarity and length, and publish the submitted account, including on monetized pages, without payment or royalties. Edits will not materially change the account. Choose private review if you do not grant website publication permission.
YouTube adaptation is optional and separately selected. Choosing Yes grants permission to edit, narrate, and incorporate the account into YouTube videos, including monetized videos, without payment or royalties, under the terms displayed in the form. Choosing No requires separate permission before such use. Your chosen public name or anonymity applies; your private contact email is not public credit.
Permission continues while the authorized story or video is in use, subject to applicable law and request handling. To request removal, correction, or anonymity, email [email protected], preferably from the original submission address, and identify the account and page. We will review the request, verify it where needed, and address material under our control as appropriate. Third-party copies, search caches, prior downloads, and shares may remain. Necessary permission records may be retained for legitimate legal purposes. Permission is not an irrevocable transfer of ownership.
Ordinary messages and rights requests grant no publication permission. Encounters received by email require explicit agreement before publication. The permission choices and terms accompanying a submission govern that submission; reading this page alone grants no license.
Contact
For business inquiries, privacy questions, story changes, copyright concerns, or website issues:
Include a relevant subject line and page URL where applicable. Please do not put private information in public comments as a substitute for contacting the operator.