Prior to the dosarak incident, one daytime dockworker says that 3 weeks ago when the ice was thicker, some of the fishermen who went ice fishing claim the ice trembled as though something was bumping up against the surface beneath. They were unable to see what it was. One fisherman claims his bucket of fish was stolen by a tentacle. He was alone and has a reputation of being a drunk. The dockworker shrugs and says the man must've accidentally knocked his bucket into the hole and was too embarrassed to admit it.

A second dockworker who works the graveyard shift will answer questions if he's paid a small sum. He says late one night about a week ago he was approached by someone who offered him money to let them rent a boat and to sail it across to the forested border of Castle Thorne. He turned them down, explaining he found the sum of money suspicious. He describes the person's appearance as "shifty" and that the clothing quite didn't match what natives in Thorne wear. Otherwise there was nothing unusual.