Alfred Baumgardner

Alfred Baumgardner is a Japanese-British cryptozoologist, who is a friend of Lord Bung and Jim Kowalski.

Background and start in cyrptozoology
Alfred was adopted by the Japanese Baumgardner-family as a baby. As a teenager he dropped out of high school and became a freeloader to his older brother, Junji Baumgardner. Junji was a cryptozoologist, and contacted a foreign cryptozoologist, Jim Kowalski, for whom he had developed feelings for.

Alfred and Junji picked Jim up from the airport, but had to stay the night at a nearby hotel, because their car was hit by another vehicle. It turned later out that the accident was designed by the owner of the hotel, who wanted to sacrifice the three men to the many supernatural beings living in the hotel, and in the ensuing chaos, Junji was killed.

Saddened by this, and after discovering the necronomicon, Jim and Alfred decided to dedicate their lives to fight the supernatural and occult to avenge their dead loved one.

The History Channel
At some point Alfred and Jim managed to get the History Channel to green light a documentary series about cryptozoology, called Cryptic Control. Despite the fact that no supernatural being was ever discovered, the show was renewed for a second season.