Bradley Garrett (born January 4, 1981) is an American researcher of social geography and cultural geography, writer, and photographer. Garrett lives in Morongo Valley, California, on a 5-acre ranch once owned by western movie star Rory Calhoun. He also has a "bug out" cabin in Big Bear Lake, California that was featured in an episode of 60 Minutes. He describes his research interests as being at the intersections of cultural geography, archaeology and visual methods and writes that his research is about "finding the hidden in the world". He is the author of five books including Bunker: Building for the End Times, a contemporary account of doomsday prepping practices, and Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City, an ethnographic account of the activities of the London Consolidation Crew (LCC), a group of urban explorers Garrett calls "place hackers". He has written for several newspapers and magazines, including The Atlantic, Vox, GQ, the Daily Beast, and The Guardian. In addition to his work in human geography, Garrett has published academic research papers in archaeology, history, ethics, criminology, and visual methods. Before becoming a researcher and journalist, Garrett was the owner of Crooks Skateboard Shop in Riverside, California. He is not to be confused with the American actor Brad Garrett. Source: Wikipedia (en)