You actually missed another option, but it doesn't matter. At least I can't figure out yet why it might be important.
Let's talk about something else. Why do you think the journalist might have been redirected? Do you think he went to the hypothetical Shaman, and they redirected him to Haven? I just don't quite understand where this question comes from and what should follow from the answer to it.
Знание некоторых закономерностей освобождает от изучения многих фактов.
Мечты сбываются рано или поздно, так или иначе.