SPRINGFIELD, OH — An area man completed the entire audio guide at the Springfield Museum of Natural History on Saturday, including all 47 primary stops and the 12 supplemental “for the curious visitor” recordings, in a feat museum staff said they had never personally witnessed in a combined 83 years of employment.

Greg Haskins, 51, an insurance actuary and self-described “thorough enjoyer,” reportedly began the tour at 10:14 a.m. when the museum opened, paused briefly at a water fountain around noon, and emerged from the gift shop at 3:47 p.m. visibly moved. His wife, Denise, and their three children had relocated to an Applebee’s approximately 90 minutes earlier after Haskins refused to skip the 11-minute audio segment on Cretaceous soil composition.

“Stop 23 on the migratory bird exhibit genuinely changed something in me,” Haskins told reporters in the parking lot, clutching his numbered wand. “They had a soundscape. You could hear the actual birds. I stood there for a while.”

“We kept expecting him to give up around the Bronze Age pottery room like a normal person. He did not give up around the Bronze Age pottery room.”

Museum docent Carolyn Marsh, 62, said staff became aware of Haskins around stop 31 and began quietly monitoring him. “We kept expecting him to give up around the Bronze Age pottery room like a normal person,” Marsh said. “He did not give up around the Bronze Age pottery room.”

Denise Haskins confirmed the family had a good time at Applebee’s.

At press time, Haskins had returned his audio device, purchased the companion book, and was in the parking lot asking if there was a second companion book.