Egg's longtime friend, Scot Free, told the Bay Area Reporter that he plans to light a candle to commemorate the discovery of Egg's partial remains two years ago this weekend.
He also launched a Facebook fundraiser, "A tree for Brian," to put a memorial tree and plaque in his honor. Free said he didn't feel comfortable organizing a memorial vigil in front of Egg's house as he did last year because of the squatters who are living in the home. "I would like to honor the occasion at his home but I'm afraid of having ANY contact with the squatters, who are most definitely junkies," Free told the B.A.R.
in an email. "People like that are unpredictable and could bash my car or me. They're very shady, paranoid, and suspicious. I wouldn't be.