After waiting for an hour, he decided to start his repair, which he completed in roughly 4.5 hours.[1] In Gröbern, around 2:30 PM, he met the daughters of the village guide, Lorenz Schlittenbauer, and told them that the repairs in Hinterkaifeck were done. Hofner also told Georg Greger, the mayor of Wangen, about the ghostly emptiness of Hinterkaifeck.[citation needed]