DOC CASE: 26

A WITNESS DESCRIBES A TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH CREATURES KNOWN AS PUTRID BEASTS, OR SKIN-WALKERS, WHICH ARE SAID TO INHABIT THE HUMID, DENSE AREAS OF HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST NEAR WHITE PINE, NEVADA. THESE CREATURES APPEAR RARE, BUT LOCALS WARN AGAINST VENTURING INTO THE FOREST, ESPECIALLY ALONE AND AT NIGHT. THEY FIRST APPEAR AS ANIMALS, OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR WOLVES, BUT SOMETHING IS ALWAYS OFF ABOUT THEM—THEIR BODIES HAVE TOO MANY JOINTS, BONES STICKING OUT IN UNNATURAL WAYS, AND LIMBS TWISTED INTO HORRIFIC SHAPES THAT DEFY ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY.

THE WITNESS RECALLS A CHILLING NIGHT WHEN HE DECIDED TO TAKE A LATE-NIGHT WALK WHILE CAMPING WITH FRIENDS. AFTER HEARING A DISTORTED, HUMAN-LIKE VOICE IN THE FOREST, HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE ONE OF THESE CREATURES IN THE SHADOWS. ITS SKIN HUNG LOOSELY, RIPPED IN PLACES, BARELY HOLDING ITS DEFORMED BODY TOGETHER. THE CREATURE LOCKED EYES WITH HIM, AS IF IT HAD BEEN WAITING IN THE DARK, WATCHING HIM IN SILENCE.

THE NATURE OF THESE CREATURES REMAINS UNKNOWN—THEY EXIST IN A STATE THAT FEELS REAL BUT ALSO SOMEHOW UNREAL, LEAVING THOSE WHO ENCOUNTER THEM FEELING UNCERTAIN AND FRIGHTENED. THE WITNESS DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE CREATURES WANT OR WHY THEY APPEAR, BUT THE EXPERIENCE LEFT A LINGERING DREAD OF EVER SEEING ONE AGAIN.

DOC CASE: 66

A TERRIFYING INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN LEWES, DELAWARE, WHERE STARFISH-LIKE CREATURES KNOWN AS CRYPTASTERS EMERGED AFTER A LOUD EXPLOSION, CAUSING WIDESPREAD CHAOS. THE WITNESS DESCRIBES THESE CREATURES AS UNNATURAL, WITH TWISTING, OCTOPUS-LIKE LIMBS AND A FOUL SMELL THAT MADE PEOPLE SICK. THE CRYPTASTERS WERE ABLE TO GROW RAPIDLY, EXPANDING TO FILL ENTIRE HOMES WITH EACH EXPLOSIVE GROWTH, AND THEY SEEMED DRAWN TO POPULATED AREAS. EFFORTS BY POLICE AND MILITARY FORCES TO DESTROY THEM PROVED FUTILE, AS THE CREATURES REGENERATED FASTER THAN BULLETS COULD HURT THEM AND WERE COMPLETELY RESISTANT TO FIRE.

THE ENTIRE CITY WAS OVERRUN BY THESE CREATURES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, AND NOTHING COULD STOP THEM. IT WASN’T UNTIL SUNRISE THAT THEY FINALLY CEASED THEIR DESTRUCTION—SHRINKING IN SIZE AND TURNING BLACK WHEN EXPOSED TO SUNLIGHT. DESPITE THE IMMENSE DAMAGE THEY LEFT BEHIND, THE ENTIRE EVENT WAS COVERED UP BY AUTHORITIES, AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. HOWEVER, THE WITNESS IS CERTAIN OF WHAT HE SAW AND FEARS THAT THE CRYPTASTERS COULD RETURN, LEAVING THE TOWN AND ITS RESIDENTS VULNERABLE TO ANOTHER DEVASTATING ATTACK.

DOC CASE: 92

THESE EERIE, BLACKENED HANDS, ENGULFED IN INTERNAL FLAMES, HAVE BEGUN APPEARING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ORIGINATING FROM AN ANCIENT HIDDEN CORRUPTION, THE HANDS OF CINDERS ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF A MALEVOLENT POWER AND ARE BOUND BY THE RIDDLE, "WHAT HUNGERS FOR POWER BUT PERISHES IN ITS OWN FLAME?" THEY TEMPT THOSE SEEKING POWER, ONLY TO LEAD THEM INTO MADNESS.
AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING, AND CITIZENS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE HANDS OF CINDERS AND REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS TO LOCAL OFFICIALS.