My home has been broken into. Although the police can't be sure, they doubt that the attacker's fingerprints are on their system. The DNA and bloodwork also seem to have turned up nothing, as of yet.
Nothing appears to have been stolen, but a note was left on my desk. A riddle, of sorts, though so primitive it may have been written by a child.
How do hands talk? Feel.
Who's name rhymes with Lenny? Jennifer's.
What do you find useless? Is it... Pain?
"Feel Jennifer's pain"... And on the back, written in binary is a message which translates to "She's-out-there"
Apart from the first message which can be deduced, the fact that whoever this hollowed fool is may actually know me is rather... Uncomfortable. I've had the locks changed, naturally. But I don't think I can resist the Giant, should he come for me.
For now, keep away from the shadows, clean your teeth, brush your hair, and stay safe.
~/Survivor/
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Thursday 23 April 2015
Sighting Report; 2015-001 (Tues Apr 21st-15)
Approximate location; Manchester City, 'Greater' Area, Bacup.
Sighting Type; Beta (second-hand details from patient, useful and noteworthy for study.)
Audio Recording Transcript:
/S/: okay, Jace. Tell me what you saw.
J: again?
S: [audible sigh.] I have the Tape Recorder active now. Please speak clearly.
J: f-fine. I don't know where it came from... I've seen it before, but only from a distance or in dreams. It stalked me... Unusually close... Maybe only fifteen feet away at the most. Not invisible to the busy street people... Just... Unnoticed. People wouldn't walk near Him, but didn't seem too concerned by Him either. He just walked towards me...
S: go on...
J: it cornered me in an Alleyway... I was on my own and had seen something down there... I'm not sure what. Erm... Shadow filled the alley and there it was. Must have been nine or ten feet tall, looking down at me... It didn't have a face, but I felt like it was... Grinning. Felt like it was enjoying this. It started It's lopsided stride down the Alley toward me, one of it's hands was slightly outstretched... I think...
S: what did it look like, what stopped it from...?
S: what happened?
J: a woman came to put her bins out... The thing was so surprised... I think. And before the thought even crossed my mind, I'd shoved her into that thing and bolted through her open... Open door... [uncontrollable sobbing resumes.]
S: end audio recording here.
Notes;
The figure is different to its usual appearance, showing a more human response - so far as to appear surprised by a Human. The close stalking also seems uncharacteristic - most cases include the figure slowly increasing in frequency, appearing faster and more obvious to victims. This is wrong of it to do so, something was different about this girl.
It should also be noted that she has since disappeared from our care. I fear she may die before any greater insight can be gleaned.
She's about average height for her age, 24, and should probably still be wearing a hospital gown. Her colour red. Eye colour green. Followed by a sharply dressed faceless man in a hat.
For now, ~/Survivor/
UPDATE: apologies. I intended to post this on the date provided but decided to wait a few days. Jace was found dead earlier today. Mutilated to the extent where cause of death could not accurately be discerned, as is the Giant's MO with many victims. It certainly is a sad day. Luckily, I haven't had an Alpha encounter since 2006. I shall double my efforts into learning about the Giant.
-/S/
Sighting Type; Beta (second-hand details from patient, useful and noteworthy for study.)
Audio Recording Transcript:
/S/: okay, Jace. Tell me what you saw.
J: again?
S: [audible sigh.] I have the Tape Recorder active now. Please speak clearly.
J: f-fine. I don't know where it came from... I've seen it before, but only from a distance or in dreams. It stalked me... Unusually close... Maybe only fifteen feet away at the most. Not invisible to the busy street people... Just... Unnoticed. People wouldn't walk near Him, but didn't seem too concerned by Him either. He just walked towards me...
S: go on...
J: it cornered me in an Alleyway... I was on my own and had seen something down there... I'm not sure what. Erm... Shadow filled the alley and there it was. Must have been nine or ten feet tall, looking down at me... It didn't have a face, but I felt like it was... Grinning. Felt like it was enjoying this. It started It's lopsided stride down the Alley toward me, one of it's hands was slightly outstretched... I think...
S: what did it look like, what stopped it from...?
- J: ...killing me? Yes... It was wearing a suit and tie, or maybe a trenchcoat. Also had a hat on... We were staring dead at each other... An-and then... [Jace begins sobbing and crying.] It fucking killed her! She got in the way and it killed her! I... I pushed her... I gave her to it..!
S: what happened?
J: a woman came to put her bins out... The thing was so surprised... I think. And before the thought even crossed my mind, I'd shoved her into that thing and bolted through her open... Open door... [uncontrollable sobbing resumes.]
S: end audio recording here.
Notes;
The figure is different to its usual appearance, showing a more human response - so far as to appear surprised by a Human. The close stalking also seems uncharacteristic - most cases include the figure slowly increasing in frequency, appearing faster and more obvious to victims. This is wrong of it to do so, something was different about this girl.
It should also be noted that she has since disappeared from our care. I fear she may die before any greater insight can be gleaned.
She's about average height for her age, 24, and should probably still be wearing a hospital gown. Her colour red. Eye colour green. Followed by a sharply dressed faceless man in a hat.
For now, ~/Survivor/
UPDATE: apologies. I intended to post this on the date provided but decided to wait a few days. Jace was found dead earlier today. Mutilated to the extent where cause of death could not accurately be discerned, as is the Giant's MO with many victims. It certainly is a sad day. Luckily, I haven't had an Alpha encounter since 2006. I shall double my efforts into learning about the Giant.
-/S/
Thursday 9 April 2015
April 09th 2015: History studies
Time for a history lesson. The Giant is rumoured to have existed for centuries; with cave paintings and ancient woodcuts to back this up. From this, I have scraped together a timeline of the Giant:
Some of the earliest cave paintings in history detail an encounter with the Giant. They show a tall, dark man coming from deep woods near an early fire, apparently standing in the flames unaffected. People stand around him, seemingly worshipping him, only to be killed(?)
Early written accounts dating back to early middle eastern culture speak of the God of Death or God of Fear (varies between accounts) taking the children of criminals and 'men of immorality', who dressed in black silken robes with a blank mask-face. Oddly, later folklore makes no reference to the 'silken man'.
Certain portions of the bible's books were omitted, though early copies make reference to the 'Cloaked Demon/Angel' who had supposedly partaken in Satan's rebellion and was doomed to roam the Earth for centuries. However, it should be noted that while distinctly lacking a face for the most par, it is mentioned to possess a mouth, though it can not speak. It is said also to sometimes wear a white hooded cloak or a green one, and is only mentioned as wearing black once. Unfortunately, the only known copies are within collections even the Agency cannot obtain. This is why I lack citations on the matter.
Reports place the Giant in 9th Century Japan.
German folklore tells of "Der Grossman", a dark-clad figure (there's a pattern here...) who steals naughty children in the night. It is said to be very tall, up to fifteen feet in height according to some.
In Middle Ages England and Scotland, the Fear Dubh fairytale speaks of a disturbingly similar creature to the Giant haunting pathways through forests at night. One account describes a group of knights being sent into the woods to fight the 'noble demon' and are said to have been "butchered in the swiftest and most torturous fashion," save for one man who is returned crippled and dying to his village as if by magic.
More recent tales backed with photographs and, later, home videos serving as evidence of the Giant's influence. This form of the Entity has already been rather briefly discussed
This is everything I can make direct connections between so far. Will post more soon.
~/Survivor/
Some of the earliest cave paintings in history detail an encounter with the Giant. They show a tall, dark man coming from deep woods near an early fire, apparently standing in the flames unaffected. People stand around him, seemingly worshipping him, only to be killed(?)
Early written accounts dating back to early middle eastern culture speak of the God of Death or God of Fear (varies between accounts) taking the children of criminals and 'men of immorality', who dressed in black silken robes with a blank mask-face. Oddly, later folklore makes no reference to the 'silken man'.
Certain portions of the bible's books were omitted, though early copies make reference to the 'Cloaked Demon/Angel' who had supposedly partaken in Satan's rebellion and was doomed to roam the Earth for centuries. However, it should be noted that while distinctly lacking a face for the most par, it is mentioned to possess a mouth, though it can not speak. It is said also to sometimes wear a white hooded cloak or a green one, and is only mentioned as wearing black once. Unfortunately, the only known copies are within collections even the Agency cannot obtain. This is why I lack citations on the matter.
Reports place the Giant in 9th Century Japan.
German folklore tells of "Der Grossman", a dark-clad figure (there's a pattern here...) who steals naughty children in the night. It is said to be very tall, up to fifteen feet in height according to some.
In Middle Ages England and Scotland, the Fear Dubh fairytale speaks of a disturbingly similar creature to the Giant haunting pathways through forests at night. One account describes a group of knights being sent into the woods to fight the 'noble demon' and are said to have been "butchered in the swiftest and most torturous fashion," save for one man who is returned crippled and dying to his village as if by magic.
More recent tales backed with photographs and, later, home videos serving as evidence of the Giant's influence. This form of the Entity has already been rather briefly discussed
This is everything I can make direct connections between so far. Will post more soon.
~/Survivor/
Sunday 5 April 2015
Dream Log, Letter, 05th April 2015
Last night I dreamt. I must admit, when I do dream, it's rarely about the Giant. But this was.
The dream was fairly... Odd to say the least.
I was sitting in my "office", more of a study, which resides at the back of my house. My home is near the woods, with the backend being only tens of meters from a treeline. But the dream's proportions were so very... Wrong - a tree with branches like fingers tapping against my windows. Scratching. And I go to the window and I find It, it must be fifteen feet tall and I can barely even see Its' tie. It reaches for me, and then... I wake up.
This information, along with that which I intend to share with you now, concerns me.
I have received a letter - not the kind sent by a postman but a stalker. On the front is my name, scratched in black marker pen - rather cliché if I may say. Inside are many leaves and some twigs, along with a worn photograph of what I think is Jennifer, the woman from my first post. A woman I thought dead for eight and a half years. On the back, written in clearer font with the same pen, are the words: "He thought you might want this."
Theory: The Giant hollows out victims and uses them to transmit it's wishes on a more human level.
Action: find the "Hollowed". Study, and if irreversible, destroy. Preferably after extracting the location of Jennifer. I should not have let her be taken. Now, if I can get her back, I will not fail.
If this is the Giant, my life expectancy just dropped. If not, and this is simply coincidence, my life may not yet be over. Either way, I will be telling everything I know - every theory, idea and observation I have. Something tells me this will not be fun.
~/Survivor/
The dream was fairly... Odd to say the least.
I was sitting in my "office", more of a study, which resides at the back of my house. My home is near the woods, with the backend being only tens of meters from a treeline. But the dream's proportions were so very... Wrong - a tree with branches like fingers tapping against my windows. Scratching. And I go to the window and I find It, it must be fifteen feet tall and I can barely even see Its' tie. It reaches for me, and then... I wake up.
This information, along with that which I intend to share with you now, concerns me.
I have received a letter - not the kind sent by a postman but a stalker. On the front is my name, scratched in black marker pen - rather cliché if I may say. Inside are many leaves and some twigs, along with a worn photograph of what I think is Jennifer, the woman from my first post. A woman I thought dead for eight and a half years. On the back, written in clearer font with the same pen, are the words: "He thought you might want this."
Theory: The Giant hollows out victims and uses them to transmit it's wishes on a more human level.
Action: find the "Hollowed". Study, and if irreversible, destroy. Preferably after extracting the location of Jennifer. I should not have let her be taken. Now, if I can get her back, I will not fail.
If this is the Giant, my life expectancy just dropped. If not, and this is simply coincidence, my life may not yet be over. Either way, I will be telling everything I know - every theory, idea and observation I have. Something tells me this will not be fun.
~/Survivor/
Saturday 4 April 2015
Theories, seemingly confirmed and otherwise
apologies for this post appearing late. I'm afraid I've been rather busy for most of my day with a colleague. We elected to visit the Jodrell Bank during the course of today, as we were curious as to whether or not their equipment would be of use to us. Of course, cooperating with The Agency has it's upsides, so if radio equipment does prove fruitful, such things shall be obtained. My colleague is a man named Brown, a psychiatrist who specialises in paediatrics. He is, of course, aware of my work with the Giant and has an excellent mind - he was the first to suggest the Giant may be a manifestation of our minds, and subsequently placed his afflicted patients on hallucinatory-inhibiting drugs. The results were... Mixed. Regardless, my job is to post my research, not speak highly of a close personal friend...
Abilities:
Can appear and disappear at will, moving through space and thus most likely through time freely.
Can cause others to appear and disappear as above stated, possibly displacing them in time.
Telekinesis(?), attacking people with it's mind alone, no physical contact required (this is according to a "meat puppet"/"hallowed" formerly under it's control. Since deceased.)
Pyrokinesis/use of physical firestarting techniques have been observed, usually after the Giant has finished with a victim, burning their home or place of work.
Mental "invasion" or perhaps mind control(?). The Giant is capable of slightly shifting the perception of humans in it's local vicinity to hide itself. It can invade victim's minds, making them irrational and under go psychosis. These "meat puppets" subsequently act by proxy for it, doing what can only be assumed to be It's "bidding". Unknown communication skills with the Entity.
Possible capacity for "possesion" temporairly - victims "burn out" and die before they ae of much use, perhaps something to do with such an alien mindset entering them. It is possible that The Giant is trying to construct or find the "perfect host".
CAUSES STRANGE BURNS OR ODD SENSATIONS ON CONTACT, VARIES FROM CASE TO CASE.
Capable of physical ineraction, frequently mutilating or disappearing those who it takes an interest in, with few escaping without mental or physical distress.
Either derives strength from the woods, or else prefers wooded areas in which to attack those running from it. Reasons unknown beyond speculation.
"Symptoms"
Hallucinations, coughing fits, occasional nosebleeds. These are consiered stage 1 of infection or exposure. Sometimes a combination, sometimes all symptoms, sometimes none.
Paranoia, occuring usually in stage 1 but sometimes not appearing until stage 2.
Hair loss, gaps in memory, heavier coughing fits resulting in oral release of blood or projectile vomit, occasionally a black mucus like substance. Cause unknown. Coughing and hair loss doesn't seem to be caused by any failure in bodily systems, though some medications are effective, usually those which can temporarily cause the Giant to back off. These are considered Stage 2 symptoms.
Stage three consists of psychosis, occasional self harm, depression and paranoia, and large portions of time lost. Victims usually abducted not long afterwards. Occasionally, it should be noted, victims lose skin cells along with hair, shedding large amounts of their outter skin. Cause unknown. Further investigation required.
I will sign off here. More theories shall come soon. Just noticed movement out of my window, not sure what to make of it. Shall update soon. /survivor/
Abilities:
Can appear and disappear at will, moving through space and thus most likely through time freely.
Can cause others to appear and disappear as above stated, possibly displacing them in time.
Telekinesis(?), attacking people with it's mind alone, no physical contact required (this is according to a "meat puppet"/"hallowed" formerly under it's control. Since deceased.)
Pyrokinesis/use of physical firestarting techniques have been observed, usually after the Giant has finished with a victim, burning their home or place of work.
Mental "invasion" or perhaps mind control(?). The Giant is capable of slightly shifting the perception of humans in it's local vicinity to hide itself. It can invade victim's minds, making them irrational and under go psychosis. These "meat puppets" subsequently act by proxy for it, doing what can only be assumed to be It's "bidding". Unknown communication skills with the Entity.
Possible capacity for "possesion" temporairly - victims "burn out" and die before they ae of much use, perhaps something to do with such an alien mindset entering them. It is possible that The Giant is trying to construct or find the "perfect host".
CAUSES STRANGE BURNS OR ODD SENSATIONS ON CONTACT, VARIES FROM CASE TO CASE.
Capable of physical ineraction, frequently mutilating or disappearing those who it takes an interest in, with few escaping without mental or physical distress.
Either derives strength from the woods, or else prefers wooded areas in which to attack those running from it. Reasons unknown beyond speculation.
"Symptoms"
Hallucinations, coughing fits, occasional nosebleeds. These are consiered stage 1 of infection or exposure. Sometimes a combination, sometimes all symptoms, sometimes none.
Paranoia, occuring usually in stage 1 but sometimes not appearing until stage 2.
Hair loss, gaps in memory, heavier coughing fits resulting in oral release of blood or projectile vomit, occasionally a black mucus like substance. Cause unknown. Coughing and hair loss doesn't seem to be caused by any failure in bodily systems, though some medications are effective, usually those which can temporarily cause the Giant to back off. These are considered Stage 2 symptoms.
Stage three consists of psychosis, occasional self harm, depression and paranoia, and large portions of time lost. Victims usually abducted not long afterwards. Occasionally, it should be noted, victims lose skin cells along with hair, shedding large amounts of their outter skin. Cause unknown. Further investigation required.
I will sign off here. More theories shall come soon. Just noticed movement out of my window, not sure what to make of it. Shall update soon. /survivor/
Friday 3 April 2015
An Introduction of sorts
Hello. I am the Researcher, though I'm more often called /survivor/.
I have been looking into the Giant for more than fifteen years, attempting to understand what it is, and what it wants. While my attempts were initially fruitless, I believe that my efforts are nearing at least a rudimentary understanding of the Tall Man. First, I must explain that only once have I encountered the enigmatic figure; a story I shall tell here.
I believe it was june of 2006, at the time I was working for a man named Steven Fischer in America at a psychiatric ward. We were both aware of the Giant, which was how we'd met and come to work with one another. We were helping a woman named Jennifer █████. She had seen the Tall Man most of her life and had managed to block it out, so was really the obvious choice for such experiments - as very few others had. We attached equipment which monitors brain activity to her head and tryed just about every method we could think of to 'summon' the Giant. We were just about to give up and remove the helmet from her head, when the thought occured to me: we were thinking as though the Tall One must be bound by rules. We sedated the woman and left the room, careful to set up some Electromagnetic-detection devices - not that I had much faith in them. We left the brain monitoring system active and waited in a cramped control room. Fischer, as was his nature, was eyeing me with skepticism - and in his position I would most likely have done the same. After several minutes he opened his mouth, presumably to denounce me and state a better idea (something I was up for right about then), when we noticed her brain activity change.
A horrendous beeping flooded the room, the sound of electromagnetic detectors registering something dangerous and there he was, striding forward from the shadows! A moment I had waited my entire adult life for, the Giant! Standing before me! I rushed out, shouting at it to stay where it was, trying everything, including activating what boiled down to a microwave, a potato and some lead lining. All It did was look vaguely annoyed, before straightening it's hat, and grabbing Jennifer. I would not let this happen - I don't know what it does with this it takes, but I wasn't going to let a patient and personal friend find out - I reached for it's outstretched arm only to ne tossed aside like a ragdoll. Some of the equipment erupted in sparks and small flames and as suddenly as he had appeared, he was gone. Along with Patient Jennifer █████. To this day, I haven't seen either the Giant or his prey. But I intend too.
I shall update this blog with some of my findings later today I should expect. Until then, stay away from te Shadows. /survivor/.
I have been looking into the Giant for more than fifteen years, attempting to understand what it is, and what it wants. While my attempts were initially fruitless, I believe that my efforts are nearing at least a rudimentary understanding of the Tall Man. First, I must explain that only once have I encountered the enigmatic figure; a story I shall tell here.
I believe it was june of 2006, at the time I was working for a man named Steven Fischer in America at a psychiatric ward. We were both aware of the Giant, which was how we'd met and come to work with one another. We were helping a woman named Jennifer █████. She had seen the Tall Man most of her life and had managed to block it out, so was really the obvious choice for such experiments - as very few others had. We attached equipment which monitors brain activity to her head and tryed just about every method we could think of to 'summon' the Giant. We were just about to give up and remove the helmet from her head, when the thought occured to me: we were thinking as though the Tall One must be bound by rules. We sedated the woman and left the room, careful to set up some Electromagnetic-detection devices - not that I had much faith in them. We left the brain monitoring system active and waited in a cramped control room. Fischer, as was his nature, was eyeing me with skepticism - and in his position I would most likely have done the same. After several minutes he opened his mouth, presumably to denounce me and state a better idea (something I was up for right about then), when we noticed her brain activity change.
A horrendous beeping flooded the room, the sound of electromagnetic detectors registering something dangerous and there he was, striding forward from the shadows! A moment I had waited my entire adult life for, the Giant! Standing before me! I rushed out, shouting at it to stay where it was, trying everything, including activating what boiled down to a microwave, a potato and some lead lining. All It did was look vaguely annoyed, before straightening it's hat, and grabbing Jennifer. I would not let this happen - I don't know what it does with this it takes, but I wasn't going to let a patient and personal friend find out - I reached for it's outstretched arm only to ne tossed aside like a ragdoll. Some of the equipment erupted in sparks and small flames and as suddenly as he had appeared, he was gone. Along with Patient Jennifer █████. To this day, I haven't seen either the Giant or his prey. But I intend too.
I shall update this blog with some of my findings later today I should expect. Until then, stay away from te Shadows. /survivor/.
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