Log E105-009
Date: January 16th 2053
Patient: Employee E105 (Edgar Soweta)
Att. Phys: Dr. August Teale B023

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TEALE
Describe to me what you saw.
E105
You mean what was there.
TEALE
Is there a difference?
E105
You make it sound like I hallucinated the whole thing.
TEALE
I didn’t mean to--
E105
I’m not a nutcase Teale.
TEALE
I know that. Please. Describe the creature to me.
E105
It was… in the shadows, but not physically there. Like it appeared from the shadows.
TEALE
So it was hiding in the dark?
E105
No. No, it came from the dark. Do you understand?
TEALE
No.
E105
I mean it wasn’t there, and then it appeared. It came from the dark.
TEALE
Like it materialized--
E105
Exactly! It materialized in the dark. From a different dimension or something.
TEALE
A different dimension?
E105
Or something. Shit, I don’t know.
TEALE
You know that’s not possible, don’t you Edgar?
E105
Then why did it happen?
TEALE
Perhaps you misinterpreted what happened.
E105
Listen to me Teale. It was there, whether you want to believe it or not. You want me to walk out of here right now?
TEALE
No, please. I’m listening.
E105
Yeah… well… just don’t even go there--
TEALE
Okay. Tell me what happened. You said it chased you?
E105
Yeah. We were spraying the drift in Quad 21--
TEALE
That’s a deep shaft.
E105
Yeah. It’s down there. So I’m running the Gunite hose with Werner--
TEALE
Now Werner didn’t see these creatures, correct?
E105
She stayed back to prep the Gunite. That’s why she didn’t see anything.
TEALE
Of course not. Go on.
E105
I’m walking the drift down towards the end, laying out the hose, and it’s dark, right? We haven’t sent Sparks down there yet because the drift is new and we have to finish spraying before they run cable.
TEALE
Go on.
E105
The light ends about 25 meters from where the end of the tunnel. So I turned my headlamp on, but it’s not seeing too deep because there’s still bug dust from the blast. Then I hear this sound - like a popping sound or... a clap of air, like a seal closing. THWAP!
TEALE
Yes.
E105
I start looking around in the dark and I see it. This creature. Just standing there, staring at me. Breathing real hard. It was… sort of human, but its head was hung low, like it broke its neck or something. Its legs were strong, muscular, but the arms were skinny and bent. It looked like two different bodies put together… and it’s looking right at me, panting.
TEALE
What did you do?
E105
I ran. What do you think I did?
TEALE
Did it chase you?
E105
Yes. I started yelling. Werner heard me and shone her flashlight down the tunnel.
TEALE
But she didn’t see anything?
E105
No, it disappeared. I don’t know - just stopped chasing me.
TEALE
Did you ever find it?
E105
I’m not going back there. Send someone else down that tunnel. Fuck that.
TEALE
Is it possible it was human? Someone playing a joke on you?
E105
Are you fucking kidding me?
TEALE
I’m trying to understand what you saw--
E105
Look, that’s a closed tunnel, you understand? It’s a dead end. They haven’t finished blasting it. There’s no way to get down there other than walking right by me and Werner, and nothing, no one, walked past us. That thing was already there, in the dark. That’s what that sound was. It like… teleported or something.
TEALE
Teleported.
E105
This is a waste of my time.
TEALE
No. I’m trying to understand--
E105
I’m leaving. You want to know anything else, check the report. I’m done talking to you.
TEALE
HearSay off.

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