Smilers

I - Overview
Smilers, also known as "Night Hunters", are an intelligent and highly dangerous species of spectral entities. Found throughout the Backrooms on several levels, these beings thrive in dark, damp areas, and pose an extreme threat to all who come across them. 
II - Biology
Smilers are entirely amorphous, able to change and shift their body to any shape needed, and seemingly composed of a vantablack substance similar in shape and shifting like fireAs the body mass of a Smiler vanishes after death, the composition of the substance cannot be ascertained.. Although a general description of their appearance can be made, any specific detail about their exact biology varies between different people, even between those who view a Smiler at the same time. 
Despite their already unique appearance, they are mostly identified by their most infamous and distinguishing feature: a set of bioluminescent eyes and teeth locked in a perpetual grin.
Smilers are selectively corporeal, being able to affect physical objects while also being able to be entirely immune to physical harm, as well as being able to phase through physical matter. Despite this immunity to conventional methods of damage, all Smilers have a singular weakness: light. Large amounts of light in the visible spectrum seemingly acts as a repelling force to Smilers, pushing them away from its source.For example, non-focused sources of light such as a light bulb will impede a Smiler's progress, meanwhile a focused source of light such as a flashlight will push it away.
In terms of killing a Smiler, the only method known to be successful in neutralizing one is by burning it alive. When a Smiler catches on fire, it will slowly begin to dissolve, decreasing its mass until it has been killed. No residual matter is left after this process.
III - Behavior
Smilers are thought to possess human-like intelligence, evident by their impressive cognitive capability and their ability to cooperate with each other and form small "packs". Additionally, they display many sadistic tendencies, often verbally taunting and torturing their victims for amusement. 
As Smilers do not seem to consume their victims in any way, it is thought that they hunt exclusively for sport.
IV - Documentation
A bloodstained note found next to a rotting corpse:
As I walked through the strange halls, it became clearer and clearer to me that this place was not safe. The air was filled with a horrible stench, one of death and decay. I had ran out of food supplies days ago, so I slowly crept towards the source, in desperation for any way to feed myself. But once I found the source, I very quickly came to regret my decision.
The body was mutilated beyond recognition. The limbs of the corpse lay on the ground severed from its body. Its skin was entirely ripped off, its entrails hanging out of its body in a visceral display. The concrete floor was stained with dried blood.
As my eyes slowly moved from the body to the dark hallway in front of it, I found the thing responsible for this. A beast as dark as the night sky, hiding in the shadows with a sinister grin lunged towards me, its body morphing from an formless mass of black fire into a three meter tall monster, armed with sharp claws.
I have escaped it, but it won't be long before I bleed out in this state.
To whoever finds this note: kill this thing once and for all. 
Do not let it take more lives.
A excerpt from an interview with M.E.G. explorer Harvie Tobin:
Some people say to simply scare those Smiler things away with lights, but those bastards are clever. Last time me and my team tried that, it moved away from our flashlight beams, phased through the wall and took John with it. We haven't seen him since.
My advice? Get some gasoline, a good match, and torch the fuckers before they even get close.
An tablet written in ancient Greek, translated to English:
THE TEMPLE SHOOK AGAIN, WITH EVERY WORD IT SAID.
REALITY UNRAVELED AS IT REARED ITS GRUESOME HEAD.
"THEIR MINDS WILL ALL FALL, YOUR SMARTEST AND YOUR WISE."
"YOUR SANITY IS A VEIL. YOUR COURAGE IS BUT A GUISE."
THE BEAST'S CHILDREN REVEALED THEMSELVES, TAINTING ALL THAT HAD BEEN.
MONSTERS IN THE DARKNESS THAT WORE NOTHING BUT A GRIN.
Excerpt from a news article on the increasing Smiler population after The Flicker:
...the Smiler population has had an estimated 300% increase since the incident, with them going from primarily inhabiting the Main Nine to infesting hundreds of levels. Reports have even surfaced of them appearing in levels previously thought to be devoid of dangerous entities.
M.E.G. leadership has authorized the use of contingency plan FIREWALL in the event that this situation worsens.
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Author/Wikitexter: Stormy
Original Author: BBMBear / Samir
Image Source: "Man Finds Giant Hissing Alligator In His Sewer Drain" (edited by Pexy)
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