Grafton Monster

Grafton Monsters are cryptids found in Appalachia.
==Background==
The Grafton Monster, once a cryptid associated with West Virginia, was made flesh by West Tek's experiments at their Huntersville facility. Using the FEVS-006458 strain on October 23, 2077, scientists created a stable - if horrifying mutation. Based on the snallygaster strain, researchers tweaked the genome, producing a giant that shattered the containment unit, but was otherwise stable (excepting the absence of a discernible head).West Tek research center terminal entries: "Report: Test Subject AM53" The mutant was sedated and transported off-site via truck, with the Great War sidetracking the convoy and allowing the monster to escape into the wild due to a nuclear detonation blinding the driver.John Bunton's holotape
The resulting monster is headless, hairless and has a grayish color skin with a leathery texture. It stands around 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) tall and has an oversized chest. The mutations that turned it into a powerhouse have also turned its skin and led to the development of glands that can eject globs of corrosive, oily substance in a wide area around it.Grafton Monster characteristics.
==Characteristics==
The Grafton Monster is a large, hulking monster, which limits its ability to maneuver into tight spaces. It will generally be hostile towards nearby creatures as well as the player character.
===Biology===
The Grafton Monster is a gigantic, hairless gray creature with a disproportionately large upper torso and arms, stumpy legs and enormous three-fingered fists. Its head is non-distinct, seemingly tucked beneath the bulk of its shoulder muscles, which makes it rather difficult to make successful headshots on the creature. It was once human before it was horribly mutated by an experimental FEV strain.
===Gameplay attributes===
A creature that can be quick for its size, it will use its arms as well as its legs to hurl itself towards a target. It can stun the player character for a few seconds. Also, it will launch projectiles (a black liquid) or throw giant rocks similar to super mutant behemoths. The huge blowholes on the shoulders of the Grafton Monster are its weakest point.
Body parts	Body parts	Body parts	Body parts	Body parts	Body parts
Part 	Dmg Mult 	Health 	Hit chance	 	
Blowholes 	2.0 	60 	40% 	 	
Torso 	1.0 	80 	60% 	 	
Left arm 	1.0 	75 	40% 	 	
Right arm 	1.0 	75 	40% 	 	
Left leg 	1.0 	80 	50% 	 	
Right leg 	1.0 	80 	50% 	 	
==Variants==
===Grafton Monster===
The most common variant of the monster.
===Parasitic Grafton Monster===
This Grafton Monster is infected with parasites and suffering from deep, seeping lesions. It is wrapped in green and orange vines. It is often called in as a reinforcement for the strangler heart during Heart of the Swamp or as the alpha predator in Project Paradise.
===Scorched Grafton Monster===
A Grafton Monster under the effects of the Scorched Plague. This variant was only encountered on the Nuclear Winter Morgantown map.
=== Cut variants ===
* NPC_ - [004EC625] <EncGraftonScorched> "Scorched Grafton Monster"
* NPC_ - [005C4F26] <zzz_LvlGrafton_Prime> "Prime Grafton Monster"
* NPC_ - [00128905] <TestGraftonScorched> "Grafton Monster"
==Locations==
* One will always appear near the Charleston Trainyard.
* One will always appear east of the Charleston Capitol Building by the dam.
* South of Hemlock Holes.
* Can sometimes appear in the garden area between the Whitespring Resort and the Whitespring Golf Club.
* One has a chance to appear in the toxic dried lakebed.
* During the Grafton Day event in Grafton.
* An alpha variant can appear as a boss at the end of the event Project Paradise.
* A prime variant will appear as the final boss of the event Primal Cuts in the Toxic Valley.
* Has a one in six chance of spawning as the cryptid in the daily event Queen of the Hunt.
* During The Ol' Weston Shuffle.
==Notes==
* An Atomic Shop image for a Grafton Monster poster depicts it between two art deco faces above a player performing the Mothman Found! photomode pose.
* In Nuclear Winter mode, a Grafton Monster would often appear in the final minutes of the match to create chaos between the survivors.
==Appearances==
Grafton Monsters appear only .
==Behind the scenes==
*One of the many cryptids in West Virginia folklore, the Grafton Monster is a popular myth that started in Grafton, West Virginia, when it was allegedly spotted in 1964 by a man driving his car.
*Its design strongly resembles a Gehenna, a creature from Van Buren, Interplay's cancelled Fallout 3. 
**The late Ferret Baudoin was a developer on both games.
**Additionally, the crashed space station is based on the space station from Van Buren. 
***An Atomic Shop image depicts a Grafton Monster poster between two art deco faces. In 2103, an art deco face was excavated beneath the crashed space station, one of ten buried sculptures found in the East Coast games.
==Gallery==
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Tales From the West Virginia Hills Grafton.png|Grafton Monster on Tales from the West Virginia Hills magazine
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FO76 enraged Grafton monster.png|Enraged Grafton Monster
FO76 Parasitic Grafton monster.png|Parasitic Grafton Monster
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FO76 creature grafton scorched.webp|Scorched Grafton Monster
FO76 creature grafton scorched cut.webp|Scorched Graton monster original design 
FO76 creature grafton parasitic no vine.webp|Parasitic/Strangler Grafton Monster (no strangler vines)
==Video==
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==References==
Category:Fallout 76 creatures
Category:Nuclear Winter creatures
Category:Cryptids
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