Argentine Darkness

The Argentine Darkness was an unexplained phenomenon that was found in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, in the Richler family home. The Argentinian government requested the assistance of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research, who dispatched a team led by Case Manager Curtis Rollins to investigate. 
== History ==
Late at night, Migueland Claudia Richler were enjoying wine when they heard an unifentified noise coming from their living room. Believing it to be a burglar, they quietly left their dining room to investigate, and found their son Diego pushing his toy cars into a towering black void in the centre of the room. After narrowly preventing their son from running into the shadowy void, they opted to call the police.
The government and law enforcement opted to contact the O.S.I.R., who on the next day had dispatched Case Manager Curtis Rollins, Peter Axon, Dr. Anton Hendricks, and Dr. Natasha Constantine. After arriving onsite, they were met by Professor Alejandro Alvarez, who had previously investigated the phenomenon and supplied information to the O.S.I.R. That night, the team observed the phenomena and its properties, or lack thereof. Axon observed and confirmed that it was continuing to grow. 
The next day, the team deployed a robotic probe to investigate the phenomena from within. Once it had entered, they lost all control and contact with the device. Axon successfully argued to Rollins his case that he lead a group of men into the mass. Axon was unable to see anything within, though he did discover that radio waves did pass into and out of the mass. While Axon made his way out, the team received word from headquarters that a second instance of the phenomena in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Rollins and Constantine, noting that Ningbo was on the exact opposite side of the globe from Jujuy, surmised that it might not be two separate instances of the same phenomena, but the same instance, making it inconceivably large and dangerous. Within hours of Axons entry and departure, the phenomenon had grown large enough to penetrate the house. Based on the phenomena's growth rate, Axon was able to estimate that, were the phenomenon allowed to continue growing, it would consume Jujuy within seven days. Based on this information, Rollins determined that it would be necessary to eradicate the phenomena. Temperature decrease, oxygen removal, and microwave bombardment had no effect. The team attempted to flux the environment with ELF transmissions, which had no effect after several hours. The surrounding area was then evacuated to allow for deployment of the portable linear accelerator. Moments before the activation of the PLA, the phenomena receded and disappeared entirely, and the lost probe was recovered.
Following the closure of Case File 77110, the Richlers put the home on the market. Speculation as to the nature included that it may have been an unknown geographical phenomenon, extraterrestrial interference, or a non-gravitational black hole. It remained unexplained. (TV: Creeping Darkness / The Power)
== Properties ==
The Darkness had a total lack of photo-reflection. It was also completely opaque, without any light penetration. Its displacement margins were inconclusive, and it had no chemical components or measurable mass. It exuded no toxins, nor was it accompanied by any unusual concentrations of energy fields.
By the third day of investigation, the O.S.I.R. had observed the phenomena appeared to be growing 22.6 cm per hour. The same growth rate was observed in China.
== Notes ==
=== Behind the Scenes ===
* The Argentine Darkness appeared in the "Psi Factor" episode "Creeping Darkness / The Power".The Creeping Darkness/Power - IMDB - Retrieved 15 July 2021 It only received its name in a passing mention in a later episode.
*The real antipode of San Salvador de Jujuy is not in fact Ningbo, but Ganzhou, in Jiangxi province.
=== References ===
* The Argentine Darkness is similar to the Blessing from "Torchwood: Miracle Day". Both were unknown and unexplained phenomena that reached opposing points of the Earth, starting from Argentina and ending in China. However, the Blessing was speculated to be a living organism, and had different properties, such as being able to control life and death.
== Appearances ==
* Psi Factor
** Creeping Darkness / The Power (first and final appearance)
** The Egress (mentioned)
== References ==
Category:Anomalous phenomena
Category:Television phenomena
Category:Subjects of investigation by the OSIR