Ashleigh Thing

> *"Coyote Actual, Mother; have you made contact, over?... I repeat, Coyote 4 Actual, Mother; have you made contact-?"*
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> *"Mother, Coyote Actual; we have a situation! It took three fucking men - I repeat, three casualties in pursuit, over!"* — excerpts of radio chatter between Special Agent Todd Glover, leader of Coyote Squad, and Supervisory Special Agent Oswald Robinett, after the former's encounter with the **Ashleigh Thing**
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## Ashleigh Thing

Only known instance of the cryptid on multimedia

## Biographical information

### Habitat

Ashleighville, New York, during the 1989 Hell's Staircase Incident

### Encountered by

Preternatural Investigation Branch* Special Preternatural Reaction Unit
	+ Task Force III "FEVER DREAM"

## Physical information

### Notable features

"Indescribable horror"
Wide visage

### Notable powers

Psychokinesis
Teleportation of self, others (supposed)

The **Ashleigh Thing**, also known as the **Ashleighville Monster**, was a malevolent cryptid that had emerged within Cedarcrest, New York, during the night of October 12th. Presumed to be a resultant effect of the Descent to Paradise ritual initiated by serial killer Archie Wood, it has been classified as one of the most dangerous cryptids encountered during the events of the 1989 Hell's Staircase Incident, as it had rendered devastating psychological effects on all operators involved in its containment in conjunction to killing three soldiers and being implicated in the disappearances of certain civilians.

The cryptid was directly involved in the death of three Special Preternatural Reaction Unit operators under Task Force III "FEVER DREAM" during the early morning of October 13th. These men were special agents Joseph Noble, Conrad Ray, and Gregory Long, who were part of Coyote Squad. Although the latter two agents have been verified to be deceased due to the availability of physical evidence, the disappearance of Noble's body has left his status as only presumptive.

According to all SPRU operators that undertook direct action in the Ladd State Forest on the night of the 12th - and in Ashleighville in the early morning of the 13th - the Ashleigh Thing is unable to be described with words nor visual depiction, as both human eyes and digital devices can only see a "static grey". The only consensus about the physical nature of the cryptid is that it stands at approximately ten feet in height and incarnates as an object with a vaguely wide shape. However, the abilities of the cryptid are well known from field reports: this includes its possible psychokinetic ability to manipulate matter or vectors, such as when it launched operators Ray and Long over a dozen meters at frightening speeds into a nearby home.

## History

### 1989

The first (and only known) appearance of the Ashleigh Thing was during the 1989 "Hell's Staircase" Incident.

## Appearance

The true appearance of the Ashleigh Thing is entirely unknown to researchers and others who interviewed operators that observed the cryptid; this is because these operators are unable to accurately describe its appearance other than labelling it as "unspeakable", "indescribable", and "impossible". However, the dimension of height for the cryptid has been clarified, having a stature of around ten feet tall and able to bend its wide shape at will to fit into houses.

Video and photography cameras that were carried on the operators were not able to capture the appearance of the Ashleigh Thing properly, as every possible wavelength utilized were unable to detect anything other than a blur of static around a wide form. This, according to scientists, means that either the cryptid has the power to obfuscate both human and electronic visual sensory systems, or that its appearance defies any possible "physical rendering" within true reality.

## Nature

Due to the events that occurred on October 12th and 13th of 1989, the Ashleigh Thing has been classified as a malevolent cryptid due to posing a clear risk to human life. The context of the 1989 Hell's Staircase Incident implies that the malevolence of the cryptid is a direct link to the opposition of life within reality that the Descent poses; however, no true link can be established between the ritual and the cryptid other than occurring within a similar timeframe.