Gateway to Old Wounds

**Gateway to Old Wounds**, titled **Anomalous Location Report-167 "Gateway to Old Wounds"**, is the twelfth document available in the *Fazbear Entertainment Security Archive*. It is a report documenting a strange and mysterious event of William Afton's house being swallowed into a burning bottomless hole that occured in 2026.

## Password

The password for this document is "**SUFFER**".

Originally, the method to obtain this password was by going through the first six files in FESA. Each capitalized letter of the word "SUFFER" could faintly be seen in the background for each of the files. However, the program was later updated with different visual, and the letters can no longer be seen.

## Content

*Date: WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Animatronic Unit Involved: EVERYONE IS HERE.

Details:*

*The purpose of this document is to archive the reporting of a strange, anomalous geographical phenomena that has taken residence in [REDACTED] Utah. The anomaly in question, is a large, bottomless hole located on the property of the late William Afton. The hole is around 15 meters in width and length. The surrounding area, which was originally noted to be a rich, lively forest, is now burnt beyond recognition. Most of the trees and plant life within the surrounding radius of the anomaly are now gone, filled with dead plantlife and ashes. The hole, as mentioned previously, has shown to have no bottom, and attempts to find a bottom via drone and living personnel have failed, with no remains to be recovered. The hole has been noted to have an appearance similar to a cave in, or a sinkhole. The hole has also been noted to have large burn marks around the edge and within the walls inside, with some looking vaguely like hand prints.*

*As for the house itself, the residence has been observed to be almost completely gone, with nothing remaining except a few burnt boards, some old burnt furniture, and blueprints to what appear to be scrapped and failed experiments that the owner of the house intended to work on at some point. It appears that the rest of the house had either fallen into the hole upon its opening, or succumbed to the flames that formed as the hole appeared.*

*Not much is known about this strange anomaly, and many may wonder why it is in FESA at all. Hopefully the question of this anomaly's existence can be answered in due time. As for why it has been archived by FESA, read on to find out. The anomaly has been shown to have unique traits that range from off and uncommon to bizarre and paranormal. One such trait is the constant secretion of a strange, dark, gas-like substance that can only be seen by viewing it an a Remnant Detection Lense, and even using that makes it difficult to notice the substance. Another trait is that the temperature within the surrounding areas will heat up drastically et random points, with no known pattern or reason why. Such temperatures have varied with the lowest known being moat 150 Degrees Fahrenheit, and the highest being 3600 Degrees Fahrenheit. Workers keeping watch over the anomaly has also noted to have heard screams from within the hole, and an occasional feral desire to harm the closest living thing near them.*

*Despite the mystery of how this anomaly came to be, we have been fortunate to have interview some witnesses who happened to be in the area when the anomaly first appeared including a short recording of the anomaly's arrival.*

*Through these interviews and the recording, we have pieced together a rough then of events of the anomaly's appearance, which goes as follows:*

*#/#/2026, 12AM: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake was reported to have been felt by the residents within the general area.*

*#/#/2026, 1AM: Around this time, the earthquake stopped, and a few daring locals decided to search the woods for the source, after hearing a deep, low rumble in the general area where the anomaly would appear.*

*#/#/2026, 2AM: The authorities had been called to investigate the disturbance, who decided to explore the area, eventually arriving at the Afton household. The authorities decided to stick around, after a few of them noted to be hearing a deep rumbling sound, and a few have sworn to he hearing voices.*

*#/#/2026, 3AM: The authorities began to make note of a slight cracking sound, and note that the temperature was getting warmer, despite it being a cool night outside.*

*#/#/2026, 4AM: The cracking sound began to get louder, and the temperature was beginning to rise, a few of the authorities decided to leave, and one passed out due to heat stroke.*

*#/#/2026, 5AM: The cracking sound became even loader, and witnesses began to notice that the house's foundation seemed to he shifting. The heat was becoming intolerable, so the authorities decided to leave a few cameras behind to record, and decided to leave.*

*#/#/2026, 6AM: The ground begins to shift, and the surrounding area was detected to be experiencing another earthquake, but at 7.3 magnitude this time. Oddly enough, the quake was detected to only be surrounding the Afton home. The ground began to open up, and the hole appeared, causing most of the house to fall into the hole. Flames began to erupt from the hole, and a loud screeching sound was heard, along with the dictate chiming of a clock. A giant figure begins to crawl out of the hole. The screen goes to static, aid the recording ends.*

*End of Event.*

*It is to be noted that a few minutes after the recording ended, a ginormous forest fire was spotted growing around the area. The Fire Department was called, who were able to control and douse the flames, but not without the flames destroying most of the surrounding forest before snuffing out. The firemen on duty noted that as soon as the flames were put out, the temperature began to fall hack to a normal state. Thanks to some cutting edge technology, we were able to take the recorded footage and put a Remnant Detection Filter onto the video, allowing us to see that as soon as the hole opened up, a ginormous cloud of the unknown gas-like substance bursted out of the hole, before the camera cuts to static.*

*While strange and mysterious in every form, the reason for FESAs notice and investigation into this anomaly are because of two factors. One, the location of the anomaly being on the former residence of William Afton, a well known worker from Fazbear Entertainments past. Two, after all of the events ended, and investigations began, the area was noted to be filled with the broken, burnt remains of many various units from multiple generations from Fazbear Entertainments history.*

## Trivia

* The phrases "WHY DOES IT MATTER?" and "EVERYONE IS HERE." in the beginning of the content of the file are constantly glitching and changing.
* Giant Mechanical Monster Wandering The Countryside is the follow-up of the story in this file.