Ocean-Dwelling Creature

The Midnight Article "Strange Creatures in the Gulf of Mexico" was written by u/Fredtheboss478 and posted to r/MidnightPaper.

The text of the Article was as follows:

**STRANGE CREATURES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO**

We've all heard of tales of strange sea creatures before, in stories, urban legends, folk tales. But what's even more exciting than that is when people claim to have found something, something real, lurking under the waters. After all, we know almost nothing about what is actually beneath us in the oceans. Large creatures have always been a source of fascination for the human race. We here at the midnight paper relish in the idea that there are massive mysterious creatures lurking around us. And now, we may have proof.

We have had several reports coming in over the past few days of photos and videos of what appear to be strange and massive creatures just under the surface, people have started to go missing in the gulf and most of exciting of all we have an exclusive interview with someone who has encountered one of these great beasts. A man who goes by Quinn Bernard told us about how he was working on a fishing boat catching crabs when they encountered one of the creatures that is lurking in the waters.

"First off, there isn't multiple, it's one, massive, terrifying creature. I swear, it was at least 5 miles long, and fast as lightning, one minute we were just fishing as normal, business as usual, next thing you know the boat was buffeting back and forth, the waves began to pick up, like they were angry with us, as if the whole sea had suddenly become and sentient and was set on one goal, our blood. Thunderous clouds suddenly filled the previously clear sky, rain as hard as solid ice began to pelt the boat and the crew, suddenly a large appendage of some sort, like a tentacle, show up out of the water and tore away the engine like it was made of cotton. Next it struck the navigation equipment that was on the boat, the sound of ripping metal was somehow more deafening than the storm. The panicked screams of the workers were drowned out by everything else, and yet I still hear them in my dreams. A massive wave smashed against the side of the ship and the ship capsized, I saw some of the other workers get swept under the waves, some just seemingly vanished, as if pulled down by an incredible force. Suddenly I felt a force on my body and I was under the water, I don't think I was pulled, at least I didn't feel anything touch me, I was just suddenly there. Next to me it was there, it was massive, it was incredible, I couldn't tell head from tail or if it even had a tail. It's head was so large I'm convinced that I never even saw his body I wasn't even a grain of sand next to that colossal thing.

That's when the worst part came, I looked into it's eyes, it's massive, terrifying eyes, I saw visions of things I'd never seen before, visions not of this world and suddenly I realized that I couldn't breathe, and not simply due to the fact that I was underwater, no, even if I wanted to inhale the water around me as if it were the only saving grace I had, I couldn't, I was petrified held in place by the overriding force I had felt before sinking under the water. I couldn't look away, all I could do was watch as the creature moved it's head towards me so that it was so close that I could have reached out and touched it's eye. Then very quickly it's pupil shrunk and I felt hot and cold, stinging a burning, a million sensations in my body and then it was dark. I didn't become aware of myself again until three days later in the hospital, but I was not unconscious, in fact I haven't slept since I saw it. But whatever it did to me I can't let go of it, I feel a gnawing sensation in the back of mind, visions of things I can't explain, no one else survived, why me?"

Unfortunately Quinn could provide no further statement as he seemed to shut down completely, our interviewers left Quinn to his thoughts and returned to us with the statement. It seems that whatever this creature is wants it's presence to be known, as it could have easily killed Quinn and must have known that he would share his story. Some people believe that this is a sign of the end times, massive creatures have often been associated with a sort of rapture event and things of the such. One thing is for sure, if you have any boating trips planned for the weekend you might want to postpone them until the end of the year.

Description:

The Ocean-Dwelling Creature is a massive Biological-Type Oddity. It has been most recently sighted in the Gulf of Mexico, and is suspected to be responsible for several missing people in the area.

A fisherman by the name of Quinn Bernard managed to get a close look of the creature. He stated that, contrary to reports that described multiple creatures in the gulf, there is but one. The Creature is about 5 miles long and, despite its size, is able to move as "fast as lightning."

The Creature appears to be able to manipulate the elements in some way. Quinn described that waves began striking his fishing boat as if they had suddenly come alive, and that the sky suddenly darkened with thunderous clouds and an unforgiving downpour.

The Creature has several massive tentacles, which it uses intelligently, as it targeted the engine and several weak spots in the ship. These same tentacles were used to drag the crewmen into the ocean.

Once underwater, Quinn sighted the Creature itself. He described the Creature as being so large it was like he was a grain of sand next to it. The Oddity's eyes are of note, as, once looked upon or touched, they are able to telepathically instill bizarre, almost alien, visions to whoever makes eye contact with them.

Origin:

The Creature's origins are unknown, but the ocean is a vast, mostly unexplored network of biomes and ecosystems that are alien next to our human settlements. It's not hard to imagine that a creature of this size dwells in the darkest and most remote depths of the ocean.