YA-001 "Philosopher's Stone"

**Anomaly Class: Yellow ?????**

YA-001 is a large black stone (17m long, 14m wide, 15m tall) made of an unidentifiable material, located inside Stratton Mine on Battle mountain, approx. 500+ meters underground. It is unable to be broken or damaged in any way, having been tested with all available equipment. It emits a strong magnetic field, capable of reaching up to 500m in distance, although this is still to be further tested. The anomalous property of YA-001 stems from it, as anything exposed to its field will, within a period of time (2h - 7days) start malforming and changing into what is effectively known as a "Lurker" ( YA-001-1 ).

YA-001-1 is a malformed specimen of a human; however, further testing is to be held as to establish whether the effects of YA-001 can transform non primates. YA-001-1 has a transformation process which lasts for about 2 hours, during which the subjects heart will stop and they will begin pulling out hair. All hairs begin to display the effects of canities, and the subjects will remove portions in giant clumps, as well as scraping at their skin. Their bones will start to grow and their appendages will stretch to abnormal proportions (1m arm length, up to 1.4m leg length). Skin color also loses pigmentation, turning completely white or even light blue in some cases. Anatomical searches of specimens show that the organ composition remains unchanged, and the whole international system continues to function even without any blood or oxygen flowing through. Only remarkable change is in the stomach acid, which YA-001-01 produce, as it is inherently more potent than that of a normal human, able to melt even rock and metal and even surpassing Chloric acid. This allows YA-001-1 to effectively eat anything, and yet pull nutrients out enough to sustain itself, even out of something as a rock. Instances also exhibit variety in behavior patterns and express some level of intellect and personality that the original person had. They are able to speak, although in a new language centered around weak word composition, similar to what a caveman would speak. Instances do not require much in terms of sustenance and nutrition, as they have been shown to last longer than an ordinary human.

### Scientific Report:

Upon hearing a local rumor about a haunted mine, abandoned in 1904, the Committee sent in FAs to investigate the site and information on its history.

Mining stopped on January 26 1904, when 15 miners fell into the mine 460m down, which started the event known as "The Colorado Labor Wars", after which the mines were closed. Out of the 15 miners that fell, only one managed to get out. The man named [James Bullock] survived the fall and, after 16 days of searching for the exit, was pulled out, having many bruises and cuts, as well as being malnourished, do to a lack of rations after the fall. He had been interviewed by the local police, and the FAs have been able to acquire the full transcript.

Interview with [James Bullock]:

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Q: What happened when you fell in?
A: After the fall, miraculously 9 of us survived, a couple of us got injured, but we managed. Everything was okayish until the 9th day, when we caught Jon, Mark and Fred eating on Mike. We were all hungry but that was messed up, and t-they tried to calm me down saying that, he wouldn't survive either way with his broken leg. I went to warn the others and then we had a fight, they killed em... killed the rest... I-I ran away an-and... I hid the best I could but they were so fast, and one of em caught up to me and grabbed my leg s-so I had to fight him off... they weren't human anymore... Long arms, long legs... monsters... I barely escaped it.

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Q: What do you mean they weren't human?
A: I don't know. They didn't look like humans; they didn't look like Mark or Jon or Fred. They became something else; they were pale and so tall... hungry...

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Q: How did you get out?
A: I found a closed old tunnel which had some sunlight, and after calling out for help I was heard, some local folk later helped pull me out.

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A site has been established around the perimeter of the mine and is under constant observation by guards and other personnel, now named the Stratton Mine Site. Around the wider side, an electric fence has been built in order to stop locals from engaging under the guise of the mine being further explored for ore and mineral extractions. At the entrance to the mine, a minor lab-site has been established in order to help further testing and tracking of the mine's electromagnetic properties. It is not as of yet known what causes the appearances of YA-001-1; however, it is hypothesized that the exposure to the electromagnetic signatures of the cave system while under starvation causes a mental change in the subjects, giving them a craving for any flesh to sustain themselves. The cave system was equipped with lights, while the entrance has been turned into a lab-zone. It has reported 0 Bq signatures while deploying a level of magnetic field.

11 days after the second mining expedition began, the mining crew had discovered a large black stone of unidentifiable material with a strong magnetic field. With all the current equipment the Committee possesses, it is unable to be broken or damaged in any way.

All the instances have been moved back to SM site and the rock has been dug up and proper lighting is set up around it.

As of the latest report, all YA-001-1/2 specimens have been moved to SM Site, and YA-001 has been dug up. The site is fully established and additional personnel are requested by order of the Director.

### Contacts:

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#1: 2 FAs were sent into the old tunnel from which James Bullock was rescued. After 2:34 hours 1 FA came out and reported seeing a slender pale figure devouring the other FA.

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#2: MTF-2 was sent into the mine system to recover evidence of YA-001. Upon separating into two groups, Capt. Watson's team encountered YA-001-1A and, upon getting attacked, opened fire on instance A. In the insuring conflict, Tp. de Angelo was reported KIA, while Capt. Watson was wounded. They were able to recover the body of instance A. While retreating, Lt. Tiedemann's team shoot upon instance B, scaring it off and allowing them to escape with no casualties.

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#3: An E-Class personnel has been sent into the mines equipped with a tube connected to a gas expulsion generator. The cave system was filled with HPLC gas and the E-class evacuated the area. After a period of 3:07 hours passed, E-class was sent in to extract an instance of YA-001. He was able to recover instance YA-001-1B successfully. Upon attempted recovery of YA-001-1C, the instance awoke and killed E-1 by bisection. MTF-2 was then sent and managed to incapacitate YA-001-1C. They were brought into Site-1 upon successful containment, where they were out into separate holding cells.

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### Experiments:

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#1 (Instances[B/C]): Upon hearing their names being spoken out on the speakers, both YA-001-1 instances became distraught.

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#2 (Instances[B/C]): Both instances were shown images of their own families. Upon witnessing the photo, instance YA-001-1B stared at it for approx. 5 minutes before dropping it on the ground and wandering aimlessly through the cell, although in a docile state. When instance YA-001-1C was shown the photo, he reacted violently, tearing the picture in half and continued scratching at the walls and displaying aggressive behavior.

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#3 (Instances[B/C]): Having recorded their speech patterns, both instances were played each others voice recordings. They stopped their present activities and started speaking unto cell walls. Head Researcher John Smith had requested a linguistics team which translated and determined that they speak like caveman, having very basic word composition.

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#4 (Instances[B/C]): Upon sending in a chicken inside both holding cells, instance YA-001-1B looked at the animal for approx. 20 minutes, before killing it and devouring it by tearing its head off. While YA-001-1C grabbed the animal and ran franticly around the cell yelling and screaming, before sitting down and devouring it after it was exhausted.

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#5 (YA-001): After establishing an isolation chamber inside the cave system, 2 E-class personnel (E-2;E-3) were placed inside, ordered to dig towards the source of the magnetic field. Only one of the 2 E-class was to be given food, decided by their performance in the mine. After having only one of them be given rations for 3 days, E-3 killed E-2. By order of Head Researcher John Smith, all personnel were to be moved and he was to be left alone. After continuing digging for approx. 4h, E-3 was on a break and started asking for rations; he started revolting after 8 days and stopped digging altogether. On the 13th day, E-3 began eating on the carcass of E-2. He continued this until day 15, then he started pulling his hair out and losing color. In the ensuing days he began to malform and an order was sent out by the Head Researcher to stop the experiment. Upon the MTFs entry inside the test chamber, now designated as YA-001-1D, they were attacked and Tp. Dufour had executed him in self-defense. His body was sent to a research team that ended up identifying that the heart stopped pumping blood before he died.

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#6 (YA-001): 2 Chimps were put into the chamber and after 5 days one killed the other, his vitals were normal. Less than a day later he started eating him and a couple days later, he started changing skin color, fur started going gray. He started to malform, stretching teeth, arms and legs, he was knocked out and moved to Site-01, now designated YA-001-2A

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#7 (Instances [1C/2A]): Instances 1C and 2A were put into a containment cell, in an attempt to see what reaction it would provoke. After approx. 17 minutes, 1C woke up and proceeded to stare at 2A, while still in a calm state. After approx. 12 minutes passed, 2A woke up and upon sighting 1C, entered an agitated aggressive state and began attacking 1C by scratching and biting at it. They both began fighting and during the scuffle, 2A had managed to rip off 1C's arm at the base, although he showed no signs of pain. The experiment was stopped immediately and both instances were moved to their separate cells.

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#8 (Instance [1B/YA-001]): YA-001-1B is brought into YA-001's chamber, in an attempt to initiate a response. However, YA-001-1B displayed no special attraction to YA-001.

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#9 (2A): A switch between YA-001-2A's heart and a healthy monkeys heart is made, but no substantial difference occurs.

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