Trading Thesis: Tracking the float along with daily volume along with company financials helps to narrow down moving tickers Fundamental and technical analysis is often used to find growth tickers and information about them. Fundamental analysis looks to see whether an investment is overvalued or undervalued based on underlying economic conditions, as well as the finances of the company or other organization that issued a stock or bond. Technical analysis instead looks at patterns in the price of an investment to predict future movements in that investment’s price. I look for tickers that are trading at least 2 million in volume a day, with a market-cap of no less than 500 million. The shares traded are compared to the average volume to determine how much of the float is used (Or shares traded). That information is compiled with data on how profitable the company is and how much cash do they have compared to what is expected.
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Things to consider when finding the plays-
· If the stock volume has traded 1 million or more in volume premarket, I will use that and calculate a rough estimate on what the stock will trade for the day.
· If the ticker looks to be trading more volume than the day before, I will consider it for a long play. If trading less than the movement of the ticker, I would consider a short or put play. (If all the other factors previously mentioned checks out.)
· The trades are researched afternoon daily to find possible tickers making a big move. Some of the prices may be less depending on day and time trade is executed.

I'm grateful for the past three years as they have given me a chance to think over how I'd handle student loans should the payments resume without forgiveness. I'm currently in school so my payments won't be resuming with everyone else's, but they will soon enough.
This veto on forgiveness has me feeling pretty bitter, especially because people with children get a child tax credit every year of $3,000 - that's $54,000 in the first 18 years of the child's life. Most people have multiple children. Some of these children are the human equivalent of liberal arts degrees, and some of them are even worse than that. I don't think I should be required to pay for them while I am also paying off my student loans, but I digress.
Here are some moves I will be making to lessen my student loan payments:

1. I will go in IDR even if I don't need it. Simply put, this is an advantage because while I could afford to make standard payments, making payments on the IDR leaves extra money to invest and that means I can enjoy earning compound interest while paying back my student loans. I'm a firm believer in the saying, "those who understand compound interest earn it, those who don't pay it."
2. I will change my tax filing status to 'married filing separately' from 'married filing jointly' in order to reduce the amount of income used in the IDR calculations.
3. In addition I will put all extra retirement savings (currently saving $30,000 per year) in my spouse's name. That way, when I retire before all of my student loans are forgiven, I won't have any income for the IDR. lol.
4. I will move my business into my spouse's name so that I make even less on paper.

and because the government is always looking to get one over on people who figure out how to get one over on them, I reserve the right to change all of these plans and become a lifelong student. Community college is cheaper than student loan repayment.
I was just a kid with two very sick parents when I was told by the "successful" adults in my life that the only way out of my situation was college. Because of that I feel compelled to do nothing more than keep my head above water in this situation. I will absolutely go above and beyond to secure my future and I will do that by making sure I don't give the government anything more on a monthly basis than I absolutely have to.

https://vajenda.substack.com/p/gabapentin-for-hot-flashes-in-menopause?utm_medium=email
What is Gabapentin?
Gabapentin was first approved for use in the United States in 1993, is it’s been around for a long time and we have a lot of experience with it. Initially, the belief was that gabapentin worked like g-aminobutyric acid or GABA, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and hence the name gabapentin. When it became clear that gabapentin didn’t work on GABA receptors, it had this “no one really knows” asterisk.
In the last decade or so new research has emerged showing gabapentin inhibits a
specific kind of calcium channel, which are tiny pores on nerves that can open and allow calcium to pass through, generating an electrical signal which ultimate leads to the release of certain neurotransmitters. Gabapentin needs to be taken regularly to have this effect, so it’s not something that you take just when you want it to work, for example like ibuprofen.
Gabapentin is currently used for a variety of conditions/symptoms, such as epilepsy, pain after shingles (post herpetic neuralgia), insomnia, chronic pain restless leg syndrome, and anxiety. And of course, hot flashes.
With hot flashes, the hypothesis is that gabapentin affects signaling in the thermoregulatory center in the brain via its effect on calcium channels and neurotransmitters. The analogy I use is gabapentin helps to correct abnormal messaging. It’s also possible gabapentin may be having an effect by improving sleep and/or by reducing anxiety, as there is a relationship between somatic anxiety (anxiety with physical symptoms) and hot flashes.
What is the Supporting Evidence?
There are several good quality clinical trials that address gabapentin for hot flashes and it has even been the subject of a recent meta-analysis. In studies, gabapentin reduced hot flashes from 45%-71% depending on the dose. In one, albeit small, clinical trial 2,400 mg of gabapentin divided three times a day was as effective as 0.625 mg of Premarin a day (which is a standard dose for hot flashes).
How to Take Gabapentin?
Gabapentin has a short half life, meaning it is removed from the body quickly, so ideally it is taken three times a day. The dosing for hot flashes ranges from 300 mg three times a day (900 mg/day total) to 800 mg three times a day (2,400 mg/day total). However, for someone whose main concern is night sweats or sleep disturbances it would be reasonable to start with one dose a day before bed and then give it a few weeks before adding in daytime doses.
When gabapentin is started at too high a dose, side effects, such as feeling dizzy, being tired, or even feeling unsteady, are more common. This can be greatly reduced by starting low and increasing slowly. A typical starting dose is 300 mg a day taken before bed and then increasing by one daytime dose each week until you are taking 300 mg three times a day. Typically, it takes several weeks for the benefit to kick in, so I suggest once someone reaches 300 mg three times a day they wait four weeks and then if things haven’t improved sufficiently, increase by one dose each week until you are taking 600 mg three times a day. Again, wait for three to four weeks and if desired, increase again in the same way until you are taking 900 mg three times a day. This is 2,700 mg total a day, which is fine dose-wise and this can be the maintenance dose, but if preferred, can be switched out to an 800 mg tablet three times a day. The only issue is the tablets are large (in the United States anyway), so some people who need the maximum dose prefer to take three of the 300 mg capsules three times a day instead of one of the 800 mg capsules.
Generally, it’s uncommon to need more than 300 mg three times a day, but if the side effects are minimal or less bothersome than the hot flashes, people often want to try increasing to see if the benefit improves.
If the initial 300 mg dose causes too many side effects or if you are someone who is sensitive to medications, start with 100 mg at night and then each week increase by a 100 mg capsule until you are taking 300 mg at night. Often people get used to the side effects over time. Similarly, the doses throughout the day can be increased by 100 mg each week if desires. It’s fine to take the time you need.
I have a lot of people who do well with just a bedtime dose, so that’s always an option, Day time doses can always be added in later.
There is a lot of flexibility here, so you can settle on the dose combination that works for you and that you can tolerate. While many people might take 300 mg three times a day, others might take 400 mg in the morning, 300 mg in the afternoon, and 600 mg at night based one what works. There is a lot of room for individualization.
Gabapentin is removed from the body via the kidneys, so people with kidney disease may need to have their dose reduced. Also, anyone with epilepsy, moderate to severe depression, or bipolar disease should check with the doctor who is helping them manage those conditions before starting. Most of the drug interactions involve other medications that are potentially sedating, so caution is needed here and this includes alcohol.
All drugs for epilepsy, gabapentin included, have black box warnings for suicidal thoughts or behaviors, and while this is very uncommon it’s something you need to know about. This is a warning is a little controversial as the warning groups together multiple different drugs for epilepsy that work in very different ways under one umbrella. Also, the data comes from adverse event reporting and not clinical trials and it lumps together reports from people taking these medications for very different reasons and the idea of considering people with epilepsy, severe depression, and chronic pain as one group is problematic. What this means for the average person wanting to try gabapentin for hot flashes is that you should be screened for depression and risk of suicidality before you begin (as you should be, in my opinion, before starting any medication for menopause). And for someone who may be at increased risk based on preexisting depression, a consultation with a mental health professional before starting is wise.
Final Thoughts
I have had a lot of success with gabapentin. I’ve had people reach out to me who have started it based on what they read in The Menopause Manifesto and are really glad they gave it a try. I am always shocked to hear how it’s rarely offered. The data is quite good and there is a generic version, so it’s one of the more affordable medications available.

This Post is the comprehensive write-up adjunct to the original video post here:
If you have not watched the video post yet... please watch first as the post below will make much more sense if you do so.
TL/DR:
MAX and WEAK EV States are terms I created to describe a Low MPG mechanism that affects Toyota Prius/Hybrid City MPG's potentially by 5-10+.
The EV States are software parameters in the Hybrid Control ECU that change how EV Mode behaves at city speeds (0-40ish MPH).
A MAX EV State Prius uses EV Mode Agressively to accelerate and maintain speed in city traffic during a wide range of State of Charges without the Combustion Engine kicking on... causing the Prius to get the EPA estimated mpgs for city or better.
A WEAK EV State Prius never uses EV Mode Aggressively in City traffic at any State of Charge or any circumstance... Instead the Internal Combustion Engine will kick on with little pedal pressure to deliver power instead of using the HV Battery like the MAX EV State. This causes mpgs to be frequently lower than EPA estimates by 5-10+.
Above 40 mphish when the Prius engine needs to run all the time due to how the transmission works, or when flooring it, EV/Engine Power Output behavior are the same for both the MAX and WEAK EV State and MPG is also the same after this point... so highway mpgs are largely unaffected.
A Toyota Prius/Hybrid will be reset to the WEAK EV State after a 12v Disconnect, and is supposed to revert to the MAX EV State after periods of driving as part of it's software programming. But this does not always happen and sometimes the Prius will become stuck in the WEAK EV State for years, 10,000s of miles, or potentially forever... chronically reducing MPG's.
The problem is there is nothing that shows these EV States exist outright. No code, parameter, or statement has been released by Toyota that shows the EV States exist or describes why they happen... It's essentially a phantom issue residing in the software engineering of the Prius that changes how EV Mode behaves, reducing mpg. You can measure the behavioral differences the EV States cause, but no one has done that yet. I am trying to change that.
My Prius has been stuck in the WEAK EV State for 3+ years and 50,000 miles at this point after a 12v Disconnect... Because of this I have not been able to measure the MAX EV State.
To make a proveable case about this issue, I will need help from the Prius Community to make the necessary measurements for the MAX EV State.
This post is my attempt to build a case with all the evidence I can find to prove these EV States exist. After presenting all of this evidence, I hope to garner help from the Prius Community to prove the EV States indefinitely by measuring the MAX EV State... either by testing someone's MAX EV State Prius myself... or having that Prius owner test their Prius for me.
I believe Toyota has actually already been sued for this WEAK EV State I've described, but the cause of the Low MPG wasn't understood. This could be laying the groundwork for a massive lawsuit agaisnt Toyota... But that is not my intention... I would just like answers and to get my Prius MPG back.
Due to My Prius being stuck in the WEAK EV State, It has cost me around $3 a day in gas for every USPS mail route I do with my Prius due to the stop & go nature of the 106 Route miles I drive delivering mail. In total, I have lost between $1,500-$2,000 in gas over the 6 years I've owned my Prius because of this.
Millions of other Toyota Prius/Hybrid Owners have also been effected by this WEAK EV State Low MPG Mechanism either temporarily or chronically (and potentially lost $100's to $1,000's on gas), as there have been many other posts by Prius/Toyota Hybrid owners about it.
Here is the link to the Comprehensive post that should clear up any questions.
If you'd like to help me solve this issue, feel free to contact me.
What are MAX and WEAK EV States?
MAX and WEAK EV States are terms I created to describe how Aggressively a Prius (or other Toyota Hybrid) uses EV Mode between 0-40MPHish.
The MAX and WEAK EV States are Binary. You're Prius is either in the MAX EV State or WEAK EV State. It can't be both at the same time or somewhere in between. The EV States are likely software parameters regulated by the Hybrid Control ECU.
The EV States determine the relationship between Accelerator Pedal Angle to EV Mode useage (and the power output EV Mode produces) in relation to a specific Hybrid Battery State Of Charge percentage until the Internal Combustion Engine kicks on to help deliver power.
Total power output between the MAX and WEAK EV States are the same. The only thing the MAX and WEAK EV States do is change what component (Electric Motor or Combustion Engine) delivers the power output to drive the wheels between speeds of 0-40ish MPH. A MAX EV State Prius favors the Electric Motor (MG2) using charge from the Hybrid Battery, increasing MPG. A WEAK EV State Prius favors the Combustion Engine, decreasing MPG. The same power output is always attempting to be delivered in both the MAX and WEAK EV State for a specific Pedal Angle, but the EV States via software change what component is doing the work, either the Electric Motor or Combustion Engine.
Macro Conditions for when the MAX and WEAK EV State behave the same.
There are some Macro Conditions for when the EV States behave the same.
Above 40ish MPH, when flooring it, or below 4 of 8 Charge bars, the Prius delivers power in the exact same way whether in the MAX or WEAK EV State.
Above 40ish MPH, there is a point where the Prius Combustion Engine is required to run at a low speed at all times in order to protect the Planetary Gearset transmission. At this point the difference between how the MAX and WEAK EV State deliver power cease. Combustion Engine and Electric Motor power are delivered in the exact same way in relation to Pedal Angle for both the MAX and WEAK EV State, as long as speed is above 40ish MPH.
The same thing also occurs under "flooring it conditions". The Combustion Engine and Electric Motors work together to deliver Maximum power output in the exact same way at any speed as long as the "Pedal is Floored". Doesn't matter if the Prius is in the MAX or WEAK EV State. Maximum power output is never effected.
At 3 of 8 Battery Charge Display bars, the difference between the MAX and WEAK EV State also largely cease to exist. The Hybrid Battery is getting low on charge at this point so the Combustion Engine takes over a significant amount of the power output in a similar way for both the MAX and WEAK EV State until a higher State of Charge is achieved through Regenerative Braking, or the Combustion Engine generating electricity via MG1. You can't tell the difference between the two EV States at 3 of 8 charge bars as EV Output and Engine Output behave the exact same.
Outside of those three scenarios, MAX and WEAK EV States behave completely differently. There are still complications and nuances that can occur, those will be explained later.
The Difference Between MAX and WEAK EV State Behavior.
A MAX EV State Prius will have aggressive EV Mode usage between 4-8 bars of charge on the Hybrid Battery Display (50%-75%+ State of Charge) at City Speeds (0-40ish MPH). You will be able to accelerate from a stop moderately quickly in EV Mode without the Combustion Engine kicking on. You will also be able to maintain speed in city traffic, accelerating and decelerating in EV Mode with the eb and flow of traffic easily for multiple blocks or even miles depending on State of Charge. Pedal Angle allowed for EV Mode in the MAX EV State caps out at around 80% at 8 of 8 Charge bars and slowly decreases as the Charge Bars decrease. This allows for the EPA estimated City MPG'S or better.
For a WEAK EV State Prius you will never get Aggressive EV Mode useage in any circumstance for city speeds (0-40ish MPH). Even at 8 of 8 Charge bars on the Battery Display (75%+ State of Charge), you have to accelerate very lightly in EV Mode. Light Pedal Pressure will always cause the Combustion Engine to turn-on to deliver power instead of the Electric Motors. You can't accelerate moderately aggressively from a stop without the Combustion Engine kicking on, or Accelerate and Decelerate in EV Mode during the eb and flow of moving traffic with ease. Once your Prius drops below 6 of 8 Charge Bars (57% State of Charge)... you basically get 0 EV Mode acceleration whatsoever. The engine almost instantly kicks on anytime you press the gas pedal. The onlytime at this point you can stay in EV Mode is when accelerating/maintaing speed very lightly on a decline. Pedal Angle allowed for EV Mode Caps out at around 40% for 8 of 8 Charge Bars in the WEAK EV State and slowly decreases as the Charge Bars decrease. This causes the Prius to get 5-10+ worse City MPG's than the EPA estimate.
A Quick example Comparing the EV States:
For a WEAK EV State Gen 2 Prius, when traveling between 15-40mph with a Hybrid Battery State Of Charge of 70%, Accelerator Pedal Angle for EV Mode will cap out at 35% before the Combustion Engine kicks on to supplement power.
If it were a MAX EV State Prius, everything else being constant, Pedal Angle for EV Mode would cap out at around 70% before the Combustion Engine kicks on, a significant increase. EV Mode power scales with the increased Pedal Angle allowed for EV Mode... so you get much more aggressive EV Mode useage and better MPG as a result.
I have not been able to measure the exacts of the MAX EV State yet so I'm unsure of the exact Pedal Angles allowed and the above paragraph is a ballpark estimate... More on this later and why I need help.
How the Hybrid Control ECU (HV ECU) regulates EV Output.
The Hybrid Control ECU (HV ECU) is essentially the Master Brain of the Prius. All other ECU's talk to the HV ECU. The HV ECU then dictates power output between the Combustion Engine and Electric Motors to achieve a certain amount of power in response to various conditions like, Speed, Pedal Angle, how Hot/Cold the Hybrid Battery, State of Charge, or whether the Prius is in the MAX or WEAK EV State.
So we know now that the HV ECU decides how to balance power output between the Combustion Engine and Electric Motors/Hybrid Battery to get a specified amount of power in relation to certain Pedal Angles and other Conditions.
So for an example of a Condition that can change the level of power output between the Combustion Engine and Electric Motors... let's use a cold Hybrid Battery.
Say your Prius sat overnight in the cold and your Hybrid Battery is 25°F (‐4°C) when you leave for your morning commute. First thing you do is Merge your Prius on to the highway using a 100% Accelerator Pedal Angle (Full Throttle).
Because Drawing a large amount of power from a 25°F Hybrid Battery is bad for the NiMh Battery Chemistry and can potentially damage it, the Hybrid Control ECU (HV ECU) will step in to regulate things as it is programmed to do.
Since the Hybrid Battery is cold, and the Hybrid Battery ECU inside the Hybrid Battery is communicating to the HV ECU using temperature sensors placed on the Hybrid Battery that state it's only 25°F... the HV ECU tells the Inverter and Electric Motors to draw less power from the Hybrid Battery, and instead rely more on the Combustion Engine to provide power to accelerate.
Instead of drawing close to 100 amps of current if the Hybrid Battery were at an optimal temperature, the HV ECU tells the Electric Motors to draw close to 40 amps of current due to the cold for the same 100% Pedal Angle. The HV ECU is changing how much power the Hybrid Battery delivers.
Inversely in this Cold Hybrid Battery scenario, the Combustion Engine attempts to compensate for this loss of EV Power by revving higher quicker to provide more power output to achieve the same level of power the 100% Pedal Angle is requesting Because the Electric Motors can't provide it.
When the Hybrid Battery is at an optimal temperature, the Combustion Engine will not Rev as high because more of the Burden of power delivery is being shifted to the Hybrid Battery/Electric Motors for that same 100% Pedal Angle to achieve that specific amount of power that 100% Pedal Angle is requesting.
All of this is regulated by the HV ECU.
In the same vein as the Cold Hybrid Battery example above, The EV States are essentially Software Parameters in the HV ECU that tell the Prius to either favor EV Mode (MAX EV State) or the Combustion Engine (WEAK EV State) to deliver power only between 0-40ish MPH.
Think of the EV States as Master Software Settings that change the Maximum EV Output for speeds between 0-40ish MPH irrespective of any other factor that can influence EV Output like a Cold Hybrid Battery.
What triggers this Master Software Setting to transition from the WEAK EV State to MAX EV State is where the complications arise. It's much more complicated than something like a Cold Hybrid Battery preventing it from happening.
What Triggers the WEAK EV State and Why does it exist?
Triggering the WEAK EV is extremely easy. All you need to do is disconnect your 12V Battery, resetting all the Prius ECU's. As a consequence of the ECU's being reset, the Prius will be reset to the WEAK EV State.
The Prius resets to the WEAK EV State anytime the 12v is disconnected because the ECU's are reset. Everything from Hybrid Battery State Of Charge to the health of all the other related systems is forgotten.
If you were in the MAX EV State before the 12v Disconnect, that is also forgotten and you are reverted to the WEAK EV State.
The Prius being reset to the WEAK EV State is likely a protective mechanism programmed into the Hybrid Control ECU (HV ECU). The Prius then needs to verify certain parameters and conditions before the HV ECU transistions back to the MAX EV State where it uses EV Mode Aggressively at City Speeds like Hybrid Battery State Of Charge and overall Hybrid System health.
However, getting the MAX EV State to trigger again is complicated and why the Prius can become chronically stuck in the WEAK EV State, reducing City MPG's 5-10+ potentially forever.
Why is the MAX EV state so complicated to Trigger?
Unlike the WEAK EV State which is very easy to trigger simply from doing a 12v disconnect, transitioning back to the MAX EV State from the WEAK EV State is not simple at all.
The Hybrid Control ECU is likely looking to verify specific parameters and conditions before it transitions back to the MAX EV State and allows the Prius to start using EV Mode aggressively at City Speeds again.
If these parameters and conditions are never verified, or don't ever reach the right conditions to be verified, the Prius can remain in the WEAK EV State forever... chronically reducing MPG's potentially for years or 10's of thousands of miles.
What Specifically Activates the MAX EV State?
The MAX EV State will trigger permanently after certain conditions are met. However there is no explanation or released information from Toyota that says exactly what conditions/parameters need to be verified to trigger the MAX EV State... so the best I can do is make an educated guess based off of my own experience and other posts.
I believe the Primary condition that needs to be verified is the Health/State of Charge of the Hybrid Battery... and to do this the Prius needs to go through several drive cycles in a row of highway commuting under certain conditions.
For example, ambient temperatures may need to be above 50°F and the Hybrid Battery needs to be between 77°F-104°F (optimal Hybrid Battery Temp) for a certain amount of time during the commute.
Cruise control use may also be needed as the constant rpm's at high speeds allows for the Prius to keep the Hybrid Battery at a specific State of Charge (around 60%) and tightly regulate charge in and out of the Hybrid Battery allowing the Hybrid Control ECU to make specific measurements.
After attaining these specific conditions, the Prius Computers, primarily the HV ECU, will then take certain measurements that verifies the health and State of Charge of the Hybrid Battery. The Prius needs to do this for multiple Drive Cycles in a row.
After the HV ECU gives a pass condition for the the parameters it is attempting to verify... the MAX EV State will engage permanently and EV Mode will be used much more aggressively until the next 12v disconnect... which resets the Prius to the WEAK EV State.
This process is very similar to drive cycles required to verify emissions monitors... something similar happens in the Hybrid System that tells the Prius to use EV Mode Aggressively, it's just not shown as a viewable computer parameter like emissions monitors are.
My Experience Activating the MAX EV State.
To get the full background of my experience with the MAX and WEAK EV State, you can read my Prius Low MPG Story here. But to summarize I initially spent a long stint in the WEAK EV State between 2017-2019... over 2 years and 20,000+ miles using my Prius on USPS Mail Routes with lots of stop and go driving. I believe this prevented the MAX EV State from Activating.
Then in Summer of 2019... I began doing frequent long highway commutes multiple days in a row without doing mail routes in between. Over the course of 3 days of doing these easy on the car highway commutes... my EV Mode power for city speeds suddenly increased significantly.
Midway back from the commute coming off of the highway on the 3rdish day... my Prius began to use EV Mode aggressively... and this persisted permanently from that point forward.
This also maintained on mail routes. I could clear whole back roads and multiple city blocks in EV Mode while delivering mail that I couldn't before... and my MPG increased from 35 to 45+ on mail routes.
The factor that changed everything was the long highway commute multiple drive cycles in a row.
To verify this further... in the following Summer Months I disconnected my 12v Battery twice while doing maintenance... resetting my Prius to the WEAK EV State. After the 12v Disconnect, I lost my aggressive EV Mode useage and increased City MPG'S.
Then after doing frequent long highway commuting multiple drive cycles in a row over the course of 2-4 days... the MAX EV State would activate again and stay this way permanently both times I disconnected the 12v during the summer.
In early 2020 I disconnected my 12v again and reverted to the WEAK EV State. Unfortunately for the past 3 years now and over 50,000+ miles I have been stuck in the WEAK EV State ever since. Again, if you want the full story, read my low mpg story post.
Evidence for the MAX and WEAK EV States existence.

Hi all, I've had a major headache trying to sus this all - I hope someone can help!
I'm based in the UK and my first proper bike is going to be a 1980 cx500. I currently have an A2 licence and I am hoping to get some advice on whether or not it'll need a power restriction, and if there's anything I can do to (legally and safely) get around it without voiding insurance?
Multiple instructors at the riding school I went to told me that it wouldn't need restricting to be A2 compliant and that this will cause no issues for insurance. They said the quoted 50BHP is incorrect and was based off a calculation of engine CC/10, that it does not produce over the legal limit of 35 kW or 47bhp (they said it's actually more like 35 or 40 on a good day) and that the Power to weight ratio is way under 0.2kW/kg. However, some friends of mine have told me this is incorrect and I have also seens some forum posts (from like 2010) on this topic. I have been instructed to contact the DVLA and DVSA and nobody seems to be able to give me a definitive answer after around 4 hours on the phone being passed around. I was hoping I could just put it on a dyno and use these stats as a starting point as to what I can do, but I'm completely green and don't know if that's completely useless for this matter.
I have trauled through CX forums and made a few posts, with not much luck.
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TL;DR - Anyone know if a Dyno readout is enough to allow an A2 rider on a cx500?
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Any help or guidance appreciated.
Thank you!

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Ascorbic acid can be used in swimming pools as a treatment for certain pool stains, particularly those caused by metal ions such as iron and copper. It is commonly used as a reducing agent to help remove and prevent these stains.
When metal ions are present in pool water, they can react with chlorine or other oxidizing agents, resulting in the formation of unsightly stains on the pool surface. Ascorbic acid works by reducing the metal ions, preventing them from causing stains and helping to dissolve existing stains.
Here's a general guideline for using ascorbic acid for pool stain treatment:

1. Determine the source of the stain: It's important to identify the type of stain and confirm that it is indeed caused by metal ions. If you're unsure, it's best to consult a pool professional for proper diagnosis.
2. Balance the pool water: Before using ascorbic acid, ensure that your pool water is properly balanced with appropriate levels of pH, alkalinity, and sanitizer (such as chlorine).
3. Lower the pool water pH: Lowering the pH of the pool water to around 7.0 to 7.2 can help enhance the effectiveness of the ascorbic acid treatment.
4. Dilute and apply ascorbic acid: Dissolve the appropriate amount of ascorbic acid in a bucket of water according to the manufacturer's instructions. Apply the solution directly to the stained areas of the pool using a brush or sponge. Allow the solution to sit on the stains for some time, typically 15-30 minutes.
5. Brush and circulate: Gently brush the stained areas to help loosen the stains, and then circulate the pool water to aid in distributing the ascorbic acid throughout the pool.
6. Vacuum and filter: After the treatment, vacuum the pool thoroughly to remove any loosened debris or dissolved stains. Make sure to clean or backwash the pool filter as needed.
7. Monitor and reapply if necessary: In some cases, multiple applications of ascorbic acid may be required to completely remove stubborn stains. Monitor the pool regularly and repeat the treatment as necessary until the desired results are achieved.

It's important to note that while ascorbic acid can be effective for stain treatment, it may lower the chlorine levels in the pool temporarily. Therefore, it's advisable to closely monitor and maintain proper sanitizer levels during and after the treatment.
Additionally, it's always a good idea to follow the manufacturer's instructions and consult with a pool professional for specific guidance based on your pool's needs and conditions.

This Novel is the best novel talking about the Human condition.
The Human condition simply means the Human experience, and when condition is mentioned it always implies a way to describe a Human Mind and the way a human life is
Although we as humans are different from each other but if you look deeply we aren't so different, but we are way different from animals in the way that we can see ourselves from an outside perspective
aging, life, sickness, emotions, happiness, misery, thoughts, volitions, actions, desires, aversions, fears, sufferings, hope, love, trust, forgiveness, hate...
Victory, defeat, losing loved ones, winning, rich, poor, old, young, discussions, fights, respect, tragedy, romance, revenge...
The Book deals with the human condition in an extremely unique way, one of the mottos of the novel is the Pursuit of Freedom and the Pursuit of the Beyond
Fang yuan the main character is a person who was has lived 500 years in his first life, he has lived through the vicissicitudes of life, he rode the waves of life, he was berated and suffered his entire life, he was extremely poor at some point then became rich then lost his fortune again, he has seen weakness, he has seen strength, he has seen victory, he has seen defeat, he has lived through everything a person can live, he has traveled for a long time and wandered thus his maturity
He suffers through hundred of years of suffering, this of course completely changes him, he ends becoming evil, a demon, tho he is emotionless and only does what needs to be done to achieve his goal
What is his goal? Is it women? Money? Glory? Revenge?
None of that
One Goal
Eternal Life.
An impossible goal which no one has ever achieved, even the pinnacle of human existences always died after hundreds of thousands of years, this is because of the Heavens, the creator of the universes who limits longevity
When the story begins, we meet fang yuan about to be killed
He doesnt shout, he doesnt cry, he remains expressionless and at peace despite being covered in his own blood, he recites a beautiful poem showing how short life is and how unreal it all seems
“The sun sets above the blue mountain, the autumn moon with the wind of spring. The morning is fine like hair and night is like snow, whether you succeed or fail when you look back there’s nothing left.”
Fang yuan then uses his Newly refined spring autumn cicada and suicides using his body and cultivation accumulation to Rewind Time and return to the Past
He will never give up on his goal of immortality but however he isnt sure wheter it would work
The Spring autumn cicada which he has refined and use to travel in time is a cicada which enters the river of time, a river which contains Time itself and swims the waves of time to return to the past
It works! Fang yuan returns 500 years in the past to his youth
Armed with his wisdom and ruthlesness, he swears that this time he will achieve Eternal life
Fang yuan is ruthless to everyone especially to himself, he will cut his ear if needed, he will scheme, rob, play political games
The story takes a slow approach and the first 100 chaptets are a prologue
But the Author uses that time to Build the world, the Best worldbuilding I have ever experienced, its so immersive and one amazing other thing, Completely Analyse Society, Fang yuan is against Organisations because the moment you are in you are entangled in its web, indeed he sees how an organisation brainwashes people to serve it while the higherups profit off people
But not just that he sees that Leaders themselves also are entangled, since they cannot break these rules, its like the rules becomes the actual thing that binds everyone
Fang yuan never breaks rules but he sees through them and never lets anything stop him
The story is standard villain
But the more you read the more exquisite it becomes until it becomes a Fucking Genius Story, the Best Ever, no joke.
Fang yuan fights insane enemies
Go through catastrophy after catastrophy and is unmoved by the world
Some of his poems are the best I have ever read and its such an artistic yet cruel tale
Fang yuan is Relentless, he will never give up, this guy is a madman, devil, whatever it takes he will pay it full price upfront!
He gets out of the Most Catastrophical situations with Pure Genius
He is the smartest most scheming character ever written no joke
And the Climaxes of Each Arc is Just Pure Divinity, no joke.
As for the Human condition, Throughout the Story we see how Fang yuan fights Fate
In this Story, Fate is Something Tangible and Physical
Its a Spider that puts its webs Everywhere and controls all beings
Except Fang yuan since he is a transmigrator
Heaven's will which is like the Self of the Heavens always stands in his path and tries to kill him by the middle of the story
But Fang yuan is Relentless, even seeing the Approach of his Death, He fights! Never gives up and faces Everything
This Story of Fang yuan fighting Against Fate, God and the Entire Universe.
At some point, the Entire World rallies to Kill him
At a point where the Fate war Starts
Half of hamanity wants to protect Fate because it helped humanity rise
While the other half fights to Get out of its shackles and get Human Freedom
Fang yuan alone doesn't give a fuck!
He wants to Kill Fate for Himself! For him to be able to attain Eternal Life!
This is the Genius of Fang yuan
He dies multiple times and returns in time but there are a lot of conditions which have to be met and arent always met
So he always has to use his power and genius to Overcome all Obstacles
As for his Poems, i will just let you read this in one of the most climactic scenes in which Fang yuan is at an Absolute Dead-end, nothing can save him
"Fang yuan alone kept moving forward relentlessly,
I had once screamed, gradually, I lost my voice.
I had once cried, gradually, I lost my tears.
I had once grieved, gradually, I became able to withstand everything.
I had once rejoiced, gradually, I became unmoved by the world.
And Now!
All I have left is an expressionless face, Only Perseverance remains in my heart!
This is my own - an insignificant character - Fang yuan's Perseverence!"
His Enemies sometimes have even better poems, his enemies are also made of pure genius and always put insane challenges to Fang yuan
Yet Fang yuan is relentless, even while losing, even in the presence of Death, he's perseverance and fearlesness remain immovable!
Honestly, the Peak Novel Ever Written. Period.

https://www.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/1404hwj/mods_of_rblind_reveal_that_removing_3rd_party/
Post on Blind
Unfortunately, new Reddit, and the official Reddit apps, just don't provide us with the levels of accessibility we need in order to continue effectively running this community. As well, the Transcribers of Reddit, the many dedicated folks who volunteer to transcribe and describe thousands and thousands of images on Reddit, may also be unable to operate.
One of our moderators, u/itsthejoker, has had multiple hour-long calls with various Reddit employees. However, as of the current time, our concerns have gone unheard, and Reddit remains firm. That's why the moderation team of blind now feels that we have no choice but to take further action.
The protest:
In solidarity with thousands of other subreddits who are impacted by this change, we will be shutting down the blind subreddit for 48 hours from June 12th to June 14th. You will not be able to read or make posts during that time.
ModCoord also has a post talking about this issue and advocating for a protest:
In the rush to draft a response to reddit's decision to kill Third Party Apps, our team made an omission in calculating the impact this move by reddit will have on its users.
For the visually impaired, iOS is a disaster.
Here is how this was explained to me:
On Android, the official Reddit mobile app is reasonably usable with the Android screen reader, but the experience on iOS is a completely different story. There are missing elements, broken navigation, nonsensical labels, and more problems that plague those who just want to interact with the site. If you decide to become a moderator the problems are compounded even more.
Third party apps, like Dystopia for Reddit and Apollo, have addressed this niche left so underserved for so many years because Reddit won't. It took literal years of tickets and complaints to get New Reddit to be accessible, and now the door has been shut in our collective faces. As things currently stand, this change doesn't just take away our clients; it takes away our voice.
It takes away our voice.
And what is reddit's official response to this madness? (Make no mistake, this move by reddit is madness.)
Figure it out yourself.
Here is where we stand on June 3rd: Reddit has nothing but contempt for its users, mods, and developers.
A blind moderator responded
As one of the mods of blind I depend on third party apps. Once the apps are gone, I may be left with no choice but to step down and close my 17 year old account. I hope it wont’ come to that.
There was also cross post on modsupport.
So in response to these concerns and others, Save3rdPartyApps has been formed and is also supporting the protest.
Edit 1: The list of subreddits officially participating.
Subreddits include: videos, blind, wow, truegaming, MurderedByWords, im14andthisisdeep, nasa, agedlikemilk, AbruptChaos, ukraineMT, freesoftware, dndmemes and too many to list.
Also the post is only three hours old, so I imagine there's many more to come.
Edit 2: Other major subreddits to join since are iPhone (3.8 million users) and iOS (267K), blursedimages (3.6M), Gamedev (1.1M), Samsung (287K), ShitpostCrusaders (1.1M) and a lot of NSFW subreddits.
Edit 3: Its now clear that many of these subreddits will continue being private beyond the 14th June if Reddit does not change their mind.
New subreddits that have joined include: aww, EarthPorn, LifeProTips (all over 20 million subs); creepy, Futurology (over 10 million subs); and over 50 subs with over a million subscribers including cats, Disney, hobbydrama, jobs, catswithjobs,, CleverComebacks, drawing, Frugal, illegallysmolcats, skyrim, somethingimade, suspiciouslyspecific, tihi, trees, childfree, niceguys, as well as many smaller subs.
Edit 4: If you wish to join the boycott, comment here. Here's a list of geographic subreddits that have now joined: Slovakia, Slovenia, newzealand, NewOrleans, Quebec, a bunch of of subreddits from Connecticut, US (WaterburyCT, EasternCT, newlondon, oldsaybrook, CheshireCT, WindsorCT), Seattle, baltimore, Finland, thessaloniki/ and Wallonia.

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Hello there! I've got a longish list of sets/figs for sale today. All prices do not include shipping, and many of them are negotiable, especially if you would like to purchase multiple items, so shoot me your offers! I'm looking for Paypal for all of them, but would possibly be interested in trading for a 21051 Tokyo Architecture Skyline set.
Send me a chat (or PM, whatever is easier for you) if you're interested in something below, thanks!
NISB:
21050 Studio (Still sealed in original brown box from LEGO) - $415
75145 Eclipse Fighter - $50
40220 Mini London Bus - $10
40252 Mini VW Beetle - $30
7051 Tripod Invader (The box was opened yrs ago, then retaped) - $85
21044 Paris - $ Trade towards 21051 Tokyo
75001 Republic Troopers vs Sith Troopers - $70
76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle - $42
40484 Santa's Front Yard x2 (second not shown in pictures) - $16 each
31088 Deep Sea Creatures - $15
10217 Diagon Alley (this set isn't pictured, but am happy to provide photos. 100% Complete, bags 2 and 3 are sealed, and bag 1 is opened. Includes all parts, figures, instructions, and box in excellent condition) - $400
10225 UCS R2-D2 (this set also isn't pictured, but am happy to provide photos. NISB) - $250
Used:
7964 Republic Frigate (no figures, instructions included in great shape) - $190
8052 Container Truck (should be 100% complete from the looks of it) - $100
8097 Slave I (3rd Edition) (the ship looks to be 100% complete, includes instructions and all figures except for bossk. I will find Han's hair, dw.) - $90
75103 First Order Transporter (100% complete, great condition) - $95 (I have the box if you want it)
75142 Homing Spider Droid (100% complete, excellent condition) - $90
75015 Corporate Alliance Tank (missing clone, and jango looks like new, except he does have one crack, looks perfect for display though) - $80
75172 Y-Wing Starfighter (just the ship, instructions, and box if you want it, may cost more to ship though) - $60
75261 20th Anniversary Clone Scout Walker (100% complete, all figures are in excellent condition, they were just displayed) - $65
75089 Geonosis Troopers (100% complete, figs are perfect) - $60
7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack (I have the parts to complete it, so 100% with all figs in perfect condition) - $42
75153 AT-ST Walker (100% complete, with driver fig and instructions) (also have the box if you want it) - $45
7052 UFO Abduction (should be 100% complete, light may not work) - $40
41486 Captain Phasma Brickhead (100% complete w/instructions) - $35
75100 First Order Snowspeeder (100%) - $35
75168 Yoda's Jedi Starfighter (build complete w/R2) - $33
7630 Front-End Loader (100%) - $30
7915 Imperial V-Wing Starfighter (100%) - $26
6207 A-Wing Fighter (100% with partially new sticker sheet) - $25
6207 A-Wing fighter (this second one should be complete as well, but doesn't include instructions) - $24
8085 Freeco Speeder (100%) - $23
911612 Aaklay - Mini Foil Pack (100% complete aaklay build) - $10
Minifigures: sw1027 Lando Calrissian (20th anniversary) (new, includes stand and gun) - $60
sw0332 Eeth Koth (Good used condition, a little wear on horns) - $40
sw0284 Aayla Secura (little wear on headpiece) - $25
sw0131 Kashyyyk Trooper (Just torso and legs, excellent condition) - $40
sw1031 Imperial Shadow Trooper (new) - $14
sw1032 Han Solo 20th Anniversary (new, includes blaster and stand!) - $9
sw1022 Princess Leia 20th Anniversary (excellent) - $15
sw1029 Darth Vader (20th anniversary) (excellent except head and legs have a bit of scuffing) - $17
sw0377 Arc Trooper (missing pauldron, kama, backpack) - $20
sw0118 Clone Trooper V-Wing Pilot Phase 2 (no cracks/yellowing, but arms have nicks) - $5
sw0133 Mace Windu Light-Up Lightsaber (No cape, lightsaber, battery needs to be replaced. Face has scratches, priced accordingly) - $20
sw0507 Endor Rebel Trooper (new) - $8
sw0213 Astromech Droid, R2-Q5 (excellent) - $6
sw0277 Darth Vader (like new, no cape) - $10
sw0793 Y-wing/U-Wing Rebel Pilot (excellent) - $6.5
sw0320 Geonosian (excellent) - $4.5
sw0257a Luke Skywalker Celebration (excellent) - $4
sw0677 Rey (new) - $4
sw0040b Royal Guard (excellent) - $5
sw0414 Sith Trooper (excellent) - $6.5
sw0600 Security Droid Straight Arm (print is excellent) - $4.5
sw0156a Mouse Droid - $0.65
I am also currently rebuilding a number of older sets, such as 3677, 3182, 3181, 3179, 7937, 7641, 9446, 7749, 7239, 7307, 7938, 4645, 4867, 4841, 9442, 9441. Most of them should be 95-100% complete with figures & instructions. If you're interested in one of these, let me know and I'll set it aside for you.

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I never met my birth parents. They both died on a job when I was a baby, and I went into foster care. I didn’t have any interest in knowing anything about them; my adoptive parents are the ones who raised me.
However, everything changed a week ago when a group of men came knocking at my door. They wore what looked like military uniforms, but instead of the usual green, they wore a distinct red color instead. They loaded me, along with my foster parents into an unmarked matching red van. We were rushed to a farmhouse on the opposite side of Washington where the facility was heavily guarded with intimidating men and unfamiliar machines that appeared like they required several men to operate.
Being an IT major, I had no knowledge nor interest in these things. I’m not a runner, fighter or a strategist, so I couldn’t fathom what they wanted from me.
They relentlessly interrogated me for three days, bombarding me with questions and then, when they concluded that I was blissfully unaware, intimidated me with frightening information. Dumbfounded, I soaked in every ounce of knowledge they offered me. The new knowledge I gained made me see my parents in a new terrifying light. I couldn’t help but feel more resentment, adding on to the existing resentment I harboured. My parents not only betrayed themselves, but me as well and part of me feared that I would never be safe again. I couldn’t help but feel manipulated. They were long gone, but their past still controlled my fate.
I was eventually uprooted to a secondary protective facility, one in which I was not permitted to know the location of. For my own safety, they assured me. Once settled, they supplied me with new electronics and destroyed my old ones. They warned me that I was to stay under the radar, completely untraceable. Again, for my own protection. I was confident that given my knowledge of IT, software engineering and cyber security, I would remain unseen and untraceable to anyone who might be hunting me.
Now that I am sure I am safe, I can finally write this message and warn anyone connected to the initial bloodlines involved. It is crucial for my message to reach you.
The story begins with my biological grandfather. He worked for a branch of the government closely related to NASA. Following the moon landing there was a great deal of classified developments that the population was oblivious to. The department my grandfather worked for protecting the world against extra-terrestrial threats or extra-terrestrial terrorism as they described it.
Paranoia gripped them after the moon landing and they took drastic measures to prepare. Five years later, they deciphered the first communications and signals from frequencies previously unknown to them. These signals were so powerful that they destroyed entire systems, disrupted the power grid and took down entire radio stations. This special branch of government discovered they could tap into these signals which revealed that our galaxy has been under constant surveillance. This was ironically discovered by extra-terrestrials working within this branch, tasked to monitor and prevent extra-terrestrial terrorism on a much larger scale.
At this point in their story, the soldiers were reluctant to divulge more. Insisting that they already revealed too much. But I demanded full transparency, refusing to cooperate with their equivocation. It was essential that I know my involvement in these matters. So, they continued, placing a huge box in front of me, overflowing with papers. They swiftly unveiled its contents to me, Stacks of documents and old tapes they tossed onto the table, one after the another.
The documents contained, amongst others, details of weapons the organisation, known as ESA were crafting and testing along with formulas to create immensely powerful weapons. They used advanced calculations to try and manufacture better equipment that could be sent up to space. They were doing this undisclosed, to monitor and learn as much as they could.
The ESA spent millions designing and building a spacecraft to contain their equipment, if the situation ever called for it. It is still a work in progress. All of this is actively happening, the documents and footage stamped up until a week ago.
I opened a document with a list of classified individuals who had this information. Presidents, EU members, a handful of the rich and powerful, who used this information to design and construct underground bunkers, granting that, if anything were to ever happen, they’d be prepared. These aren’t a new concept though, the extremely rich and powerful have been known to publicly sponsor new technological advancements. Well some may think this gave them the upper hand, it eventually proved their foolishness.
The following is what I saw in the most crucial videos:
Video 1: dated 1975 The video opens in an empty cell, appearing to be a reinforced holding chamber. At first, the room is dark, then the spotlights switch on, illuminating the centre of the room. Now in the light, I could clearly make out what looked like a reinforced metal wall with chains protruding from it. The focus shifts to the back of the room where a large door opens and something is dragged in a sheet, concealing its identity, and tied down with thick chains. The video ends.
Video 2: June 1975 I saw about 20 armed men entered the room and start to unwrap the sheet from what they hauled in. After several minutes of unwrapping, the identity of the thing they brought in is revealed.
There seemed to be a glitch in the recording, at different points in the video the screen was covered in static. The sound was muted, and the figure was hard to make out. It appeared that the creature was attempting to change shape, vibrating as if to phase into a different shape. Despite its best attempts, it remained unsuccessful and reverted back to its original form. .
Video 3: the very next day wnd June 1975
The video opens with the creature fully in focus. Within the 18 hours of footage, the creature is constantly seen attempting to change form. It fails every time, but that doesn’t prevent it from trying again. It looks like a blur, occasionally a second head or what appears to be a human hand. It’s apparent the creature has shapeshifting abilities.
The next 200 videos are identical. To the naked eye, it seemed like a loop. But it wasn’t. The creature was, however, relentless in its attempt to free itself or escape.
Video 204: October 1975
This time the alien appeared to be asleep, head limp and no movement. This video had sound, but it was accompanied by a high pitch buzz that made my ears hurt. At the six-hour mark, the faint cry of a baby can be heard before gradually escalating into full-blown screaming.
At first I suspected that one of the scientists had brought their child along, but the agents assured me the crying was coming from the creature. As the video progresses, the cries grow louder and more demanding, eventually accompanied by a deep voice. Close to the end of the video, 22 hours in, multiple voices begin to scream simultaneously, causing everything to shake.
The documents show that, after this incident, the cage was reinforced. The next few videos are static, proving that the creature has the uncanny ability to manipulate video and disrupt frequencies.
Video 340 February 1982
The creature, with its brown discoloration, possessed crocodile like scales and an eagle like head, but it was entirely reptilian in nature. It stood at a whopping 12 feet tall and was covered in an unknown slime like substance.
The chains were substantially thicker than they were years earlier, and the cage has been fortified. It looked like a different room altogether.
The agents explained that the creature got loose and attacked 12 soldiers, absorbing them into itself instead of merely killing or eating them.
The creature was taken to Nevada, close to the desert, where a strong armoured underground structure had been constructed, far from civilization. The facility has been equipped with high level security precautions which allowed sections of the building to be sealed off and rigged to explode, guaranteeing that, if necessary, the building would collapse in on itself, trapping the creature within its cage, underneath the rubble.
The creature mirrored the image I conjured up in my head when I pictured the devil; brown, scaly, a demonic voice. The eyes were its most terrifying feature, shaped like that of a reptilian, but blood red. I counted 4 horns on its head, and it bore a pair of nasty fangs. Its feet bore the resemblance of a dinosaur, but it lacked a tale. Once the creature was no longer phasing in and out, it settled on a more consistent appearance, one that was easier to recognize.
Video 341 February 1982
This video marked the first appearance of my grandfather. He entered, along with four other men in lab coats, carrying a large syringe, approximately the size of my arm. He stuck it into the beast’s heart, causing it to instantly fall into a deep sleep. He proceeded to connect various machines onto the slumbering creature, attaching electrodes to its head and chest which were linked to a sizeable computer or something that resembled a computer. The video cuts off after this, leaving us to guess what occurred next.
Video 343 February 1982 The lights in the room were far brighter than before, and it once again lacked the presence of sound. The reason for this remained unknown.
Within the room stood a table filled with an assortment of equipment that appeared to be severely damaged. The lights flickered at intervals, and the creature began to phase in and out once more. This made it difficult to distinguish its appearance amid the static moments and blurred movements. The scientists observed the creature a safe distance away.
The scientists were relying on a certain frequency they discovered to keep the creature at bay. It seemed to produce positive results for the next few videos.
The videos that followed held a similar pattern. The creature remained silent, wired to machines while people came in and out taking notes or the occasional blood or slime sample. The creature remained composed, not once attempting to shift or escape again.
According to the agents’ records, everything proceeded as planned. My grandfather welcomed his first son, my father in 1975, he subsequently resumed his project until his resignation in 2008 when he was 55. A year later, he had a fatal heart attack, my grandmother following soot. My father was 34.
My father and his younger brother began working for ESA in 2004, when they were 28 and 24. New technological advancements introduced better cameras and electronic equipment for testing purposes. Since the technology became so advanced, their visits to the cage became as infrequent as once a week, or even less often. With new needles, enhanced equipment and upgraded data collection, the project transferred to electronic records ushering changes in the filing system.
While we waited for my transportation, they shared more classified documents. According to the notes, the once wild and violent creature was now unrecognisably tame and responsive, even answering questions. It remained unclear whether they had intentionally provoked it or stumbled upon a means to subdue it.
The circumstances surrounding my birth were strange. My dad impregnated a college classmate, and they made the mutual decision to put me up for adoption since neither of them had the desire to raise a child. My mother was studying biology and my father, a young genius physicist that found it hard to understand basic human interaction as it was. According to my foster parents, I was born in 2000, but the data I was presented proved I was born two years prior. This revelation had a more profound effect on me than anything else I’d seen.
Regardless, I was immediately given up for adoption and my existence was all but forgotten about. My adoptive parents moved to Iowa, and that’s where I lived up until 2018 when I left for Harvard. I always wondered what my birth parents were like. My adoptive parents told me I was a genius and speculated that I inherited my brain from somewhere. It’s an uncanny feeling; the knowledge that every aspect of my life was monitored.
The videos documenting the creature continued for the next 6 years. It became routine, apart from the indistinct chatter from the observing scientists and other government employees. There were no other sounds, incidents or noteworthy occurrences.
The tests revealed that the creature’s biology was predominantly alien, with no genetic material in common with humans. The scientists highlighted the alarming fact that the creature’s DNA was ever changing, resulting in frequent sample collection and analysis.
They concluded that, the creature was still a baby at the time of capture, which made it easier to contain. They did, however, underestimate its shocking growth rate which resulted in the deaths of the 12 soldiers’ years prior. At the time, it was still in its adolescent phase. Further research uncovered that the creature had the unique ability to absorb the genetic material of the men it came into contact with. The more humans it absorbed, the more diverse its gene pool became. A portion of the genes obtained gradually became more similar to those observed in humans. It’s as if the creature dove into an immense pool of genes and, as it absorbed more humans, its genetic makeup gradually began to adopt more human like qualities. Although difficult to comprehend at first, the basic explanation is that with every absorption of genetic information, the creature’s genetic composition seemed to evolve, storing human qualities within its own gene and gradually becoming more human-like That is my understanding of it.
Which brings me to the final video they have. Prepare yourselves.
Video: mov5078436b The creature behaved normally before viewing was disrupted by static. Among the sudden legion of voices, it echoed my father’s name, simultaneously expanding in size which causes the surroundings to convulse. Alarms resounded, piercing the silence as the creature tugged at its chains, cracking the floor ceiling in its attempt to break free. An ear splitting roar escaped its mouth as hordes of armoured soldiers rushed the cage, massive tasers in hand. They zapped the creature at maximum voltage as it continued to roar, lights flickering excessively. The camera feed is interrupted again by bouts of static.
A second group arrived, armed heavily with guns, increasing the crowd to a total of 30. The gunfire was so severe that it affected the video’s audio. One of the chains bound to the roof of the cage had already broken loose by the time the third group of soldiers arrived. This group carried a machine emitting bursts of fire, which had no effect on the creature aside from antagonizing it. It releases a powerful blast from its hand, causing the room to tremble which shattered the bulletproof glass into millions of pieces and sent the men flying across the room. Both of the creature’s hands were now free, and it began to morph.
Finally, a fourth group arrived in heavily armoured suits, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They wielded lasers and what appeared to be a concentrated lightning gun. I was grateful they hadn’t made use of nuclear weapons which would have wiped everyone out. After every attempt, the creature remained standing. Now it was his turn.
The creature freed itself from the remaining shackles and unleashed a blast with both its hands. All that was left of the solders was a gruesome mess of blood where they stood. The air filled with a haunting scream that echoed throughout the halls. The creature released a menacing growl in the form of words that sent chills down my spine, “Dennis McCarthy”, my father’s name.
Right before the camera blacked out, I could have sworn he was in the brink of morphing into a human form, but the recording was cut short by the thunderous detonation of explosions that sent the building into destruction, burying the truth within its rubble.
The scientists, including my dad, were taken by the ESA (extra-terrestrial security agency) and hidden in a heavily guarded underground haven. They were issued new identities and relocated, which isn’t a new concept for the government.
As far as the drones’ visual feed could capture, the entire operation was terminated, leaving behind the collapsed and buried ruins of a facility that was once fully functional. It was under strict surveillance for any signs of life, but as the years rolled by, complacency set in, compromising their once strict security measures.
My father, uncle and the rest of the scientists assumed new lives and identities. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, they were dead.
In 2010, an unexpected interruption occurred. Reports indicated that the drones simultaneously malfunctioned, and the video feed erupted into static. A team arrived at the site to find it disrupted, all the drones lay in scattered heaps across the landscape.
Before anyone could investigate or react, all communication with the agents safeguarding the scientists was abruptly terminated. One be one, the connections were severed, leaving them permanently unreachable. When they reached my father’s safe house, they were greeted with his spine-chilling absence. He had vanished without so much as a trace that he had ever been there to begin with—no signs of struggle or any shred of evidence left behind. He was lost in an infinite void of mystery. The only indication that something was amiss was the eerie blue glow invading the monitors moments before blackout. The only accurate word for it would be ‘suction’, leading the team to believe that they had been absorbed. It remained a speculation, though plausible enough to send waves of panic up their spines.
As we speak governments around the world have been swept up into the desperate search to locate the alien as well as training an elite group of drone pilots and soldiers in an attempt to confront and defeat the elusive entity. Furthermore, every effort at locating surviving relatives of the missing scientists, including my father, had fallen short. They too had vanished into an infinite cloud of mystery, not one left unscathed to provide answers.
Considering the site’s altered state, the complete destruction of the drones and the fact that the creature they had held captive was constantly evolving, they were profoundly aware of the unravelling truth.
I am the sole living descendent of the scientists that worked for ESA. The creature has made it his mission to eliminate any and all traces of their existence. This is the sole reason I was upended from my life and relocated to a heavily guarded facility, and this is the reason I feel compelled to share their stories.
I couldn’t comprehend why the creature would hunt me since I didn’t share the sins of my father, but I felt paranoid and vigilant regardless. I couldn’t help but feel compelled to look into the disappearances myself, perhaps due to some lingering hopes that the information was wrong. My pursuit for answers turned up nothing, not even social media accounts. It was as if any trace of their existence was utterly obliterated, there was no digital footprint left.
The reason I am now convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that my life is in danger is because I have started catching glimpses of subtle movements in my peripheral, a shadowy figure lurking around the premises, disruptions in the signal of my appliances, even the phone I am using right now.
Call me foolish for even relying on the very technology that might lead to my demise, but I felt compelled to warn anyone else who might be a descendent of the team that worked for ESA: project corrosion.
If you’re aware then heed my words and flee. If you are unaware, observe the news for any sudden or unexplained disappearances, and I regret to inform you but, if you come across the creature then it’s too late.
Stay safe my friends

I never met my birth parents. They both died on a job when I was a baby, and I went into foster care. I didn’t have any interest in knowing anything about them; my adoptive parents are the ones who raised me.
However, everything changed a week ago when a group of men came knocking at my door. They wore what looked like military uniforms, but instead of the usual green, they wore a distinct red color instead. They loaded me, along with my foster parents into an unmarked matching red van. We were rushed to a farmhouse on the opposite side of Washington where the facility was heavily guarded with intimidating men and unfamiliar machines that appeared like they required several men to operate.
Being an IT major, I had no knowledge nor interest in these things. I’m not a runner, fighter or a strategist, so I couldn’t fathom what they wanted from me.
They relentlessly interrogated me for three days, bombarding me with questions and then, when they concluded that I was blissfully unaware, intimidated me with frightening information. Dumbfounded, I soaked in every ounce of knowledge they offered me. The new knowledge I gained made me see my parents in a new terrifying light. I couldn’t help but feel more resentment, adding on to the existing resentment I harboured. My parents not only betrayed themselves, but me as well and part of me feared that I would never be safe again. I couldn’t help but feel manipulated. They were long gone, but their past still controlled my fate.
I was eventually uprooted to a secondary protective facility, one in which I was not permitted to know the location of. For my own safety, they assured me. Once settled, they supplied me with new electronics and destroyed my old ones. They warned me that I was to stay under the radar, completely untraceable. Again, for my own protection. I was confident that given my knowledge of IT, software engineering and cyber security, I would remain unseen and untraceable to anyone who might be hunting me.
Now that I am sure I am safe, I can finally write this message and warn anyone connected to the initial bloodlines involved. It is crucial for my message to reach you.
The story begins with my biological grandfather. He worked for a branch of the government closely related to NASA. Following the moon landing there was a great deal of classified developments that the population was oblivious to. The department my grandfather worked for protecting the world against extra-terrestrial threats or extra-terrestrial terrorism as they described it.
Paranoia gripped them after the moon landing and they took drastic measures to prepare. Five years later, they deciphered the first communications and signals from frequencies previously unknown to them. These signals were so powerful that they destroyed entire systems, disrupted the power grid and took down entire radio stations. This special branch of government discovered they could tap into these signals which revealed that our galaxy has been under constant surveillance. This was ironically discovered by extra-terrestrials working within this branch, tasked to monitor and prevent extra-terrestrial terrorism on a much larger scale.
At this point in their story, the soldiers were reluctant to divulge more. Insisting that they already revealed too much. But I demanded full transparency, refusing to cooperate with their equivocation. It was essential that I know my involvement in these matters. So, they continued, placing a huge box in front of me, overflowing with papers. They swiftly unveiled its contents to me, Stacks of documents and old tapes they tossed onto the table, one after the another.
The documents contained, amongst others, details of weapons the organisation, known as ESA were crafting and testing along with formulas to create immensely powerful weapons. They used advanced calculations to try and manufacture better equipment that could be sent up to space. They were doing this undisclosed, to monitor and learn as much as they could.
The ESA spent millions designing and building a spacecraft to contain their equipment, if the situation ever called for it. It is still a work in progress. All of this is actively happening, the documents and footage stamped up until a week ago.
I opened a document with a list of classified individuals who had this information. Presidents, EU members, a handful of the rich and powerful, who used this information to design and construct underground bunkers, granting that, if anything were to ever happen, they’d be prepared. These aren’t a new concept though, the extremely rich and powerful have been known to publicly sponsor new technological advancements. Well some may think this gave them the upper hand, it eventually proved their foolishness.
The following is what I saw in the most crucial videos:
Video 1: dated 1975 The video opens in an empty cell, appearing to be a reinforced holding chamber. At first, the room is dark, then the spotlights switch on, illuminating the centre of the room. Now in the light, I could clearly make out what looked like a reinforced metal wall with chains protruding from it. The focus shifts to the back of the room where a large door opens and something is dragged in a sheet, concealing its identity, and tied down with thick chains. The video ends.
Video 2: June 1975 I saw about 20 armed men entered the room and start to unwrap the sheet from what they hauled in. After several minutes of unwrapping, the identity of the thing they brought in is revealed.
There seemed to be a glitch in the recording, at different points in the video the screen was covered in static. The sound was muted, and the figure was hard to make out. It appeared that the creature was attempting to change shape, vibrating as if to phase into a different shape. Despite its best attempts, it remained unsuccessful and reverted back to its original form. .
Video 3: the very next day wnd June 1975
The video opens with the creature fully in focus. Within the 18 hours of footage, the creature is constantly seen attempting to change form. It fails every time, but that doesn’t prevent it from trying again. It looks like a blur, occasionally a second head or what appears to be a human hand. It’s apparent the creature has shapeshifting abilities.
The next 200 videos are identical. To the naked eye, it seemed like a loop. But it wasn’t. The creature was, however, relentless in its attempt to free itself or escape.
Video 204: October 1975
This time the alien appeared to be asleep, head limp and no movement. This video had sound, but it was accompanied by a high pitch buzz that made my ears hurt. At the six-hour mark, the faint cry of a baby can be heard before gradually escalating into full-blown screaming.
At first I suspected that one of the scientists had brought their child along, but the agents assured me the crying was coming from the creature. As the video progresses, the cries grow louder and more demanding, eventually accompanied by a deep voice. Close to the end of the video, 22 hours in, multiple voices begin to scream simultaneously, causing everything to shake.
The documents show that, after this incident, the cage was reinforced. The next few videos are static, proving that the creature has the uncanny ability to manipulate video and disrupt frequencies.
Video 340 February 1982
The creature, with its brown discoloration, possessed crocodile like scales and an eagle like head, but it was entirely reptilian in nature. It stood at a whopping 12 feet tall and was covered in an unknown slime like substance.
The chains were substantially thicker than they were years earlier, and the cage has been fortified. It looked like a different room altogether.
The agents explained that the creature got loose and attacked 12 soldiers, absorbing them into itself instead of merely killing or eating them.
The creature was taken to Nevada, close to the desert, where a strong armoured underground structure had been constructed, far from civilization. The facility has been equipped with high level security precautions which allowed sections of the building to be sealed off and rigged to explode, guaranteeing that, if necessary, the building would collapse in on itself, trapping the creature within its cage, underneath the rubble.
The creature mirrored the image I conjured up in my head when I pictured the devil; brown, scaly, a demonic voice. The eyes were its most terrifying feature, shaped like that of a reptilian, but blood red. I counted 4 horns on its head, and it bore a pair of nasty fangs. Its feet bore the resemblance of a dinosaur, but it lacked a tale. Once the creature was no longer phasing in and out, it settled on a more consistent appearance, one that was easier to recognize.
Video 341 February 1982
This video marked the first appearance of my grandfather. He entered, along with four other men in lab coats, carrying a large syringe, approximately the size of my arm. He stuck it into the beast’s heart, causing it to instantly fall into a deep sleep. He proceeded to connect various machines onto the slumbering creature, attaching electrodes to its head and chest which were linked to a sizeable computer or something that resembled a computer. The video cuts off after this, leaving us to guess what occurred next.
Video 343 February 1982 The lights in the room were far brighter than before, and it once again lacked the presence of sound. The reason for this remained unknown.
Within the room stood a table filled with an assortment of equipment that appeared to be severely damaged. The lights flickered at intervals, and the creature began to phase in and out once more. This made it difficult to distinguish its appearance amid the static moments and blurred movements. The scientists observed the creature a safe distance away.
The scientists were relying on a certain frequency they discovered to keep the creature at bay. It seemed to produce positive results for the next few videos.
The videos that followed held a similar pattern. The creature remained silent, wired to machines while people came in and out taking notes or the occasional blood or slime sample. The creature remained composed, not once attempting to shift or escape again.
According to the agents’ records, everything proceeded as planned. My grandfather welcomed his first son, my father in 1975, he subsequently resumed his project until his resignation in 2008 when he was 55. A year later, he had a fatal heart attack, my grandmother following soot. My father was 34.
My father and his younger brother began working for ESA in 2004, when they were 28 and 24. New technological advancements introduced better cameras and electronic equipment for testing purposes. Since the technology became so advanced, their visits to the cage became as infrequent as once a week, or even less often. With new needles, enhanced equipment and upgraded data collection, the project transferred to electronic records ushering changes in the filing system.
While we waited for my transportation, they shared more classified documents. According to the notes, the once wild and violent creature was now unrecognisably tame and responsive, even answering questions. It remained unclear whether they had intentionally provoked it or stumbled upon a means to subdue it.
The circumstances surrounding my birth were strange. My dad impregnated a college classmate, and they made the mutual decision to put me up for adoption since neither of them had the desire to raise a child. My mother was studying biology and my father, a young genius physicist that found it hard to understand basic human interaction as it was. According to my foster parents, I was born in 2000, but the data I was presented proved I was born two years prior. This revelation had a more profound effect on me than anything else I’d seen.
Regardless, I was immediately given up for adoption and my existence was all but forgotten about. My adoptive parents moved to Iowa, and that’s where I lived up until 2018 when I left for Harvard. I always wondered what my birth parents were like. My adoptive parents told me I was a genius and speculated that I inherited my brain from somewhere. It’s an uncanny feeling; the knowledge that every aspect of my life was monitored.
The videos documenting the creature continued for the next 6 years. It became routine, apart from the indistinct chatter from the observing scientists and other government employees. There were no other sounds, incidents or noteworthy occurrences.
The tests revealed that the creature’s biology was predominantly alien, with no genetic material in common with humans. The scientists highlighted the alarming fact that the creature’s DNA was ever changing, resulting in frequent sample collection and analysis.
They concluded that, the creature was still a baby at the time of capture, which made it easier to contain. They did, however, underestimate its shocking growth rate which resulted in the deaths of the 12 soldiers’ years prior. At the time, it was still in its adolescent phase. Further research uncovered that the creature had the unique ability to absorb the genetic material of the men it came into contact with. The more humans it absorbed, the more diverse its gene pool became. A portion of the genes obtained gradually became more similar to those observed in humans. It’s as if the creature dove into an immense pool of genes and, as it absorbed more humans, its genetic makeup gradually began to adopt more human like qualities. Although difficult to comprehend at first, the basic explanation is that with every absorption of genetic information, the creature’s genetic composition seemed to evolve, storing human qualities within its own gene and gradually becoming more human-like That is my understanding of it.
Which brings me to the final video they have. Prepare yourselves.
Video: mov5078436b The creature behaved normally before viewing was disrupted by static. Among the sudden legion of voices, it echoed my father’s name, simultaneously expanding in size which causes the surroundings to convulse. Alarms resounded, piercing the silence as the creature tugged at its chains, cracking the floor ceiling in its attempt to break free. An ear splitting roar escaped its mouth as hordes of armoured soldiers rushed the cage, massive tasers in hand. They zapped the creature at maximum voltage as it continued to roar, lights flickering excessively. The camera feed is interrupted again by bouts of static.
A second group arrived, armed heavily with guns, increasing the crowd to a total of 30. The gunfire was so severe that it affected the video’s audio. One of the chains bound to the roof of the cage had already broken loose by the time the third group of soldiers arrived. This group carried a machine emitting bursts of fire, which had no effect on the creature aside from antagonizing it. It releases a powerful blast from its hand, causing the room to tremble which shattered the bulletproof glass into millions of pieces and sent the men flying across the room. Both of the creature’s hands were now free, and it began to morph.
Finally, a fourth group arrived in heavily armoured suits, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They wielded lasers and what appeared to be a concentrated lightning gun. I was grateful they hadn’t made use of nuclear weapons which would have wiped everyone out. After every attempt, the creature remained standing. Now it was his turn.
The creature freed itself from the remaining shackles and unleashed a blast with both its hands. All that was left of the solders was a gruesome mess of blood where they stood. The air filled with a haunting scream that echoed throughout the halls. The creature released a menacing growl in the form of words that sent chills down my spine, “Dennis McCarthy”, my father’s name.
Right before the camera blacked out, I could have sworn he was in the brink of morphing into a human form, but the recording was cut short by the thunderous detonation of explosions that sent the building into destruction, burying the truth within its rubble.
The scientists, including my dad, were taken by the ESA (extra-terrestrial security agency) and hidden in a heavily guarded underground haven. They were issued new identities and relocated, which isn’t a new concept for the government.
As far as the drones’ visual feed could capture, the entire operation was terminated, leaving behind the collapsed and buried ruins of a facility that was once fully functional. It was under strict surveillance for any signs of life, but as the years rolled by, complacency set in, compromising their once strict security measures.
My father, uncle and the rest of the scientists assumed new lives and identities. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, they were dead.
In 2010, an unexpected interruption occurred. Reports indicated that the drones simultaneously malfunctioned, and the video feed erupted into static. A team arrived at the site to find it disrupted, all the drones lay in scattered heaps across the landscape.
Before anyone could investigate or react, all communication with the agents safeguarding the scientists was abruptly terminated. One be one, the connections were severed, leaving them permanently unreachable. When they reached my father’s safe house, they were greeted with his spine-chilling absence. He had vanished without so much as a trace that he had ever been there to begin with—no signs of struggle or any shred of evidence left behind. He was lost in an infinite void of mystery. The only indication that something was amiss was the eerie blue glow invading the monitors moments before blackout. The only accurate word for it would be ‘suction’, leading the team to believe that they had been absorbed. It remained a speculation, though plausible enough to send waves of panic up their spines.
As we speak governments around the world have been swept up into the desperate search to locate the alien as well as training an elite group of drone pilots and soldiers in an attempt to confront and defeat the elusive entity. Furthermore, every effort at locating surviving relatives of the missing scientists, including my father, had fallen short. They too had vanished into an infinite cloud of mystery, not one left unscathed to provide answers.
Considering the site’s altered state, the complete destruction of the drones and the fact that the creature they had held captive was constantly evolving, they were profoundly aware of the unravelling truth.
I am the sole living descendent of the scientists that worked for ESA. The creature has made it his mission to eliminate any and all traces of their existence. This is the sole reason I was upended from my life and relocated to a heavily guarded facility, and this is the reason I feel compelled to share their stories.
I couldn’t comprehend why the creature would hunt me since I didn’t share the sins of my father, but I felt paranoid and vigilant regardless. I couldn’t help but feel compelled to look into the disappearances myself, perhaps due to some lingering hopes that the information was wrong. My pursuit for answers turned up nothing, not even social media accounts. It was as if any trace of their existence was utterly obliterated, there was no digital footprint left.
The reason I am now convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that my life is in danger is because I have started catching glimpses of subtle movements in my peripheral, a shadowy figure lurking around the premises, disruptions in the signal of my appliances, even the phone I am using right now.
Call me foolish for even relying on the very technology that might lead to my demise, but I felt compelled to warn anyone else who might be a descendent of the team that worked for ESA: project corrosion.
If you’re aware then heed my words and flee. If you are unaware, observe the news for any sudden or unexplained disappearances, and I regret to inform you but, if you come across the creature then it’s too late.
Stay safe my friends

I never met my birth parents. They both died on a job when I was a baby, and I went into foster care. I didn’t have any interest in knowing anything about them; my adoptive parents are the ones who raised me.
However, everything changed a week ago when a group of men came knocking at my door. They wore what looked like military uniforms, but instead of the usual green, they wore a distinct red color instead. They loaded me, along with my foster parents into an unmarked matching red van. We were rushed to a farmhouse on the opposite side of Washington where the facility was heavily guarded with intimidating men and unfamiliar machines that appeared like they required several men to operate.
Being an IT major, I had no knowledge nor interest in these things. I’m not a runner, fighter or a strategist, so I couldn’t fathom what they wanted from me.
They relentlessly interrogated me for three days, bombarding me with questions and then, when they concluded that I was blissfully unaware, intimidated me with frightening information. Dumbfounded, I soaked in every ounce of knowledge they offered me. The new knowledge I gained made me see my parents in a new terrifying light. I couldn’t help but feel more resentment, adding on to the existing resentment I harboured. My parents not only betrayed themselves, but me as well and part of me feared that I would never be safe again. I couldn’t help but feel manipulated. They were long gone, but their past still controlled my fate.
I was eventually uprooted to a secondary protective facility, one in which I was not permitted to know the location of. For my own safety, they assured me. Once settled, they supplied me with new electronics and destroyed my old ones. They warned me that I was to stay under the radar, completely untraceable. Again, for my own protection. I was confident that given my knowledge of IT, software engineering and cyber security, I would remain unseen and untraceable to anyone who might be hunting me.
Now that I am sure I am safe, I can finally write this message and warn anyone connected to the initial bloodlines involved. It is crucial for my message to reach you.
The story begins with my biological grandfather. He worked for a branch of the government closely related to NASA. Following the moon landing there was a great deal of classified developments that the population was oblivious to. The department my grandfather worked for protecting the world against extra-terrestrial threats or extra-terrestrial terrorism as they described it.
Paranoia gripped them after the moon landing and they took drastic measures to prepare. Five years later, they deciphered the first communications and signals from frequencies previously unknown to them. These signals were so powerful that they destroyed entire systems, disrupted the power grid and took down entire radio stations. This special branch of government discovered they could tap into these signals which revealed that our galaxy has been under constant surveillance. This was ironically discovered by extra-terrestrials working within this branch, tasked to monitor and prevent extra-terrestrial terrorism on a much larger scale.
At this point in their story, the soldiers were reluctant to divulge more. Insisting that they already revealed too much. But I demanded full transparency, refusing to cooperate with their equivocation. It was essential that I know my involvement in these matters. So, they continued, placing a huge box in front of me, overflowing with papers. They swiftly unveiled its contents to me, Stacks of documents and old tapes they tossed onto the table, one after the another.
The documents contained, amongst others, details of weapons the organisation, known as ESA were crafting and testing along with formulas to create immensely powerful weapons. They used advanced calculations to try and manufacture better equipment that could be sent up to space. They were doing this undisclosed, to monitor and learn as much as they could.
The ESA spent millions designing and building a spacecraft to contain their equipment, if the situation ever called for it. It is still a work in progress. All of this is actively happening, the documents and footage stamped up until a week ago.
I opened a document with a list of classified individuals who had this information. Presidents, EU members, a handful of the rich and powerful, who used this information to design and construct underground bunkers, granting that, if anything were to ever happen, they’d be prepared. These aren’t a new concept though, the extremely rich and powerful have been known to publicly sponsor new technological advancements. Well some may think this gave them the upper hand, it eventually proved their foolishness.
The following is what I saw in the most crucial videos:
Video 1: dated 1975 The video opens in an empty cell, appearing to be a reinforced holding chamber. At first, the room is dark, then the spotlights switch on, illuminating the centre of the room. Now in the light, I could clearly make out what looked like a reinforced metal wall with chains protruding from it. The focus shifts to the back of the room where a large door opens and something is dragged in a sheet, concealing its identity, and tied down with thick chains. The video ends.
Video 2: June 1975 I saw about 20 armed men entered the room and start to unwrap the sheet from what they hauled in. After several minutes of unwrapping, the identity of the thing they brought in is revealed.
There seemed to be a glitch in the recording, at different points in the video the screen was covered in static. The sound was muted, and the figure was hard to make out. It appeared that the creature was attempting to change shape, vibrating as if to phase into a different shape. Despite its best attempts, it remained unsuccessful and reverted back to its original form. .
Video 3: the very next day wnd June 1975
The video opens with the creature fully in focus. Within the 18 hours of footage, the creature is constantly seen attempting to change form. It fails every time, but that doesn’t prevent it from trying again. It looks like a blur, occasionally a second head or what appears to be a human hand. It’s apparent the creature has shapeshifting abilities.
The next 200 videos are identical. To the naked eye, it seemed like a loop. But it wasn’t. The creature was, however, relentless in its attempt to free itself or escape.
Video 204: October 1975
This time the alien appeared to be asleep, head limp and no movement. This video had sound, but it was accompanied by a high pitch buzz that made my ears hurt. At the six-hour mark, the faint cry of a baby can be heard before gradually escalating into full-blown screaming.
At first I suspected that one of the scientists had brought their child along, but the agents assured me the crying was coming from the creature. As the video progresses, the cries grow louder and more demanding, eventually accompanied by a deep voice. Close to the end of the video, 22 hours in, multiple voices begin to scream simultaneously, causing everything to shake.
The documents show that, after this incident, the cage was reinforced. The next few videos are static, proving that the creature has the uncanny ability to manipulate video and disrupt frequencies.
Video 340 February 1982
The creature, with its brown discoloration, possessed crocodile like scales and an eagle like head, but it was entirely reptilian in nature. It stood at a whopping 12 feet tall and was covered in an unknown slime like substance.
The chains were substantially thicker than they were years earlier, and the cage has been fortified. It looked like a different room altogether.
The agents explained that the creature got loose and attacked 12 soldiers, absorbing them into itself instead of merely killing or eating them.
The creature was taken to Nevada, close to the desert, where a strong armoured underground structure had been constructed, far from civilization. The facility has been equipped with high level security precautions which allowed sections of the building to be sealed off and rigged to explode, guaranteeing that, if necessary, the building would collapse in on itself, trapping the creature within its cage, underneath the rubble.
The creature mirrored the image I conjured up in my head when I pictured the devil; brown, scaly, a demonic voice. The eyes were its most terrifying feature, shaped like that of a reptilian, but blood red. I counted 4 horns on its head, and it bore a pair of nasty fangs. Its feet bore the resemblance of a dinosaur, but it lacked a tale. Once the creature was no longer phasing in and out, it settled on a more consistent appearance, one that was easier to recognize.
Video 341 February 1982
This video marked the first appearance of my grandfather. He entered, along with four other men in lab coats, carrying a large syringe, approximately the size of my arm. He stuck it into the beast’s heart, causing it to instantly fall into a deep sleep. He proceeded to connect various machines onto the slumbering creature, attaching electrodes to its head and chest which were linked to a sizeable computer or something that resembled a computer. The video cuts off after this, leaving us to guess what occurred next.
Video 343 February 1982 The lights in the room were far brighter than before, and it once again lacked the presence of sound. The reason for this remained unknown.
Within the room stood a table filled with an assortment of equipment that appeared to be severely damaged. The lights flickered at intervals, and the creature began to phase in and out once more. This made it difficult to distinguish its appearance amid the static moments and blurred movements. The scientists observed the creature a safe distance away.
The scientists were relying on a certain frequency they discovered to keep the creature at bay. It seemed to produce positive results for the next few videos.
The videos that followed held a similar pattern. The creature remained silent, wired to machines while people came in and out taking notes or the occasional blood or slime sample. The creature remained composed, not once attempting to shift or escape again.
According to the agents’ records, everything proceeded as planned. My grandfather welcomed his first son, my father in 1975, he subsequently resumed his project until his resignation in 2008 when he was 55. A year later, he had a fatal heart attack, my grandmother following soot. My father was 34.
My father and his younger brother began working for ESA in 2004, when they were 28 and 24. New technological advancements introduced better cameras and electronic equipment for testing purposes. Since the technology became so advanced, their visits to the cage became as infrequent as once a week, or even less often. With new needles, enhanced equipment and upgraded data collection, the project transferred to electronic records ushering changes in the filing system.
While we waited for my transportation, they shared more classified documents. According to the notes, the once wild and violent creature was now unrecognisably tame and responsive, even answering questions. It remained unclear whether they had intentionally provoked it or stumbled upon a means to subdue it.
The circumstances surrounding my birth were strange. My dad impregnated a college classmate, and they made the mutual decision to put me up for adoption since neither of them had the desire to raise a child. My mother was studying biology and my father, a young genius physicist that found it hard to understand basic human interaction as it was. According to my foster parents, I was born in 2000, but the data I was presented proved I was born two years prior. This revelation had a more profound effect on me than anything else I’d seen.
Regardless, I was immediately given up for adoption and my existence was all but forgotten about. My adoptive parents moved to Iowa, and that’s where I lived up until 2018 when I left for Harvard. I always wondered what my birth parents were like. My adoptive parents told me I was a genius and speculated that I inherited my brain from somewhere. It’s an uncanny feeling; the knowledge that every aspect of my life was monitored.
The videos documenting the creature continued for the next 6 years. It became routine, apart from the indistinct chatter from the observing scientists and other government employees. There were no other sounds, incidents or noteworthy occurrences.
The tests revealed that the creature’s biology was predominantly alien, with no genetic material in common with humans. The scientists highlighted the alarming fact that the creature’s DNA was ever changing, resulting in frequent sample collection and analysis.
They concluded that, the creature was still a baby at the time of capture, which made it easier to contain. They did, however, underestimate its shocking growth rate which resulted in the deaths of the 12 soldiers’ years prior. At the time, it was still in its adolescent phase. Further research uncovered that the creature had the unique ability to absorb the genetic material of the men it came into contact with. The more humans it absorbed, the more diverse its gene pool became. A portion of the genes obtained gradually became more similar to those observed in humans. It’s as if the creature dove into an immense pool of genes and, as it absorbed more humans, its genetic makeup gradually began to adopt more human like qualities. Although difficult to comprehend at first, the basic explanation is that with every absorption of genetic information, the creature’s genetic composition seemed to evolve, storing human qualities within its own gene and gradually becoming more human-like That is my understanding of it.
Which brings me to the final video they have. Prepare yourselves.
Video: mov5078436b The creature behaved normally before viewing was disrupted by static. Among the sudden legion of voices, it echoed my father’s name, simultaneously expanding in size which causes the surroundings to convulse. Alarms resounded, piercing the silence as the creature tugged at its chains, cracking the floor ceiling in its attempt to break free. An ear splitting roar escaped its mouth as hordes of armoured soldiers rushed the cage, massive tasers in hand. They zapped the creature at maximum voltage as it continued to roar, lights flickering excessively. The camera feed is interrupted again by bouts of static.
A second group arrived, armed heavily with guns, increasing the crowd to a total of 30. The gunfire was so severe that it affected the video’s audio. One of the chains bound to the roof of the cage had already broken loose by the time the third group of soldiers arrived. This group carried a machine emitting bursts of fire, which had no effect on the creature aside from antagonizing it. It releases a powerful blast from its hand, causing the room to tremble which shattered the bulletproof glass into millions of pieces and sent the men flying across the room. Both of the creature’s hands were now free, and it began to morph.
Finally, a third group arrived in heavily armoured suits, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They wielded lasers and what appeared to be a concentrated lightning gun. I was grateful they hadn’t made use of nuclear weapons which would have wiped everyone out. After every attempt, the creature remained standing. Now it was his turn.
The creature freed itself from the remaining shackles and unleashed a blast with both its hands. All that was left of the solders was a gruesome mess of blood where they stood. The air filled with a haunting scream that echoed throughout the halls. The creature released a menacing growl in the form of words that sent chills down my spine, “Dennis McCarthy”, my father’s name.
Right before the camera blacked out, I could have sworn he was in the brink of morphing into a human form, but the recording was cut short by the thunderous detonation of explosions that sent the building into destruction, burying the truth within its rubble.
The scientists, including my dad, were taken by the ESA (extra-terrestrial security agency) and hidden in a heavily guarded underground haven. They were issued new identities and relocated, which isn’t a new concept for the government.
As far as the drones’ visual feed could capture, the entire operation was terminated, leaving behind the collapsed and buried ruins of a facility that was once fully functional. It was under strict surveillance for any signs of life, but as the years rolled by, complacency set in, compromising their once strict security measures.
My father, uncle and the rest of the scientists assumed new lives and identities. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, they were dead.
In 2010, an unexpected interruption occurred. Reports indicated that the drones simultaneously malfunctioned, and the video feed erupted into static. A team arrived at the site to find it disrupted, all the drones lay in scattered heaps across the landscape.
Before anyone could investigate or react, all communication with the agents safeguarding the scientists was abruptly terminated. One be one, the connections were severed, leaving them permanently unreachable. When they reached my father’s safe house, they were greeted with his spine-chilling absence. He had vanished without so much as a trace that he had ever been there to begin with—no signs of struggle or any shred of evidence left behind. He was lost in an infinite void of mystery. The only indication that something was amiss was the eerie blue glow invading the monitors moments before blackout. The only accurate word for it would be ‘suction’, leading the team to believe that they had been absorbed. It remained a speculation, though plausible enough to send waves of panic up their spines.
As we speak governments around the world have been swept up into the desperate search to locate the alien as well as training an elite group of drone pilots and soldiers in an attempt to confront and defeat the elusive entity. Furthermore, every effort at locating surviving relatives of the missing scientists, including my father, had fallen short. They too had vanished into an infinite cloud of mystery, not one left unscathed to provide answers.
Considering the site’s altered state, the complete destruction of the drones and the fact that the creature they had held captive was constantly evolving, they were profoundly aware of the unravelling truth.
I am the sole living descendent of the scientists that worked for ESA. The creature has made it his mission to eliminate any and all traces of their existence. This is the sole reason I was upended from my life and relocated to a heavily guarded facility, and this is the reason I feel compelled to share their stories.
I couldn’t comprehend why the creature would hunt me since I didn’t share the sins of my father, but I felt paranoid and vigilant regardless. I couldn’t help but feel compelled to look into the disappearances myself, perhaps due to some lingering hopes that the information was wrong. My pursuit for answers turned up nothing, not even social media accounts. It was as if any trace of their existence was utterly obliterated, there was no digital footprint left.
The reason I am now convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that my life is in danger is because I have started catching glimpses of subtle movements in my peripheral, a shadowy figure lurking around the premises, disruptions in the signal of my appliances, even the phone I am using right now.
Call me foolish for even relying on the very technology that might lead to my demise, but I felt compelled to warn anyone else who might be a descendent of the team that worked for ESA: project corrosion.
If you’re aware then heed my words and flee. If you are unaware, observe the news for any sudden or unexplained disappearances, and I regret to inform you but, if you come across the creature then it’s too late.
Stay safe my friends

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