KRUPIN FIELD REPORT

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Field Report
14 August ‘84
Author: Krupin, V.

It has been over three hours since the incident here are P.O.A. Station P-21, 50km West of Adrar. I believe I am the only living soul on site, but I am far from the only one here.

The workers have contracted some kind of withering disease that renders them mad with rage. They attack anyone unafflicted by this condition. I am currently locked in the drilling station’s comms office, but I am preparing this report should I not survive.

I have witnessed additional strange phenomena associated with this event. There is a strange, persistent “crack” in mid-air near one of the derricks. It is hard to describe, but it almost seems like a peephole into another world. I have also seen a blue energy orb move through the area. It calls to mind the atmospheric phenomenon known as ball lightning.

But what I saw that shook me most was a ghostly apparition of a man dressed in a Red Army Sergeant’s uniform from the Great Patriotic War. I realize how unlikely that sounds, but this apparition waved and beckoned to me as it stepped into the “crack” and vanished. It wanted me to follow, and I felt a strong urge to comply. In fact, I got within 3 meters before stopping myself and seeking shelter.

I have used the computer equipment and satellite uplink to send a distress message, but I am not optimistic of rescue.

Mostly I find myself thinking about that apparition. I do not believe in ghosts, but I know what I saw. He looked like he stepped out of the photographs my father kept of the march to Berlin. I sensed no malice from him. And if I see him again, I may make contact and find out what lies on the other side.