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Registered Phenomena Code: 371
Object Class: Beta-White
Hazard Types: Organic
Containment Protocols: The ██████████ Theater has been condemned indefinitely. RPC-371 is to be monitored by at least two personnel over the course of a 24-hour rotational period. Remote viewing via security cameras is acceptable. Any trespassers are to be detained, interrogated and amnesticised as per protocol.
Description: RPC-371 is a large organic mass localized within the interior of the ██████████ Theater in Prague, Czech Republic. The anomaly consists of a humanoid entity in the fetal position, at the center of a tangled mass of web-like fibers which span the interior roof of the building. The fibers, which visually resemble ropes, appear to be chemically adhered to the walls of the building at their extremities; attempts to break this adhesion have not been successful. The fiber is composed of an unnaturally durable material with traits similar to that of spider silk (namely Caerostris darwini) and containing various iron compounds. Attempts to cut or study the composition of the fiber have proven difficult due to its physical properties.
The entity (RPC-371-1) encased within the ropes is mostly dormant. It possesses a constant internal body temperature of approximately 38° celsius and is motionless, though it has exhibited periodic bouts of movement via twitching at external stimuli (sudden loud noises, physical contact, etc.). RPC-371-1 has pale, smooth skin and lacks any defining physical characteristics (hair, facial features, sensory organs, genitalia, etc.) with the exception of a pair of featureless breasts in its pectoral region. X-ray imagery has revealed that RPC-371-1 possesses a distinctly humanoid skeletal structure.
Sample acquisition has proven to be rather simple via the exposed gaps in the tangle of rope surrounding RPC-371-1. Although the DNA of the organism is mostly scrambled, further analysis has revealed RPC-371-1's DNA to be similar to that of one Liliana ███████████████, a 32 year-old woman employed at the ██████████ Theater who went missing five days prior to the appearance of RPC-371. ██████ was last seen at ████████████, and was described by eyewitnesses as being 'frantic' and having a 'gaunt', disheveled' appearance. The current whereabouts of Liliana ███████████████ are unknown.
Discovery: RPC-371 was first reported on February 6th, 2022 by an on-duty janitorial team. At the time of discovery, the ██████████ Theater had been closed for upcoming renovations. Authority agents were dispatched to the scene and the janitorial staff were given amnestics. RPC designation and containment protocols were later put in place.
Recovered security footage from the night before in the ██████████ Theater, although low in quality, shows Liliana ███████████████ running toward the stalls within the building in a seemingly panicked state and crouching down, leaving behind two large buckets filled with several small objects on one of the seats of the theatre. Afterward, Liliana gets up and can be seen running to the back of the theatre, reaching the generator room and manually turning the electricity supply of the theatre off; cutting the feed of the security camera for several hours. Authority agents at the scene found the discarded buckets and empty plastic packets directly below RPC-371-1, emptied of their contents. Forensic analysis has revealed that Liliana was carrying several transfusion bags of donor blood with her; a nearby hospital had reported a theft within their blood bank a few hours before. There are currently no suspects for the aforementioned crime. It is likely that these two events are related to each other, although it is currently unclear how Liliana ███████████████ had exactly acquired the blood without alerting security.
Addendum: On April 23rd, 2022, on-site technician Maynard S. made contact with one of the ropes connecting RPC-371 to the ceiling while conducting maintenance. A few minutes earlier, Maynard had accidentally injured himself on some discarded equipment and received a small laceration over the palm of his right hand.
Upon touching the rope of RPC-371 with his hand, RPC-371-1 suddenly began to violently convulse for approximately ten seconds. On-site personnel reported a short noise coming from RPC-371-1, which was described as a brief moan, before it returned to its usual state of dormancy. Maynard reported that his blood had soaked into the rope fiber upon making physical contact and quickly diffused, dissipating into the material making up the rope.
Several tests were conducted on RPC-371 shortly after this incident, which involved dropping certain quantities of liquid onto the rope fiber. It has been deduced that RPC-371 reacts strongly to substantial quantities of mammalian blood, and appears to sustain itself on it. Furthermore, it has been reported that several more individual fibers had grown from the center-mass of RPC-371. Although the growth process was not directly observed and is not yet fully understood, the new fibers appear to be 'budding' from already-existing fibers and are spanning more surface area of the ceiling of the ██████████ Theater than before; other fibers have grown downward and adhered themselves to several of the seats within the stalls of the building.
In addition, RPC-371-1 appears to have undergone subtle physiological changes. The facial area of RPC-371-1 has become more 'well-defined', and a thin layer of vellus hairs appears to have grown across its skin. RPC-371-1 has also begun to exhibit more bouts of movement than before, and personnel have reported 'shifting movements' visible underneath RPC-371-1's flesh, alongside a faintly visible texture on its skin resembling a diamond pattern.
RPC-371-1 has now been reported to be emmitting noise; on-site staff have noted sounds emanating from the object described as gasping or breathing, and at one point a 'loud, shrill cackle'.
Further testing on RPC-371 is currently undergoing approval by Lead Researcher ████████████.