Subject: Unit 77-021-G a.k.a “The Chișinău Portal” (Anomalous dark energy mass)
Location: Near the ruins of old Chișinău, Moldova
DKWR-002
Research Specialist: Dr. Michael Steffanson
“The Chișinău Portal is a particular anomoly that has always fascinated me. The portal itself has only appeared once since the cataclysmic event that changed the world our world forever, so we took up the oppurtunity to visit the portal when it finally reappeared. When we dispatched an observation to survey the anomoly, weaving in out of the sharp and dangerous ruins of Chișinău has proved to be an immense challenge.
However, when speaking with the locals in the area, our team discovered a group of young men that claimed they knew there way around the rubble and offered to show our team a way to the portal. The leader of the group, who would only identify as “Vasili,” stated that our men may not be prepared for what they are about to witness,” of course the head of our scout team brushed this off.
As our crew followed Vasili and his men, our researchers stated that the closer they approached the portal in the field notes, they felt a strange pulling energy as if the portal was calling to them. Auditory hallucinations followed this, though that is typical of these types of anomolies. When the crew arrived to clearing, there floated the portal, swelling with intense energy. Our lead researcher began to film the portal for research purposes, but Vasili quickly interjected.
Below is the transcript from audio and corrupted footage of the recorded video, as the video footage is damaged beyond repair to view fully.
(VIDEO PLAYS)
Scout Leader Alpha: Scout the area, make sure no one followed us.
(Scout Leader Alpha adjusts focus on camera lens)
Vasili: Wait, wait what are you doing? Why are you filming, put the camera away now! Now!
Scout Leader Alpha: This is for IRIS research purposes, do not interrupt us.
Vasili: (INAUDIBLE)
Vasili: Put the fucking camera down! You don't understand!
(Vasili rushes the research operative, knocking him to the ground)
Scout Leader Alpha: Get the fuck off me! Shoot him! Put him down!
Vasili: Give me the fucking camera! Don't!
(GUNSHOTS)
(Vasili falls off the operative, dead from the gunshots wounds)
Scout Leader Alpha: Fuck... Alright, move the body over to w(INAUDIBLE) The others will have heard the shots, we need to move quick.
Scout Leader Alpha: Men? Hey, hey what are you all doing?! Get the fuck away from there!
(Audio begins to garble heavily; loud whooshing sounds come from the portal and the footage begins to degrade heavily.)
(Scout Leader falls to ground in a weakened state; The other scouts, almost in a trance-like state, walk up and into the portal; the whooshing and swirling sounds are deafening at this point in the video)
(The portal abruptly closes, taking the scouts with it. Scout Leader Alpha breathes lightly and eventually stops; Presumed dead)
(VIDEO STOPS)
When a rescue team was dispatched to the coordinates shown in the video, all that was found was the tape itself, several unloaded weapons, and several small articals of clothing from their uniforms. It is presumed that either locals to the city or animals took the body of the Scout Leader.
In conlcusion to our research of the Chișinău Portal, the portal appears to have a trance-like hypnotic effect on those around it, taking those who venture into it into an unidentifed realm.
Though further research is needed, we cannot afford to lose another Scout team, so I reccomend this dossier be archived for future notation.
Dr. Michael Steffanson
Level 2A – Anomalous Energies Research
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