“When encountering a Meat Mimic under no circumstance should any individual try and perform a “true love’s kiss” in order to “redeem” the mimic. Meat mimics cannot feel any sort of human emotion, and as such no attempts should be made to “purify” the creature.”
I love how the jumpscare with the meat mimic plays totally fair with the viewer's anticipation. Instead of a cheap gag where the camera turns around and suddenly the mimic is right there screaming into the camera, you get a nice long buildup as the cameraman hides in the closet before the creature slides its fingers through the door, forces it open, and sticks its head through the gap to confirm that the prey is there before finally lunging. Makes it seem more like a real predatory animal instead of a clickbait screamer monster.
I think people are ignoring the prominence of 7 in this series. 7 types of creatures, 7 monoliths, 7 meatsnake skulls in the giant one, the carcas symbol has 7 sets of ribs even though humans only have 12, there were 7 singularities, 7 continents, and at facility 0 in the finale, there were 7 of the cult symbols.
I like how it started off with believable creatures that didn’t pose much threat, and then started getting slowly higher in danger before the last one, which is probably a danger to the universe itself
@@fashionsuckman4652 Yep, the orb is not what you have to fear, but what is making and sending a signal from the orb is, if I am right this is a state-of-the-art elder god invasion the crawl being a self-propagating environment serving to spread a major consciousness across the galaxy, I'll state the creatures and their possible roles here : Trimmings : Cannonfodder made as an easy access of nutrients for most creatures, possibly having a connection to the Harvester. The meat snake : A creature made specifically to funnel high amounts of nutrients and other resources directly to the crawl, practically making sure none of it goes to other creatures by forms of poisons and highly virulent tissue. The mimic : Made exactly for invasion, if major amounts of nutrients or other resources possibly via the Harvester could be stacked up for a while, it could be released in masse to slowly take over and assimilate the leading intelligent species of said planet. The harvester : A bulb directly connected to the Crawl, used for major nutrients collection and could work as the leading force of the invasion as it slowly pumps resources directly into the Crawl. The host : Possibly made for intelligence collection as the spores have abnormal uses and I don't believe much is known about the Host, also most other possible methods of intelligence collection is Unknown. The monoliths : Possibly related to the Hosts the monoliths seemingly function as a way to subjugate any intelligent species on said planet forming into a wide ring on the most reliable area preparing for some time, and then releasing a massive emp blast that would send most technology out of commission, practically turning everything to the dark ages, allowing less communication and the full invasion to start. The singularity : A connection point between the greater consciousness and the crawl, once an area is greatly infested by the crawl, I believe it will send orders to the Monoliths and the Harvesters to get to work, causing the invasion to start and the following subjugation and assimilation to occur. But, hey that's just a theory a...film theory? Also, I haven't looked too much into the Arg side of this, so much of this may be biased or outright wrong, this is just what I think is happening during this series.
I love that people keep trimmings as pets. That photo of a trimming lying on a dog bed and smiling is adorable. It is a horrible little abomination. I love it.
Theory: Trimmings are failed mimics. If the bulb isn't properly developing into a mimic (like if the creature has too many limbs or a malformed mouth) then the crawler "trims" it from its body to conserve energy for the cultivation of successfully developed mimics.
Theory: in the thumbnail there is a faint red circle in the centre of all the species which resembles the singularity. Could the singularity be the "main" thing?
@@kamewantor4594 literally 💀 if theres a pest problem because of the amount of trimmings, there is way too much failed mimics and they need to get their act together 😭
The Harvester seems the most terrifying. Just thinking about wandering the woods and, out of nowhere, being attacked without knowing you were in the presence of a Harvester is super scary to me. Thank you for making such a horrifying creature!
@theorb519i think that, so far, monoliths and singularities aren’t nearly as bad as mimics, hosts, and harvesters. Simply because they’re so rare and are only in specific areas
I'm Floridian, and most of these creatures do not reside here. However, the exceptions are mapped out in the video. As you can see, only some of us are safe.
I love that it jumped from "look at these small animals that lvie on the dead bodies of other animals that could be kept as pets" to "MONSTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A SKINNED HUMAN AND EATS HUMANS."
As someone's who's big on zoology and natural history, I absolutely love how instead of the Vita Carnis being some malicious unstoppable supernatural force that specifically goes after humans for no discernable end-goals or motivations, they're just organisms playing their part in nature and trying to survive. Not only that, a lot of the behavior and functions that they have in nature can actually be seen in organisms we have alive today.
Except the monoliths, imo they kinda fell into the lame "unconquerable forest monster" most of the monsters in these types of video fall into That and the orb
yeah for this reason the mandela catalogue kinda fell off, making the intruder into some conniving monologuing supervillain was too stupid, same with Gabriel, the mandela catalogue could've been the start of something great if they'd just kept the alternates shrouded in mystery. The fact that you did not know what their intentions were, or why they do what they do is what made the series fantastic, and now it's completely ruined because they gave Gabriel speech.
It smells weird and have very dirty sand under it with full of different size insects. Which is harmful for humans and dogs or cat. You cannot see birds near that area. There is not need for them for the ecosystem. It has bad nuclear energy
To me, the Mimics are the most scary creature, simply because they actively move around and stalk humans as prey; the other creatures are (relatively) avoidable. They also seem very fast and strong, at least compared to humans. Imagine meeting a new employee at work, become friends with them, only to realize (too late) that they are an evolved Mimic who has chosen you as food!
From what I have understand in another video from this channel, evolved mimic do look a lot like humans, but they still aren't exactly like a human, so they still have to be cautious and can't compleatly blend with humanity. They basically keep the large smile like mouth, boulging eyes and too long fingers.
The singularity could be the scariest one since we don't know much about it, it could teleport anywhere and make you see things that look completely real then kill you for all we know.
Well it seems like "infection" is at early stages though. Later one monoliths could be a huge problem since there seem to be no way of removing them. If it would be somehow possible to get rid of creature stages past meat snake whole thing would actually be beneficial.
I love how everything is super calm and since the Meat snake, a terrifying creature is actually nice, we expect the same for the mimic until we hear its diet and that long pause.
I wear noise cancelling headphones and my door is to my right. When I heard the knocking during the mimic scene, my heart rate went from normal to OH SHIT instantly. Really cool video.
It's pitch black in the morning, I'm tired and hyped up on caffeine, alone, and this nearly gave me a heart attack. I hate those goddang knocks, they scare the pants off me every time.
Here's a question: How do the different creatures react to one another? Like, would owning a trimming make you safe from mimics? What happens if a mimic steps on a harvester or sniffs a host's spores? What happens if a meat snake comes across a dead trimming? So many questions.
@@thesmilingman7576 incorrect. Parts could be non-hostile to lure you into a false since of security. Like early stage mimic's resemblance to the trimming (which for some reason people keep as pets). It's so it can infiltrate our lives more easily so that they can feed.
No matter how many times you look at it, The Mimic is actually the most terrifying and predatory one yet. Their smart and always know when to attack their preys, and when they do eat enough human flesh, IT literally has a transitioning to look more like a human. And when they do attack you, they dont do it like a mindless jumpscare, Instead they slowly build up to you waiting for the perfect moment to attack, sometimes it may take minutes or hours, but one guaranteed thing is if you do get caught by a Mimic and you have no odds of survival, You are 100% dead and you have nothing to do about it.
Finally some good media representation of the part of the entity fear called the flesh. This is amazing, feels like an actual documentary or a creature study, feels like reading the dragonology book but in the horror genre.
Out of all the horrendous creatures, The Meat Snake is the only one that despite of it's immense and disgusting physical body, it's extremely tameable, does not attack living humans and animals, and only preys for deceased organisms. Especially the Trimming. I like them both. 👍
same, would have a trimming as a pet and id most definitely try to pet a meat snake if i saw one just chilling. they seem nice 👍🏼would "pspspspsps" them without a doubt
did anyone else notice, during the Crawl segment, how a part of South America wasn't highlighted, and a couple seconds later just... disapears? That kinda concerns me.
@@cheekibreeki5410 That's odd, thanks for letting me know. This whole Vita Carnis web series is cool as hell and both manages to be creepy and kinda lighthearted? I hope we get some more info as to what happened to those dissapering things.
The bit with the Meat Mimic footage is brilliant. Showing that the camera person is running away from such, and goes to hide in a closet. The intense anticipation and build up with the mimic opening the door and creeping around as we can hear in the otherwise unnerving silence makes you question what's going on. And then in a minute, you see the monster's fingers around the door, before the person gets one final look at the face, ending it with the jumpscare we were all expecting. Amazing stuff!
That knock at 14:26 made me almost shit myself like 8 times. I kept rewinding it to see if it was in the video and I flinched like 5/8 times. The way the rest of the audio is scratchy and muffled but the knock is so clear and only to the right ear makes it so creepy
Personally, I REALLY dig the speculative biology aspect - it’s refreshing to see monsters being treated as living things with a place in the ecosystem, rather than nebulous supernatural bogeymen they often are in many other analog horror series. Also, I have to point out that despite narration explicitly telling us that these are NOT aliens, the whole thing really feels like some very elaborate terraforming tool. With its sudden appearance out of nowhere, convenient way of spreading via the crawl and occasional new forms (such as monoliths) popping out from time to time, I’m getting the impression that its end goal is to gradually replace all life on the planet with more of itself, until the Earth is completely transformed into something else.
14:24 this knocking jump scare is crazy. It sounds so realistic. It really shocked me when I first heard it. I was convinced someone was actually knocking on my window
I’m watching on my phone w no headphones and it still sounded like it was coming from my wall or something. I had to replay the clip to make sure there was nothing lol
Been thinking about buying a crawl farm recently and wanted to know a bit more about it and the trimmings from it, this documentary has been infinitesimally helpful! ^^
oh, i started with one of those, and now i also have a trimming farm! 😂 as the video says, relatively easy to take care of, but i sell most if them regularly to make a quick buck, as i do have a lot of crawl. just saying as a heads up!
I work at a butcher shop and work directly with crawl and meatsnakes and the documentiry didnt mention this but meatsnakes are quite smelly and slimy so dont touch them
Those who write about animals like the Mimics, who are "too resilient to be brough down with weapons", should really educate themselves to the damage that even a small caliber bullet can do to even a fairly thick-skinned animal. There are much better ways to describe an enemy such as a Mimic as an ominous threat without inventing a supposed invulnerability that is completely unrealistic.
What I really love about this, is that the vita carnis isn't treated as some kind of unexplicable force, they are all living organism, with hunting styles, feeding habits and behaviours. Also the way they don't just destroy the ecosystem, they become a part of it almost simbiotically. That's something that always bothered me too, if a new predator ended everything around it then it wouldn't last long, this thing works with nature and even helps it in some capacity, it feels like an actual animal.
@@luis-sophus-8227 I mean killing everything around them instantly/over a short period of time like most supernatural monsters/phenomenoms, like The Mist, that's why I said new
Dude, that Mimic footage had me nearly screaming! I jumped higher than a jack rabbit and was expecting something like that happening again. You are EXTREMELY talented, Darian. Keep up the great work :)
Oh F that!!! Seriously, this is good. Nice body-horror and practical effects, high production value, great drawings and diagrams, interesting characters, descriptions and lore, and plenty more. This is awfully special, and specially awful...in a good way. Keep 'em coming!
That "found footage" bit of a mimic hunting its prey was unnecessarily terrifying. Just watching those lifeless eyes peek around the corner before it rushed the victim made my hear skip a beat. Holy crap, this is way too well done.
Modern-day Human don't have any natural predator that could push them out of their comfort zone. If nature were to create a natural predator for the ever growing human population it would be a mimic
@@gkkk2735 A sword slathered with the neorotoxins and anti-coagulants of the harvester would probably do much better, heck just having a side-arm with that in a tranquilizer dart like fashion would work perfectly, though it makes me wonder if creatures from the crawl are immune to most of its effects.
17:27 reminds me of the T.H.I.N.K protocal from Mandela Catalogue, this and TMC are my favorite analog horror series, i love the biology aspect we get, it really makes it more interesting, keep up the good work!
This is actually a masterpiece. The idea of these things is terrifying but genius. And to think that in this world, they exist on the same planet as us.
The prince in the story is Vita Carnis, potentially an invasive species of extraterrestrial origins, dropped down from extraterrestrials, possibly predating the dinosaur ages. So long ago, scientists can't even tell if it's of earth or extraterrestrial. The critters are humans. They discovered Vita Carnis in its slumber state and most decided not to interfere with it. However, a select few (possibly scientists) decided to tinker with it and awoke it, blossoming into the Crawl. It indeed grants lots of magical benefits, such as food and natural abundance. However, it has yet to evolve (prince is still young) and its next stage of evolution can be more sinister and invasive than humans anticipate (prince stated that with the power of himself and his KINGDOM, he'll HEAL this land). Sounds like a "cleansing".
I actually took it as those who helped the prince being specifically not humans, and more the biological world, which is why almost each and every one of the creatures seems to in some create a more sustained and lush ecosystem by doing things like scavenging, opposing the ecosystem disruptive humans, or providing safe spaces for prey to multiply away from predators. It’s essentially reinforcing the strength of the ecosystem with everything it does.
I love the meat snake! The idea of swapping out skulls with its prey is so cool. I’m a sucker for this stuff, these creatures are so creative. Meat snakes sound like a nightmare.
Similar ecological niche to vultures, and probably the same reputation as a bad omen. Which is a shame, because anyone who's worked with vultures will tell you they're big goofy muppets.
Despite being labeled as a relative, the Singularity is not one of them. They are instead some kind of advanced alien from another world. They are likely the ones who created the Vita Carnis using their miraclous abilities. I honestly don't think they are evil, as many of their creations aren't typically aggressive. Also, given how their bodies are composed of a dark mineral that can produce magentic feilds, I think this guys likely have an outer shell composed of lodestone.
So I went frame hunting, and tried to track down all the hidden frames. If you want to see these frames yourself, I recommend turning your speed down to 0.25, turning the quality up to the maximum, and using the , and . keys to navigate frame by frame. This should only be done during dark bits, or when the flash of a hidden frame is visible to the naked eye, because otherwise you would be here for two hours. 4:30 : A newspaper scrap about Crawl growing over a radio tower. While the main text other than the headline is illegible, some of it is discernibly redacted with a pen or marker. This only serves to tell us that someone or something is going back and hiding information about Vita Carnis. 5:22 : The first page in a hidden storybook. The text reads "Once upon a time, there was a distant kingdom. The kingdom was [ILLEGIBLE]. They traveled land and sea to discover new places and learn what" Other than the abrupt cutting off of the text, we can see this is page one, and images of a family adorned in crowns and the trappings of royalty. 6:48 : Another newspaper scrap, about a mass trimming infestation. Yellow marker highlights a question mark after the headline. The article is partially redacted, with the following text legible. "-Estimated 400 plus trimmings gathered under a large, abandoned satellite dish." With satellite dish highlighted in yellow. The text that immediately follows is somewhat still legible, reading "The reasons as to why this is the case." 7:49 : Another page in the story book. The text is as follows. "During the travels on one of their [ILLEGIBLE], a great storm struck. It was so powerful it swayed the boat the royal family rode and pushed the prince out into the sea." The number confirms this is page 2, and the illustration depicts just this event occurring. 8:22 : A newspaper clipping, this one also partially redacted and highlighted in yellow. This one concerns the discovery of the longest meat snake ever. Text as follows. "During a sweep of underground settlements maded (sic) during the war, a massive sized meat snake was discovered stuck inside an underground railway. The beast was measured at a total of 40 meters in length. [SECTION REDACTED]. It is believed the bodies gathered during the war were fed to the creature, causing it to reach the unbelievable size [SECTION REDACTED]. Cult Activity [SECTION REDACTED]". The words "cult activity" are highlighted in yellow. 11:53 : The third page of the story book. The text reads as follows. "After being stranded at sea, the young prince eventually was cast to an island. Injured, the prince stumbled his way into a nearby cave. The prince used what magic he could to put himself into a healing sleep." 18:58 : The fourth page of the story book. The text reads "But the prince's sleep was long. He slept for what seemed like forever. As he slept, the land around him changed and grew. It was unrecognizable from when the prince first arrived. But the sleep still needed time to heal the prince, much more time, but it kept the prince safe while he rested, guarding him from the elements as the land changed." 23:01 : A heavily obfuscated newspaper clipping. The headline reads "Family attacked by [ILLEGIBLE DUE TO VIDEO CORRUPTION]." The main body of the article is mostly redacted, aside from a highlighted section that reads "Authorities refuse to handle The Harvester" and a non highlighted section immediately following "only by putting up warning signs." 24:29 : The next page of the storybook. The text is somewhat obfuscated by video corruption, but a transcript follows. "Outside the cave, during a time of hardship [ILLEGIBLE] critters. The critters were struggling [ILLEGIBLE]. There was barely any food to go around. They would go and gather whatever they could [ILLEGIBLE]. 25:49 and 25:50 : Two images together. The first is a heavily obfuscated drawing (?) of what appears to be a black orb with a red triangle inside. The second shows two silhouettes of what are presumably humans, raising their arms in what seems to be veneration. Little can be gleamed from these images, but they should be kept in mind. 28:15 : The sixth page of the story book. The text reads "Although one day, the critters found the cave while searching for food. They found the prince in trance in his healing sleep. The critters were awe struck and enchanted by the prince's healing magic." The image displays a group of critters finding the prince. 30:52 : A globe pictured against a red background. 30:54 : The seventh page of the story book. Text, although hard to discern, reads as follows. "The critters argued amongst themselves. "Who is this creature?" "Why are they here?" "Are they dangerous?" A thought was brought up. What if this creature could use it's magic to help them. It may grow food or heal sickness. They continued to argue about the prince and his magic. In the end the majority of the creatures agreed that the prince was dangerous and should not be meddled with." This concludes the hidden frames. I have looked at the section around The Singularity, but cannot find anything hidden.
I'm wondering if the picture book is written by a cult mentioned at the 8:22 hidden frame (Cult Activity). If so it's similar to how an anime by the name of Monster uses a children's storybook as a major plot point. Without going into to many spoilers for Monster but utilizing its idea for this I believe the cult might be using children's storybooks to indoctrinate a newer generation of human's. For what specific purpose is unclear, though the details possibly point towards them knowing more about the truth of what's going on, and as a consequence possibly becoming a bigger target for those who wish to keep the more esoteric details of these creatures under wraps.
I don't know why but I feel like the harvester is actually an egg that will only hatch if threatened might explain why they mention that authorities should leave the harvester alone and put warning signs in the surrounding area
You probably already extrapolated this from the storybook but fuck it, I think this is cool to write about. I like to think that the prince in the children's book represents the the Vita Carnis and the critters represent humanity. Like the prince the Vita Carnis could've been an extraterrestrial being that crash-landed onto earth millions of years ago and sought shelter here just like the prince who shipwrecked and washed up onto an island and sought shelter in a cave. It is then stated that the prince then used magic to hibernate and to heal himself and after millions of years the critters/humans discovered it. Humanity then utilized the Vita Carnis to improve their society like using the crawl to improve crop yield and the worm to dispose of biohazards. The critters in the story book can also be interpreted as having utilized the prince (his magic) during trying times although its not deliberately stated. By the end of the storybook the critters were debating on what the prince was and whether they should utilized the prince's magic to improve their society, they then came to the conclusion that it would be too dangerous to try to utilize it. This last part I believe reflects what humanity is currently doing as it is actively trying to learn about it and utilizing the The Vita Carnis's "magic" to better humanity however the dangers that come with utilizing its magic has already manifested in the form of mimics, harvester, hosts, etc. As for why or who has produced this book, the cult that worships the Vita Carnis could be the culprit as it can be their attempt to limit public knowledge of the Vita Carnis by presenting the investigating and exploiting of their god as dangerous. (TL;DR): The prince from the storybook is the Vita Carnis which is an ancient alien that humans (critters) have discovered and is exploiting like a natural resource and as a result its spawning more dangerous creatures to try to kill us and the storybook itself is written by cultists who doesn't like having their god be used as infinite source of manure.
I want to see more human and mimic interactions, like police officers responding to a call about a mimic in a house. The mimic is an amazing design for a creature:
I just got into this series a little late, and god do I love how its done so much, and I haven't even gotten halfway through the series yet. I love how the visuals are done, and how realistic the tapes are, its not too overly done and actually provides genuinely useful information if you were somebody living in that universe, yet it provides you this dreadful feeling of if it were actually reality and you were located in an environment inhabitated by these unsettling creatures which happen to be on the same planet. I love how its not too fast paced, but not too drawn out before getting scary or just unsettling either, and the effort and thought put into each clip can be so well with how nicely the direction of descriptions and stories flow as well as having a very realistic horrifying factor to them!
All the Latin names for vita carnis Crawl - climb the flesh Trimming - cowardly meat Meat Snake - to borrow flesh Mimic - slaughtering meat Harvester - gathered meat The Host - dominion of the flesh The Monolith - the heaven of the flesh The Singularity - true meat
I definitely liked the implication that the Vitae Carnis proliferated in part due to WW2 wrecking Europe and providing lots of human corpses to fuel their spread. Presumably, the mimic was an unfortunate byproduct - the wealth of human remains offered a niche which mimics emerged to fill, and made their obligate anthropophagy viable for long enough that a significant population could develop relatively unnoticed. Then, the war ended, cutting off this plentiful food source and forcing the mimics to start hunting live prey exclusively. Mimics would have become another element of the postwar rebuilding which Europe suffered through IRL, with reconstruction efforts having to contend with this sudden wave of murderous apex predators hiding among the rubble of the war. My only qualm is that if the mimics started appearing in the 30s-40s, there would be full on state-funded militias in major population centers to deal with the things by the 50s, especially in Europe. Forget "hide under the bed", it'd be "retreat to your pre-prepared safety area, as outlined in General Municipal Ordnance A-7, clause iii". ...Of course, that would also keep suburbs from infecting everything, so who's to say which is the greater evil?
Thats exactly what i thought The meat snake would have a large population boom in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. And in Africa, they would be a lot more common. While about the mimics,i can imagine there would be national or/and international military organizations dedicated to hunt down mimics. The thing is; Would they actually hunt them down to destroy them or only to contain them? Personally i would prefer to make them extinct. Its a cool creature... if it werent my predator.
Yeah they would be heavily filled with bullets from full scale military lockdown in all cities, effectively possible stopping the war to deal with these things Atleast temporarily. But…given the past wars of history, wouldn’t they have already shown up many times by now?
@@hiredmurderer6228 yeah agreed. They would rather have it destroyed because this thing is NOT normal nor has it shown up any other time previously in history on that alternate earth.
yeah if mimics (or any of these creatures) were a thing I would just sit back and watch our american tax dollars go to work there would be private companies dedicated to hunting them to, and Im sure the governments would have a cash prize/bounty for proof of mimic kills.
very well done, i cannot wait to see whatever else you may come out with! this has been one of the most original horrors ive seen on here, instantly one of faves
genuinely thinking about how cool these guys as creatures are in a habitat and then the mimic appearing sent the most forlorn sense of dread through my body. wonderful job!
just the slow creeping in and staring contrasted with how it got to devouring the victim is excellent! it still got me to shiver in panic even at 0.25 speed :D
What I like about this series is that the creatures composing this fictional echo system aren't OP god-like predators but rather act like a whole new kind of animals, specially the mimics, also theorizing monoliths can just be wiped with a nuke or an atom bomb unless they can regenerate from that kind of damage.
Probably, but it would rather rot the monoliths because of the radiation and it would also cause big problems to nearby cities, so its not quite plausible to kill the monoliths
@@zaviear believe me when i said, that after they did whatever they did to the military after they shot em w missiles, they 100% will be in trip to be erased for good w the good ol nuke, any kind of bio weapon or some shit, ppl most of the time forget how unbelievably manipulative and megalomaniacs the government is, if something is out of its control they’ll lose their mind and will try to get it under control.
@@zaviear oh that without mentioning the *MASSIVE* campaign to eradicate mimics if they even get to be as spread as this video shows, a good shotgun will scared em away even if it doesn’t kill em, they resemble to a grizzly bear or a polar bear. The real shit start with the singularity, bc the host is like a dirty bomb that really stands out.
Dude you are so smart! To be able to come up with sketches and ideas for a variety of creatures is just incredible. Your the kind of people i want to work with one day❤
first secret: 5:22 (can't read it) second secret: 6:48 (estimated 400 plus trimmings gathered under a large, abandoned satellite dish.) third secret: 7:49 (during the traves one of their [can't read word] a great storm it was so powerful it swayed the boat the royal family [can't read three words] the [can't read the rest] fourth secret: 8:22 its way to long to write so here's a summary: they found the biggest meat snake in the world at a size of 40 meters in length people think it got this big because of a cult or because of the soldiers'f bodies) fifth secret: 11:53 (after being stranded at sea the young prince eventually was cast to an island injured the prince stumbled his way into a nearby cave. the prince used what magic he could to put himself into a healing sleep) sixth secret: 16:02 (shows a mimic next to a human) seventh secret: 18:58 (way to long to write just read it from the video) eighth secret: 23:01 (family attacked by [cant read] authorities to handle the harvester) ninth secret: 24:29 (cant read most of it so there's no point in trying) tenth secret: 25:50 (looks like two screaming people) eleventh secret: 27:17 (someone is walking) twelfth secret: 28:15 (just read it from the video) thirteenth secret: 30:22 (this one isn't very secret but it's footage of a monolith at night) fourteenth secret: 30:53 (to glitchy to read and to long to write here so just read it on the video) fifteenth secret: 31:56 (is just the explanation of the singularity but darkened)
At 8:22 the full clipping is LARGEST MEATSNAKE EVER DISCOVERED during a sweep of underground settlements madeduring the war, a massive sized Meat Snake was discovered stuck inside an underground railway. The beast was measured at a total of 40 meters in length ( big redacted section ) It is believed that bodies gathered during the war (unreadable) fed to the creature causing it to reach the unbelievable size (redacted) Cult activity (highlighted in yellow) Rest is redacted
After a bit of effort, I got a clear pic of the ninth secret a second after your timestamp. OUtside the cave, during a time of hardship lived the island critters. the critters were struggling in these(those? the?) hard time. there was barely any food to go around. they would go and gather whatever they (rest is unintellgiible
Finally a concept where the antagonistic force is somewhat well studied and knowledgeable. And not just “we don’t know anything and it’s super scary”. Knowing something that is dangerous and the fear of if there’s more to it is far more terrifying. Mother Nature sure is neat.
It does still have some elements of suspence and mystery, though. Like, what the hell is the government hiding about the Monolyths behind those censorships? And why did cops act so... strange about a mimic case that made them falsely conclude it was "self-die" on purpose? Or just the Singularities. There's certainly an element that seems supernatural/extraterrestrial or at least conspiracionally insidous behind this lore. I don't complain, though. I think this blurring of the line works well for this story.
I may just need to dig more through the comments but I'm surprised by the lack of discussion over the monoliths, given that they only appeared during a very specific timeframe in a very specific place. I looked a little bit into what happened irl in June 1972 and found something called the Wankie coal mine explosion, which happened in Zimbabwe and left over 400 people dead! Given the mention that the monoliths' legs extend deep underground (where the miners died), plus the already established knowledge that Vita Carnis is attracted to death and corpses, I feel like this is a strong candidate for what made the Monoliths appear.
@@idontexist5132 Fun fact, that area in Canada doesn't exist in our world. If you cross reference, there isn't an island there in our world, while here there is. Hm.
14:25 - that door knocking sound effect was too damn good, made me drop a few lumps of digested crawl into my tighty whities! I use over the ear headphones, so even though I had already heard that excellent effect about a week ago in a different YT video, I was still convinced for a few seconds that someone or something, lol, was really knock knock knocking on my door...😱😳😱
Very impressing how scary it is, that the human silhouette is not an actual human, you can clearly see that the arms are too long. my theory is that the "human" is actually a mimic. I was suprised i didn't see any comments pointing this out
Y’know, I think the Harvester is underrated in this video-it’s like, what, a huge Venus Flytrap that consumes any animal that enters its radius, whole, without fail, but only if it’s large enough. All over America in forests everywhere. I totally understand it and I’m terrified by it in a mundane, non-alien way, and I love it.
“Despite being the size of a basketball, they do not bounce... PLEASE DO NOT DUNK THE TRIMMINGS” Even when we are no longer at the top of the food chain, humans will always find a way to use and exploit stuff. Instant subscription. Such creativity and passion. Take a big meaty like💙
What an awesome series, I can't believe I only just found this!!!! I love how well-integrated the vita carnis are into the world, it feels really well developed and like real thought was put into how these creatures would interact with their environment/humanity instead of just being like "what if scary meat monsters?" The build from innocuous, almost cute creatures to the eldritch horror of the GIANT MEAT ORB was great to behold, and the biology lesson actually got my interest and I was invested in learning more beyond just being scared! Plus the instructions on how to escape an encounter with the harvester had me genuinely unnerved. And the art and effects of the mimic found footage was so cool, its eyes were so creepy! tl;dr I love this series and I can't wait to check out the rest of it, all hail the meat lords
I love the designs of all these animals apart from mimics. Mimics to me just seem like every other "ominous entity that feeds on humans and can disguise themselves as their prey. Plus, you can't kill them with any effective means."
@@MrCmon113 Its not that they're not hurt by gunshots. The advice is to not bother with guns or other weapons bc it won't bring it down "in time" implying that they will die, just not before you. It says to use a bat or other objects to at least put something between it and you. Something that isn't your flesh ofc
My favourite part about this, is it’s refreshing to see a disempowered narrator. At first I thought the narrator was going to turn out to be malicious, but it slowly became evident that the narrator is unilaterally on our side.
I actually want a pet trimming. They’re ugly but also cute. That picture of one in a dog bed is probably the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in an analog horror video. Actually, this doesn’t even feel like an analog horror video, and that’s a compliment! I genuinely feel like I’m watching a low-budget documentary about these strange, newly evolved animals from an alternate world. It’s all explained very scientifically and it goes in depth on their biology. I really like it!
There supposed to be a kinda ugly cute. The same way that the crawl are such efficient decomposers. They’re supposed to be very non threatening and even liked by humans so they can spread the mimics and other organisms.
Just wanted to say this is truly horrifying. I was kept awake thinking of the leathery skin of the mimic, it face is something I couldn't get out of my head. The idea that it could be hiding in any cabient, standing in any shadows, I haven't felt so uncomfortable home alone since I was a child. You did truley incredible with the design of these videos.
I like how you included drawings with handwritten notes like a field journal. It really adds to the idea that we still don't know very much about these creature, and some of what we do know might not be fully correct.
I was thinking more of like a children's workbook. The idea about teaching the Vita Carnis to students at school as one of the main subjects and how to identify/defend yourselves is quite intriguing. So I thought they were using examples from handwritten notes from young generations of what humanity has learnt about these anomalies.
I like it, but the kiddish handwriting takes you out of it lol Like, the graphics make it feel like a legit thing, but then the handwriting is like 'oh its just a dude making a video'
I love how well thought out this stuff is. The fact that they're fully integrated into the ecosystem, and very neutral instead of being these all encompassing evils like many other horror series have is refreshing and interesting. I love fake species like these so much, especially ones so well thought out. I, as a forager, especially like that the Crawl is reliably edible, cuz now I want to eat it.
With how human a mimic is, I don't believe it being so immune to firearms. I'm certain it'd be relatively killable using firearms solely due to the fact that majority of bullet calibres above 9mm will penetrate concrete. So I definitely think firearms are effective.
Yup I think that too, also the Monoliths should be relatively easy to destroy with missiles mentioned in the video or a napalm strike but hey, we all know they are that immune for horror reasons
also some of the vita carnis seem to be attacking/ consuming technology, potentially even just metals. Theor bodies don’t adhere to the laws of physics or they goops would all fall out
maybe they say that it's immune to bullets so people don't try it? these people also emphasize that vita carnis are not aliens without giving a real source for them
The video of the mimic was so well done!! Seeing the eye slowly appear genuinely sent a wave of pure terror through me. Not to mention the crazy good photograph edits! Really incredible job!! 1000% subscribing and excited to see more from you!
You know, this really reminds me of sculk from minecraft. The Crawl is like the sculk catalyst. The vita carnis creature slowly get more deadly and deadly. The sculk catalyst is able to create a sculk block, which basically does nothing. After enough deaths around the sculk catalyst, it can produce sculk sensors. These allow itself to sense the world around it. After even more deaths, the sculk catalyst can produce the sculk shrieke which affects the world around it. After the fourth use of a sculk shrieker, it summons a being able to think and kill any creature detected. You see the similarities? Each rank, sculk block, sculk sensor, sculk shrieker, warden shows deadlier, deadlier, deadlier, deadlier.
Man this would be a great concept for a semi-apocalyptic horror game with the objective of either trying to survive in a world where you're trying to figure out why it's happening or even to cure remaining people by surviving and researching the creatures as they are getting gradually more advanced as you progress. Maybe even trying to balance defence, stealth, and equipment and the way of obtaining useful items is to enter abandoned settlements but also needing to try and avoid mimics, a high risk high reward situation
I think it would be a good online open world game where the events or stuff that happens in the game is player run and there would be like towns and stuff that you could go to but you would have to be careful of mimics or those trap monsters and things like that. And it would both be a PVP and PVE with regular animals and the meat ones
I love how realistic this is especially the part about what to do if we have nowhere to go when next to a Mimic. It aint the usual and boring "pray to god" or something, instead it advices us to make loud noises and protect vital organs wich makes it more immersive.
Î don't like that part as much because the authors tend to underestimated just how destructive weapons actually are. Polar bears and Elephants are some of the most resilient animals ever and they wouldn't scoff at a shotgun. Especially with USA's gun culture, people would 100% start stocking up on high caliber weapons.
@@rheokalyke367 mimics learn about their prey and attack pretty much only when they feel safe about doing so, also, they probably would rush at mach 3 speed dodging any shots coming their way. that's my take on that and I'm just talking about the humanoid base version x:
@@rheokalyke367 i agree on that since the Mimic's anatomy looks very fleshy and unprotected, the author could say that the Mimic has enhanced regeneration properties or advise people to use higher caliber weapons for fending of a Mimic 👍
@@MrSergayfgtxd If the Mimics can move that fast then why would Mimics care about their prey having escape options? That's the thing, they're apparently either not strong enough to drag prey, or not fast enough to catch up to prey. Either or, both options allow for weapons to be used effectively.
@@rheokalyke367 Um, actually, bears in general are very unlikely to be stopped by most guns people would have on hand. It’s been shown that even a shot to the head with a shotgun or rifle isn’t guaranteed to go through a bears skull. Guns are strong, but some animals ARE that tough. I do doubt a mimic would fair too well against a shotgun, though.
Yo the "real footage" of the Meat Mimic was absolutely incredible, you should be very proud, but I have a few points of criticism here: Some of the language in the script is really awkward and could've been proofread better. For instance: "Besides(*) all of this, people still keep trimmings as pets, and relatively(*) domesticate them (this isn't grammatically correct)." Should be something closer to: "In spite of this, many specimens are amenable to domestication, and as such, some individuals choose to keep them as pets." There's a few misspellings too, such as *bulging (also missing a space after the dash) at 12:11 and one right away at 0:06 (should be *content) Also the old-timey music doesn't really fit the modern setting of the story. I think these things distract from what is otherwise a great horror story. Keep it up!
I like how mimics are treated as a true predator to a human. Fending off a mimic with a weapon is not possible and the way to cover your vitals remind me of bear attacks which is great.
It's similar to how it's not recommended to use weapons against bears as regular guns, bullets, blunt and edged weapons are ineffective against them and will only make them more aggressive
Although in this universe I’d assume people would sell mimic traps, mimic repellents and weapons capable of killing mimics like compact high caliber firearms
It’s possible to kill normal mimics. But not Elder mimics. A normal mimic has been reported to be killed using brass knuckles made of sharpened depleted uranium. But it did took a lot of efforts to do so.
NOW THIS! This is how horror is done! The simplistic animation giving the feel of an educational video you might watch on a school projector. The atmosphere I can only describe as "Crusty". The growing anxiety as the entities go from stuff that would be really cool if it was real like Trimmings and Meatsnakes, before the sudden pause when Mimics are revealed to eat human flesh and transition to a found footage style video.**Chef's Kiss**
It's been too long since any horror media actually made me feel scared or built up such tension and mystery. I can't wait to check out more of your content.
Mmmmmm delicious, I love the way the video kept glitching like it was an old tape, personally I liked the monolith and singularity because of the mystery, though the part with the mimic jump scare was great loved the build up. :)
This series is SO cool. I absolutely love the scientific angle taken here, and how none of these creatures are the results of aliens or demons--just nature evolving to put humans back on the food chain. Again, I really can't overstate how happy all of the scientific diagrams and explanations made me. I love the idea that some of these things have been integrated into human agriculture or waste disposal. The notion of creatures like Harvesters and Meat Snakes contributing to the ecosystem is super cool, and I wish more horror series like this focused on that aspect of their creatures. Excellent work! My only real critiques involve the Host and Monolith creatures; Hosts feel like unnecessary meshes of Harvesters and Mimics, while Monoliths just...aren't that interesting? At least Hosts felt related enough to the other creatures, but Monoliths feel a little out of place here in the sense that they feel kind of detached from the whole "food chain" aspect of the other creatures. Also, now that I'm thinking about it, I kind of feel the same way about the Singularity. But seriously, I am SUPER looking forward to whatever you make next.
I feel like the monoliths and singularities are supposed to give off that feeling, to show that the vita carnis aren't as normal as the documentary claims
@@guisampaio2008 okay! I'm not saying the creatures have real scientific basis, because obviously they don't, I was just saying that I appreciated the scientific *approach.* I meant that by explaining their biology and how they interact with local ecosystems, the presentation feels more semi-grounded in reality.
@@sashae2848 I think a huge issue I have with that is the scientific naming system. Instead of changing the species name and keeping the genus name the same, they... change the name of the genus and keep the species name the same??? There are so many animals across so many different branches of life that all share species names but have different genuses, its how we tell them apart. I feel like that was an oversight anyways. Another thing is that taxonomical speaking, if they all originate from the crawl, they should share genetic material enough with the crawl to never separate from the Vita Carnis species. The definition of a species is that they are able to reproduce on their own with a member of the same species, which they clearly can't. It's interesting building for sure, but I do wish they delve into taxonomy a bit more to fix up little things like this to make it feel more professional.
@@tylerrichter3962 yeah the documentary plays them off like they’re some normal creatures. When in reality this is a plague that has gotten out of control long ago and should be eradicated by any means necessary. It’s unlikely it would be purged everywhere though. That would require burning down forests in ways we have never seen before.
The mimic jumpscare was a great one, but what REALLY got me was the knock at 14:25. I had my airpods in on noise canceling mode, and I nearly jumped out of my skin. I thought that shit was right next to me. It sounded so real no matter how many times I played it over to make sure it really was just the video. Such a subtle yet such an effective scare - Truly great sound work!
I was preping my lunch listening to this with my AirPods, then the knock came, I literally scared shitless bc the knock on the glass matches where my window is and it’s pitch black outside.
“When encountering a Meat Mimic under no circumstance should any individual try and perform a “true love’s kiss” in order to “redeem” the mimic. Meat mimics cannot feel any sort of human emotion, and as such no attempts should be made to “purify” the creature.”
But what if I can fix him
@@mittarikinz i can make him worse
He can kill you
@@NOVABLASTER why, that's the fun of it, old sport!
repeat, the mimic does not have a mimicussy and you are in real danger.
"The adult mimic's diet is comprised entirely of human meat."
*MUSIC STOPS*
Jesus that was creepy.
... entirely of human meat"
- Holy music stops
... "wait, wha-"
no bc right before that point i was just thinking “oh these meat creatures arent that bad just stinky” 😭
yeah that was like way scarier than a jumpscare 10/10
All I could say to that was "Oh... that's nice...!" (:
I love how the jumpscare with the meat mimic plays totally fair with the viewer's anticipation. Instead of a cheap gag where the camera turns around and suddenly the mimic is right there screaming into the camera, you get a nice long buildup as the cameraman hides in the closet before the creature slides its fingers through the door, forces it open, and sticks its head through the gap to confirm that the prey is there before finally lunging. Makes it seem more like a real predatory animal instead of a clickbait screamer monster.
“Oh hello there”
Maybe if the dumbass victim turned the flashlight off instead of aimining and jittering with it like a beacon it would have had a chance of surviving
mimics cant see in the dark so ya if the victim knew how to turn off the flashlight
One thing for sure is this.. Fear makes people really REALLY stupid
Timestamp?
I think people are ignoring the prominence of 7 in this series. 7 types of creatures, 7 monoliths, 7 meatsnake skulls in the giant one, the carcas symbol has 7 sets of ribs even though humans only have 12, there were 7 singularities, 7 continents, and at facility 0 in the finale, there were 7 of the cult symbols.
as below so above
jk its probably not an scp refetence but thats a great observation
What’s your point?
@@UraniumDaKatthat 7 appears everywhere in the series
@@monkeymanincarnate yeah. It’s a number. People typically use them. Quite a bit
@@UraniumDaKat that 7 is the only number that appears more than once besides years, and it appears 7 times as well, further backing up my point
"Where there is death, there are meat snakes" is somehow the funniest and most ominous sentence I've ever heard
The funniest is that in the end,mimics become a worse threat than meat snakes
this comment is neither funny or creative
@@pcih6176 thank you for your incredibly helpful feedback. I'll be sure to keep it in mind for later
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I like how it started off with believable creatures that didn’t pose much threat, and then started getting slowly higher in danger before the last one, which is probably a danger to the universe itself
I doubt that little orb is a threat to the universe
@@fashionsuckman4652 Haha, little orb go jtjejdifjejsnnanaabrrrrrrrr
@@fashionsuckman4652 Yep, the orb is not what you have to fear, but what is making and sending a signal from the orb is, if I am right this is a state-of-the-art elder god invasion the crawl being a self-propagating environment serving to spread a major consciousness across the galaxy, I'll state the creatures and their possible roles here :
Trimmings : Cannonfodder made as an easy access of nutrients for most creatures, possibly having a connection to the Harvester.
The meat snake : A creature made specifically to funnel high amounts of nutrients and other resources directly to the crawl, practically making sure none of it goes to other creatures by forms of poisons and highly virulent tissue.
The mimic : Made exactly for invasion, if major amounts of nutrients or other resources possibly via the Harvester could be stacked up for a while, it could be released in masse to slowly take over and assimilate the leading intelligent species of said planet.
The harvester : A bulb directly connected to the Crawl, used for major nutrients collection and could work as the leading force of the invasion as it slowly pumps resources directly into the Crawl.
The host : Possibly made for intelligence collection as the spores have abnormal uses and I don't believe much is known about the Host, also most other possible methods of intelligence collection is Unknown.
The monoliths : Possibly related to the Hosts the monoliths seemingly function as a way to subjugate any intelligent species on said planet forming into a wide ring on the most reliable area preparing for some time, and then releasing a massive emp blast that would send most technology out of commission, practically turning everything to the dark ages, allowing less communication and the full invasion to start.
The singularity : A connection point between the greater consciousness and the crawl, once an area is greatly infested by the crawl, I believe it will send orders to the Monoliths and the Harvesters to get to work, causing the invasion to start and the following subjugation and assimilation to occur.
But, hey that's just a theory a...film theory?
Also, I haven't looked too much into the Arg side of this, so much of this may be biased or outright wrong, this is just what I think is happening during this series.
So the SCP foundation lore?
@@fashionsuckman4652 it’s all fun and games until it rips reality asunder.
Breathtaking wildlife documentary. Thank you for cheering me up after loosing my trimming. RIP Lump, you will be missed.
Did your trimming have a red collar on? Because if so, then he's been eating my trash for weeks
@@bradyblue5269wait thats mine!try to call it by his name,pootis
Oh thank MeatGod! You found Viscera.. she is a good girl: if you let her lick your feet, she'll take off dead skin cells better than a pumice stone.
@@sillypinkewe you let your trimming lick your feet? Someone call V.P.A.S
I feel you. I lost my trimming 3 years ago today.
I love that people keep trimmings as pets. That photo of a trimming lying on a dog bed and smiling is adorable.
It is a horrible little abomination. I love it.
I imagine they'll be good guard dogs, imagine walking into a house and seeing THAT thing screeching at you in the darkness
I want one too!
@@northernalpine4350 A living alarm!
Yes, and i want it. Its adroable.@@theorb519
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I cant believe they made The crimson from terraria into a real thing, honestly quite incredible
Apparently we are in hardmode 💀
now that i think about it face monsters kind of look like mimics
thanks, it made terraria more scarier and the video less
Boy get your musket we need to fight crimson now.
@@Unk0wn_stalk3r holy shit wait that might work since modern guns are too weak
Theory: Trimmings are failed mimics. If the bulb isn't properly developing into a mimic (like if the creature has too many limbs or a malformed mouth) then the crawler "trims" it from its body to conserve energy for the cultivation of successfully developed mimics.
That's too many failures
Maybe you could use the Trimmings for ransom purpose wake
This would neatly fit into my theory.
Theory: in the thumbnail there is a faint red circle in the centre of all the species which resembles the singularity.
Could the singularity be the "main" thing?
@@kamewantor4594 literally 💀 if theres a pest problem because of the amount of trimmings, there is way too much failed mimics and they need to get their act together 😭
The Harvester seems the most terrifying. Just thinking about wandering the woods and, out of nowhere, being attacked without knowing you were in the presence of a Harvester is super scary to me.
Thank you for making such a horrifying creature!
@@puteqxdon’t forget the bloody Mimics
@theorb519i think that, so far, monoliths and singularities aren’t nearly as bad as mimics, hosts, and harvesters. Simply because they’re so rare and are only in specific areas
So glad some of Florida's nature is being shown, it honestly needs more representation!
I am from Florida and I can confirm you are correct
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@@iamafraidofwomenit's real tho
I'm Floridian, and most of these creatures do not reside here. However, the exceptions are mapped out in the video. As you can see, only some of us are safe.
@@user-uz3risn’t Florida extremely red in the map videos for like half the creatures?
Ohio wildlife is amazing
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I didn't even think it would be so perfect. Ohio perfectly fits in there.
Only In Ohio
Im I’m ohio, and i see these things all the time!
I love that it jumped from "look at these small animals that lvie on the dead bodies of other animals that could be kept as pets" to "MONSTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A SKINNED HUMAN AND EATS HUMANS."
ORB THING THAT INJECTS YOU TOXINS AND DRAGS YOU TO THE GROUND
HUMANOID MUSHROOM THAT HYPNOTIZES YOU TO EAT
but now, there are statues and ORB
the first one is more interesting tbh
Hello
Get mimicked
And then there's the monoliths which are like "WE KNOW YOUR DOOM. WE ARE YOUR DOOM. YOUR DOOM IS VERY SOON."
I like how this is presented and observed as humans simply dealing with new forms of wildlife. Adds an eerie sense of realism to the entire ordeal.
As someone's who's big on zoology and natural history, I absolutely love how instead of the Vita Carnis being some malicious unstoppable supernatural force that specifically goes after humans for no discernable end-goals or motivations, they're just organisms playing their part in nature and trying to survive. Not only that, a lot of the behavior and functions that they have in nature can actually be seen in organisms we have alive today.
It's nice seeing that we hypothetically could live alongside these, i love fictional media with beliveable elements
The mimics?
@@Bane520 Oh yeah, the mimics are the exception right now.
I love how instead of being “evil” monsters that only do harm they are simply apart of an ecosystem and play their role in it
Except the monoliths, imo they kinda fell into the lame "unconquerable forest monster" most of the monsters in these types of video fall into
That and the orb
yeah for this reason the mandela catalogue kinda fell off, making the intruder into some conniving monologuing supervillain was too stupid, same with Gabriel, the mandela catalogue could've been the start of something great if they'd just kept the alternates shrouded in mystery. The fact that you did not know what their intentions were, or why they do what they do is what made the series fantastic, and now it's completely ruined because they gave Gabriel speech.
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@@someguywithopinionsyeah? Well fuck all of that I wanna know lol
It smells weird and have very dirty sand under it with full of different size insects. Which is harmful for humans and dogs or cat. You cannot see birds near that area. There is not need for them for the ecosystem. It has bad nuclear energy
To me, the Mimics are the most scary creature, simply because they actively move around and stalk humans as prey; the other creatures are (relatively) avoidable. They also seem very fast and strong, at least compared to humans. Imagine meeting a new employee at work, become friends with them, only to realize (too late) that they are an evolved Mimic who has chosen you as food!
From what I have understand in another video from this channel, evolved mimic do look a lot like humans, but they still aren't exactly like a human, so they still have to be cautious and can't compleatly blend with humanity. They basically keep the large smile like mouth, boulging eyes and too long fingers.
The singularity could be the scariest one since we don't know much about it, it could teleport anywhere and make you see things that look completely real then kill you for all we know.
@@spidors singularity has creative mode on 💀
Its just the classic analog horror mimic creature
Well it seems like "infection" is at early stages though. Later one monoliths could be a huge problem since there seem to be no way of removing them. If it would be somehow possible to get rid of creature stages past meat snake whole thing would actually be beneficial.
I love how everything is super calm and since the Meat snake, a terrifying creature is actually nice, we expect the same for the mimic until we hear its diet and that long pause.
No matter how many times I watch the Mimic that jumpscare gets me every single time. It's a good prop and a legitimately good jumpscare.
I wear noise cancelling headphones and my door is to my right. When I heard the knocking during the mimic scene, my heart rate went from normal to OH SHIT instantly. Really cool video.
Thanks for warning
Holy fuck, I just had that exact same reaction man 😂
I even saw your comment before but that shit was just too realistic
It's pitch black in the morning, I'm tired and hyped up on caffeine, alone, and this nearly gave me a heart attack. I hate those goddang knocks, they scare the pants off me every time.
Same. Kinda shit myself.
For me, it sounded like someone was knocking on my closet door, which is within arm's reach from my desk. Time to seal that shut.
Here's a question:
How do the different creatures react to one another?
Like, would owning a trimming make you safe from mimics? What happens if a mimic steps on a harvester or sniffs a host's spores? What happens if a meat snake comes across a dead trimming? So many questions.
It did say in the video the creatures won’t eat each other so maybe they do have some type of relationship
My guess? Hive mind
Don’t forget the prince tale Easter egg. Yup. More questions.
@@domd6789 if it was a hove mind them they all would be non hostile or hostile
@@thesmilingman7576 incorrect. Parts could be non-hostile to lure you into a false since of security. Like early stage mimic's resemblance to the trimming (which for some reason people keep as pets). It's so it can infiltrate our lives more easily so that they can feed.
No matter how many times you look at it, The Mimic is actually the most terrifying and predatory one yet.
Their smart and always know when to attack their preys, and when they do eat enough human flesh, IT literally has a transitioning to look more like a human. And when they do attack you, they dont do it like a mindless jumpscare, Instead they slowly build up to you waiting for the perfect moment to attack, sometimes it may take minutes or hours, but one guaranteed thing is if you do get caught by a Mimic and you have no odds of survival, You are 100% dead and you have nothing to do about it.
Finally some good media representation of the part of the entity fear called the flesh. This is amazing, feels like an actual documentary or a creature study, feels like reading the dragonology book but in the horror genre.
Out of all the horrendous creatures, The Meat Snake is the only one that despite of it's immense and disgusting physical body, it's extremely tameable, does not attack living humans and animals, and only preys for deceased organisms.
Especially the Trimming. I like them both. 👍
same, would have a trimming as a pet and id most definitely try to pet a meat snake if i saw one just chilling. they seem nice 👍🏼would "pspspspsps" them without a doubt
@@ladylark10884 imagine seeing a giant skinned animal, that's what they look and smell like lmao
@@ladylark10884 its all fun and games until you mistake your Trimming for a Mimic, and start questioning why its eating living flesh like a cat
Omg because same. They both cute (in a gross way) and idk I feel like they would be nice to have as pets
Because they’re the only ones that won’t kill you*
did anyone else notice, during the Crawl segment, how a part of South America wasn't highlighted, and a couple seconds later just... disapears? That kinda concerns me.
Yeah I think I noticed that happening in other places as well just tiny pieces turn white and vanish.
@@cheekibreeki5410 That's odd, thanks for letting me know. This whole Vita Carnis web series is cool as hell and both manages to be creepy and kinda lighthearted? I hope we get some more info as to what happened to those dissapering things.
We just ate all the meat.. Asadito Gratis
But if you close your eeeyees~
The bit with the Meat Mimic footage is brilliant. Showing that the camera person is running away from such, and goes to hide in a closet. The intense anticipation and build up with the mimic opening the door and creeping around as we can hear in the otherwise unnerving silence makes you question what's going on. And then in a minute, you see the monster's fingers around the door, before the person gets one final look at the face, ending it with the jumpscare we were all expecting. Amazing stuff!
Yesh
That knock at 14:26 made me almost shit myself like 8 times. I kept rewinding it to see if it was in the video and I flinched like 5/8 times. The way the rest of the audio is scratchy and muffled but the knock is so clear and only to the right ear makes it so creepy
Same here, scared the shit outa me.
Personally, I REALLY dig the speculative biology aspect - it’s refreshing to see monsters being treated as living things with a place in the ecosystem, rather than nebulous supernatural bogeymen they often are in many other analog horror series.
Also, I have to point out that despite narration explicitly telling us that these are NOT aliens, the whole thing really feels like some very elaborate terraforming tool. With its sudden appearance out of nowhere, convenient way of spreading via the crawl and occasional new forms (such as monoliths) popping out from time to time, I’m getting the impression that its end goal is to gradually replace all life on the planet with more of itself, until the Earth is completely transformed into something else.
I think we need more stuff like this in Analog Horror.
Was anything other than the monolith said to have come out of nowhere?
@@runeanonymous9760 The Crawls
@@runeanonymous9760 The Crawl.
me too! i am planning on making an analog horror and this really inspired me!
14:24 this knocking jump scare is crazy. It sounds so realistic. It really shocked me when I first heard it. I was convinced someone was actually knocking on my window
i jumped so hard lmfao
i was about to fall asleep but jolted awake from that, it’s genuinely chilling lmaoo
I’m watching on my phone w no headphones and it still sounded like it was coming from my wall or something. I had to replay the clip to make sure there was nothing lol
I've never turned faster to stare at my door
Seriously, it sounded like it was coming directly from my window. I had to rewind to make sure
This was an excellent documentary on Australia
Been thinking about buying a crawl farm recently and wanted to know a bit more about it and the trimmings from it, this documentary has been infinitesimally helpful! ^^
oh, i started with one of those, and now i also have a trimming farm! 😂 as the video says, relatively easy to take care of, but i sell most if them regularly to make a quick buck, as i do have a lot of crawl. just saying as a heads up!
I work at a butcher shop and work directly with crawl and meatsnakes and the documentiry didnt mention this but meatsnakes are quite smelly and slimy so dont touch them
Those who write about animals like the Mimics, who are "too resilient to be brough down with weapons", should really educate themselves to the damage that even a small caliber bullet can do to even a fairly thick-skinned animal. There are much better ways to describe an enemy such as a Mimic as an ominous threat without inventing a supposed invulnerability that is completely unrealistic.
yeah just give them regenration if you want a enemy that is unkillable they still take damage theyll just eventually get back up.
@@housewilma4904
It would still be unrealistic, nothing like that could feasibly regenerate to the point of being invincible.
@@davisdf3064 it can if its immune to heat damage which is the big limit on regeneration speed beyond nutrion.
@@housewilma4904
It's still unrealistic, might as well give bullet resistance
@@davisdf3064 but bullet sponges arnt fun or scary to fight there annoying.
What I really love about this, is that the vita carnis isn't treated as some kind of unexplicable force, they are all living organism, with hunting styles, feeding habits and behaviours. Also the way they don't just destroy the ecosystem, they become a part of it almost simbiotically. That's something that always bothered me too, if a new predator ended everything around it then it wouldn't last long, this thing works with nature and even helps it in some capacity, it feels like an actual animal.
It feels so R E A L.
Um, humans have lasted very long
@@luis-sophus-8227 I mean killing everything around them instantly/over a short period of time like most supernatural monsters/phenomenoms, like The Mist, that's why I said new
@@luis-sophus-8227 humans are part of the ecosystem. and no humans don't kill everything around
T H E S I N G U L A R I T Y
Dude, that Mimic footage had me nearly screaming! I jumped higher than a jack rabbit and was expecting something like that happening again. You are EXTREMELY talented, Darian. Keep up the great work :)
Oh F that!!!
Seriously, this is good. Nice body-horror and practical effects, high production value, great drawings and diagrams, interesting characters, descriptions and lore, and plenty more. This is awfully special, and specially awful...in a good way. Keep 'em coming!
That "found footage" bit of a mimic hunting its prey was unnecessarily terrifying. Just watching those lifeless eyes peek around the corner before it rushed the victim made my hear skip a beat. Holy crap, this is way too well done.
You think these creatures are real
Modern-day Human don't have any natural predator that could push them out of their comfort zone. If nature were to create a natural predator for the ever growing human population it would be a mimic
I was on the toilet when it rushed, scared the piss and shit out of me
@@Isiah089 He didn't even say that?
@@LoonatheHellhoudgaming Right place right time lol
Not only are mimics scary, now you made the riot shields a real life meta strategy, thanks Darian quilloy.
Imagine using riot shields with some kind of electric attachment , mimics wouldn't be able to do much
@@gkkk2735 A sword slathered with the neorotoxins and anti-coagulants of the harvester would probably do much better, heck just having a side-arm with that in a tranquilizer dart like fashion would work perfectly, though it makes me wonder if creatures from the crawl are immune to most of its effects.
@@gkkk2735 literally clash from rainbow six siege
@@hamaze3340 I don't play so I didn't know lol
Id say a shotgun would do just fine, if they are made out of flesh how would they survive it
17:27 reminds me of the T.H.I.N.K protocal from Mandela Catalogue, this and TMC are my favorite analog horror series, i love the biology aspect we get, it really makes it more interesting, keep up the good work!
SAME
@luna_night_furytf
This is actually a masterpiece. The idea of these things is terrifying but genius. And to think that in this world, they exist on the same planet as us.
The prince in the story is Vita Carnis, potentially an invasive species of extraterrestrial origins, dropped down from extraterrestrials, possibly predating the dinosaur ages. So long ago, scientists can't even tell if it's of earth or extraterrestrial. The critters are humans. They discovered Vita Carnis in its slumber state and most decided not to interfere with it. However, a select few (possibly scientists) decided to tinker with it and awoke it, blossoming into the Crawl. It indeed grants lots of magical benefits, such as food and natural abundance. However, it has yet to evolve (prince is still young) and its next stage of evolution can be more sinister and invasive than humans anticipate (prince stated that with the power of himself and his KINGDOM, he'll HEAL this land). Sounds like a "cleansing".
My thoughts as well
I actually took it as those who helped the prince being specifically not humans, and more the biological world, which is why almost each and every one of the creatures seems to in some create a more sustained and lush ecosystem by doing things like scavenging, opposing the ecosystem disruptive humans, or providing safe spaces for prey to multiply away from predators. It’s essentially reinforcing the strength of the ecosystem with everything it does.
Ewangelion prequel?
@@Acidicpaperclipers it does have that Evangelion vibe
Were does the "Cleanse the kingdom" page come from? Is it in this viedo?
I love the meat snake! The idea of swapping out skulls with its prey is so cool. I’m a sucker for this stuff, these creatures are so creative. Meat snakes sound like a nightmare.
so u want some meat snake?? ;)
from what I've understood, meat snakes aren't really a threat to humanity, mimics are
Similar ecological niche to vultures, and probably the same reputation as a bad omen. Which is a shame, because anyone who's worked with vultures will tell you they're big goofy muppets.
Honestly I wish I had a pet Meat Snake
@@captainshadowfox SAME.
Despite being labeled as a relative, the Singularity is not one of them. They are instead some kind of advanced alien from another world. They are likely the ones who created the Vita Carnis using their miraclous abilities. I honestly don't think they are evil, as many of their creations aren't typically aggressive. Also, given how their bodies are composed of a dark mineral that can produce magentic feilds, I think this guys likely have an outer shell composed of lodestone.
Dang, pest control gonna have fun when they find a mimic under the floorboards instead of a raccoon.
So I went frame hunting, and tried to track down all the hidden frames. If you want to see these frames yourself, I recommend turning your speed down to 0.25, turning the quality up to the maximum, and using the , and . keys to navigate frame by frame. This should only be done during dark bits, or when the flash of a hidden frame is visible to the naked eye, because otherwise you would be here for two hours.
4:30 : A newspaper scrap about Crawl growing over a radio tower. While the main text other than the headline is illegible, some of it is discernibly redacted with a pen or marker. This only serves to tell us that someone or something is going back and hiding information about Vita Carnis.
5:22 : The first page in a hidden storybook. The text reads "Once upon a time, there was a distant kingdom. The kingdom was [ILLEGIBLE]. They traveled land and sea to discover new places and learn what" Other than the abrupt cutting off of the text, we can see this is page one, and images of a family adorned in crowns and the trappings of royalty.
6:48 : Another newspaper scrap, about a mass trimming infestation. Yellow marker highlights a question mark after the headline. The article is partially redacted, with the following text legible. "-Estimated 400 plus trimmings gathered under a large, abandoned satellite dish." With satellite dish highlighted in yellow. The text that immediately follows is somewhat still legible, reading "The reasons as to why this is the case."
7:49 : Another page in the story book. The text is as follows. "During the travels on one of their [ILLEGIBLE], a great storm struck. It was so powerful it swayed the boat the royal family rode and pushed the prince out into the sea." The number confirms this is page 2, and the illustration depicts just this event occurring.
8:22 : A newspaper clipping, this one also partially redacted and highlighted in yellow. This one concerns the discovery of the longest meat snake ever. Text as follows. "During a sweep of underground settlements maded (sic) during the war, a massive sized meat snake was discovered stuck inside an underground railway. The beast was measured at a total of 40 meters in length. [SECTION REDACTED]. It is believed the bodies gathered during the war were fed to the creature, causing it to reach the unbelievable size [SECTION REDACTED]. Cult Activity [SECTION REDACTED]". The words "cult activity" are highlighted in yellow.
11:53 : The third page of the story book. The text reads as follows. "After being stranded at sea, the young prince eventually was cast to an island. Injured, the prince stumbled his way into a nearby cave. The prince used what magic he could to put himself into a healing sleep."
18:58 : The fourth page of the story book. The text reads "But the prince's sleep was long. He slept for what seemed like forever. As he slept, the land around him changed and grew. It was unrecognizable from when the prince first arrived. But the sleep still needed time to heal the prince, much more time, but it kept the prince safe while he rested, guarding him from the elements as the land changed."
23:01 : A heavily obfuscated newspaper clipping. The headline reads "Family attacked by [ILLEGIBLE DUE TO VIDEO CORRUPTION]." The main body of the article is mostly redacted, aside from a highlighted section that reads "Authorities refuse to handle The Harvester" and a non highlighted section immediately following "only by putting up warning signs."
24:29 : The next page of the storybook. The text is somewhat obfuscated by video corruption, but a transcript follows. "Outside the cave, during a time of hardship [ILLEGIBLE] critters. The critters were struggling [ILLEGIBLE]. There was barely any food to go around. They would go and gather whatever they could [ILLEGIBLE].
25:49 and 25:50 : Two images together. The first is a heavily obfuscated drawing (?) of what appears to be a black orb with a red triangle inside. The second shows two silhouettes of what are presumably humans, raising their arms in what seems to be veneration. Little can be gleamed from these images, but they should be kept in mind.
28:15 : The sixth page of the story book. The text reads "Although one day, the critters found the cave while searching for food. They found the prince in trance in his healing sleep. The critters were awe struck and enchanted by the prince's healing magic." The image displays a group of critters finding the prince.
30:52 : A globe pictured against a red background.
30:54 : The seventh page of the story book. Text, although hard to discern, reads as follows. "The critters argued amongst themselves. "Who is this creature?" "Why are they here?" "Are they dangerous?" A thought was brought up. What if this creature could use it's magic to help them. It may grow food or heal sickness. They continued to argue about the prince and his magic. In the end the majority of the creatures agreed that the prince was dangerous and should not be meddled with."
This concludes the hidden frames. I have looked at the section around The Singularity, but cannot find anything hidden.
I'm wondering if the picture book is written by a cult mentioned at the 8:22 hidden frame (Cult Activity). If so it's similar to how an anime by the name of Monster uses a children's storybook as a major plot point. Without going into to many spoilers for Monster but utilizing its idea for this I believe the cult might be using children's storybooks to indoctrinate a newer generation of human's. For what specific purpose is unclear, though the details possibly point towards them knowing more about the truth of what's going on, and as a consequence possibly becoming a bigger target for those who wish to keep the more esoteric details of these creatures under wraps.
I don't know why but I feel like the harvester is actually an egg that will only hatch if threatened might explain why they mention that authorities should leave the harvester alone and put warning signs in the surrounding area
daaang this is awesome dude
Mad respect for you, chad.
You probably already extrapolated this from the storybook but fuck it, I think this is cool to write about.
I like to think that the prince in the children's book represents the the Vita Carnis and the critters represent humanity. Like the prince the Vita Carnis could've been an extraterrestrial being that crash-landed onto earth millions of years ago and sought shelter here just like the prince who shipwrecked and washed up onto an island and sought shelter in a cave. It is then stated that the prince then used magic to hibernate and to heal himself and after millions of years the critters/humans discovered it. Humanity then utilized the Vita Carnis to improve their society like using the crawl to improve crop yield and the worm to dispose of biohazards. The critters in the story book can also be interpreted as having utilized the prince (his magic) during trying times although its not deliberately stated. By the end of the storybook the critters were debating on what the prince was and whether they should utilized the prince's magic to improve their society, they then came to the conclusion that it would be too dangerous to try to utilize it. This last part I believe reflects what humanity is currently doing as it is actively trying to learn about it and utilizing the The Vita Carnis's "magic" to better humanity however the dangers that come with utilizing its magic has already manifested in the form of mimics, harvester, hosts, etc. As for why or who has produced this book, the cult that worships the Vita Carnis could be the culprit as it can be their attempt to limit public knowledge of the Vita Carnis by presenting the investigating and exploiting of their god as dangerous.
(TL;DR): The prince from the storybook is the Vita Carnis which is an ancient alien that humans (critters) have discovered and is exploiting like a natural resource and as a result its spawning more dangerous creatures to try to kill us and the storybook itself is written by cultists who doesn't like having their god be used as infinite source of manure.
I want to see more human and mimic interactions, like police officers responding to a call about a mimic in a house. The mimic is an amazing design for a creature:
This has got to be a joke...
I mean, the whole 'ooooooohhh ahhhh scary lanky flesh man!!!' thing is overused but I would like to see some police mimic interaction.
@@rebel6301It's used often because it's effective, it combines several instinctual human fears into one form! Very efficient!
@@NostalgicOccultist Sure but there has been an overabundance of that type of design in this genre and it just seems a bit overdone
Well we have that 22 minute video that is purely mimics
I just got into this series a little late, and god do I love how its done so much, and I haven't even gotten halfway through the series yet. I love how the visuals are done, and how realistic the tapes are, its not too overly done and actually provides genuinely useful information if you were somebody living in that universe, yet it provides you this dreadful feeling of if it were actually reality and you were located in an environment inhabitated by these unsettling creatures which happen to be on the same planet. I love how its not too fast paced, but not too drawn out before getting scary or just unsettling either, and the effort and thought put into each clip can be so well with how nicely the direction of descriptions and stories flow as well as having a very realistic horrifying factor to them!
28:24 if you look closely you can see a blot of red in north canada, indicating the position of the monoliths
it’s in ‘baffin island’
All the Latin names for vita carnis
Crawl - climb the flesh
Trimming - cowardly meat
Meat Snake - to borrow flesh
Mimic - slaughtering meat
Harvester - gathered meat
The Host - dominion of the flesh
The Monolith - the heaven of the flesh
The Singularity - true meat
The singularity is gonna be 3000$ sir!
@@xsmasherintothespace.2772that’s some true meat
@@xsmasherintothespace.2772 I'm broke.
The Monolith will be 3500$ sir!!
@@yayamtotstvgaming2205 harvesters for free,GET YOUR HARVESTERS FOR FREE.
I definitely liked the implication that the Vitae Carnis proliferated in part due to WW2 wrecking Europe and providing lots of human corpses to fuel their spread. Presumably, the mimic was an unfortunate byproduct - the wealth of human remains offered a niche which mimics emerged to fill, and made their obligate anthropophagy viable for long enough that a significant population could develop relatively unnoticed. Then, the war ended, cutting off this plentiful food source and forcing the mimics to start hunting live prey exclusively. Mimics would have become another element of the postwar rebuilding which Europe suffered through IRL, with reconstruction efforts having to contend with this sudden wave of murderous apex predators hiding among the rubble of the war.
My only qualm is that if the mimics started appearing in the 30s-40s, there would be full on state-funded militias in major population centers to deal with the things by the 50s, especially in Europe. Forget "hide under the bed", it'd be "retreat to your pre-prepared safety area, as outlined in General Municipal Ordnance A-7, clause iii".
...Of course, that would also keep suburbs from infecting everything, so who's to say which is the greater evil?
Thats exactly what i thought
The meat snake would have a large population boom in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. And in Africa, they would be a lot more common.
While about the mimics,i can imagine there would be national or/and international military organizations dedicated to hunt down mimics. The thing is; Would they actually hunt them down to destroy them or only to contain them?
Personally i would prefer to make them extinct. Its a cool creature... if it werent my predator.
Yeah they would be heavily filled with bullets from full scale military lockdown in all cities, effectively possible stopping the war to deal with these things Atleast temporarily. But…given the past wars of history, wouldn’t they have already shown up many times by now?
@@hiredmurderer6228 yeah agreed. They would rather have it destroyed because this thing is NOT normal nor has it shown up any other time previously in history on that alternate earth.
yeah if mimics (or any of these creatures) were a thing I would just sit back and watch our american tax dollars go to work
there would be private companies dedicated to hunting them to, and Im sure the governments would have a cash prize/bounty for proof of mimic kills.
I would love to be part of a state funded militia to hunt those things, I can sit in a tree and snipe 'em!
this is genuinely one of my favorite analog horror series i've ever watched :> you can tell how much work is put into it too
very well done, i cannot wait to see whatever else you may come out with! this has been one of the most original horrors ive seen on here, instantly one of faves
genuinely thinking about how cool these guys as creatures are in a habitat and then the mimic appearing sent the most forlorn sense of dread through my body. wonderful job!
just the slow creeping in and staring contrasted with how it got to devouring the victim is excellent! it still got me to shiver in panic even at 0.25 speed :D
660th
I love how they abuse the rule of 3 to make you *think* it’ll be another cool spin of an animal only for it to be *HORRIFYING.*
It was that dang knocking sound, I swear to God. I am the only one awake in my house right now, and that freaked me the **** out.
Bro just pour acid on it, its raw open flesh, splash metal juice on it. It will die of poisoning.
What I like about this series is that the creatures composing this fictional echo system aren't OP god-like predators but rather act like a whole new kind of animals, specially the mimics, also theorizing monoliths can just be wiped with a nuke or an atom bomb unless they can regenerate from that kind of damage.
Probably, but it would rather rot the monoliths because of the radiation and it would also cause big problems to nearby cities, so its not quite plausible to kill the monoliths
@@zaviear believe me when i said, that after they did whatever they did to the military after they shot em w missiles, they 100% will be in trip to be erased for good w the good ol nuke, any kind of bio weapon or some shit, ppl most of the time forget how unbelievably manipulative and megalomaniacs the government is, if something is out of its control they’ll lose their mind and will try to get it under control.
@@zaviear oh that without mentioning the *MASSIVE* campaign to eradicate mimics if they even get to be as spread as this video shows, a good shotgun will scared em away even if it doesn’t kill em, they resemble to a grizzly bear or a polar bear.
The real shit start with the singularity, bc the host is like a dirty bomb that really stands out.
@@Wsp8688 maybe the eyes of the mimics is their weakness
@@nagatouzumaki3225 that along with their legs r their weakness, it was stated in another video
One of the greatest analog horror series I’ve ever watched. Thank you for making this gem.
Dude you are so smart!
To be able to come up with sketches and ideas for a variety of creatures is just incredible.
Your the kind of people i want to work with one day❤
"Where there is death, there are meat snakes."
I have to admit I didnt think I'd be laughing watching this.
Free employment for hospitals lol
Love how this went from "weird meat creatures" to "horrors beyond our understanding"
This is one of my favorite analog horror. Amazing work!
first secret: 5:22 (can't read it)
second secret: 6:48 (estimated 400 plus trimmings gathered under a large, abandoned satellite dish.)
third secret: 7:49 (during the traves one of their [can't read word] a great storm it was so powerful it swayed the boat the royal family [can't read three words] the [can't read the rest]
fourth secret: 8:22 its way to long to write so here's a summary: they found the biggest meat snake in the world at a size of 40 meters in length people think it got this big because of a cult or because of the soldiers'f bodies)
fifth secret: 11:53 (after being stranded at sea the young prince eventually was cast to an island injured the prince stumbled his way into a nearby cave. the prince used what magic he could to put himself into a healing sleep)
sixth secret: 16:02 (shows a mimic next to a human)
seventh secret: 18:58 (way to long to write just read it from the video)
eighth secret: 23:01 (family attacked by [cant read] authorities to handle the harvester)
ninth secret: 24:29 (cant read most of it so there's no point in trying)
tenth secret: 25:50 (looks like two screaming people)
eleventh secret: 27:17 (someone is walking)
twelfth secret: 28:15 (just read it from the video)
thirteenth secret: 30:22 (this one isn't very secret but it's footage of a monolith at night)
fourteenth secret: 30:53 (to glitchy to read and to long to write here so just read it on the video)
fifteenth secret: 31:56 (is just the explanation of the singularity but darkened)
At 8:22 the full clipping is
LARGEST MEATSNAKE EVER DISCOVERED
during a sweep of underground settlements madeduring the war, a massive sized Meat Snake was discovered stuck inside an underground railway. The beast was measured at a total of 40 meters in length ( big redacted section )
It is believed that bodies gathered during the war (unreadable) fed to the creature causing it to reach the unbelievable size (redacted) Cult activity (highlighted in yellow)
Rest is redacted
After a bit of effort, I got a clear pic of the ninth secret a second after your timestamp. OUtside the cave, during a time of hardship lived the island critters. the critters were struggling in these(those? the?) hard time. there was barely any food to go around. they would go and gather whatever they (rest is unintellgiible
Finally a concept where the antagonistic force is somewhat well studied and knowledgeable. And not just “we don’t know anything and it’s super scary”.
Knowing something that is dangerous and the fear of if there’s more to it is far more terrifying.
Mother Nature sure is neat.
It does still have some elements of suspence and mystery, though. Like, what the hell is the government hiding about the Monolyths behind those censorships? And why did cops act so... strange about a mimic case that made them falsely conclude it was "self-die" on purpose? Or just the Singularities. There's certainly an element that seems supernatural/extraterrestrial or at least conspiracionally insidous behind this lore. I don't complain, though. I think this blurring of the line works well for this story.
@@mekingtiger9095 it’s something that the government does.
Discover something weird.
Learn about it.
?????
Profit.
*meat
@@Bizcuits26 Meat man meat?
Well the singularity is kind of one of those “we Don’t Know anything and it’s super scary”
I may just need to dig more through the comments but I'm surprised by the lack of discussion over the monoliths, given that they only appeared during a very specific timeframe in a very specific place. I looked a little bit into what happened irl in June 1972 and found something called the Wankie coal mine explosion, which happened in Zimbabwe and left over 400 people dead! Given the mention that the monoliths' legs extend deep underground (where the miners died), plus the already established knowledge that Vita Carnis is attracted to death and corpses, I feel like this is a strong candidate for what made the Monoliths appear.
There was an area in Canada that turned red during its redaction.
@@idontexist5132 Fun fact, that area in Canada doesn't exist in our world. If you cross reference, there isn't an island there in our world, while here there is. Hm.
@@omegaultramax Interesting.
bruh, this is not real
@@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 nahh, really?
14:25 - that door knocking sound effect was too damn good, made me drop a few lumps of digested crawl into my tighty whities! I use over the ear headphones, so even though I had already heard that excellent effect about a week ago in a different YT video, I was still convinced for a few seconds that someone or something, lol, was really knock knock knocking on my door...😱😳😱
Very impressing how scary it is, that the human silhouette is not an actual human, you can clearly see that the arms are too long. my theory is that the "human" is actually a mimic. I was suprised i didn't see any comments pointing this out
They are human shapped, humans are just a good shape
Fingertips reach the knees, checks out as human
Y’know, I think the Harvester is underrated in this video-it’s like, what, a huge Venus Flytrap that consumes any animal that enters its radius, whole, without fail, but only if it’s large enough. All over America in forests everywhere. I totally understand it and I’m terrified by it in a mundane, non-alien way, and I love it.
And you cant see the tendrils
Going in the forest is just fuckin squid game without the 465 billion dollars
They are by far my favourite
literally 1894 (yes its intentional go ignore this)
That’s my favourite along with the trimmings,monoliths,and the singularity
if you see a harvester, its just a game of luck. you can't run away because if you do, one of the spines might hit your leg and you'll die.
“Despite being the size of a basketball, they do not bounce... PLEASE DO NOT DUNK THE TRIMMINGS”
Even when we are no longer at the top of the food chain, humans will always find a way to use and exploit stuff.
Instant subscription. Such creativity and passion. Take a big meaty like💙
*proceeds to dunk*
Imma become the next Jordan with these trimmings
Literally 1984
Boutta go ballin' on these mfs
@@therealspeedwagon1451 IS THAT THE DUNK OF 84?
What an awesome series, I can't believe I only just found this!!!! I love how well-integrated the vita carnis are into the world, it feels really well developed and like real thought was put into how these creatures would interact with their environment/humanity instead of just being like "what if scary meat monsters?" The build from innocuous, almost cute creatures to the eldritch horror of the GIANT MEAT ORB was great to behold, and the biology lesson actually got my interest and I was invested in learning more beyond just being scared! Plus the instructions on how to escape an encounter with the harvester had me genuinely unnerved. And the art and effects of the mimic found footage was so cool, its eyes were so creepy! tl;dr I love this series and I can't wait to check out the rest of it, all hail the meat lords
I am now traumatized after watching this and I might have lost hours of sleep because of this 😭😔😭😔
Is that some PRACTICAL EFFECTS? You really outdid your self this is or will be the next great analog thing. This stuff is so great!
LISA pfp! cool
I love the designs of all these animals apart from mimics. Mimics to me just seem like every other "ominous entity that feeds on humans and can disguise themselves as their prey. Plus, you can't kill them with any effective means."
The Mimics do feel a bit clichè but that's my one gripe with this.
They aren't hurt by gunshots, but keeping them away with a bat works?!
@@MrCmon113 Its not that they're not hurt by gunshots. The advice is to not bother with guns or other weapons bc it won't bring it down "in time" implying that they will die, just not before you. It says to use a bat or other objects to at least put something between it and you. Something that isn't your flesh ofc
@@nolanmcknight5716 I feel a 12 gauge buck shot would a decent job but idk
@@PALACIO254 Well I've never personally shot at a meat monster that primarily hunts humans
The door knocking during the Mimic got me so good, I was watching it in an unfamiliar room and almost jumped out of my seat
wow what a *fleshed out* story
My favourite part about this, is it’s refreshing to see a disempowered narrator.
At first I thought the narrator was going to turn out to be malicious, but it slowly became evident that the narrator is unilaterally on our side.
Well uhm
besudes the oart that says to curl into a ball if encountering a mimic that part is terrible advice
@@KAngel32 Well, if you protect your vitals, you should be for the better, right?
@@KAngel32if your cornered by a mimic your basically already fucked so protecting vitals and hoping someone saves you is your best bet
I actually want a pet trimming. They’re ugly but also cute. That picture of one in a dog bed is probably the most wholesome thing I’ve seen in an analog horror video. Actually, this doesn’t even feel like an analog horror video, and that’s a compliment! I genuinely feel like I’m watching a low-budget documentary about these strange, newly evolved animals from an alternate world. It’s all explained very scientifically and it goes in depth on their biology. I really like it!
There supposed to be a kinda ugly cute. The same way that the crawl are such efficient decomposers. They’re supposed to be very non threatening and even liked by humans so they can spread the mimics and other organisms.
Good luck keeping your sanity at night
They are the dictionary definition of scrunkly.
I want to kill one of those things
Yes.
Best storybook I've ever read. The part woth the siling ship was a real tear jerker.
Just wanted to say this is truly horrifying. I was kept awake thinking of the leathery skin of the mimic, it face is something I couldn't get out of my head. The idea that it could be hiding in any cabient, standing in any shadows, I haven't felt so uncomfortable home alone since I was a child. You did truley incredible with the design of these videos.
I like how you included drawings with handwritten notes like a field journal. It really adds to the idea that we still don't know very much about these creature, and some of what we do know might not be fully correct.
I was thinking more of like a children's workbook. The idea about teaching the Vita Carnis to students at school as one of the main subjects and how to identify/defend yourselves is quite intriguing. So I thought they were using examples from handwritten notes from young generations of what humanity has learnt about these anomalies.
can I just say that I LOVE the hand drawn art? It's so cool, and it really demonstrates how much effort you've put into this project
It reminds me a lot of Trevor Henderson's work, maybe that was the inspiration?
no you cant say
@@pcih6176 nuts
I like it, but the kiddish handwriting takes you out of it lol
Like, the graphics make it feel like a legit thing, but then the handwriting is like 'oh its just a dude making a video'
literally looks like some HS student's notes from biology ngl
I love how well thought out this stuff is. The fact that they're fully integrated into the ecosystem, and very neutral instead of being these all encompassing evils like many other horror series have is refreshing and interesting. I love fake species like these so much, especially ones so well thought out. I, as a forager, especially like that the Crawl is reliably edible, cuz now I want to eat it.
This is creepy and all, but can we talk about how AMAZING the sketches are?!
12:48 The pause after, "the mimic's diet is composed entirely of human flesh," was amazing.
Yeah I know I misremembered the original words.
I was like this guy is probably nice like the other two untill it said that
it had to give us time to process lmao
The narrators like, yeah let that sink in for a sec..
Not Majority, he said "composed entirely".
There is no Majority anything, all they eat is Human Flesh or they die out.
He said "the mature mimic's diet is composed entirely of human flesh"
With how human a mimic is, I don't believe it being so immune to firearms. I'm certain it'd be relatively killable using firearms solely due to the fact that majority of bullet calibres above 9mm will penetrate concrete. So I definitely think firearms are effective.
Yup I think that too, also the Monoliths should be relatively easy to destroy with missiles mentioned in the video or a napalm strike but hey, we all know they are that immune for horror reasons
also some of the vita carnis seem to be attacking/ consuming technology, potentially even just metals. Theor bodies don’t adhere to the laws of physics or they goops would all fall out
It never said it was unkillable with firearms but that it’d take too long to kill it. With that being said a mimic would die in a gun nuts house
In later installments it says that shooting it in the head or legs will “immobilize” it so many they are killable or at least can be slowed down
maybe they say that it's immune to bullets so people don't try it? these people also emphasize that vita carnis are not aliens without giving a real source for them
I watched this a year ago....I'm still suffering from trauma by it.....
This is really awesome work kudos to the creator for taking the time to create a whole lore of all these creatures and organisms.
Dude this desperately needs to get picked up by the people who cover ARGs and I hope this becomes a full fledged series if it isn't already.
I mean matpat did a film theory about it
The video of the mimic was so well done!! Seeing the eye slowly appear genuinely sent a wave of pure terror through me. Not to mention the crazy good photograph edits! Really incredible job!! 1000% subscribing and excited to see more from you!
yea the shooting fear down my spine when the happy little face peered around the door.
i never get jumpscares or even afraid of things.. but that? i don't feel safe
Im really sorry to tell you this... but its not fake....
(Jk lmao)
its literally the worst looking pupeteering ive ever seen....
Oooooh this is an amazing series. That mimic hunting jumpscare was NASTY
You know, this really reminds me of sculk from minecraft. The Crawl is like the sculk catalyst. The vita carnis creature slowly get more deadly and deadly. The sculk catalyst is able to create a sculk block, which basically does nothing. After enough deaths around the sculk catalyst, it can produce sculk sensors. These allow itself to sense the world around it. After even more deaths, the sculk catalyst can produce the sculk shrieke which affects the world around it. After the fourth use of a sculk shrieker, it summons a being able to think and kill any creature detected. You see the similarities? Each rank, sculk block, sculk sensor, sculk shrieker, warden shows deadlier, deadlier, deadlier, deadlier.
Man this would be a great concept for a semi-apocalyptic horror game with the objective of either trying to survive in a world where you're trying to figure out why it's happening or even to cure remaining people by surviving and researching the creatures as they are getting gradually more advanced as you progress. Maybe even trying to balance defence, stealth, and equipment and the way of obtaining useful items is to enter abandoned settlements but also needing to try and avoid mimics, a high risk high reward situation
I think it would be a good online open world game where the events or stuff that happens in the game is player run and there would be like towns and stuff that you could go to but you would have to be careful of mimics or those trap monsters and things like that. And it would both be a PVP and PVE with regular animals and the meat ones
Kind of reminds me of the Fallout games
and its set like, in some eastern european country, or in a mojave
@koda So Last of Us 1?
Try out "Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead"
I love how realistic this is especially the part about what to do if we have nowhere to go when next to a Mimic. It aint the usual and boring "pray to god" or something, instead it advices us to make loud noises and protect vital organs wich makes it more immersive.
Î don't like that part as much because the authors tend to underestimated just how destructive weapons actually are. Polar bears and Elephants are some of the most resilient animals ever and they wouldn't scoff at a shotgun. Especially with USA's gun culture, people would 100% start stocking up on high caliber weapons.
@@rheokalyke367 mimics learn about their prey and attack pretty much only when they feel safe about doing so, also, they probably would rush at mach 3 speed dodging any shots coming their way. that's my take on that and I'm just talking about the humanoid base version x:
@@rheokalyke367 i agree on that since the Mimic's anatomy looks very fleshy and unprotected, the author could say that the Mimic has enhanced regeneration properties or advise people to use higher caliber weapons for fending of a Mimic 👍
@@MrSergayfgtxd If the Mimics can move that fast then why would Mimics care about their prey having escape options? That's the thing, they're apparently either not strong enough to drag prey, or not fast enough to catch up to prey. Either or, both options allow for weapons to be used effectively.
@@rheokalyke367 Um, actually, bears in general are very unlikely to be stopped by most guns people would have on hand. It’s been shown that even a shot to the head with a shotgun or rifle isn’t guaranteed to go through a bears skull. Guns are strong, but some animals ARE that tough. I do doubt a mimic would fair too well against a shotgun, though.
Really cool concept. One thing I noticed is that the Mimic is essentially a Wendigo with a twist. Really great stuff!
Yo the "real footage" of the Meat Mimic was absolutely incredible, you should be very proud, but I have a few points of criticism here:
Some of the language in the script is really awkward and could've been proofread better.
For instance: "Besides(*) all of this, people still keep trimmings as pets, and relatively(*) domesticate them (this isn't grammatically correct)."
Should be something closer to:
"In spite of this, many specimens are amenable to domestication, and as such, some individuals choose to keep them as pets."
There's a few misspellings too, such as *bulging (also missing a space after the dash) at 12:11 and one right away at 0:06 (should be *content)
Also the old-timey music doesn't really fit the modern setting of the story. I think these things distract from what is otherwise a great horror story. Keep it up!
For the classical music one, I think that the video was supposed to take place in the early 200’s or late 1900’s.
I like how mimics are treated as a true predator to a human. Fending off a mimic with a weapon is not possible and the way to cover your vitals remind me of bear attacks which is great.
It is possible but it takes a little extra effort
I'd still win in a 1v1 EZ dubs, literally git gud at the game, man has an actual skill issue frfr ong
It's similar to how it's not recommended to use weapons against bears as regular guns, bullets, blunt and edged weapons are ineffective against them and will only make them more aggressive
Although in this universe I’d assume people would sell mimic traps, mimic repellents and weapons capable of killing mimics like compact high caliber firearms
It’s possible to kill normal mimics. But not Elder mimics. A normal mimic has been reported to be killed using brass knuckles made of sharpened depleted uranium. But it did took a lot of efforts to do so.
NOW THIS! This is how horror is done! The simplistic animation giving the feel of an educational video you might watch on a school projector. The atmosphere I can only describe as "Crusty". The growing anxiety as the entities go from stuff that would be really cool if it was real like Trimmings and Meatsnakes, before the sudden pause when Mimics are revealed to eat human flesh and transition to a found footage style video.**Chef's Kiss**
This type of horror is called analog horror
@Pickles why
@Pickles no. kids would watch this to act brave without knowing what it actually means
@Pickles bruh you obviously don’t understand the story and just trolling
@Pickles you wernt trying to listen to the video anyway so whats the point of "insulting" others?
It's been too long since any horror media actually made me feel scared or built up such tension and mystery. I can't wait to check out more of your content.
Mmmmmm delicious,
I love the way the video kept glitching like it was an old tape, personally I liked the monolith and singularity because of the mystery, though the part with the mimic jump scare was great loved the build up. :)
This series is SO cool. I absolutely love the scientific angle taken here, and how none of these creatures are the results of aliens or demons--just nature evolving to put humans back on the food chain. Again, I really can't overstate how happy all of the scientific diagrams and explanations made me. I love the idea that some of these things have been integrated into human agriculture or waste disposal. The notion of creatures like Harvesters and Meat Snakes contributing to the ecosystem is super cool, and I wish more horror series like this focused on that aspect of their creatures. Excellent work!
My only real critiques involve the Host and Monolith creatures; Hosts feel like unnecessary meshes of Harvesters and Mimics, while Monoliths just...aren't that interesting? At least Hosts felt related enough to the other creatures, but Monoliths feel a little out of place here in the sense that they feel kind of detached from the whole "food chain" aspect of the other creatures. Also, now that I'm thinking about it, I kind of feel the same way about the Singularity.
But seriously, I am SUPER looking forward to whatever you make next.
I feel like the monoliths and singularities are supposed to give off that feeling, to show that the vita carnis aren't as normal as the documentary claims
This is not very scientific, this would not happen this fast, ever, period, same problem with that movie with the suicide plants.
@@guisampaio2008 okay! I'm not saying the creatures have real scientific basis, because obviously they don't, I was just saying that I appreciated the scientific *approach.* I meant that by explaining their biology and how they interact with local ecosystems, the presentation feels more semi-grounded in reality.
@@sashae2848 I think a huge issue I have with that is the scientific naming system. Instead of changing the species name and keeping the genus name the same, they... change the name of the genus and keep the species name the same??? There are so many animals across so many different branches of life that all share species names but have different genuses, its how we tell them apart. I feel like that was an oversight anyways. Another thing is that taxonomical speaking, if they all originate from the crawl, they should share genetic material enough with the crawl to never separate from the Vita Carnis species. The definition of a species is that they are able to reproduce on their own with a member of the same species, which they clearly can't. It's interesting building for sure, but I do wish they delve into taxonomy a bit more to fix up little things like this to make it feel more professional.
@@tylerrichter3962 yeah the documentary plays them off like they’re some normal creatures. When in reality this is a plague that has gotten out of control long ago and should be eradicated by any means necessary. It’s unlikely it would be purged everywhere though. That would require burning down forests in ways we have never seen before.
The mimic jumpscare was a great one, but what REALLY got me was the knock at 14:25. I had my airpods in on noise canceling mode, and I nearly jumped out of my skin. I thought that shit was right next to me. It sounded so real no matter how many times I played it over to make sure it really was just the video. Such a subtle yet such an effective scare - Truly great sound work!
That knock was hella good idea, so realistic that I jumped irl.
its becoming a generic sound, its in a lot of memes and shitposts so every time i hear it i know its fake
Good to know im not the only one..hearing this with headset with noise cancel function is scary real.
I was preping my lunch listening to this with my AirPods, then the knock came, I literally scared shitless bc the knock on the glass matches where my window is and it’s pitch black outside.
lol I actually got up and checked my door to see if my roommate was there
It's late at night and all the lights are off, it seems like the perfect time to watch this! Wish me luck!
i literally love the trimmings so much