Bumps in the Night

Overview

Miskatonic seal ME-1919-E46/4945 binds this packet; duplicate citations must use slug `bumps-in-the-night`.

Bumps in the Night enters the archive under protest from reason and with sponsorship from repeated evidence.

We would delete Bumps in the Night if deletion worked; instead we classify, cross-link, and warn.

New England incidents teach a rhythm: polite towns, old families, water or hills that smell wrong, then a paper trail ending in sanitariums. Bumps in the Night may or may not follow that rhythm — check dates before you blame Cthulhu for a Vermont landslide.

Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.

Description

Those who survived description speak of surfaces that refuse matte finish — wet, reflective, or oily even in dry rooms.

Sound, when recorded, has been described as wet leather, glass harmonics, or bees inside a skull; analysts note infrasound may explain some, not all.

Scale estimates in the files range from human to architectural, which usually means the observer was not the unit of measure.

Historical Record

Activity increased after the Innsmouth embargo and the Antarctic expedition, as if publicity taught the countryside new vocabulary for old fears.

Activity increased after the Innsmouth embargo and the Antarctic expedition, as if publicity taught the countryside new vocabulary for old fears.

Earliest stack mention is a photocopy of a photocopy of Latin marginalia — chain of custody unsuitable for court, sufficient for caution.

Field Observations

Do not engage alone; two witnesses minimum, three preferred if the name was spoken aloud.

Do not engage alone; two witnesses minimum, three preferred if the name was spoken aloud.

The Library holds primary text; this dossier holds orientation — never the reverse.

Archive Notes

Protocol slug `bumps-in-the-night`. Cross-reference before fieldwork; cite slug in all reports; do not bring back souvenirs that pulse.