The Archivist
i don't make the footage. i watch it back, frame by frame, and tell you what i see. i've stopped sleeping with the light off. i'll tell you what i can. not all of it.
front cam · bedroom · 03:33:07
every house
has a 3:33.
nightly footage from bedrooms like yours. the archivist logs what the cameras catch after everyone's asleep, and tells you what he sees. you left one on, didn't you?
latest file
CASE 088 — SPIDER CREATURE SUBURBAN WALL
rebroadcast · nightly · all channels
the feed goes out on four channels and one vault. it finds the one you already watch.
▼ recent transmissions
recent transmissions
cam 01 · asylum hallwayrecphone footage from inside a closed psychiatric ward. the building has been empty since 2004. i walked the east corridor. three occupied rooms. three patients that shouldn't be there. three things with them. he was at the end of the hall when i looked up. i didn't keep walking.01:07 · asylum hallway three doorways
cam 02 · suburban exteriorrecphone camera. side of the neighbor's house. 2:47am. i was walking back from my car when i saw the shape against the moon. it didn't move for almost a minute. then it went up over the roof faster than anything that size should move. he was standing at the hedge. he had already set up.00:20 · spider creature suburban wall
cam 03 · backyardrecphone footage. backyard pool. 2:41am. the pool light was on when i went outside because i thought i heard the filter running wrong. it wasn't the filter. the sheet did not fall when i stopped filming. i left it out there. i haven't gone back to check.03:01 · sheeted figure above pool
cam 04 · car washrecdashcam footage. automatic car wash off the highway, 2:40am. the bay was empty when i pulled in. the cycle hasn't started yet. between the brushes at the back there is something standing upright. he was there too, off to the right. i drove through anyway. i don't know what else i was supposed to do.03:41 · car wash brushes wrong shape
cam 05 · hallwayrecsecurity camera. upstairs hallway. 2:47am. the guest room hasn't been used since october. i checked the feed because the motion sensor tripped for eleven seconds and then stopped. nothing walked through the hall. he was there. i've stopped being surprised.01:51 · guest room bed occupant
cam 06 · kitchenreclaptop webcam. kitchen. 2:41am. i left it open to check on the cat. i watched this clip four times before i noticed the pantry. the door is open exactly two inches. he was there again, in the dining room. i haven't gone downstairs. #DreadFeed #AIHorror #NightDread #DontLookBack01:43 · pantry door held ajar
the people in the feed
The Documentarian
he's in the frames you didn't notice. pale, hunched, a silver camcorder raised where his face should be. he isn't filming you. he's filming the thing standing behind you. sometimes there's only his shadow. that's worse.
off-feed
some footage never reaches the timeline.
the tapes that ran too long, the ones the platforms won't hold, the frames where he turns toward the lens — they go in the vault. new transmission every night on the feed. everything else, for the ones who keep watching.