Entities_019–6E
Nickname: The Gapwalker
Danger Ranking: 6.E
First Reported: 1985-11-03 — Forest Route L-7A, WA (perimeter fault near Spaces 011)

Summary:
The Gapwalker is a bipedal, humanoid anomaly that manifests only when an individual becomes disoriented near spatial fractures linked to Spaces 011. It is always first seen in peripheral vision—slim, wrong-limbed, and standing unnaturally still between two objects that should not accommodate a person. Its form is stretched between tight gaps, such as between trees, fences, or even between slightly ajar doors—arms too long, neck compressed sideways, legs growing out in opposing directions.

It watches. It learns your gait, your breath, your emotional baseline. Then it waits for you to pass another threshold—doorframe, archway, ravine—and it follows through the space between.

The entity does not move in front of you. It is never where you're looking. It remains just off-angle, impossibly close, and the longer you are within range, the more your own sense of movement begins to break. Victims report feeling like they're walking in a loop, or losing track of their limbs. Eventually, those pursued are never seen again.

Known Properties:

• Can only be seen in reflections, shadows, or peripheral sight—never directly.
  
• Occupies and inhabits the gaps between objects. Appears taller than spatially possible.
  
• Prolonged exposure leads to spatial disassociation and sensory fragmentation. Subjects report hearing their own footsteps before taking them.
  
• Victims often leave behind twisted shoes, coats inside-out, or teeth embedded in walls—suggesting implosive pressure events.
  
• Seems to target those with preexisting disorientation, exhaustion, or recent exposure to Spaces 011 fluid.
  
• Occasionally mimics a familiar silhouette or outfit—someone the victim knows, but subtly wrong.
  

Containment Procedure:
Full containment has proven impossible due to its unpredictable traversal patterns. The current approach is evasion and disorientation avoidance.

• Install paired-sensor field lines at all narrow passageways within 1.2km of the Dreamhole rim. Any breach with no heat signature indicates a possible manifestation.
  
• Field agents must work in pairs and avoid walking through doorframes or natural arches alone.
  
• Mirrors must be angled outward at all supply camps—check for distortions at each sunrise.
  
• If presence is suspected, immediate withdrawal is advised. Do not turn around. Do not run. Maintain calm, erratic walking patterns to prevent prediction.
  

Containment priority is currently Black-Class. Long-term exposure increases the probability of vanishing from both recorded footage and analog maps.

Encounters:

• 1985-11-03 — Forest Route L-7A: Two hikers reported “being watched by someone bent wrong” between two birch trunks. One vanished during a detour behind a trail sign. His scarf was found woven through chainlink mesh 14 feet above ground.
  
• 1987-01-12 — Sublevel Ramp C, Dreamhole Research Outpost: Three staff members simultaneously claimed to see a “man in a green coat” watching from the crack between elevator doors. There were no green coats issued at the facility.
  
• 1990-10-01 — Perimeter Sensor Echo-B: Heatless motion signature detected passing between two radio towers. Investigators followed auditory echoes of footsteps for five hours before collapsing from dehydration. One survivor reported walking “between the same trees over and over again.”
  

Recommendation:
No attempt should be made to confront or observe the entity directly. All teams operating near Spaces 011 must avoid narrow or liminal passages while alone. The Gapwalker is a spatial predator—it does not chase. It waits for you to cross a line.

When you do, it’s already there.

List of Case Workers:

• Dr. Nolan Aimes (Status: Active)
  
• Surveillance Analyst Mira Xu
  
• Field Containment Unit “GAP-TIDE”
  
• Dreamhole Mapping Specialist Lyle Nason (Status: Missing, 1990)
  
• Deceased: Lt. Rae Teller (1985 — Spatial rupture during solo survey)