Entities_026–5B
Nickname: The Parallax Child
Danger Ranking: 5.B
First Reported: 1983-03-12 — Rosehollow Juvenile Facility, WA
Summary:
The Parallax Child is a humanoid entity resembling a juvenile aged approximately 9–11, dressed in a pale blue hospital gown. Despite appearing human, it possesses the ability to exist in multiple locations simultaneously within a confined environment, causing significant visual, temporal, and spatial distortion. Direct observation is nearly impossible; any attempt to capture its presence via video, mirrors, or still photography results in conflicting or overlapping images.
The entity’s behavior is subdued and mostly non-aggressive. However, its presence results in severe confusion, disorientation, and hallucinations in nearby individuals, especially when attempting to approach it physically. Eyewitnesses often report seeing the child in the corner of their vision, only for it to vanish or appear behind them a moment later—sometimes accompanied by whispered words or the sound of quiet crying.
Most disturbances involve the child appearing to phase in and out of hallways, offices, or cells in short bursts—without ever opening doors or triggering alarms. It has never been seen consuming food or interacting directly with objects, yet items often appear displaced after its passage.
Known Properties:
- Occupies multiple physical positions simultaneously within a space of up to 150 feet.
- Causes CCTV distortion: subjects recorded near the entity exhibit "trail" artifacts, looping frames, or time-split imagery.
- Generates light auditory hallucinations (footsteps, breathing, quiet singing) and mild telepathic bleed-in—most commonly experienced as memory distortions or déjà vu.
- Cannot be fully observed or confirmed by two or more people from different vantage points—each sees a different position.
- Appears non-violent; no direct attacks have been recorded, though psychological disturbances have led to multiple breakdowns.
- Only active when unobserved; becomes inert or reduces multiplicity under constant synchronized line-of-sight.
Containment Procedure:
Current containment is maintained at the PARADIGM Sublevel B-03 — Chrono-Sensory Anomaly Sector.
- The containment chamber consists of a circular room lined with reflective surfaces and motion-tracking spotlights capable of synchronizing focal points from multiple angles.
- Four observation booths encircle the room, each staffed in rotating shifts to ensure simultaneous visual contact is maintained.
- Any blind spot longer than 3.2 seconds results in the entity relocating to another part of the compound. Emergency lighting and alarms will trigger in such an event.
- Personnel exposed to the entity for more than 10 continuous minutes must undergo memory cohesion review and restabilization therapy.
Encounters:
- 1983-03-12 — Rosehollow Juvenile Facility: First recorded incident. Staff report child seen entering restricted infirmary without passing cameras. Three workers suffer psychological episodes; one later diagnosed with dissociative fugue.
- 1986-07-02 — Transfer Convoy 11B: Entity appears simultaneously in front and behind transport vehicle. Driver swerves and crashes. No fatalities, but footage corrupted entirely.
- 1990-11-23 — PARADIGM Sublevel B-03: Breach triggered by a 6-second power outage. Entity simultaneously observed in 17 separate locations. Recontained within 45 minutes.
Recommendation:
Do not pursue experimental expansion of containment. The current chamber system is working. Do not attempt psychic contact. Treat all unexplained internal displacements as high-level threats until visual re-confirmation.
You cannot find it. It is already where you are looking.
List of Case Workers:
- Dr. Harlan Koetzer (Status: Active — Lead Chrono-Stabilization Officer)
- Technician Mira Sol (Status: Active)
- Psychometrist N. Levand (Status: Deceased, 1985 — aneurysm during proximity testing)
- Operations Officer J. Merritt
- Behavioral Analyst Alva Dunn (Status: Retired, 1989)
- Containment Engineer Tomas Espada