Entities_030–6D
Nickname: Hollow Rain
Danger Ranking: 6.D
First Reported: 1989-04-03 — Bandon, OR

Summary:
Hollow Rain refers to a meteorological phenomenon resembling standard precipitation, but carrying cognitohazardous properties. It manifests unpredictably in isolated coastal and inland regions, most frequently during overcast seasons. Though it appears identical to ordinary rainfall, exposure results in immediate behavioral changes, most notably a loss of individual identity and sudden group synchronization among the affected.

Those caught in the rain cease speaking individually, adopting a silent, collective awareness. Victims move in coordinated, purposeless patterns—walking in synchronized lines, standing in geometrically perfect circles, or forming spiraling trails with no evident destination. Once dry, most victims retain no memory of the experience, though some report hearing a “voice in the clouds” or describe the sensation of their thoughts being echoed back at them.

More concerningly, recent evidence suggests that prolonged or repeated exposure leads to irreversible assimilation into what PARADIGM researchers have begun referring to as the Hollow Network—a distributed consciousness that may exist outside the limits of individual minds.

Known Properties:

• Physical composition of rainwater matches normal precipitation, though molecular structure fluctuates when observed directly.
  
• Affected individuals display no distress; they instead exhibit trance-like calm and subtle smiles.
  
• Non-verbal communication between affected individuals accelerates after 90 seconds of shared exposure.
  
• No protective gear has proven fully effective against the phenomenon once the skin is dampened.
  
• Recordings of the rain emit intermittent whispering, even when no individuals are present.
  
• Weather patterns linked to Hollow Rain have an unnatural stalling behavior—storms do not pass, they settle.
  
• Thunder during Hollow Rain events often sounds like layered human speech, transcribed as “Come in,” or “You are not alone anymore.”
  

Containment Procedure:
Hollow Rain events are to be reported immediately to Sector Weather Surveillance at PARADIGM CASCADIA.

• Drones are used to monitor rainfall zones from high altitude; all ground entry is prohibited unless in sealed atmospheric suits.
  
• Civilians in affected zones are to be evacuated under cover story of industrial contamination or chemical spill.
  
• If containment fails, use localized heat-wave simulation tech to disrupt precipitation and trigger dispersal.
  
• Victims exposed for under 3 minutes may be rehabilitated with psychoacoustic therapy and memory partitioning.
  
• Under no circumstances should any personnel be deployed for rescue if five or more individuals have synchronized.
  

Encounters:

• 1989-04-03 — Bandon, OR: Dozens of beachgoers found standing in still formation, facing the ocean. No vocalizations. One survivor claimed they were “listening to something vast inside the fog.”
  
• 1990-05-18 — Clatsop State Forest, OR: Forestry crew went dark during unexpected storm. All twelve members recovered two days later—barefoot, shivering, holding hands, smiling.
  
• 1991-03-22 — Rural Humboldt County, CA: Unmarked rainstorm covered four square miles. One agent affected for 7 minutes now exhibits permanent mutism and only writes in first-person plural.
  

Recommendation:
Maintain absolute distance. Hollow Rain is to be treated as a Class-Ω Atmospheric Threat. Weather monitoring protocols should flag abnormal rain patterns in high-risk regions. Any suspected Hive Behavior must be reported immediately.

If they begin to speak in unison, it is already too late. You are not hearing them—you are hearing _it. Do not answer._

List of Case Workers:

• Dr. Kelsey Rhune (Status: Active — Atmospheric Cognitohazard Researcher)
  
• Agent Brian Lowe (Status: Recovered, monitored for reintegration signs)
  
• Meteorologist Vance Elrod
  
• Technician Hana Reyes (Status: Disappeared, presumed assimilated — 1990)
  
• Dr. Ira Moen
  
• Observer Camille Deaks (Status: Deceased — collapsed during echo-incident in review chamber)