PRE02 - The Rake

Designation

PRE02

Terms

• The Bandersnatch (Baker and Bellman)
  
• FERAL (PRE03)
  
• Fermata
• Fossil-Type SMILE (Topography Genera Center)
  
• Pawmark
• The Rake
• Rakehell
  
• Ravage
• The Tongue
• Wave of Mutilation (PRE32)
• Whisperer
  
• The Wild King
  

Description

PRE02 is a quadruped with the general build of a human. However, it has several traits which make it clear on sight that it is not a human. It is naked, but has no visible anus or reproductive organs. It has large, circular eyes, which seem to exhibit eyeshine, suggesting it may possess tapeta lucida. Its teeth are long and sharp, and it is sometimes described as having multiple rows of teeth, similar to a shark. It also has claws which are generally described as natural and made of bone, extending from its fingers, but which are sometimes described as seemingly artificial, made of metal, and worn on apparatuses fixed to its wrists.

 

PRE02 is pale, hairless, and thin to the point of emaciation, with a visible spine and ribcage.

PRE02's behavior is consistent between accounts: while its victims are asleep, it enters their proximity and whispers to them, killing those who awaken while it does so. As evidenced by the fact that this detail is known about it, PRE02 does sometimes allow targets to live even if they wake up while it is whispering to them, though why it does so is unknown, as are the contents of its whispers.

 

Some have suggested that PRE02 is capable of spreading an effect known as "the Compulsion," i.e., the desire to write about or otherwise record one's experiences with PREs and UXPs. This suggestion is in line with the belief that the PREs and UXPs are "memetic entities" which form as a result of information about them and which can spread or become more powerful when individuals learn about their existence. By this logic, PRE02 causes the Compulsion because it requires the dissemination of information about itself and its fellow PREs and UXPs if they are to propagate and grow in power.

 

As "meme complex theory" is difficult to prove or disprove, the Archive considers it a framework through which PREs and UXPs can be analyzed rather than an actual hypothesis.

Further Reading

• The Archive - PRE02: "Rake"
  
• B-Movie Monsters - Night Whispers (19??)
  
• Bemuseum
  
• CHANNEL FEAR - Them 10: The Rake
  
• Convention of the 24 -  [19/24] MiSSiNg WAVE OF MUTILATION
• Once There Was - The Wilderness of Whispers 
  
• They Sought It With Thimbles - Annette Hodge Interview
• Topography Genera Center East - FOSSIL-TYPE SMILE