ADF-X in its natural environment.
File #: ADF-X
Danger Class: Limen
Obscurity Class: Tetra
Current Whereabouts: ADF-X is currently in the care of staff at the P.C.C.S containment facility, Site-0S, and is to be kept there until further notice. Given the dangers of the anomaly, it is to be handled only by professional snake handlers. The site director for facility Site-0S declined to comment to ADR officials about a transfer to an ADF site, so it's up to me to compile and send this document to them, as requested by the Information Department of the P.C.C.S.
Description: ADF-X (known internally as CA-10) is a common rattlesnake native to the deserts of [Redacted]. ADF-X was discovered by a 65-year-old man named Christian Muller, who posted about ADF-X on social media. ADF-X possesses the capacity for speech and can speak in a voice that closely resembles that of an elderly human male, as determined by vocal tone and manner of articulation. When interacting with a human, ADF-X will begin to speak, detailing how they're going to die, though this is inconsistent with ADF-X delivering prophecies with meticulous detail one moment and being extremely vague the next. However, its predictions are broadly accurate.
Research Logs:
Log 1:
The following is an excerpt from a video uploaded to YouTube on ██/██/2017, titled “REAL LIFE RATTLESNAKE JAKE?!”. The video has since been removed. Original runtime: 0:47.
[Recording begins mid-session. An elderly male, later identified as Mr. Muller, is visible. He appears in good health and is smiling at the camera.]
Muller: Wassup, guys — I'm here with something… really wild. Found this thing out in the yard, I kid you not.
[Camera pans unsteadily to a sealed glass jar resting on a wooden table. The rattlesnake inside, later designated ADF-X, was coiled and asleep.]
Muller: This thing keeps tellin’ me I’m gonna die. It’s been saying it all morning. Here — say it again. [Muller taps the jar twice, awakening ADF-X.]
ADF-X: Hmmm… Mr. Muller… a sharp pain… in your abdomen?
[Recording ends abruptly at 0:47. Audio mark.]
Following a subsequent investigation, Mr. Muller was diagnosed with Stage I gastric carcinoma approximately six weeks after the video’s upload date. As of ██/██/2018, the condition has progressed to Stage IV. Mr. Muller’s current whereabouts are [REDACTED].
Incident Report:
Janitor Clara Watson (Level 1 clearance, certified reptile handler) was performing routine maintenance on ADF-X’s enclosure. Witnesses report that, out of curiosity, Ms. Watson asked ADF-X how she would die. ADF-X responded: “Snake bite.” ADF-X then immediately struck Ms. Watson’s right hand, puncturing her protective glove. Ms. Watson collapsed and was transported to the on-site medical bay. Due to an administrative oversight, no anti-venom was stocked at the facility at the time of the incident. Ms. Watson was pronounced dead later that afternoon.
Personal note from Dr. Jess Lee:
“I had asked it how I die and… well… it responded with something along the lines of me on a beach and three gunshot wounds to my sternum, so… not the best of predictions.”
