Document Report #7: The First High-Risk Zone
The first recorded appearance of the Mist Phenomenon occurred on November 17th, 2025, in a remote forested region of Central Europe. A thick, white mist materialized seemingly out of nowhere and stretched across several hundred square kilometers of dense wilderness.
At first, locals dismissed it as an unusual weather pattern, a mere trick of the atmosphere. But within hours, disturbing reports appeared when travelers vanished without a trace, strange sounds echoing from the mist, and most disturbingly, witnesses experiencing vivid hallucinations, visions of monsters, lost loved ones, or impossible landscapes.
This was not merely fog. This was something else.
And thus, the world's first Forbidden Zone was born, The Valley of Mist.
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Initial Reports – Local Authorities
07:35 AM – A highway patrol officer, Sergeant Daniel Kessler, reports an unusual fog bank forming near Route B17, blocking visibility. He advises drivers to take caution.
09:20 AM – Calls flood into local emergency services from hikers and villagers, complaining of vertigo, disorientation, and seeing things that aren't there.
11:10 AM – A tour bus carrying 25 passengers enters the mist on Forest Road 22, and never exits.
12:45 PM – Drone reconnaissance deployed. Feed cuts to static within 100 meters of entering the mist.
14:00 PM – Regional authorities issue an emergency no-entry order. All roads leading to the affected zone are sealed off.
By nightfall, the entire valley had disappeared into an endless white abyss.
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Interview with Elena Fischer – A Survivor
[Audio Transcript – Recorded at Berlin Medical Research Facility, November 20, 2025]
Interviewer: "Elena, can you tell us what happened inside the mist?"
Elena: [Pauses, breathing heavily]
"I… I was with my brother. We were hiking… Then the mist swallowed us. It was so thick we could barely see our hands in front of us."
Interviewer: "Did you notice anything strange?"
Elena: "At first, just the quiet. No wind. No birds. Just this awful, crushing silence."
Interviewer: "And then?"
Elena: "Then we started hearing voices. My brother… he said he could hear our mother calling to him. But our mother died when we were kids."
Interviewer: "Did you hear anything?"
Elena: "Yes. My father. He was calling my name. I knew it wasn't real, but… I wanted to believe it."
Interviewer: "What happened next?"
Elena: "The shadows. They moved. They watched us. Some of them… weren't human."
Interviewer: "What do you mean?"
Elena: [Shaking voice] "I saw a shape, something was standing in the mist. It had legs, arms, but… its face was wrong. Like it wasn't finished being made. And it was smiling. Grinning. My brother saw it too. He screamed, and then, he ran. I chased after him, but… I lost him."
Interviewer: "He disappeared?"
Elena: "Yes. Just like the others."
Interviewer: "And how did you escape?"
Elena: "I don't know. I ran. I ran until I collapsed… and then I woke up outside the mist. Alone."
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Within days of the mist's appearance, global powers took notice.
• Satellite imaging failed to penetrate the mist.
• All radio, GPS, and electronic signals were disrupted within its boundaries.
• Thermal scans detected large moving objects, but their signatures were erratic and inconsistent.
The European Defense Council immediately designated the area as a restricted zone, while NATO forces established a military perimeter around its borders.
A joint task force, consisting of scientists, military personnel, and intelligence agencies, was assembled to investigate the phenomenon. Their first mission was simple, which is to send a reconnaissance team inside the mist.
Declassified Mission Log – Operation Mistwalker
Date: November 23, 2025
Objective: Conduct a 24-hour expedition into the Valley of Mist.
Team:
• Captain Erik Baumann (Squad Leader)
• Dr. Louise Tran (Scientist, Paranormal Research Division)
• Lieutenant Victor Haas (Communications & Drone Operator)
• Sergeant Marko Petrov (Heavy Weapons Expert)
Mission Report:
08:00 AM – Team enters the mist. GPS fails immediately.
08:35 AM – Communications begin to break down. Team relies on flares and physical markers to navigate.
09:50 AM – Dr. Tran reports feeling "watched".
10:20 AM – Thermal scanners detect multiple large heat signatures moving in the distance. No visual confirmation.
11:05 AM – Lieutenant Haas begins hearing voices, claiming his wife is calling to him from the fog.
12:30 PM – Contact lost with Lieutenant Haas. The team searches but finds no trace of him.
13:10 PM – A massive entity is detected 40 meters away. Description:
• 8-9 feet tall
• Humanoid in shape but distorted
• Emitting a low, guttural clicking sound
• Its "face" constantly shifting, like a mirage.
14:00 PM – Captain Baumann orders retreat.
14:30 PM – Team emerges from the mist, but Dr. Tran is missing.
Final Casualty Report: 2 missing, presumed dead.
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Scientists proposed several theories regarding the Valley of Mist:
1.) Psychoactive Airborne Agent:
• The mist may contain hallucinogenic particles affecting the human mind.
2.) Temporal Anomaly:
• Some theorists suggest that time functions differently inside the mist, explaining why missing people are never found.
3.) Interdimensional Rift:
• A radical idea proposes that the mist is a gateway to another plane of existence, allowing unknown entities to emerge.
Some researchers believe the Valley of Mist is not just a natural phenomenon, but something deliberate.
"The mist is intelligent. It adapts. It preys on the mind. If this is some kind of living organism, then we are dealing with something beyond human comprehension."
– Dr. Emilia Graves, Paranormal Researcher
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The Valley of Mist remains off-limits to civilians and researchers alike.
Despite multiple expeditions, no one who enters the mist willingly ever returns.
With the rise of Element-119 (Mana), some believe the mist is linked to the sudden mutation of life on Earth. If so, the world must prepare for more anomalies like this one.