Sniper vs. The Hounds of Tindalos

Several of the other things on this page could be Exhumans or other abominations.

Chthonians in Guatemala

Cement Surroundings are no defense.

Via Boing Boing, via the Guatemalan government's Flicker feed.

In Praise of Great Worms

There seems to be a small trend in worm-based flash games these days. Cases in point:

• Worm Food - Pointed out on the Delta Green list as an example of a Cthonian-themed game.

• Effing Worms - An evolving worm trying to devour the area's technologically advancing inhabitants.

• Wormland - More along the lines of space slugs or Duneish Makers.

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Gone to Sleep

Moby and Kelli Scarr make a song based on this picture by artist Phil Toledano.


The video about their creation process (and the song itself) gives a great vibe of eerie desolation.




Author's note: the first night I watched this it inspired a fascinating nightmare about Changeling: the Lost's "Gentry", so I'm considering it prime fodder for that game at least.

Basilisk Images

Exerpt from the comp.basilisk FAQ:

5. How does a basilisk operate?

The short answer is: we mustn't say. Detailed information is classified beyond Top Secret.

The longer answer is based on a popular-science article by Berryman (New Scientist, 2001), which outlines his thinking. He imagined the human mind as a formal, deterministic computational system -- a system that, as predicted by a variant of Gödel's Theorem in mathematics, can be crashed by thoughts which the mind is physically or logically incapable of thinking. The Logical Imaging Technique presents such a thought in purely visual form as a basilisk image which our optic nerves can't help but accept. The result is disastrous, like a software stealth-virus smuggled into the brain.


6. Why "basilisk"?

It's the name of a mythical creature: a reptile whose mere gaze can turn people to stone. According to ancient myth, a basilisk can be safely viewed in a mirror. This is not generally true of the modern version -- although some highly asymmetric basilisks like B-756 are lethal only in unreflected or reflected form, depending on the dominant hemisphere of the victim's brain.

- David Langford

Island of the Dead

By Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin. Likely based on the similarly fascinating Greek isle of Pondikónisi:

Extra-terrestrial anomalies

UFOs and other oddities caught on NASA film and imagery.

Ice particles and photographic artifacts? Or evidence our secret masters don't want you to know about.


Via Dirty Russia.

Cult-reviving politician killed by lightning

Reposted from Mosnews:

A Ukrainian politician who had been excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church for his attempts to revive ancient pagan cult was killed by lightning on Saturday while on a fishing trip, Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda reported on Monday.

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A former activist in the Soviet youth movement Comsomol, Chervoni started an independent political career in early 1990s with radical Ukrainian nationalists. At some point, the politician joined the religious movement Runvera – a Ukrainian sect that seeks revival of obscure ancient cults, in particular, the worship of the sun god Dazhbog.

When he was retired from the governor’s post in 2006, all Orthodox churches in Rovno Region had a special prayer thanking the Lord for deliverance.

This story was trawled up by the Delta Green folks who had the obvious take that, in the name of nationalist cultic revival, this guy had been dredging up ancient powers best left forgotten.

But from a World of Darkness point of view he might just as easily have been fried by the Technocracy before he could use his newly acquired reality deviant abilities to revive yet another brand of superstitionist practice among the masses. Simple Paradox backlash wouldn't be out of the question either.

Via Tenebrax on the Delta Green mailing list.

Bug Hunter

Via Dirty Russia.

Writhing Brood Clusters

They're in our sewers now.

More info.


Via ialdaloboth on the Delta Green Mailing List.

Forestry Blades

Some random, cool-looking implements intended for wilderness and/or forestry use.
Click images for more information.

Gator Combination Axe
Gerber: purveyor of fine baby foods and bladed implements.

Woodsman's Pal Axe
Also available in salty sea dog.

The Magnum Kukri
Because it's tough to go wrong a giant black machete.

Again via the Delta Green list, c/o the MIB.

The Dyatlov Pass Accident

Of the event Wikipedia has this to say:

The mysterious circumstances and subsequent investigations of the hikers' deaths have inspired much speculation. Investigations of the deaths suggest that the hikers tore open their tent from within, departing barefoot in heavy snow; while the corpses show no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue. According to sources, the victims' clothing contained high levels of radiation . . . Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths, barring entry to the area for years thereafter. The causes of the accident remain unclear.

Article here.


Via the Delta Green mailing list.

Gristle for the Mill

Mark Powell sculpts morbid and realistic tableaux. His dioramas depict the aftermath of terrible events, the sort of things investigators pray never to come across.

Link.
Warning: this stuff is not for the squeamish.

Much of Paul Laffoley's artwork is derived from conspiracy theory, the occult and fringe science. Perfect fodder for transcendent cults and obsessive adepts.

Link


Discovered via Boing Boing.