Mystery Flesh Pit National Park

[@michellegodwin6567]

>comes to Earth >takes a nap >wakes up only to realize that a bunch of weird, microscopic monkeys have built a national park inside your mouth >park collapses >vomits >goes back to sleep

[@trickstarphoenix8413]

>no further elaboration

[@rowanjones5562]

Not only all of that, but they pumped it full of drugs to get it to go back to sleep, it coughed, puked, moved its arm so it wasn't lying on it and fell back asleep high off its gourd. So a good lazy sunday morning.

[@liammitchell2540]

@@rowanjones5562we should all be so lucky

[@SurvivorPrepper1776]

Humans are not Monkeys and this creature is not an extraterrestrial.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

@SurvivorPrepper1776 True... Humans are much less smart than monkeys. Monkeys wouldn't be dumb enough to build a theme park in a giant monster's guts, do I really need to provide any more evidence than that?

[@t1dotaku]

"humans aren't stupid enough to visit a place where the bodies of dead people are used as trail markers!" Mount Everest: Yeah, you see, about that....

[@nymphaeacea]

rip green boots

[@georgeharrisonfricklas7927]

@@nymphaeacea the CCP mysteriously removing green boots and his brother from everest is one of the few good things they've done.

[@infinitelyexpandingcringe3368]

F In the replies for George Mallory

[@kuma788]

@@infinitelyexpandingcringe3368 F

[@captainskippy4560]

F

[@robinchesterfield42]

To be fair, if people built an entire giant shopping mall inside me, filmed freaking...adult funtimes films inside of me and sold them in the gift shop of said mall, AND named parts of my anatomy things like "God's Mistake"...I'd be kinda pissed off too!

[@DarwinskiYT]

I’d love that

[@floreroafloreril1458]

You have to agree that naming something "God's Mistake" is an incredibly ominous and -imponent- imposing name (?

[@markdaniels1839]

@@floreroafloreril1458 unless it's the pelvic area

[@RowFive]

I'd think it's pretty funny ngl

[@darraghmckenna5277]

To be honest they were also mining into it that might have had something to do with it to.

[@Blandco]

The creepiest part of this is how children are naturally frightened of going into the pit and how the corporation had to put so much effort into making seem OK.

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

Reminds me of the auto industry

[@artimus4198]

@@6Six6Six6Bruhthat’s actually a great observation, +5 ration units

[@humanbean4037]

@@6Six6Six6BruhI guess it didn’t work on me ;-;

[@Sing_A_Rebel_Song]

Eh not that scary, sounds pretty normal

[@prestocatronium]

@@Sing_A_Rebel_Song sorry what about mfp national park is normal?

[@Skeletoonz]

Imagine lying down for a nap, and then you get a really bad stomach ache. And you wake up, and ants have just made little tiny mounds all over your back and are actively crawling in your mouth and down your throat. I have leveled up and unlocked: *A new Nightmare*

[@danielzakgaim2764]

Ants are too big. I'd say single-celled bacteria is more accurate.

[@Skeletoonz]

*Imagine a green ooze of bacteria pouring into your mouth*

[@androidmk5987]

Yay I can choke and cause a mass ant tragedy

[@headphonegirl21amm93]

Yeah, that creature was the real victim

[@mayav927]

I hate you for this

[@redgunnit]

That price gouged water becomes even more egregious when you find that, in one of the poster, there's a note that warns guests to drink more water as the pit is "known to leech water from guests".

[@melvin2313]

There’s another notice where they tell you not to bring outside food and water. It figures they force you to throw away your water as you enter the park gates just like any other park that will require you to walk long distances. People are going to be forced to buy inflated waters. *sigh*

[@redgunnit]

Atleast there's all this cheap, healthy, Coke Heartthrob!

[@trevors.5922]

Or the fact thats scientifically impossible if theres no contact with the skin haha.Just a marketing scam

[@bruh3457]

@@trevors.5922 hey, buddy, its also scientifically impossible to have a giant flesh pit in the ground. Scientific impossibility kinda went out the window

[@thesis_gaia7960]

Well, if they are walking in the flesh, they kinda have some sort of contact with it, so it's possible right?

[@nyx4506]

Another note on how massive this thing is: it takes six months to inhale and six months to exhale. Visitors were only allowed in the "lung" structures during Winter and Spring during its "inhale" cycle.

[@queenfree85]

this terrifies me more than anything in the entire 1hr 16 and a half minute video Wendi made... 😳

[@mintsmooth860]

how did it cough, choke and vomit in like 10 minutes then?

[@nyx4506]

@@mintsmooth860 I have no idea, that's just what it says on the blog 😅

[@raridino600]

@@mintsmooth860 it was asleep beforehand, and considering how large it is, probably has faster responses to things like drowning or poisoning (a little water in one’s lungs is really not good)

[@ButterflyScarlet]

​@@mintsmooth860breathing while asleep is comparatively quite slow. The heart rate can dip to 40bpm. Coughing however is a rapid, involuntary set of muscle spasms. The fact that it took that long to cough, when a regular human takes like a second, is already a huge deal

[@SemicolonExpected]

Imagine you're taking a nap and suddenly you cough after what you think is accidentally inhaling some spit, and then realize you can't close your mouth and then suddenly you puke. All this while you're still groggy af because you were just sleeping.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Honestly, it would be easy for me to assume I was dreaming, shift my position a little, and go back to sleep.

[@SemicolonExpected]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes After throwing up?

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

@@SemicolonExpected not a lot else to do at that point; the worst is over, nothing to do for it except sleep it off

[@liammitchell2540]

And drugged, don’t forget drugged

[@AndorRadnai]

And are pumped full of hard drugs by some weird new bacteria… But the audiobook is so good, you immediately fall back asleep.

[@PanzerMan332]

"98.6 degrees, and 100% humidity." Ah, Florida.

[@robo-joe6111]

I love how know one realizes that the humidity percentage is how much of the air is water so this means it’s underwater. But yeah, I work in a warehouse in Georgia and I wholeheartedly agree Update: thanks to everyone who has helped learn what humidity actually is because I was misinformed in school.

[@apocalypticool9043]

@@robo-joe6111 Humity is how much water the air can hold, so 100% humidity means that the air cannot hold anymore water.

[@bingdinggold1877]

I hate super hot days but when the humidity is high i can BARELY STAND to be outside lol. Its so muggy and im not even in Florida

[@truebornseeker9767]

Thats just fucking swimming at that point

[@EyeOfSandwich]

That's what it's like in Ireland at the min and everyone is slowly suffocating 😅

[@BjornDennis]

I'd love to see a fake documentary of this concept. Victims with slightly healed digestion wounds, footage of the inside as it collapses, acted out footage of events they couldn't capture such as the calcified performers, etc.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

imagine one of the testimonies being from one of the brains connected to a computer, and before the camera crew walks in you could see lines upon lines of "kill me" getting frantically deleted by its caretaker

[@deltap6967]

@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan stop

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

@@deltap6967 :)

[@neegas3490]

@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan so good!!

[@diegorincon4673]

I love pseudo documentaries. This one would certainly be excellent.

[@JohnJohnson-jr6hp]

Fun fact: mastication means chewing. Chewing. Those poor bastards were caught between some sort of teeth down there.

[@LunarJaguar]

yuuuuuuuuuuuuup

[@NikiValentine]

Oh fuck! That makes it SO MUCH WORSE

[@bonnerin0]

timestamp??

[@JohnJohnson-jr6hp]

@@bonnerin0 1:01:43 "Radio contact established with ranger vehicle trapped within 'Oyster's Shame'. Due to ventricle closure, no feasible rescue strategy can be developed before complete mastication occurs."

[@WolfgangDoW]

@@JohnJohnson-jr6hp it's a crop like in birbs/lizards most likely. A chamber before the true stomach, filled with rocks to mash food up instead of teeth.

[@fartman.mp3]

42:02 yo the "petting zoo with the declawed lobsters" is a fuckin crazy sentence bro

[@drpavel_]

Everyone's saying how this would make a great survival horror game but I really want a management sim. Try to keep investors, corporate, the government, workers and guests happy while having as few horrific deaths as possible.

[@pawepawe4854]

Or more PR based with as much deaths as possible with people still going there

[@doctorjay8673]

Mystery Flesh Pit Tycoon

[@RIOT_RIOT_RIOT]

genius

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Having as few "known" horrific deaths as possible. And make a point of turning the ones you can't avoid becoming public knowledge into "lessons about why visitors need to listen to you".

[@drpavel_]

@@ladykoiwolfe Now we're talking

[@altheaxyrrie]

Imagine being the creature and finding out that humans built a dance club inside of you

[@CannonZeroKiryu]

I’m sure Adventure Time had an episode about that

[@darkside2554]

@@CannonZeroKiryu they did

[@roisin33]

Maybe thats what ibs is for humans, party parasites

[@pd4591]

Not even just that. They built FREAKING sex chambers inside it. I would be absolutely outraged

[@realdragao6367]

When you're casually sleeping and furless monkeys start building things inside you

[@braveasanoun5673]

I can just imagine god damn “I was created in the mystery flesh pit thermal springs” baby outfits in the many gift shops they have to offer lmao

[@panniks9107]

"i was conceived inside a creature inside a bigger creature"

[@ghristophermyers666]

LMAO

[@FabbrizioPlays]

Same energy as the Dashcon Ball Pit baby

[@battlepassgaming]

@@panniks9107 born in one womb: 🤓🤓🤓 born in 2 wombs: 😎😎😎

[@timohara7717]

@@panniks9107 inside a n- other creature

[@tezeroth4905]

watching this 2 years later and the horror of 13$ for a water bottle didnt even faze me...

[@scheroxon7589]

Yea man I think we timetravelers are immune to that

[@Aroundtheworld-j7y]

Yeah…

[@My3lilmonsters]

Lmfao this is too real!

[@Eli_930]

Real

[@alexsiemers7898]

And that’s $13 in 2007 at the latest, meaning it’s effectively even more expensive than $13 would be now

[@Drcats69]

The fact that a company taking advantage of a giant lovecraftian horror pit would totally have a Chili's, tracks.

[@henotic.essence]

I guess you can say they really felt God in that Chili's 🤣

[@joshuarasmussen5679]

Those would be giant baby back ribs... I want my cuthul...cuthul....CUGHULU BABY BACK RIBS....BLOODY GORE SAuuccceee.....

[@Phantomsangel]

It said 'chilis too' and i thought it was like a sequel resturant lol

[@captain_dsz6049]

@@Phantomsangel actually same tho

[@inarieon8531]

I want my BABYBACKBABYBACKBABYBACKBABYBACK

[@GTRFKR-Official]

the funniest thing, to me, about this whole thing is that in this universe there is the possibility that a documentary made by Defunctland exists in their world's youtube.

[@kreamy12]

defunctland, for either april fools or halloween, should 100% cover something like this and act like it was real until the end of the video.

[@muticere]

I can totally hear “mystery flesh pit national park” in Kevin Purger’s voice.

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

@@kreamy12 Fascinating Horror did something similar once, treating the Jurassic Park movie like it was a real event.

[@lance_with_both_nuts]

Oooohhhh, an episode of "Abandoned" would be sick

[@KeitieKalopsia]

I was just thinking Defunctland should find an excuse to make a video about this! Maybe for April Fool’s or something

[@caslikes]

The true horror is the commercialization of the pit. It's so fucking unnerving to imagine how there's absolutely just a mcdonalds there

[@gnewhall4116]

cheeseburger

[@popsicIes]

the meat is certainly fresh!

[@Araneus21]

assertive enterpreneurship at it's finest... if something exists, there will always be someone willing to make a profit on it, be it malignant cancer, tapeworm eggs, 4000 year old mummies or corpse juice.

[@yarn7733]

At least they dont have to buy meat

[@drneotech7254]

makes you wonder where the patties come from

[@JillLulamoon]

The 38 people returning to the Pit is a lot more tragic than sinister actually. According to Trevor's QnA from November 2021 they were just survivors who rushed back to desperately search for loved ones and friends who were still trapped (and likely already dead) in the Pit. That's something I like about the disaster. Ultimately the monster didn't really do anything wrong or malicious. The 2007 tragedy was all our own fault. It choked on water pouring into its lungs because our equipment failed, then got sick and threw up because we filled it drugs to make it stop coughing. None of which would've happened if park management hadn't extended operating hours. All those people died because of human error, not the Lovecraftian horror beneath the Earth.

[@barbararab6390]

It was just a creature that no one would know about if humans didnt decide to mess with it. Even the monsters inside it were pretty much just protecting their host.

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

One thing I'm still curious about is, was nobody who attended the Fourth of July celebrations offered, just, their money back? Cuz it seems like a lot of this could've been avoided if the company just gave refunds and coupons like candy on Halloween.

[@robonator2945]

exactly. What's really annoying to me is everyone acts like this is lovecraftian horror or example of human arrogance, but it's really not. The entire point of lovecraftian horror is that there are things beyond our comprehension that we can't even hope to do anything about, so greater than us that they're not even subject to the same limitations of existance as us. But this? No, we won. Our technology let us successfully meet and overcome the new environment, and we did it so well that an entire economy was spun up in it's organs. If I have a hotel operating inside of your nuts, you aren't the one in charge here. Is it any more dangerous than early coal mines? Is it any more dangerous than going to space? Is it any more dangerous than going to the top of a mountain? Is it any more dangerous than getting in a giant metal tube and hoping to magically levitate to your destination by just running *_reaaaallllly_* fast and then hoping air pushes you up on it's own? What about getting in a giant metal tube and hoping to float your way across a body of water so large that we've still not been able to map even a fraction of it - so large that if you don't bring your own water, you'd die of dehydration before reaching the other side? (even faster if you try to drink it because it's entirely made of water that makes you more thirsty.) This wasn't a tragedy because of the dragon, it was a tragedy because of a perfect storm, arguably not even human error. The miners weren't necessarily in the wrong for taking on a bit of overtime, the resort wasn't necessarily in the wrong for letting people stay a bit longer than they would normally, etc. It was just a perfect storm of people making independently reasonable decisions, that none the less had disasterous consequences when put in just the wrong circumstances. If any one thing had been different there wouldn't have been any issues. If it hadn't been July 4th? No issues. If there hadn't of been a storm? No issues. If the miners were already off for the holiday? No issues. If the relay didn't fail? No issues. If the pump didn't fail? No issues. If communications had been better? No issues. It's arguably an example of human stupidity, but not arrogance or, necessarily, lovecraftian horror. If it woke up before we found it? Yeah, I could see an argument for lovecraftian horror, but we already got inside of it before it so much as rolled over. It's hard to be horrified of something when you're holding the detonator to a bomb in it's lungs. I mean, the thing's organs are about as big as human megastructures, which also means that they're small enough to be utterly devastated by nuclear devices. Whatever skin the thing may or may not have would probably be resillient to warheads, but I doubt it has nuke-proof guts if a few metal stints can hold open it's muscles and it has a noticable immune reaction to human attempts to drug it.

[@jellyjinjubaek6968]

This makes alot more sense than why I thought the people were crawling back to the pit

[@JillLulamoon]

​@@robonator2945I like watching channels that cover and discuss tragic accidents, like fires, amusement park accidents, etc. And you quickly notice that things like that overwhelmingly happen for one of two reasons. 1. An existing safety hazard that those in charge already knew about but chose to ignore. Sometimes for years. And everything could've been prevented and nobody had to die if it had been dealt with but fixing it would be "too expensive". Depressingly this is most commonly the reason and most tragic accidents could've been avoided. Or 2. A freak perfect storm of things happening that would've been fine by themselves but mixed together in the most unlucky way possible, and nobody is really to blame. Just sheer bad luck. The July 4th tragedy probably counts as a bit of both.

[@crocadillius6418]

Imagine getting a letter that said “it bleeds. God, how it bleeds”

[@dracothewarrior4316]

"If it bleeds, we can kill it"

[@KiatnissNZ]

If I got a letter that read that I'd be like "put that shit the fuck back and never think about it again."

[@ariaBOO]

if it was real in today’s time, the military would probably want to weaponize it or turn it into a government base. MERICA 🤪✊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dwightd.eisenhower2031]

@@ariaBOO unfunny trans person

[@nman551]

@@KiatnissNZthe good ending

[@aarcade6676]

The disaster incident log after an hour of world-building was a more satisfying payoff than any movie has made me feel

[@incredibleedibledez]

Right? I'd say let's let People like this write movie scripts but then Hollywood would fuck it up anyways

[@incredibleedibledez]

Like world war z for example. Which was an AMAZING take on the zombie genre. Max Brooks built an entire universe for them and Hollywood proceeded to destroy by trying to combine 28 days later with dawn of the dead,..

[@angelalovell5669]

@@incredibleedibledez YES. That book was fantastic, I was excited when I heard they were making a movie about it (oh, I was young...) because it seemed like such an amazing creative challenge. But hark, what's this? Brad Pitt is international zombie dodging action daddy? Hollywood, you shitbag.

[@incredibleedibledez]

@@angelalovell5669 please tell me you've read the zombie survival guide prequel/companion type book?!?! *chef's kiss* (& it was YEARS after I read the books before I realized Max is Mel Brooks(young Frankenstein, blazing saddles, Spaceballs) son!! Someone gave me the DVD as a gift but I've never even watched it. As soon as I saw the fast zombies in the preview I knew they'd fucked it up🤬

[@incredibleedibledez]

@@angelalovell5669 also, I legit laughed out loud at "Hollywood, you shit bag"!! I call my cats fuck wits all the time🤣

[@thatrealycoolguy]

I heard this described once as, you lie down for a nap and when you wake up, ants have built a colony in your lungs, stomach, and bones. Of course you would panic. At the bare minimum, you would start a coughing and trying to expel the ants from your body.

[@davidkonevky7372]

Reminds me of that one video of a girl who accidentally drank an ant infested sprite can, eugh

[@ysaysaysaysa]

That is literally terrifying 💀

[@zeuskf62]

Shouldn't have slept with an open mouth smh

[@starpenguin444]

@@davidkonevky7372 i did that a month ago, my friend took my experience and wrote a story about it for school which was pretty cool

[@InfiniteGatsu]

It's more like if sentient bacteria turned your body into a amusement park

[@SwiperNoSwiping304]

This also works as a horror story for giant flesh pits, as they have to worry about their body being used commercially as a tourist attraction and hundreds of people every day exploring through their insides, taking parts of them as souvenirs and to use for themselves, and ultimately having no control over what these hoards of people do inside of them and how they treat the various parts of them that are keeping them alive

[@treyc9590]

Can confirm. As a giant flesh pit myself this is one of my greatest fears.

[@baramenhardova3583]

"What if bacteria in your body had capitalism?" is in fact horrifying.

[@ForelliBoy]

it took me all of about 20 seconds to realize that the "disaster" of 2007 is basically triggering the flesh pit's gag reflex

[@roguevector1268]

Yea its basically if a human choked on too much water, coughed and threw up a little then smacked their elbow on a table.

[@cattibingo]

@@roguevector1268 and someone gave you a shot of drugs

[@jocosesonata]

It is dread-inducing how all these deaths and devastation was caused by this thing just coughing and moving a bit.

[@Mikeinator_]

@@jocosesonata imagine if the damn thing stood up. It would easily be visible from space.

[@iamafuckingfailure]

@@Mikeinator_ And space only cause earth would probably be fucked by all that mass moving out of the ground at once, making probably thousands of square kilometers of ground collapsing kilometers down On the good side, probably it cant because it must get sustaintment from geothermal means, so getting out of the ground and probably not being able to go back in would just be suicide for it

[@Rytonic69]

I imagine everyone's reaction to this was "That sounds horrible and disgusting. Tell me more"

[@shentsaceve5642]

Yep.

[@ImstuckincaveplsHELP]

Mine was "im scared as fuck, it gave me nightmare and new fear, tell me more about this"

[@poliisi5]

That's me

[@supergeeky7529]

very much yes!

[@gemujimu]

ññ

[@ABUBBA22]

This would have been the perfect 80s horror movie. The corporate cynicism, the bodyhorror, the satire. I could have seen John Carpenter direct this.

[@coreym162]

They actually seldom went after corporations in film in the 80's. That's a 90's like with Fight Club and such.

[@ABUBBA22]

@@coreym162 I see where you are getting at. But 90s movies like fight club hated corporations and consumerism in general. The 80s on the on the other hand had a weird hard on for the evil MegaCorp like in Robocop, Aliens, Terminator, and Blade Runner. The mining company that controls the flesh pit will fit in perfectly with weyland-yutani and Omnicorp.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Hahaha that's actually a pretty accurate assessment, so a blend of They Lives timeless corporate/political cynicism/the body horror of thing..with some of the satire of big trouble? Carpenters movies always had a cynicism about the Reagan nightmare they lived in, especially NY/LA, starmans like his only optimistic movie Idk though he got incredibly tired of Hollywood after nobody appreciated his movies at the time, maybe it could've been a low budget classic

[@thecoldglassofwatershow]

Cronenberg! “In the vein of Scanners and Videodrome” could be the tag line

[@dubuyajay9964]

@@thecoldglassofwatershow "From the Director of 'Scanners' and 'Videodrome' comes a deep foray into a world of terror..."

[@whywouldyoudothat1346]

As a Texan, the quote "If you're going into the pit, you better be strapped" is the most Texan thing imaginable.

[@Fembro]

“Dad how did you meet mom?” “Well son I met her in the flesh pit thermal springs”

[@Wired_User]

Imagine knowing someone in your family or friends circle who went to an orgy at the mystery flesh pit…imagine your SO cheated on you by diving in the pit! Smh

[@P-C-Principle]

I wanna go below the yellow line

[@anonymouswhite7957]

@@Wired_User if your SO cheated on you in the springs, then they are not your SO anymore. With family you could gain new family “members”, your friends can get new spouses. The amniotic fluid is not only an aphrodisiac, it is also a very powerful tool to bond people after the “action”. If only it isn’t highly addictive and gives people withdrawal, it would be the next big thing in finding life partner

[@DerNomade1871]

"Saved her from the wildlife that day, that night how we conceived you in the fondue"

[@rystalvitt]

You did what to moms what?!

[@UnderfedShmuck]

The fact those giant bugs have human hands is an absolutely horrible detail

[@corvid.monarchy4875]

THEY WHAT

[@ayvorii]

Pause what

[@ed3nn]

HUH-😃

[@Parku7]

I think some theories say it is a “ successful “ amalgamation

[@Kez_DXX]

@@corvid.monarchy4875 Yes, and they use them to strangle their prey as I recall

[@redgunnit]

Fun fact: The reason those clowns fell into the pit is because they were doing a tightrope routine over it. Just outright asking for it.

[@dartboardbaby]

That’s terrifying

[@BillyShamsReal]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@crowdemon_archives]

lmfao

[@Salterisks]

@@BillyShamsReal fourty five more of those and you got the whole circus clown chymus

[@jeffmanbrawler]

Yo they are literally supposed to have nets under tight ropes they literally were asking for it

[@katymaurer388]

This is one of my comfort videos. I don't know why. I rewatch it every few months, especially if I'm home alone. I think it speaks to how well this story is crafted, and how well Wendi retells it, that it really feels like a tour and review of a real park

[@billymccarty9479]

I live in Dallas and I make trips with my sister to midland every once in a while for business. The biggest thing that intrigued me about this story is the man worked in the oil industry. When we drive towards and into midland, all you can see are oil fields. Don’t know if this adds any credibility to the story?

[@aimizonoroff9959]

Same for me. This is kind of a special video. It feels like it captures me more than any other video of his. Sad thing is I could never find any video on KZbin that gave me the same feeling. I would love the expansion of this lore.

[@ethericcactus]

same! this is my third or fourth time watching it, i just throw it on in the background whenever im doing work lol

[@JBob08]

Things like this are proof that Hollywood isn't out of ideas. People are just scared to take a risk.

[@trippy0752]

Or don't have the funding?

[@JBob08]

@@trippy0752 that kind of aligns with what I'm saying. People are scared to back a project like this because it wouldn't be a "safe" bet.

[@trippy0752]

I wish they were more courageous, it's like how scp articles could make the perfect shows or even full length films and yet no one even tries to adapt them

[@ssharkbait]

@@trippy0752 it may happen eventually. People do adapt them into games and short films right now so it’s headed into that direction. We saw a few Creepypasta get a TV adaption and (not the best examples narratively, but still something that started online) Slender Man and Five Nights at Freddys have become mainstream and made into movies. We’ve even seen viral Twitter threads adapted. TVs shows and musical artists have started using the ARG/unfiction format to advertise. Hollywood has started looking more and more into internet creations for ideas. I think it’s only a matter of time before it becomes the norm to adapt internet stories, creations, and other viral media.

[@riotbreaker3506]

I don't agree with that semtiment, some movies are just easy cash, then you have movies like Lamb or Underwater, at least recently.

[@humantna2492]

i love fictional “monster” names that are just “hey this thing sucks and we hate it” like natures mockery or amorphous shame

[@-PNGMAFIA-]

god's mistake

[@s0LLagal]

I see nature's mockery and just think of GHE, lol

[@akirathewildcard9625]

Nature's unwanted child

[@billiejeanslover8929]

Broken philosophy

[@akirathewildcard9625]

@@billiejeanslover8929 no thats just one of the activities not the monster names

[@eagleeye5189]

I love how realistically depicted the accident is. Considering this whole thing is treated like an amusement park of sorts, it makes sense that its downfall would be due to human negligence and not the creature itself. It's like a Defunctland episode but with...meat.

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

And blood, god how it bleeds

[@julesking1303]

@@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando imagine amusement park selfies of visitors covered in that cave blood **eeugh**

[@sweetsummarain]

Man, petition for Kevin to make a April Fool's video about the Fleshpit for Defunctland!

[@NuIIxiety]

I love how it's real

[@etowno5708]

this actually happened though right? I thought I remember people talking about this happening around 2007

[@izaries]

you have this southern accent that comes out every once in a while and it really added to this whole experience, especially when you read letters/notes, very immersive 10/10

[@notmocka]

This is so fun, the immediate reaction is always "Why would people EVER go near that for fun" People go to see the acidic lakes in Yellowstone, camp in bear and cougar infested forests, go cave exploring where dozens have tragically died in horrific ways Humans ARE space orks

[@zeallust8542]

Bro if there was a flesh pit irl id definitely be visiting it.

[@notmocka]

@@zeallust8542 duuude me too but people call me weird

[@melmentomori]

Also Mt Everest which is one of the biggest bucket list goals ever, a mountain which literally uses ETERNALLY FROZEN HUMAN BODIES AS LANDMARKS DURING THE HIKE

[@birdie394]

Holy shit a fellow Humans Are Space Orcs fan! first one i've seen yet...

[@arieson7715]

Well, if you didn't know people have guns to shoot bears and cougars. And I hate when people use 'people' as if every fucker wants to go spelunking through the deepest caves in the world.

[@wanderingwriter1210]

rewatching this, the most striking thing is the insanely high levels of dad energy that wendigoon gives off when he gets outraged about the overpriced theme park water bottles

[@CHICKENNUGGETSKOON]

"my word"

[@TheSlammurai]

No, Wendichild, you can't have a water bottle. Look at those prices.

[@bombomos]

Welcome to Disney. Welcome to Hell.

[@Noobethil]

omfg rewatch that bit and notice the hand towels right below the water bottles. "Hand Towel - $22.00 USD when avail." ummm.... when available? oh my the implications.

[@scooble_]

Because the price is bullshit

[@dandydasyt4766]

The thing that caught me off guard the most was when i looked up the organism chart thinking it's like "oh they probably ripped this off of an old science book for fauna from the past" but no, it's all Flesh pit. and as it goes on i can't help but be blown away by how dedicated they are to illustrate this alternate reality in a way that makes you think "yeah Disney would've definitely done this". From the map to the warning signs, everything just breaths this aura that someone was commissioned by a wealthy park tycoon to showcase the grandeur and magnificence of his empire. In an age where ARG and horror stories content consists almost entirely of altered existing content, this makes me feel like i've just discovered horror all over again.

[@lazchurchyard1229]

I think they built off Mother Horse Eyes

[@Crystalsandchrome]

The attention to even the smallest of details is amazing! It is so well done!

[@Vixa_Jaz]

I’m looking at the art now and wow! It’s so detailed and looks extremely professional

[@haileymccurry3756]

actually they are all based off of ancient creatures

[@connorm1181]

The fact that the Caddo people's story of sacred medicine water is a legitimate story told by the Caddo people and the creator of the flesh pit ARG wasn't necessarily even referencing it when he first came out on the subreddit is some of the best pieces of storytelling that i've seen in a while

[@_Astrum]

"Hey guys we found a giant lovecraftian monster that we have no hope of ever comprehending or understanding." "Okay but how do we market it?"

[@jacobfike3697]

Honestly malevolent corporate bullshit is the perfect thing to add onto Lovecraftian horror

[@masqueraderedacted5826]

✨Capitalism✨

[@msobota4080]

@@masqueraderedacted5826 the Soviets would have done a similar thing lmao, they would have used it for scientific propaganda or to scare US Christians somehow

[@masqueraderedacted5826]

@@msobota4080 I wouldn't be surprised, but technically the Soviet Union wasn't actually communist. Communism has never been implemented in any country.

[@proffesionalweredog7426]

@@msobota4080 capitalism bad

[@bronsonneill2944]

This place needs a Defucntland style mockumentary about this park OMG.

[@redjxsn8123]

Dude i love you for saying that

[@papadong8100]

Omfg yes!!!!

[@JBob08]

Yes yes yes

[@alexaguilar2678]

I love you for saying that, you’re a legend

[@Thenormal880]

Yup

[@DrPie0licious]

What's really horrific to me is that, given the timing, location, and content, I definitely would've died in that accident cause I would probably be there for some kind of Boy Scout trip trying to earn my Flesh Pit Merit Badge

[@yamman225]

i think most of us would 😂

[@koalabro6118]

Only if you hadn't earned your Emergency Preparedness merit badge. Imagine the Mystery Flesh Pit merit badge being Eagle Required.

[@theoleadfoot2864]

@@koalabro6118 dude it would be like swimming, biking, or mystery flesh pit is required for eagle lol

[@speckled_crow]

BEST COMMENT LMAOOO

[@Everettalla]

That’s better than graduating

[@caricromwell6869]

My daughter was watching this when I got home from work. She was in the middle somewhere, right before things go...bad. LOL I thought it was a real place, and asked her if she wanted to go. She looked right at me and said NO. I was taken aback, but, you know, whatever, she's a teenager. Then, I started to pay attention. O M G WTF So, I had to watch from the beginning on my own. What a ride. LOL

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Ok but imagine how jarring that must’ve been for your poor kid; they’re just trying to watch a horror video, safe in the knowledge that none of this can hurt them, then their parent shows up and as Sunny as can be, asks if you want to go into the flesh pit.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Don't you want to see where you were conceived, dear?

[@teenagetoddler]

based parent

[@ваегег]

Is your daughter alright? 😏

[@russell6clacks]

32:10 Imagine telling your kids you met their mom while you were both bathing inside the hormones of a giant Lovecraftian creature turned into a national park

[@sarahni]

Our first date was at God's Mistake

[@mrlaz9011]

"coincidentally, that's where you were also conceived!"

[@popump2617]

I'd probably brag if I was concieved in a place like that.

[@MissAkashiya]

@@sarahni in the Q&A section of the website, someone asked if there was a chapel there and apparently there was! People did get married there. So, we meet for our first date, make sweet sweet love, and get married all in the same afternoon!

[@ManWithTheCow]

I would love to see a romcom about that, called smth like “Desires of the Flesh”

[@jaadytetty9377]

The clown cake thing is absolutely horrifying, imagine just being melted into goo, but your still alive, in agony, pain, and suffering, and then getting frozen into a tourist attraction.

[@robertz.5199]

Pretty much being springtrap

[@_Cato_]

@@robertz.5199 What’s that?

[@robertz.5199]

@@_Cato_ An animatronic of Five Nights at Freddy's that was a man who got into a robot and got smashed by the systems so hard he basically turned into a rotten body mass that can't die inside the suit. Also, because the local was turned into a horror attraction the animatronic he was inside of was used as the main attraction, so yeah, checks out

[@scotl6995]

@@robertz.5199 yea but instead of being fused together with 49 other people he was impaled from all angles and revived 30 years after his death

[@SeaFR]

@@scotl6995 I like to think he was actually alive all that time. Not revived He just laid there, suffering, for thirty years. Pretty deserved, I think.

[@lordcrimson913]

I love that despite cosmic horrors and the existence of a dragon the size of a fucking state, the true horror was human negligence driven by profit.

[@brandonporter8509]

“Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

[@TheCorrodedMan]

@@brandonporter8509 That gives me Terry Pratchett vibes

[@stormmcbeth5744]

You NEED to play Darkest Dungeon

[@bastiansaavedra481]

So the usual

[@honeybadgerftw2383]

No one like this anymore, we at 666 rn

[@alicethemad1613]

It’s basically just went: “koff koff” (vomits a little) “ugh” (swallows) (moves hand) (goes back to sleep)

[@hyperdrive2412]

It’s like an episode of magic school bus that went horribly wrong. Imagine the teacher being like “ Hey kids, we are going to the mystery flesh pit!” and all the kids cheering.

[@xxxfaze_cumshotxxx7946]

i imagine that this definitely exists as an episode in that universe

[@jessmess7170]

If Wanda's fantasy was made real with Arnold

[@ImstuckincaveplsHELP]

What episode is that?

[@ImstuckincaveplsHELP]

Nvm i thought ut was a real episode

[@austinmiller2170]

And the bus transforms into one of the mining vehicles and just starts hacking its way in XD.

[@TheSquishy88]

The most fascinating part about this is how some of the people who were rescued crawled back inside the pit. That and the fact that the sign on the electric fence said “it does not have a gift for you” makes me think that the pit has some kind of psychological effect on people that make them want to be inside it. That also might explain why the people in this universe are less afraid of the idea of exploring and building a national park out of it than we would expect. Whether this only effects people that have been inside it, or it effects the people around it, I’m not sure.

[@nice7324]

And the whole clown thing being "beautiful", essentially the monster brainwashing people to be consumed.

[@lithuaniaball]

Even the guy who found it got that impression. Mr. Simple oil man didn't contact a priest when he found a bloody hole in the ground, he saw dollar signs

[@ericacano9057]

@@lithuaniaball To be fair that's American capitalism for you. If anything can make them money, even if it puts people in danger, then they'll still do it.

[@ZeAshTonz]

That strange psychological influence WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED AND SUBTLY SET UP! We know that the concentrated amniotic fluids have very strong psychoactive and mind-altering effects. People in contact with strong doses felt a very deep physical and emotional resonance. All this time, they assumed that those feelings were for the other people around them, but maybe the true purpose of the amniotic fluid was to draw people towards the superorganism itself, like flies to honey paper. It's entirely possible that the 38 people who returned to the organism had been exposed to the strongest pools of amniotic fluid during the vomiting event. The brochure even mentioned that people should get religious and psychological counseling before attempting the strongest amniotic love domes.

[@iamsheep1503]

When I heard that the people were seen clambering back into the beast, I immediately thought that the people inhaled or ingested some kind of hormone that forced them into mindless, seemingly natural subservience to the pit - doing the only thing their inner mind can do which is to return to their perceived mother.

[@aidanshea5942]

Not to go off topic, but this is why within their universe, the SCP foundation are absolutely necessary, because without them, every single anomaly would be turned into a theme park.

[@clowncommunication395]

i wonder how an scp-173 or scp-096 theme park would be lmao

[@otomatonesattheendoftime2396]

Scp 3001 hiking trail

[@aidanshea5942]

@@otomatonesattheendoftime2396 I think diving would be more accurate.

[@jimmytheshadowleviathan7243]

“And here is scp 173! Make sure not to look away! WHY DID YOU LOOK AWAY TIMMY OH FU-“

[@worlds2ndbestlawyer]

@@jimmytheshadowleviathan7243 SCP 173 being used as a jungle gym at a playground 😭 "don't go too far Juan! and remember... don't close your eyes."

[@douglaswegener6463]

God I haven't heard anyone speak of this place in so long. In 86, our graduating class went there. Thank God I was 18 at the time. I met my wife there.

[@Godzillafan78]

Please don’t say you went to the orgy spring

[@breadoffender2738]

I could imagine posts on the internet in that universe like "People who visited the mystery flesh pit before the incident, what was the scariest thing you saw?"

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

With the shitty computer voice reading the text on the screen too

[@emilykapallen4979]

Those already exists. Try haunting the MFP subreddit

[@cygoody697]

What I just watched this whole thing and it’s fake?

[@homieslayer1807]

@@cygoody697 Bruh did you really think the giant monster was real

[@the-letter_s]

@@cygoody697 DON'T LISTEN TO THEM THIS IS REAL THE GOVERNMENT IS JUST OBSFUCATING IT'S EXISTENCE AND PAYING OFF SURVIVORS TO SAY IT'S FICTIONAL

[@avainquin]

I love the horrific yet slightly comedic tone this entire world building has

[@UrDadLes37]

Yes.

[@luminvader8911]

They def based it in reality and especially the way humans will use whatever materials they can get their hands on to make profit. Knowing what people use from animals or deep from the earth in our foods or mass production; I could see humans going into a live creature just to use their body parts or fluids for profits. Eerily based in reality and therefore so much more enjoyable

[@rats_in_a_PACK]

the guy who made this is not only a genius, but you can tell he's having fun with it.

[@MAXIMUMOVERCHARGE]

Ah yes the "pleasure domes"

[@sophdog2564]

Trick or treating! The trick is b l o o d

[@absollnk]

Reading phrases like "broken philosophy" and "god's mistake" on lists of national park attractions is both hilarious and horrifying

[@strawberrylotlizard]

I have to know what gods mistake was lol

[@Dwendele]

What was the other one? Oysters Horror? 😂😂 Sorry but I got a 💦 vibe off that

[@MrSnuggles3000]

I though gods mistake was from Gemini entertainment

[@viktortanev2686]

@@strawberrylotlizard The more i live the more i belive it's Us :)

[@doctorjay8673]

@@MrSnuggles3000 I believe that's Nature's Mockery

[@thejotunn4417]

I gotta respect Wendigoon's commitment here. My man spent hours saying the word "copepod" wrong without once taking the 10 second luxury of looking up how it's pronounced. That's dedication.

[@matthewmccollum7958]

1:02:29 Just want to note, Trevor Roberts has said, “It wasn’t an accident that in the 2007 disaster report that the three “Intrapit Lifeforms” that actively hunt down visitors on the surface aren’t called or mentioned to be Abyssal Copepods. There are bigger and angrier things in the deep. Things that hunt Abyssal Copepods. Things the pit actually notices.” So it wasn’t the Copepods, it was something so much worse.

[@josemitakodachirecruit2004]

Thanks I didn't feel like sleeping tonight anyway lol

[@redblushinrose]

Thanks for robbing me of my sleep

[@Herpusderpus]

Fucking metal

[@lovecraftianwalrus4490]

I love that

[@coffee-ouji]

I just feel the REAL srong need to emphasize just how terrifying that is, like, imagine a creature so big intestinal fauna is x6 the size of an average human

[@hammer_l0rd]

Next time give us a jumpscare warning, literally fell out of my chair when I heard the price of water bottles

[@mjbarlowe]

wait until you go to Yosemite or Yellowstone

[@kmomo5697]

@@mjbarloweod bless america, where water is a business and somehow a Right at the same time… i think

[@cursedjade9585]

Not even Disneyland is that cruel

[@jokerman9623]

​@@kmomo5697you get water for free at restaurants just ask that's the right Bottle water is the business because it comes from mountains or whatever (probably lying)

[@cooperminion825]

​@@jokerman9623 we all know that it comes from similar faucets as the ones we have in our houses

[@Citcom_undead]

I work as a cave tour guide and its scary how realistic some of the ways things get established in the pit are.....

[@SmD-ff5xd]

So scary😱

[@merchantfan]

Yeah in many ways it parodies how we interact with and commodify nature in the world of outdoorsmen.

[@miguelmackay4851]

This reminds me of the reports of the SCP foundation

[@ethanschlong4662]

@@merchantfannerd

[@jacobrodesh9019]

Mammoth Cave?

[@jibus3556]

For those who want to explore it themselves, there's actually a fairly detailed and well-made roblox game for it, as ridiculous as that sounds. You're literally just dropped in to one of the structures and can go exploring pretty much wherever you want, it follows the source material impressively well. There's even usually players online who are happy to give tours, was definitely an amusing experience to have a probably 13 year old tour guide tell me not to go down that side cave because I'd be horrifically mauled by a brood of pit fiends

[@alexcinx]

This would make for an incredible movie, like a fake documentary of sorts

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

Osmosisjones?

[@mothmanafterdark5924]

@@youtubeSuckssNow osmosisjones.

[@stapuft]

Kinda like "the CSA" from a few years ago, a "documentary" from another universe that just...popped its way over to ours somehow, and its played entirely straight, just casually mentioning things that we have NO CLUE ABOUT because it didnt happen in our universe, but EVERYONE there knows it, so they have no need to explain it...

[@deleted6792]

Or a found footage movie of a family of tourists going off trail

[@valencelabs]

i'd love a Chernobyl-style miniseries going over the 2007 disaster and the events leading up to it

[@huxleyable]

The way the 2007 disaster timeline is written is brilliant. It reads like a retelling of the Chernobyl incident which makes it hauntingly realistic.

[@owlismyfavouritecolorflame2325]

You could say its Hauntingly beautiful

[@marcusdaloia2974]

You know it occurs to me that if someone from a alternate timeline saw people referring to The Chernobyl Incident without it being a part of their timelines history they'd probably be feeling exactly what this sort of Horror Worldbuilding was intended to inspire. Just that sort of shared cultural understanding and the implications of what it would take to make that sort of impact upon so many cultures.

[@sirentemple]

This reminds me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl videogame so much. Imagine, a post 2007 disaster gameplay, with the paranormal surrounding it. The amount of lore that is in this ARG would make for such a timeless game. (would seriously play this for hours).

[@Dumbass112]

The trapped ranger vehicle actually made me sad. They knew the ranger was there, but couldn’t do anything to save them.

[@mosesvillegas1623]

P

[@EarlyOwOwl]

Imagine oversleeping a couple hours and realizing a group of bacteria have turned your body into a tourist attraction

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

I would obliterate their civilization leaving nothing behind

[@failtronic2646]

The fucking flu in a nutshell. Sleep one night with a sore throat and a bit o congestion, next morning I want to die.

[@STYLESBYLIFEBEAUTYNMORE]

Exactly

[@joshrichards1131]

@@failtronic2646 hmm, so humans are a virus... yep, checks out, spend enough time on tiktok and you come to that conclusion

[@sillygoose9791]

I wonder what my microbes' favorite brand of food is. It's like Osmosis Jones and the flesh pit is Bill Murray

[@greenrit6664]

I love that some of the biggest details are things like making the accidents that have happened exactly the sort of thing people would do today, like the circus performers doing a tightrope routine over the freaking maw, is precisely the sort of dumb shit people do today. It adds immersion to me since it’s set in a version of real life.

[@laurakramer4888]

If i had a nickel for every artist named Trevor who made massively influential horror media, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@an1m3h]

Lupin da 3

[@moody_boos]

I see you’re a man of culture as well ^^

[@JustaMallard]

Who would the other be?

[@vinilla02]

Trevor Henderson

[@boot2470]

Let me guess Henderson

[@Vexas345]

The 70s and 80s were wild times. You never hear about a person from the 1950s or 1990s digging up a giant Lovecraftian horror to turn into a themepark.

[@Protoa-Ash-and-Arc]

What about the 60s?

[@zillaplayz2753]

​@@Protoa-Ash-and-Arcwe dont talk about the 60s

[@lulashlyn728]

@@Protoa-Ash-and-Arcthe what?

[@HungerGamesFan00]

@@Protoa-Ash-and-Arc operation monarch

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

True that

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Quick note at 1:02:00 , that the entry says *mastication*, NOT digestion Mastication means *to chew.* It took 18 hours for everyone in that chamber to be *chewed* to death

[@komi-sanmustbeprotected5665]

At least it was probably instant for alot of people because it would be like being crushed by 2 mountains

[@karma6608]

Bro just had to make it worse xd

[@Papapsoso]

New chew toy!!

[@BriarPatchNyra]

Wish I didn’t know that!

[@danielnanninga]

​@@komi-sanmustbeprotected5665I am literally almost at that point in the video but you could easily be between 2 mountains crushing you and survive for hours as long as the mountains don't fully crush down

[@rubenhinze7695]

I would feel bad for everyone who died in this disaster, but honestly, they knew exactly what they were getting into when they went shopping in a place called "The Mystery Fleshpit"

[@raviolimasteroli2341]

I just realized how cool it’d be for Defunctland to make a Mystery Flesh Pit video and act like it’s totally legit.

[@LateNightTableCo]

Would be perfect for a April Fool’s day videos

[@mrl2126]

That would be perfect

[@CoconutMigrating]

Maritime Horrors who does real life documentaries on ship sinking and disappearances did a Dead Space one for Halloween a few years ago.

[@twistedupX]

The thing that scares me the most about this is the scale of this super organism. It coughed, threw up a bit, moved its arm slightly, and then fell back asleep, and all this seemingly small movement caused insane destruction across the entire continent. Something that big is terrifying

[@udomannheim2119]

Its yo mama

[@evansutcliffe1099]

​@@udomannheim2119gottem

[@Valsorayu]

Lovecraftian Horror for ya.

[@saltedfisho]

super organism is just like me

[@TheFuckIsaLife]

That’s how ants feel

[@nerdherd1819]

"There is nothing beyond this pit worth dying for" sounds like something that someone hiding something worth dying for would say!

[@sharpfang]

That sign was inspired by a similar sign by an entrance to an underwater cave. Same phrase, same death count flip-board. It's just another flooded cave, like hundreds others, it just has particularly nasty layout where people get lost in water turning opaque due to stirred mud, and is big and branched enough if you do get lost you'll run out of oxygen before you find your way out. At least the ritualistic parts aren't there, people die in that cave simply because they want to test themselves against this particularly dangerous cave, nobody expects gifts or answers.

[@nerdherd1819]

@@sharpfang , yeah. I've seen the sign before. I must admit that my comment is inspired, if not a directly stolen from, replies I've seen to someone posting an image of that sign.

[@We_Are_All_Vultures]

Right!

[@ClickClack_Bam]

@@sharpfang This is correct. If anybody knows UFC fighter Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, go watch him tell his horror story while underwater caving. His is a typical account of what happens to someone before they die, Except he didn't die. He came that close.

[@heyannabeth]

famous last words

[@nilsgensert5814]

2 years ago: "We are now around 430k subs." At time of comment: 3.04M subs Congrats, mate.

[@bignice9050]

The most mysteriously amazing thing about this is that they got McDonald's ice cream machine to be available down there at 33:25 💀

[@BrianHopson]

When Fleshpit McDonald's is more reliable than surface McDonald's 🤨

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

@@BrianHopson Conclusion: We should build our McDonalds underground

[@untatome9337]

still broken

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

I used to work at a McDonald's and I can confirm the ice cream machine never worked and it's because the same thing is top loaded and it's like seven feet tall.and the bags used to load it with are corner opened then poured in so it will spill, it will take forever to clean up and so we just stopped ordering the mix because it was such a pain in the ass and we were too busy to ever do it so it say there like a monolith to corporate idiocy and impraticality.

[@coolvibrations8817]

and yet they "inexplicably" went back into the pit

[@LobsterPuncher]

".. It slowly lost so many traits of itself that it eventually became a blob of organs". I always wondered what it would be like to hear my own eulogy. Now I know.

[@speckled_crow]

oml I started coughing when I read this 😂😂 (not unlike a certain someone)

[@matthewjones39]

@@speckled_crow Unlike a certain someone?

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

@@matthewjones39 coughTheFleshPitcough

[@matthewjones39]

@@HlootooThunderhammer coughcough

[@jorslok8835]

I love your username

[@FatalHog]

I love how this probably originally was a idea that he creator had and was like "man this is so crazy, noone would ever visit a place like this" and then had a lightbulb moment of "wait a second, people ARE stupid enough to go to a place like this!!!!

[@specificsoup]

It's like elevated Jurassic Park

[@Silburific]

"What am I talking about- people _love_ going into death traps for fun!"

[@Force-hiddenmasquerade]

The fact that people visit Yellowstone despite having geysers of boiling water and tons of wildlife including bison that can charge at people who get too close… yeah it’s completely realistic in that regard

[@theexchipmunk]

@@Silburific See, visiting the boiling acid pools of yellowstone, all the caves, Mt. Everest, a holiday trip to Antarctica, and so on.

[@fyrhtu81]

For those just discovering the Mystery Flesh Pit - it has since become a highly successful Kickstarter for a DnD/Cypher system campaign setting.

[@Sammie1053]

I heard there was a game in the works but it was canceled. Is this a separate thing?

[@nosodiumsalt]

Giant flesh monster: exists Wendigoon: "13 Dollars for bottled water?!"

[@kaylarodrigues7892]

Price gouging is the true evil of this world

[@Trollificusv2]

Giant flesh monster: horrifying $13 bottled water: horrifying

[@Beaathoney]

I hope that’s because it’s from springs in the park with some of the libdo stuff but it’s probably just tap water

[@parks3190]

Giant Flesh Monster: Exists SCP Foundation: WE'VE GOT ONE

[@gloomboy3790]

I paid $5 for a bottle of water and that's all I talked about the entire day

[@tommykarrick9130]

You know, sometimes simple terminology can add so much to a story like this. Like in the incident report, the phrase “geo-biological” being used to describe a creature so massive it becomes part of the landscape somehow hits harder than any more poetic explanation could have

[@trainbrain13]

"Fleshscape" too, like dear God that's good

[@theasexualidiot4803]

When they combine two known words to make something you can’t even imagine is TERRIFYING.

[@tongpoo8985]

SCP is really good at doing that

[@artimus4198]

Half life 2 did this a bunch, using phrases like “amputation from the civic populace” when talking about executing someone.

[@libertine40]

Can you say 'musfossil'? 🤭

[@calliekatielady]

I think this is more sad than scary. Coughing and peristalsis are involuntary in mammals like humans. This animal wasn't even trying to hurt anything, it was just living.

[@markm3919]

Nah but this thing is evil

[@kelseygordon8606]

@@markm3919 how

[@giovannib666]

@@kelseygordon8606 the description of the natives sumarizes it. It's a "dragon" that make humans, for all intents and purposes, greedy. They had to summon a greater spirit to put the thing to slumber. Then, humans awoken it again and... got greedy. That´s not too dissimilar of what we perceive as demons, making humans greedy, lustfull and all

[@daydreamfuel5781]

@@giovannib666 I see it more as a giant animal that does weird animal things because it’s just a giant animal

[@AleTitan]

@@daydreamfuel5781 why not both?

[@El1sL1n]

As a person who loves to world build, this is literally everything I dream of doing. Like. Creating a giant universe with so many different parts to it that are so in depth and shit. And this man did it. Man, I wish I could be in his shoes tbh.

[@victoriabridgland3913]

I love that the event that shuts the park is human failure. I think that's why this series is so compelling. There are so many real world parallels with this. Amusement parks which have been poorly managed resulting in horrible deaths. Hotels built so poorly they crush guests. Also major Chernobyl vibes with the "control room" and "night shift" changeover.

[@the13throse]

The signs up around the area to discourage people from going in reminds me of those "this is not a place of honor" signs that are supposed to be placed on irradiated areas

[@MrAnthonyIII]

The human failure would be trying to make this creature into a park, to begin with. They should have just left it alone instead of trying to tame and explore it

[@redgunnit]

I love the "relevant timeline" breakdown, because it reminded me of coverage of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption.

[@soapyboi915]

It makes you think to that if that event didn’t happen it would probably keep on running even to this day

[@thesilverblueman]

@@MrAnthonyIII well considering the benefits its body can provide (rejuvenation and advanced computer parts) it would justify the exploration and mining but the shopping mall was a bad idea

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

There's one more thing people seem to look over, this thing has a chemical that makes people "in the mood" which means this thing can breed. Which means there's more of them.

[@justin2308]

Welp, I’m gonna just go ahead and say that humans had a good run and we should probably all blast off towards Mars.

[@ondrogrong1891]

@@justin2308 who says Mars isn't "one of them" ._.

[@antimarmite]

it could be an unintended effect, simply a quirk of its interaction with human biochemistry, that or the perhaps the creature has some inscrutable reason to want things that enter it to breed.

[@DefinitelyFroggyDioBrando]

@@antimarmite yes, but this is a horror story and the most horrifying choice is normally the correct one

[@bean5157]

@@justin2308 NOPE NOPE OFF TO ANDROMEDA FAR AWAY FROM THESE THINGS

[@Drizzit57]

The thing I love most about this concept is your immediate thought is “who would even try to build this” but then your second thought is “yeah we totally would try to do this for money”😂

[@-psilo-9071]

very good paraody of capitalism

[@rustyshackleford1508]

​@@-psilo-9071 Hubris, you brain rotted political midwit. The word is hubris.

[@angellflesh5896]

Also fun fact amniotic fluids are also found in stages of pregnancy. Which means this thing is pregnant. Oh god.

[@T_Teobokki]

**Oh god.**

[@michellechair]

not necessarily! we don't know all the much about amniotic fluid apart from the role it plays in pregnancy and the high number of stem cells found in it (hence why the amniotic fluid in the mfp national park has healing properties), but there's some evidence to suggest that at the very least all biologically female bodies produce amniotic fluid even outside of pregnancy, and that it potentially makes up a significant portion of what is excreted during arousal and orgasm for females :] like i said, it's exact role in the human body is pretty unclear, and we also have to remember that this organism already has very unusual anatomy so it may not have the same uses that we have for biological features like this. the presence of multiple properly formed amniotic fluid sacs certainly does suggest a pregnancy, but i wonder if the mfp has evolved some strange intrauterine cannibalistic behaviours to support its sedentary lifestyle that are similar to those that we observe in carnivorous species like sharks, wherein this case the mfp produces multiple fertile embryos and digests them all rather than allowing a full gestation to take place

[@T_Teobokki]

@@michellechair Oh damn, Thank you for this info!

[@reesepiece331]

I love how in this story's reality the vast majority of people are just totally chill with spending spring break and the family vacation in a horrific Lovecraftian organism.

[@kimorox813]

They are some of the most relatable fictional characters ever created

[@HollyfromtheHollow]

If I wasn't squeemish, sounds like a good time as long as everything doesn't go to shit.

[@TheHumbleHollow]

@@HollyfromtheHollow they're about as casual in the face of danger as the big corporation in doom 2016, I don't think they really care if a couple demon monsters accidentally wander in. Might even add some popularity, maybe it'll be a landmark like the clown sac. I can see it now, the "twin pentapods" and it's just two identical five-legged monster things, calcified when several metal rods were shot into them using that construction rifle, killing them.

[@HollyfromtheHollow]

_...AND_ as long as it's OSHA compliant. Don't want to end of losing a limb... ...Or parts of my skin... ...Or getting sick... ...Or dying... ...Or losing my stuff... ...Or family members...

[@ellie8674]

✨capitalism ✨

[@weevils]

i feel bad for the pit creature. imagine just vibing out and then the bacteria in your body start building an amusement park in your stomach.

[@heliveruscalion9124]

i'd be an accommodating host

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Honestly, you'd be unlikely to notice, unless, they showed up in the wrong place en masse, where you immune system would annihilate them.

[@grovulin1504]

That’s close to the plot of an episode of Rick and morty

[@itsgrace717]

Tfw you get salmonella

[@TheGuindo]

@@llewelynshingler2173 you'd be pretty likely to notice if they built a big metal structure around your jaw to keep you from closing your mouth, like people did with the pit 😨

[@generalcorgi]

This is amazing because all of the "science terms" make sense, instead of just being random techy jargon. It makes it so much more understandable and realistic. Truly horrific

[@WhitneyDahlin]

YES! This is what true science fiction is supposed to be! He did so much research it seems plausible. It even makes sense that they would use some type of industrial strength anti acid and that would calcify the people! Because that is EXACTLY what happens when humans use anti acid when they have too much stomach acid or heartburn. They use Tums (which is just pure calcium) and Pepto-Bismol etc and what those do is neutralizes the stomach acid by calcifying it and turning it into flakes. Dude the author is an absolute FANTASTIC writer! This is so well written and he doesn't even consider himself a writer! He considers himself a graphic artist (which he is too). But his writing is just on a whole nother level! His creativity and imagination is just light-years ahead of what 99.9% of professional writers are doing. Heck Hollywood hasn't even put out one movie with an original idea in years much less a *good* original idea. I would really love for this guy to write a novel or to just expand on this world some more and publish it. I also think it's a really creative way to tell the story through Park brochures and signs and advertisements. This guy is clearly very creative, very intelligent, a lot of research went into this project and I just wish he would become an author. I bet he's full of other ideas that are just as creative and original as this idea is

[@heehoopeanut420]

right! i like how he used medical terms like bronchial and amniotic in conjunction with other organism related words so that we can easily grasp what part of the "body" he's talking about. So well written, I really appreciate the detail

[@JUSTICE971]

geobiological moment

[@statue2426]

Truly

[@biggens509]

Really? Realistic medical terms? Lol try googling the words "industrial sedative" (in quotations so it searches for the two words actually used in that Exact phrase) and there's literally no results cause there's no such thing

[@Borknesshas1]

The most terrifying part of this story is i absolutely believe it would happen in real life. "Oh a giant monster, call the tourism board"

[@emilybarclay8831]

Perfect argument against theories like flat earth: if such a thing was true, the edge of the flat earth would have been made a tourist attraction in the 50s. There would be zip lines and everything.

[@Godzillafan78]

@@emilybarclay8831that would be a cool idea tho if the other side isn’t the ice wall with all the gods that apparently are over there

[@awetistic5295]

For me, this is peak Lovecraftian horror and the best explanation why eldritch entities aren't necessarily evil. We wouldn't call a human evil for not caring about a single dying cell, microbe or pathogen in our body.

[@Roozyj]

Yeah, people just entered its mouth, what's it supposed to do? Stop its own internal workings to help out some creatures it would probably need a microscope to see anyway?

[@fim-43redeye31]

The poor thing had no way of communicating with humans, either. From its perspective it's just weird pain and discomfort. Maybe it WAS intelligent, but it's not like humanity cared about communicating with it.

[@Roozyj]

@@fim-43redeye31 we don't communicate with flu or inflammation either. We just hope our body will take care of it.

[@fim-43redeye31]

@@RoozyjFlu viruses don't organize like we do. Each independent virus is dumb. Intelligence is a unique thing.

[@Roozyj]

@@fim-43redeye31 i know, but the mysterious flesh pit may not know that about us

[@danielthemaniel7934]

If the guy who made this made physical copies of the papers and maps I'd like to think that thousands of years from now some archaeologist would come across the documents and think it was a real thing

[@amandas2639]

Planning out elaborate trolling of our descendants hundreds or thousands of years in advance. This is a worthy use of humanity's time. I like the way you think.

[@danielthemaniel7934]

@@amandas2639 see the best way to preserve it would be etchings in stone (because paper doesn't stand the test of time. Unless it's in a dry cave) another added bonus is if it were carved in stone the future peoples would likely think it was much older (then again dating methods would probably advance quite a bit by then) but yes. Trolling future humans would be a great achievement in my archaeological career

[@gfoog3911]

sounds like an Atlantis situation

[@klbzplb]

I dont think itd work, since we have internet now and stuff and this is popular

[@danielthemaniel7934]

@@klbzplb I don't think thousands of years from now the internet will still exist in the way it does. And even if it did I doubt the popularity of "mystery flesh put national park" is going to be maintained for literal thousands of years. Only religious figures have influence for that long. Don't think mfpnp is on the same caliber as Jesus and Mohammed lol

[@bigboofboofin]

Wendigoon would be the history teacher that everyone would actually listen to lol.

[@sponix4fit]

I have one of those shout out to Mr. Topliff Edit: Good man Good man Eddit: Honestly deserves more love he's been a teacher for 20 years and still loves his job

[@thunderheadcinema6743]

Tbf I think I'd listen to any history teacher if they were talking about a flesh pit

[@pinks0ph]

he reminds me so much of my high school history teacher, super cool

[@Marinesvr]

I think every history teacher is pretty cool Shout out to Mr. Orlando

[@Greideren]

"You don't get it guys, it's G I A N T S. And yes, this is gonna be in the exam."

[@zooman3453]

If anyone is curious, the background music is Six Seasons by Unicorn Heads.

[@jarenbure1415]

THANK YOU

[@alucidfrost]

Can you imagine humans coming across like prints or something of this ARG a few hundred years down the road, and being absolutely terrified trying to figure if this is real.

[@InedibleMuffin]

We need to print out the brochures and hide them in random places

[@RetroVoiceWasTaken]

That would actually be amazing

[@C-4-fs1vg]

I want a Time Machine now

[@RiteshSingh-po7tm]

this is how mythology works

[@CharlesDantonio3]

brb gonna get the brochures etched onto tiles and throw them into a bog

[@Kodaiva]

imagine exploring the lower visitor center, torn to pieces and on its side, and fighting through all the organisms that would come to inhabit it The only lights are from yourself and other people Not only do you have fear of the mystery flesh pits natural creations, but also cults of survivors who were trapped and lived inside the creature This really would make for a great game

[@josharmstrong8813]

Well have I got news for you *Someone is actually making an attempt at that:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJDIqHqlp9SggLc

[@clean_nutzzgaming5290]

So right, but I'd like it to start from the beginning of the park. Then you play after the cough.

[@Hellknight101]

I mean like, you already have the map designed for you and all that. I'd kill to see this be like, a vr game or somethin

[@burnttoast9081]

For some reason my first thought was Dead Rising married with Resident Evil. Fighting through hordes of freaky flesh monsters while also battling the psychos that an event like that would cause.

[@S3b0rg]

the spanish inquisition could be a reference for Juan Ponce's search for the fountain of youth, meaning the tale of the fountain of youth came from the flesh pit's ballast fluid

[@shentsaceve5642]

Brilliant. And could possibly tie-in that it's Jörmungandr sleeping until the time of Ragnarok... 😬

[@_Dat_Edgy_Boi_]

Fountain of youth reminds me of pirate's of the Caribbean DS game at the end where you break into a tomb and found the fountain, also if you've ever watched the movie "Dances with wolves" the Indian chief talks about a helmet from the Spanish conquistadors and how it was his great Grandpas, and how their tribe moved north generations ago so maybe that's how the armor was found

[@kittykat5090]

i briefly misread "ballast fluid" as "balls fluid" and i nearly friggin lost it

[@indyz4329]

Imagine if a game for this came out, and at one point all you had to fight off the hordes was a conquistador’s rusted armor and sword!

[@jodiegrodie]

@@kittykat5090 it is balls fluid

[@notmacncheese3545]

29:23 Falling asleep and having monkeys designate parts of your digestive system as sex holes is wild.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

How the HELL is this story not more famous? The idea is genius and the art is STUNNING. This should be all over the internet.

[@kirikoza2488]

prolly because it's set in west texas

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

@@TuriGamer I hate to break it to you but I do spend some time in horror communities and I've still never heard a single person talk about this before. That's why I'm in shock -- this deserves to be on the same level as the SCP Foundation, or at least Local 58.

[@shaunyjimenez9637]

@@TuriGamer you seem to have an itch to reply to people negatively, everything alright?

[@sgnc5932]

@@TuriGamer bro are you good? You seem to like to shit talk other comments.

[@joshstraub6972]

agreed

[@teapartypenguin1353]

The part about the clowns being turned into a monument sounds horrific, but still not that out there because stuff like that happens on Mt. Everest. Basically there's a lot of bodies on the trail from climbers who perished that are now used a markers, the most famous being "Green Boots". And I think that shows just how good the author is at worldbuilding in a way that blends horror and parody.

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

I hear of them but seeing actual photos of them...YEESH.

[@TheJoshman01]

For a while in the early 1900s, late 1800s, the paint Mummy Brown was super popular.... made with actual mummies.

[@HlootooThunderhammer]

@@TheJoshman01 OH GOD I REMEMBER READING ABOUT THAT. And the Victorians thought they were "enlightened".

[@casperrabbit7254]

What if we kissed in Green Boots' Cave 😳👉👈

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

Mammoth Cave used to have a mummified Native American on display.

[@secktur8279]

"I dont think a nuke will do anything." I dunno man, shoving an artificial sun deep down the gullet of a supermassive gore dragon will do a whole lot more damage than a spicy pepper.

[@TheNerindil]

New season of Hot Ones gonna be fucking *wild*.

[@raptorofwar4415]

The person who made this also made a government dossier suggesting courses of action. One in particular specifically noted nuclear detonations would be ineffective. Which makes sense, in hindsight. Nukes, as nice as they are, aren't actually terribly powerful compared to nature. A hurricane has hundreds of times the energy, and the flesh pit itself stretches down to the top layers of the mantle. A nuke would be like smacking your knee with a rubber mallet. It's more likely to wake the flesh pit up.

[@acatisfinetoo3018]

I thought the [contingency mesure ] was gonna be like detonating a nuke deep inside the flesh pit.

[@ariannasv22]

I'd also imagine the bomb wouldn't make it very far, plus I wonder how it'd react to having something hot going down what is essentially its mouth, like when you accidentally put something that was hotter than you expected into your mouth

[@14thbattlegroupcommander]

imo if rain water is enough to make it choke and people drugged it enough to make it throw up a couple dozen nukes should trash its lungs if we get them there

[@sirp0p0]

When authors put in redacted documents and name things like [CONTINGENCY MEASURE], it just scratches an itch for me.

[@papaswapas9857]

You’d love the SPC foundation if you don’t already