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The Rake
A pale, hairless humanoid that crouches at the foot of beds. Large black eyes. It whispers names. It appeared on the internet but people claim real encounters predate it. Creepypasta or something older?
2005 - Present
Worldwide
100+ witnesses
The Rake blurs the line between fiction and reality.
The Creation
2005 4chan:
- Collaborative fiction
- Users created creature
- Backstory developed
- Became creepypasta
- Or did it find form?
The Description
What people see:
- Humanoid
- Pale/hairless
- Large dark eyes
- Long limbs
- Crouches
The Behavior
What it does:
- Appears at night
- Foot of bed
- Watches sleeper
- Whispers names
- Causes terror
Real Encounters?
Claims exist:
- Before 2005
- Same description
- Different places
- Never documented
- Or suppressed?
Tulpa Theory
Did imagination create:
- Collective thought
- Manifested being
- Egregore
- Now autonomous
- Feeds on fear
The Question
What came first:
- The story
- Or the creature
- Chicken and egg
- Maybe both true
- Reality is strange