How quickly they learnt to blend in with us.
How many of them appeared around October.
How long did it take them to evolve such specific forms.
What came first, our masks or theirs?
These are things we are still figuring out about the creatures known only by the newspaper-coined term "Facers". At first we didn't even know they weren't human, they just seemed to be wearing very detailed masks. The fact that they have a tendency to travel in packs just made them seem like trick-or-treaters come early.
It's hard to say what gave them away first - there are so many accounts on so many hyperactive forums that getting to the primary post, the source itself, is damn near impossible. The earliest ones found so far date back four years and are centred mostly within the United States. It seems their fondness for Halloween gave them the advantage of being able to tell a mask from a cleverly evolved facial pattern.
One of the earlier accounts says that their friend tried to mug a lone Facer and, after finding that their mask connected to their face, quickly fled. The image they hastily snapped over their shoulder as they ran showed the Facer giving chase, jaw unhinged and measuring approximately half a foot in size - utterly inhumane yet cleverly disguised as a stereotypical devil. From the neon red colouration that stopped in a sharp line with paler pink flesh behind it, sunken in as to make the face appear to be a protruding mask, to the incredibly shiny horns, this Facer was perfectly adapted to resemble a costume.
As of last week, the attempts to successfully capture a live Facer have finally paid off and we have what appears to be a young boy in a rabbit mask. The noted irregularities so far seem to be the regular twitching of the nose as the boy breathes, pain receptors throughout the "mask" area of the face and muscular movement of the ears, allowing for full 360 degree turning at will. Still his "mask" looks and feels cold and plastic, perhaps from reduced circulation to better mimic the intended design.
How many of them appeared around October.
How long did it take them to evolve such specific forms.
What came first, our masks or theirs?
These are things we are still figuring out about the creatures known only by the newspaper-coined term "Facers". At first we didn't even know they weren't human, they just seemed to be wearing very detailed masks. The fact that they have a tendency to travel in packs just made them seem like trick-or-treaters come early.
It's hard to say what gave them away first - there are so many accounts on so many hyperactive forums that getting to the primary post, the source itself, is damn near impossible. The earliest ones found so far date back four years and are centred mostly within the United States. It seems their fondness for Halloween gave them the advantage of being able to tell a mask from a cleverly evolved facial pattern.
One of the earlier accounts says that their friend tried to mug a lone Facer and, after finding that their mask connected to their face, quickly fled. The image they hastily snapped over their shoulder as they ran showed the Facer giving chase, jaw unhinged and measuring approximately half a foot in size - utterly inhumane yet cleverly disguised as a stereotypical devil. From the neon red colouration that stopped in a sharp line with paler pink flesh behind it, sunken in as to make the face appear to be a protruding mask, to the incredibly shiny horns, this Facer was perfectly adapted to resemble a costume.
As of last week, the attempts to successfully capture a live Facer have finally paid off and we have what appears to be a young boy in a rabbit mask. The noted irregularities so far seem to be the regular twitching of the nose as the boy breathes, pain receptors throughout the "mask" area of the face and muscular movement of the ears, allowing for full 360 degree turning at will. Still his "mask" looks and feels cold and plastic, perhaps from reduced circulation to better mimic the intended design.
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