UN "HABITANTE" DEL MURO DE HIELO ASEGURA QUE ELLOS FUEROS LOS PRIMEROS HUMANOS | AGARTIANO ÁRTICO
Summary
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The narrator recalls a 1998 incident in the Antarctic when security alarms were triggered. They found a two-meter-tall humanoid entity standing in the extreme cold without protection, which was later brought inside the base for observation and questioning.
Initially silent, the being eventually speaks, revealing it understands English. It explains that it belongs to a vast, ancient civilization thriving beneath the Earth's surface, and that they are adapted differently than surface-dwelling humans.
The being describes its home as a complex world with cities, rivers, and forests lit by bioluminescent rock. It clarifies that they are not a subterranean species hiding, but rather a civilization that has lived below the surface since before human memory.
During an electrical failure, the entity escapes, leaving a message in the narrator's notebook stating they are now studying a surface human just as they were studied. The incident concludes with the disappearance of soldier Michael Turner, who was never seen again.