Clinging Wanderers

The Midnight Article "Clinging Wanderers" was written by u/3103113162 (Ed dead the only one) and posted to r/MidnightPaper.

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CLINGING WANDERERS Have you ever come across a headless person staring at you or is that what you can guess? Many have answered this question by way of anecdotes and horrified warnings that say, "If you come across a clinging Wanderer, that entity will most likely chase you for life until you take action." A clinging wanderer, they say, is an entity that appears in places that are normally very crowded, however these beings only appear the first time when said place is almost completely empty and also if at the moment there is a storm. The clinging wanderers as said before are headless people, of any apparent age or sex, who are between 10 and 40 years old, according to intuition.

An anecdote tells that a woman was shopping in the supermarket, it was a very rainy afternoon. Suddenly the lights failed for a few seconds in the place and then, that woman saw between the shelves of food, a headless person who was staring at her. The horrified woman came out to the counter to quickly pay for her purchases and wasn't sure if what she had seen was real. However, when she went out with an umbrella and her shopping, and headed to the parking lot to pack everything in the car, she could see how far away in the rain, that headless person was looking at her again. The scared woman went home, and fearing the worst, she was stalked by that presence for almost a month, the presence always appearing outside her home. The woman says that for some reason only she could see the headless person, and says that although the entity never hurt her, she could feel that at any moment she was in latent danger.

Interestingly, everyone who encounters a clinging wanderer says that they begin to feel weaker every day, catch illnesses more easily, some begin to show problems when sleeping, paranoia, hypertension and a infinity of strange symptoms that depend on person to person.

It has been proven that a very effective way to get rid of a clinging wanderer is to try to make one of these visible and known to many people in your circle of friends / family. Try to take a picture, or a video, or talk a lot about the entity with your acquaintances, let everyone know that they are persecuting you. It may take days, but the entity will fade until its appearances no longer arrive.

Nothing else is known about the "Clinging Wanderers", what are they? What do they want? How are they attracted? Nobody knows. Anyway, if you come across one of them, wait until you get lucky. Some wanderers are much less friendly than others.

Description:

"Clinging Wanderers" are Entity-Type Oddities in the shape of headless people who appear to be between 10 and 40 years of age. They will appear in public spaces with heavy transit, but only after these places are empty and only when there is a storm in the area. A Wanderer appearance will be foretold by the lights in the public space suddenly failing, possibly hinting at the fact that the very presence of these entities disrupts the electromagnetic field.

It is unknown how, or why, these Wanderers choose to follow certain individuals. Once they appear, they will stalk their chosen target for seemingly as long as they can. Though these entities do not seem to harm their target outright (at least in an obvious manner), their target will feel uneasy, perceiving a certain feeling of danger.

The very presence of these entities also appears to sap a target's health. With each passing day of being stalked by a Wanderer, a target will begin to feel weaker, become ill more easily, exhibit insomnia, paranoia, hypertension, and other health problems that vary from person to person. Whether this sapping of health is the reason why Wanderers stalk their victims, or just an unintended side effect of their supernatural constitution, is unknown.

The motives and origin of these entities are a mystery. The reason for their appearance, too, is unknown. Did they once have a head that was removed by some unknown means, or were they formed already headless? Are they, perhaps, ordinary humans who have undergone a supernatural transformation upon being decapitated by an unknown entity?

Getting rid of a Wanderer:

Luckily, there is a way to be rid of these supernatural pests. To do this, a target will have to make the presence of their Clinging Wanderer known to as many people in their group of friends and family as possible. Recording a form of visual evidence, such as a photo or video, is an effective way to show the target's inner circle that this entity exists. If this is not possible, the target may simply talk about the entity and the fact that they are persecuting with their friends and family. A Clinging Wanderer's hold on their chosen target will then begin to weaken, and eventually they will be gone.