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| General Information | |||
| Homeworld | Unknown (spores found within the tail of a comet) | ||
| Body Type | Insectoid | ||
| Locomotion | Host-based (larva) Flight (imago) | ||
| Diet | Parasitic (larva) Unknown (imago) | ||
| Sapience Level | Unknown | ||
| Reproduction | Spores are incubated inside host and develop as an endoparasitoid. | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | Lost Tapes | ||
This is an endoparasitoidic wasp-like alien creature which seemingly starts life as microscopic spores which, when inhaled by a host, give rise to a rapidly-developing parasitic larva.
In 2008, the astronaut Miranda Bach was infected by this creature during a space mission. While fixing a satellite in space, she passed through a cloud of comet dust which, as later examination revealed, contained a kind of previously unknown microscopic spores, some of which found their way into the shuttle.
After returning to Earth , Bach started to experience symptoms of extreme pain and erratic spasms of aggressive behavior. She was hospitalized, and within a few hours, the adult wasp-like creature emerged, ripping her body open and killing her. It also managed to kill a doctor Dr. Morris and a security guard Alzedo before escaping from the hospital to parts unknown. The case has been since classified by the USA government.
Appearances[]
- Lost Tapes - s02e08 – "Alien"
Notes[]
- Nothing is known about the natural history of this species or how its spores ended up inside a comet in first place, although there are numerous possibilities.
- The sounds used for it are reused from the Velociraptors in the 1993 Universal film Jurassic Park.
- The life cycle of the alien seems to take some inspiration from the 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien, where a human is used to host a creature called a Xenomorph.