CONFIDENTIAL CASE FILE #1347‑A Victim last seen at 03:17 — eyes wide, no signs of struggle. Subject claimed the mirrors "blinked" first. Walls etched with concentric symbols (see Appendix B). Recovered Item #13: shattered pocket‑watch — halted at 03:17. "Do NOT trust the silence." — scrawled in crimson ink. Suspect profile: psychological deviance Level 3 (escalating). Children nearby reported hollow laughter before blackout. Case status: UNSOLVED — leads grow colder each dawn. ───────────────────────────── Incident #2 parallels first: room temperature fell 8 °C. Mirror surfaces showed handprints from the inside. Notebook phrase repeated 48×: "I see them." Family reports sudden personality shifts — whispering at night. Lab notes: residue fluoresces under UV — compound unidentified. Escalated to Special Review Board. ───────────────────────────── Incident #3 (Redacted) — audio log captured mechanical ticking. CCTV feed cut to static for 137 s — frames show silhouette. Investigators noted faint sulfuric odor; origin unknown. Victim's phone displayed draft text: "they found me" (unsent). ───────────────────────────── Incident #4: rural barn discovered with inverted symbols. Animal carcasses arranged in spiral — autopsy inconclusive. Wind‑up doll head found turning autonomously. Time of discovery: 03:17. ───────────────────────────── Incident #5: witness reports "echoes of footsteps" in sealed corridor. EMF spike recorded — instruments malfunctioned nearby. Security guard missing; boots left behind, toes facing door. ───────────────────────────── Psych Evaluation Note: Patterns suggest ritualistic obsession. Evidence Box 17B missing from archive — internal theft suspected. All mirrors in evidence lab now covered per protocol. ───────────────────────────── Addendum: recurring timestamp 03:17 linked to lunar transit. Research ongoing into possible chrono‑liminal correlation. ───────────────────────────── *End of compiled excerpts — file auto‑updates pending further events.*