DEPARTMENT OF ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
AUDIO LOGS / TRANSCRIPTS — SECTOR BAY-19
File ID: BAY-LTC-1969-01 / The Letchie
Classification: LEVEL 4 — CONTROLLED
LOG 1 — BAY-EX-01 / REEL 3 (playback counter-mimicry)
Date Recorded: 1969-09-12
Recorder: Field reel-to-reel (Site edge, 22:04–22:58)
Personnel on scene: Agent Thomas ██████ (volunteer pool), Civilian Volunteer L. (identified in operation brief)
Purpose: Broadcast local hymns to elicit response; monitor compulsion.
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt):
[00:00:12] Reel hiss. Wind. Sound of speaker spool.
[00:00:21] Volunteer L: (soft, nervous laugh) “Okay. You hear it? They said—”
[00:00:26] Agent Thomas: “Keep the mic down. Just play the first stanza.”
[00:00:30] (Recorded hymn plays — low, tinny; 30s)
[00:01:05] Unidentified voice (first evidence, layered, low; not present on broadcast tape): “Tom?” (single, clear syllable — male)
[00:01:08] Volunteer L: (frown) “That wasn’t—”
[00:01:11] Agent Thomas: “Who said that?”
[00:01:13] Unidentified voice: “Tom.” (pleading quality)
[00:01:15] Agent Thomas: (irregular breathing) “Don’t answer.”
[00:01:17] Volunteer L: “He’s—” (voice trails, then movement across mic; water slosh audible)
[00:01:22] (shout, muffled): “No—”
[00:01:25] Tape distortion. Two distinct vocal layers overlap: Agent Thomas, then a second “Tom” in delay.
[00:01:39] Static.
[00:05:00] Recorder left running; no recoverable audio beyond low-frequency hum.
Analyst Note: Agent Thomas departed perimeter following auditory compulsion. Volunteer L missing. Operation terminated. No body recovered.
LOG 2 — BAY-NET-3 / Night Watch (electrified net attempt)
Date Recorded: 1971-02-08
Recorder: Personal body mic (Agent H. ████████), static cam at net frame
Personnel on scene: Agent H., Tech crew (2), Ops lead (overwatch)
Purpose: Physical containment attempt.
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt):
[00:00:01] Agent H: “Net armed. You see the buoys?”
[00:00:05] Tech: “Lights green.”
[00:12:40] Remote hydrophone: faint harmonic humming beneath water (freq. 18–24 Hz).
[00:13:01] Agent H: (low) “Keep eyes on the tree line.”
[00:13:07] Unidentified voice (delayed, male, distant): “Harold?” (soft; intimate)
[00:13:09] Agent H: (fast inhale) “Not—” (cut mid-syllable)
[00:13:10] (sound of splashing; comms noise; static)
[00:13:15] Tech (over radio): “He went in—Harold went in.”
[00:13:18] Ops lead: “Do NOT—do not follow. Secure the line.”
[00:13:22] Last audible on Agent H mic: “She—” (broken)
[00:40:00] Body recovery logged 02/09/71 — agent found floating, waterlogged, skin intact, absence of external predation marks. Official cover: “alligator strike.”
Analyst Note: Net failed to attract entity. Agent H entered water to reposition—never re-emerged on his own. Recovery showed anomalous “bloodless” state.
LOG 3 — BAY-CALL-2 / Dr. James direct bait test
Date Recorded: 1973-04-04
Recorder: Field handheld, 00:00–00:36
Personnel: Dr. James ██████ (caller), Two observers (remote)
Purpose: Human vocal confrontation to test interruption of mimicry. (Operation later deemed reckless.)
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt):
[00:00:02] Dr. James: (into recorder) “If this is a vocal predator, it needs a live source. I’ll call.”
[00:00:08] (Dr. James calls out a common parish name: “Marcel!” — no reply.)
[00:00:22] Unidentified multilayered playback (three overlapping voices — Dr. James’ cadence, then two delayed, degraded versions): “Marcel—” / “Marcel—” / “Mar—”
[00:00:26] Dr. James: (laugh; nervous) “It’s answering.”
[00:00:28] Multilayer: (voices swell; triplicate effect more pronounced; lower register gurgle beneath) “Marcel-Marcel-Mar—”
[00:00:31] Recorder noise; high-frequency squeal.
[00:00:33] Observer (distant): “James? James, you—” (cut)
[00:00:36] Tape ends abruptly.
Analyst Note: Dr. James never returned to base. Subsequent searches unrevealing. Operation recorded as cause for policy change: no more direct vocal baiting.
LOG 4 — HYDROPHONE ARRAY / SITE BAY-19A (ambient capture)
Date Recorded: 1972-07-19 (continuous archive)
Recorder: Submersed hydrophone rack (03:00–03:20)
Purpose: Passive monitoring.
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt / spectral notes):
[03:00:12] Low-frequency hum (18–26 Hz) sustained.
[03:01:02] Faint indistinct vocal: two female voices, layered; spectrogram shows 3 discrete harmonics at 03:01:05.
[03:01:21] Voice insertion: under the female layer, a male voice utters a surname not found in county records. Phonetic: /—breɪn/ (approx.)
[03:01:43] Gurgle underlayer; recorder notes show increase in salinity noise (instrument glitch?)
[03:02:50] Multiple echoes: voices begin to overlap in phase; human-recognizable syllables repeat like a stuck tape.
Analyst Note: Passive recordings show the entity composes multilayered voice-structures without direct human presence; indicates capacity to assemble “voice stacks” absent immediate living source.
LOG 5 — PERSONAL HANDHELD / TECHNICIAN M-LOG (last known)
Date Recorded: 1972-11-03 (handwritten timestamp, then recorder)
Recorder: Technician M personal cassette, 19:14–19:21
Personnel: Technician M (solo) — later reported missing, personal device recovered near fence.
Purpose: Routine sensor calibration (unauthorized)
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt):
[19:14:00] Technician M: (muttering to self while adjusting mic) “Calibrate gain, watch phase—”
[19:14:17] Unidentified female voice (immediate, close): “Marie?”
[19:14:18] Technician M: (stops; voice small) “Who—no, that’s—”
[19:14:21] Voice (same cadence): “Marie, it’s cold.”
[19:14:23] Technician M: (dial tone; whisper) “Not for me.” (audible; remembers training)
[19:14:25] Voice (layered): “Marie.” / “Ma-” (overlap; something like breathing)
[19:14:27] *(sound: splashing; a muffled scream from distance)
[19:15:00] Cassette records only low humming and distant owl calls for remaining 6 minutes.
Analyst Note: Technician M found days later beyond exclusion fence; personal recorder recovered. No body. Local cover logs list him as “left post, failed to return.”
LOG 6 — SURVIVOR INTERVIEW / Tape BAY-19-SV1 (redacted)
Date Recorded: 1970-05-10 (debrief)
Recorder: Interview reel (Bureau psychologist present)
Subject: Civilian survivor (returned to family, name redacted)
Purpose: Debrief after rescue from marsh fringe.
TRANSCRIPT (excerpt):
Interviewer: “Tell me what you remember.”
Survivor: “I heard Mama. She was saying my name. I walked ’til the mud took my boots. Then I heard more voices—like the radio when you’re tuning—”
Interviewer: “Did you see anything?”
Survivor: “No. Just—hands. Cold. Like when you grab a rope underwater. They pulled my jacket. I said Not for me” (voice breaks) “and then my name wasn’t my own no more.”
Analyst Note: Survivor exhibits classic auditory-contagion wording; psychological follow-up recommended. Survivor later relocated under Cover Bureau assistance.
APPENDIX — TECHNICAL OBSERVATIONS (summary)
Multiple logs show layered vocal constructs: recognizable voice > degraded repeats > low-frequency gurgle.
Direct human baiting consistently provokes entity response and correlates with personnel loss or disappearance.
Passive hydrophone captures imply entity can assemble voice-stacks absent immediate living targets; suggests long-term voice storage.
Recorded recoveries frequently display sudden tape termination coincident with water sounds and low-frequency hum.
Operational conclusion (per Directorate): no further vocal bait operations; surveillance-only posture.