March 8th, 2017I’ve seen things here, wondrous and horrific. This island is full of such evolutionary beauty, it is staggering.
After the attack at camp, I have become even more determined to record my observations of everything, so I will begin with the Psychovultures.
They don’t have traditional “eyes” and used specific sounds as they...
March 6th, 2017An extraordinary display of attack behavior.
Before dawn, I was awoken by the ungodly cries of a gigantic buffalo-like creature coming under attack from the Psychovulture.
It is clear to me now that the psychoactive effects induce a state of mania in the creature. As a flock of the Psychovultures swarmed upon this huge, docile...
March 4th, 2017We’re taking a short rest. Even as I survey the land, for every new life form we encounter, I feel like the land is surveying us. Almost as if everything is evaluating, sizing us up—friend or foe, hunter or hunted.
I spotted more of the winged creatures overhead, circling parts of the island. Every now and then, they dive down...
March 2nd, 2017The apex primate isn’t the only creature here. Skull Island is a completely isolated biome—an ecosystem containing forces of nature unlike anything else found on earth.
Some of the deadliest beasts came from the sky.
Airborne predators, dive-bombing their prey with unbridled ferocity. For all the terror they inspire, I am still...
February 28th, 2017Skull Island. I have dreamed of seeing this place with my own eyes since I first began researching the myth. Now that I am breathing its air, witnessing its wonders, and facing its terrors, I guess it’s true what they say: “Be careful what you wish for.”
We had just begun surveying the island when a massive creature—a...