ASP-008 Crawlers:

ASP-008 is also commonly known as a crawler, pale crawler or a cave crawler. It is a humanoid, pale-skinned, gaunt, emaciated, tall creature with a thin hairless body and elongated limbs. The skin colour ranges from a pale ash gray to a pure white. They occasionally have ribs, vertebrae, or bones visible under their skin. Instances of ASP-008 have virtually no external ears or auricles and only have openings of the ear canals, and rely on bone conduction/vibration sensing. This ASP has a slightly compressed but present nose. The creature has marked eye-bulb protrusion in deep eye sockets. The creature has large black eyes for subterranean and nocturnal vision, however, when light illuminates them in the dark, the eyes reflect white. Their mouths are filled with sharp and pointed teeth, mainly due to dental abrasion from a mix of a tough diet that includes roots, bones, shells, and using its teeth as a tool. ASP-008 has strong maxillary and mandibular protrusion and have bulky lips that lack full lip closure leading to a mouth that tends to hang open and look large. The mouth hanging open also has a role in continuous respiration and moisture. The creature has an elongated cranium that is on average 30% larger than a typical human head. Crawlers have 3 digits on their hands and feet with four phalanges per digit. Their hands and feet are similar in width to that of humans. The length of the hands is roughly 20 cm and the length of the feet are roughly 22.5 cm. This varies from subject to subject. Instances of ASP-008 have a lack of external genitalia and nest in moist or wet environments. They are generally 5-10 feet(1.5-3 meters) tall when fully grown and standing upright. Crawlers occasionally stand on two legs, however prefer to crouch or crawl on all fours and lack a big posterior bump on the heel bone to support this quadrupedal movement. They are primarily nocturnal creatures, and require a moist environment for their habitat such as caves, caverns, aquifers, underground rivers, wetlands, shaded forests, abandoned aqueducts, swamps, or tunnels or other such environments and will spend time near or in creeks, rivers, and culverts. This ASP has permeable skin and cutaneous respiration in addition to lungs. This causes the skin to be vulnerable to drying out, leading to its moist or dark habitat and nocturnal behaviour. The creature cam occasionally exhibit translucent properties. The creature has a swimming ability which it uses to hunt and is semi-amphibious. This creature can climb walls with great efficiency due to its specialized limbs. This ASP has the ability to mimic certain levels of speech and animal noises. Due to the creature's hypogean and epigean habits, they are classified as a trogloxene. They are typically found in Russia, Australia, and span from southern Canada to Mexico. They are primarily carnivorous creatures that typically hunt at night and in the forest or in water. Customarily instances of ASP-008 hunt small game, such as squirrels, rodents, and rabbits. They occasionally pursue farm animals, such as pigs and calves, and centrally the more muscular crawlers take down fawns, and on limited occasions, adult deer. Crawlers are also scavengers and hunt for deceased animals quite regularly. They will often bring back various scraps to their habitats for consumption at a later date. They do not often hunt humans, however, they can and will chase people when provoked, or when their territory is being intruded upon. Crawlers imitate a very loud scream or screech, similar to a human scream mixed with that of a mountain lion. Although it is rare, in some cases, crawlers hunt in groups, working collectively to hunt bigger prey, such as bears. But on average, crawlers remain solitary for the vast majority of their lives. Crawlers despise bright lights, fire, and loud noises, such as gunshots.