Vita Carnis - Living Meat Research Documentary - Full Footage

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Music - Be still my heart - Russ Morgan & Orch

[ms.watakamis]

“When encountering a Meat Mimic under no circumstance should any individual try and perform a “true love’s kiss” in order to “redeem” the mimic. Meat mimics cannot feel any sort of human emotion, and as such no attempts should be made to “purify” the creature.”

[arempy]

Theory: Trimmings are failed mimics. If the bulb isn't properly developing into a mimic (like if the creature has too many limbs or a malformed mouth) then the crawler "trims" it from its body to conserve energy for the cultivation of successfully developed mimics.

[aidanchilders]

I love how the jumpscare with the meat mimic plays totally fair with the viewer's anticipation. Instead of a cheap gag where the camera turns around and suddenly the mimic is right there screaming into the camera, you get a nice long buildup as the cameraman hides in the closet before the creature slides its fingers through the door, forces it open, and sticks its head through the gap to confirm that the prey is there before finally lunging. Makes it seem more like a real predatory animal instead of a clickbait screamer monster.

[Wthisakilometer]

I think people are ignoring the prominence of 7 in this series. 7 types of creatures, 7 monoliths, 7 meatsnake skulls in the giant one, the carcas symbol has 7 sets of ribs even though humans only have 12, there were 7 singularities, 7 continents, and at facility 0 in the finale, there were 7 of the cult symbols.

[TheMeanMongoose]

"The adult mimic's diet is comprised entirely of human meat."
*MUSIC STOPS*
Jesus that was creepy.

[maxims.]

Personally, I REALLY dig the speculative biology aspect – it’s refreshing to see monsters being treated as living things with a place in the ecosystem, rather than nebulous supernatural bogeymen they often are in many other analog horror series.

Also, I have to point out that despite narration explicitly telling us that these are NOT aliens, the whole thing really feels like some very elaborate terraforming tool. With its sudden appearance out of nowhere, convenient way of spreading via the crawl and occasional new forms (such as monoliths) popping out from time to time, I’m getting the impression that its end goal is to gradually replace all life on the planet with more of itself, until the Earth is completely transformed into something else.

[vegaquake]

The Harvester seems the most terrifying. Just thinking about wandering the woods and, out of nowhere, being attacked without knowing you were in the presence of a Harvester is super scary to me.

Thank you for making such a horrifying creature!

[Paleowgh]

As someone's who's big on zoology and natural history, I absolutely love how instead of the Vita Carnis being some malicious unstoppable supernatural force that specifically goes after humans for no discernable end-goals or motivations, they're just organisms playing their part in nature and trying to survive. Not only that, a lot of the behavior and functions that they have in nature can actually be seen in organisms we have alive today.

[kiringraham]

I like how it started off with believable creatures that didn’t pose much threat, and then started getting slowly higher in danger before the last one, which is probably a danger to the universe itself

[BobSmith-cgek]

So I went frame hunting, and tried to track down all the hidden frames. If you want to see these frames yourself, I recommend turning your speed down to 0.25, turning the quality up to the maximum, and using the, and . keys to navigate frame by frame. This should only be done during dark bits, or when the flash of a hidden frame is visible to the naked eye, because otherwise you would be here for two hours.

4:30 : A newspaper scrap about Crawl growing over a radio tower. While the main text other than the headline is illegible, some of it is discernibly redacted with a pen or marker. This only serves to tell us that someone or something is going back and hiding information about Vita Carnis.

5:22 : The first page in a hidden storybook. The text reads "Once upon a time, there was a distant kingdom. The kingdom was [ILLEGIBLE]. They traveled land and sea to discover new places and learn what" Other than the abrupt cutting off of the text, we can see this is page one, and images of a family adorned in crowns and the trappings of royalty.

6:48 : Another newspaper scrap, about a mass trimming infestation. Yellow marker highlights a question mark after the headline. The article is partially redacted, with the following text legible. "-Estimated 400 plus trimmings gathered under a large, abandoned satellite dish." With satellite dish highlighted in yellow. The text that immediately follows is somewhat still legible, reading "The reasons as to why this is the case."

7:49 : Another page in the story book. The text is as follows. "During the travels on one of their [ILLEGIBLE], a great storm struck. It was so powerful it swayed the boat the royal family rode and pushed the prince out into the sea." The number confirms this is page 2, and the illustration depicts just this event occurring.

8:22 : A newspaper clipping, this one also partially redacted and highlighted in yellow. This one concerns the discovery of the longest meat snake ever. Text as follows. "During a sweep of underground settlements maded (sic) during the war, a massive sized meat snake was discovered stuck inside an underground railway. The beast was measured at a total of 40 meters in length. [SECTION REDACTED]. It is believed the bodies gathered during the war were fed to the creature, causing it to reach the unbelievable size [SECTION REDACTED]. Cult Activity [SECTION REDACTED]". The words "cult activity" are highlighted in yellow.

11:53 : The third page of the story book. The text reads as follows. "After being stranded at sea, the young prince eventually was cast to an island. Injured, the prince stumbled his way into a nearby cave. The prince used what magic he could to put himself into a healing sleep."

18:58 : The fourth page of the story book. The text reads "But the prince's sleep was long. He slept for what seemed like forever. As he slept, the land around him changed and grew. It was unrecognizable from when the prince first arrived. But the sleep still needed time to heal the prince, much more time, but it kept the prince safe while he rested, guarding him from the elements as the land changed."

23:01 : A heavily obfuscated newspaper clipping. The headline reads "Family attacked by [ILLEGIBLE DUE TO VIDEO CORRUPTION]." The main body of the article is mostly redacted, aside from a highlighted section that reads "Authorities refuse to handle The Harvester" and a non highlighted section immediately following "only by putting up warning signs."

24:29 : The next page of the storybook. The text is somewhat obfuscated by video corruption, but a transcript follows. "Outside the cave, during a time of hardship [ILLEGIBLE] critters. The critters were struggling [ILLEGIBLE]. There was barely any food to go around. They would go and gather whatever they could [ILLEGIBLE].

25:49 and 25:50 : Two images together. The first is a heavily obfuscated drawing (?) of what appears to be a black orb with a red triangle inside. The second shows two silhouettes of what are presumably humans, raising their arms in what seems to be veneration. Little can be gleamed from these images, but they should be kept in mind.

28:15 : The sixth page of the story book. The text reads "Although one day, the critters found the cave while searching for food. They found the prince in trance in his healing sleep. The critters were awe struck and enchanted by the prince's healing magic." The image displays a group of critters finding the prince.

30:52 : A globe pictured against a red background.

30:54 : The seventh page of the story book. Text, although hard to discern, reads as follows. "The critters argued amongst themselves. "Who is this creature?" "Why are they here?" "Are they dangerous?" A thought was brought up. What if this creature could use it's magic to help them. It may grow food or heal sickness. They continued to argue about the prince and his magic. In the end the majority of the creatures agreed that the prince was dangerous and should not be meddled with."

This concludes the hidden frames. I have looked at the section around The Singularity, but cannot find anything hidden.

[gugalaxy]

So glad some of Florida's nature is being shown, it honestly needs more representation!

[Resiience]

I love that people keep trimmings as pets. That photo of a trimming lying on a dog bed and smiling is adorable.

It is a horrible little abomination. I love it.

[kai]

I love how instead of being “evil” monsters that only do harm they are simply apart of an ecosystem and play their role in it

[itspurplepaw]

I cant believe they made The crimson from terraria into a real thing, honestly quite incredible

[deez]

I love how everything is super calm and since the Meat snake, a terrifying creature is actually nice, we expect the same for the mimic until we hear its diet and that long pause.

[sprinkleseatscake]

No matter how many times you look at it, The Mimic is actually the most terrifying and predatory one yet.

Their smart and always know when to attack their preys, and when they do eat enough human flesh, IT literally has a transitioning to look more like a human. And when they do attack you, they dont do it like a mindless jumpscare, Instead they slowly build up to you waiting for the perfect moment to attack, sometimes it may take minutes or hours, but one guaranteed thing is if you do get caught by a Mimic and you have no odds of survival, You are 100% dead and you have nothing to do about it.

[NeonSunburst]

Out of all the horrendous creatures, The Meat Snake is the only one that despite of it's immense and disgusting physical body, it's extremely tameable, does not attack living humans and animals, and only preys for deceased organisms.

Especially the Trimming. I like them both. 👍

[Xitout]

Here's a question:
How do the different creatures react to one another?
Like, would owning a trimming make you safe from mimics? What happens if a mimic steps on a harvester or sniffs a host's spores? What happens if a meat snake comes across a dead trimming? So many questions.

[Whiskerflux]

the people who took pictures of the harvesters have some BALLS

[broseidondoodles]

"Where there is death, there are meat snakes" is somehow the funniest and most ominous sentence I've ever heard