Entity Number: 3
Description
The first known image of a Smiler. taken in 2009.
Smilers are hostile entities, recognizable by their signature reflective eyes and gleaming teeth. These entities only appear in dark corners or doorways, where the rest of their form is not visible. There have been approximately 1,300 confirmed sightings of Smilers thus far. These entities do not have bodies; rather, the darkness is their bodies.
Behavior
A zoomed in picture of a Smiler.
The Smiler is attracted to light, similar to a moth, and will run, chase, and/or fly at anything remotely bright. Be sure to have a good throwing hand; if your throw is weak, the Smiler will simply lunge at you instead. Turning on a flashlight in front of a smiler will have the Smiler also lunge towards you.
The Smiler will only start to attack if you panic and retreat, or if you make any sort of noise. When seeing a Smiler, stare it down and retreat. Do not blink.
Smilers have a rivalry with Rattlers and will go out of their way to attack a Rattler, even abandoning their wanderer target
Biology
A picture of a Smiler in a darker area.
Smilers have a long smile, with multiple sharp teeth, and has white glowing eyes, it is unknown what else it has for it's biology, it is rumored to have a physical body, which cannot be seen with the human eye. It's rumored they have non-human, alien-like bodies, with arms and legs bent in unnatural ways. but this is unconfirmed. The M.E.G. is currently trying to find out more about it's biology at the moment.
Discovery
It is unknown how the Smiler was originally discovered, as it is extremely common in most levels. The earliest modern report of the Smilers was when a Reddit user using a throwaway posted about them running from a "Glowy Smiling Thing" in 2014. Before that, the group known as The Lost had descriptions of what they called "The Ones That Smile", a demonic entity that eats alive whoever it sees.
