He's a Cryptozoology DNA harvester and salvager by trade. Years of illegally cultivating the abilities and migration patterns of unknown monsters gained him the ability to absorb the essence of these beasts and he often transforms himself into any creature in his known collection.
The behemoth form he's most fond of, and uses more frequently than any other Cryptid DNA is the Mothman's. Keith had always wanted to get a job as a pilot when he was a child, but his mortal cowardice and frequent epileptic seizures basically killed the chances of him ever getting such a career. I think he may have lied on his résumé one time when he applied to work the airshow in our town,
although I don't see any document stating that he ever actually got the job in stunt flying at all during his teenaged years, but I'm pretty sure he did. I have this really vivid memory back when I was much younger, that Keith was sitting in the pilot cockpit of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and he let me watch him describe what all the gears and switches on the interface meant. I don't remember too much after that, and every time I try to dig deeper into that memory to see if it was indeed true, I just can't remember it accurately...
Splackwen and I have always had each other's backs though, when he first started turning himself into a Mothman or Dragon and flew around in the skies at maximum speeds, his Cryptid DNA absorbing powers only turned him into a fearsome, mysterious animal for a random and limited amount of time, usually 20 minutes at the most before he would revert back to his human self in a silvery puff of smoke. These Monster forms are much larger and contorted than normal old Keith. He usually thought himself lucky when the flannel shirts he wore all the time stayed wrapped around his neck, as all other fabrics and articles of clothing usually ripped right off his body when he turned into a Cryptid.
I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone knocking at my door, only to open it and see Keith wearing only a torn flannel shirt wrapped around his waist.
(Also, I'm usually the person that comes and bails him out of jail)
when he gets arrested for
"indecent exposure"
Splackwen does possess one of my F.R.O's (Fabric Resetting Orbs)
nowadays so there's a good chance I won't be seeing much of him anymore... especially not him sitting half naked in a holding cell!End.
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Scientific Factors about Keith Splackwen
Short StoryThis is the story of a young man who's smart enough to transform into any mythical creature imaginable