The Nebunoque

65 million years ago, an object the size of a large building struck Earth at the northern end of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Mineral analysis of the crater centered at Chicxulub began after its discovery in 197_, revealing large quantities of anomalous material over the next two decades. Several "parlors" (paranormal laboratories of research) took interest in the site and made bids for suppression and analysis rights from the Mexican government. Los Vigilantes Del Cielo, or "Skywatchers" ultimately won this bid in 198_ and successfully established a subterranean and submarine laboratory dedicated to uncovering and studying the crater and its anomalous minerals.

In 20__, Los Vigilantes Del Cielo was incorporated into the greater Anonym, an alliance of parlors that gained official recognition throughout the United Nations and permission to conduct information suppression under a single charter with stricter guidelines than in decades past. As such, the Chicxulub Laboratory was opened to international access, and cross-analysis with other extraterrestrial minerals and artifacts around the world, most notably those of Roswell Laboratories and [REDACTED] clarified the findings.

High amounts of iridium, platinum, titanium, diamond, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] suggest that the object that struck Chicxulub, ending the Cretaceous Period and launching the Paleogene, was in fact a living thing of colossal proportions and likely interstellar origins. Accounts of similar organisms in Cragnoran lore suggest that similar events and findings have been reported by extraterrestrial species for centuries.

Hundreds of "roots" were discovered extending deep into the earth, the full depth of which is currently unknown, but many geologists speculate the roots reach into the earth's mantle and beyond. These roots are, by most biological definitions, dead, but they emit enough [REDACTED] radiation to suggest otherwise at intervals of [REDACTED], as noted on 21 December 2012.