Tumbler

"So, tell me, what did you see in there? I couldn't understand you well over the phone..."

"I don't really know, man. Just woke up in the middle of the night, TV still on... the light it gave off showed something at the foot of my fucking bed. A small, black crawling shadow, right next to me. The worst thing is that I don't think it was first time I saw it here." — James Felton to David Hiers, following the former's encounter with the Tumbler The Tumbler is an apparent malevolent entity that was first encountered in Welcome to Cedarcrest by a newcomer to Cedarcrest, James Rodney Felton, during his night drive to the township and later during his stay in the hamlet's Motel Six in 1999. However, the entity had been seen prior to his arrival for some time, with the town sheriff Michael Vincenti noting seeing a similar creature in the Edward State Forest over a decade ago. It specifically stalks those that it chooses until it is somehow spotted, wherein it will then attack the stalked person using its appendages.

Appearance
The Tumbler is always seen as a four-legged humanoid creature; however, its quadrupedal posture is slanted downward with its head nearing the floor. It has no discernable features, even with light present, but reflects the ambient glows of nearby light sources. Beyond its amorphous head and appendages, not much else is known about the Tumbler's physical appearance.

Behavior and origins
The term "Tumbler", in reality, refers to multiple independent forms that sport a similar anatomical appearance. However, the origins of the Tumbler is entirely unknown, and the only true fact about its existence is that it mostly dwells within perireality as a form of camouflage. They have not yet been seen in the Other, which may indicate their preference (or restriction) to true reality and the attached perireal realm of perception.

When spotted by an animal or human with a high sense of proprioception (or, alternatively, artificial proprioceptive devices such as the Brugmann Device used by the Preternatural Investigation Branch), the Tumbler will convert from a passive to alarmed state. This alarmed state is marked by audible warbles and frenetic and tumbling movement, and will either attack or escape eyesight by hiding or running away. If in an enclosed area, it will seemingly disappear from perireality when it runs or after it attacks.

The Tumbler rarely exhibits direct malevolence towards humans or other beings, as it instead prefers to stalk its target. For most humans that lack proper proprioception to actually see it, Tumblers give off the sense of "not being alone" in an area due to its passive stalking state. However, in its alarmed state, its attacks can be damaging to tissue, with its various forms increasing in blunt force power when it uses its appendages to strike. The largest and rarest form, standing at nine feet when slouched, has the ability to outright knock out or even kill a human being in one or two strikes.

Powers

 * Perireality Inhabitation — The Tumbler exists within the realm of perireality, thus being cloaked from detection by all beings and instruments apart from those with keen senses of proprioception.
 * Dissipation — After entering an alarmed state and not finding a natural route out of the area, the Tumbler can simply dissipate. It is unknown if the same Tumbler re-appears in the local area soon after, or if this is a type of "death".
 * Abnormal Strength — When attacking, the Tumbler can sport abnormal strength for its size and physique, inflicting significant blunt force trauma in the process.

Survived

 * James Rodney Felton