thexfiles:

It’s a monster, Scully, plain and simple. And not just your every day run-of-the-mill monster, we’re talking transformation here: man into monster and back again. To which, I know you’re going to say, “But Mulder, that only happens in wear wolf myths that were originally concocted to explain the violent behavior of people who’ve been bitten by rapid animals before the medical discovery of rabies.” 

But is it so outlandish that some legends are based on actual occurrences and not just ignorance? To which I know you’re going to say, Scully, you’re going to say, “But Mulder, it defies every known law of science and nature—” 

EXACTLY, SCULLY! Every known law. What if this creature that we’ve stumbled upon is here to create a whole new paradigm for our understanding of life itself? Or maybe science was used to create this unnatural being. Maybe this is some GMO experiment run a muck. Maybe this guy is its chief geneticist who recklessly experimented on itself and now transforms into a fiend that feeds on human flesh. To which I know you’re going to say, “But Mulder, that sounds like the paranoid ravings of some lunatic madman.”