Gazers can be temporarily immobilized with a shot from a bola gun infused with repatriate blood. If Sam holds his breath, however, he will be unable to see nearby gazers and only regain the ability to do so after breathing and remaining still again. Gazers sense by sound, and are unable to detect Sam while he is either immobile or holding his breath. They come in two forms: adults and infants. Gazers are floating humanoid BTs which manifest in areas showered in timefall their presence is indicated from a distance by spectral black strands in the atmosphere above such areas. Gazers floating about in a shower of timefall Which would explain the return of Cliff and even more it confirms the existence of ghosts throughout human history, since these kinds of appearances were believed to be legends and myths before the Death Stranding. It is speculated by various Bridges experts that when a person dies with great hatred and unresolved issues, can come back to life in a spectral way. But something that is certain is the aggressiveness of Unger as well as his ghost soldiers. Its not sure if Unger is a BT entity, but how it came back to life avoiding to become a conventional BT is a complete mystery. But curiously her body doesn't necrotize, because the connection with the BT baby filled her cells with Chiralium.Īnother curious case is Cliff Unger (AKA Combat Veteran) who having died, returns to life in human form and with improved abilities, as well as being able to control ghostly entities remotely. Sadly Mama dies shortly after deciding to cut the link with the baby for various reasons. She can even produce milk even though her baby cannot drink it. Somehow the BT baby kept her in a limbo between the world of the living and the beach. However, her BT baby by itself was inoffensive and had some curious behaviors like feeling hungry and sleeping.Īn intriguing aspect about this case is that Mama was technically dead She didn't have pulse and her skin was cold all the time, but was still able to talk, think and interact like any other person. The result was that Målingen has to live isolated to avoid any contact with another BTs. This was the condition of the scientist of Bridges Målingen (AKA Mama) whose baby dies in childbirth while still connected to her by the umbilical chord. Heartman at one point speculates that the human hand-prints that appear during close encounters could be interpreted as the BTs reaching out to us.Ī very rare case is a BT baby connected to a living woman. It is likewise unclear if the BT's behaviour is predatory or not: The grappling and grasping of Gazer-type BTs could be interpreted as a desperate need for physical contact, or even a plea for help. Higgs' Collosus, however, would seem to be an entity that is entirely of his own creation and under his control, suggesting that it is at least possible for BTs to arise from sources other than human death. It is safe to assume that Gazer-types are all the result of human deaths, but very little is explained regarding the nature or origins of the larger BTs.
It is never clear if the Beached Things are all stranded human souls, native entities to the 'other side', or a mixture.
With a DOOMS level of seven at minimum, Higgs is capable of not only seeing BTs, but also controlling them at will. Fragile, meanwhile, is capable of seeing BTs without aid. The extent to which DOOMS sufferers can interact with BTs varies Sam is capable of sensing BTs, but cannot see them without the assistance of Lou. The only way to prevent this is to destroy the body, usually through cremation at an incinerator if this is not carried out, the ka will return to the ha and then become a BT, stranded in the world of the living, risking a Voidout.īTs can be perceived by individuals suffering from DOOMS, or via a trance connection to bridge babies, which exist between the worlds of the living and dead. Due to the Death Stranding, when a human being dies, their "ka" (soul) is still connected to and will attempt to return to their "ha" (body) after death. The Death Stranding occurred concurrently with the first recorded sighting of a BT by a doctor performing a Caesarean section on a brain dead mother. A Beached Thing comes into existence when the deceased soul of a living being fails to cross through the Beach into the world of the dead, consequently becoming "stranded" in the world of the living, with their connection to the other side maintained through an umbilical cord.