Smilers

Habitat: Majority

Description
Smilers are hostile entities, recognizable by their signature reflective eyes and gleaming teeth. These entities only appear in dark corners or doorways, where the rest of their form is not visible. There have been approximately 1,300 confirmed sightings of Smilers thus far. These entities do not have bodies; rather, the darkness is their bodies.

Behavior
The Smiler is attracted to light, similar to a moth, and will run, chase, and/or fly at anything remotely bright. Be sure to have a good throwing hand; if your throw is weak, the Smiler will simply lunge at you instead. Turning on a flashlight in front of a smiler will have the Smiler also lunge towards you.

The Smiler will only start to attack if you panic and retreat, or if you make any sort of noise. When seeing a Smiler, stare it down and retreat. Do not blink.

Smilers have a rivalry with Rattlers and will go out of their way to attack a Rattler, even abandoning their wanderer target

Biology
Smilers have a long smile, with multiple sharp teeth, and has white glowing eyes, it is unknown what else it has for it's biology, it is rumored to have a physical body, which cannot be seen with the human eye. It's rumored they have non-human, alien-like bodies, with arms and legs bent in unnatural ways. but this is unconfirmed. The M.E.G. is currently trying to find out more about it's biology at the moment.

Discovery
It is unknown how the Smiler was originally discovered, as it is extremely common in most levels. The earliest modern report of the Smilers was when a Reddit user using a throwaway posted about them running from a "Glowy Smiling Thing" in 2014. Before that, the group known as The Lost had descriptions of what they called "The Ones That Smile", a demonic entity that eats alive whoever it sees.

Do:

 * Keep eye contact, and walk slowly.
 * Keep quiet, and do not make any loud sounds.
 * Use a Smiler Exterminator bottle.
 * Turn off all sources of light that you have equipped.
 * Throw toothpaste in its general direction

Don't:

 * Run away panicking unless the Smiler starts to chase you.
 * Make loud noises.
 * Keep your light sources on.
 * Lead it to generally bright areas.