After I posted the video of that first Lotus Mantis – my inbox hasn’t been the same. People from around the world started sending me their own encounters. Strange, beautiful creatures they had never noticed before… until now.
This one came from Martin L., who spent the night alone in a forest cabin near a remote reserve in northern Oregon. He stepped outside to check the firewood when something caught his eye—a soft splash of color perched on a log. At first, he thought it was a flower that had fallen from a nearby tree.
But then, the flower turned its head and looked at him.
Locals call it the Pinkshade Seraph. Its entire body is cloaked in layered, petal-like structures—so perfect in their mimicry that even up close it’s hard to believe it’s alive. Every movement is precise, almost ritualistic, like a dancer mid-performance.
Some say the Pinkshade Seraph only appears in places where the forest still remembers what silence feels like. Others believe it watches over lone wanderers, a guardian of those who respect the woods.
Martin said he felt watched all night—not in a threatening way, but like something ancient and unseen was keeping him company.
Now I wonder… how many more are out there, blooming in the dark, waiting for someone to notice?
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