History WebOriginal / MysteryFleshPitNationalPark

* {{Mascot}}: In universe, Caver Coop was the cute Anodyne cartoon mascot that existed to convince frightened people - especially children - that being down in the pit wasn't like being "swallowed alive" and was actually quite safe. In-universe, Coop became a AbandonedMascot after 2007.

* BodyHorror: Besides the Pit itself, the creatures that inhabit the Pit are often examples of this. A wildlife safety brochure reveals that surface animals (including people) pulled into the Pit are combined into "amalgamations", with "partial fusing of major body elements and relocation of internal organs to locations on the exterior of the body." [[spoiler:The brochure states that these creatures usually don't live past a few days, but then again, the [[FridgeHorror Abyssal Copepods have some very human-looking hands]].]]
** The wildlife brochure notes that in the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial extremely unlikely]] scenario that an amalgamation contain one or more [[WasOnceAMan human constituent organisms]] that visitors should immediately contact a park rangers.

** The wildlife brochure notes that in the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial ''extremely'' unlikely]] scenario that an amalgamation contain one or more [[WasOnceAMan human constituent organisms]] that visitors should immediately contact a park rangers.

** The "blue tissue" found deep within the Pit has properties that suggest the Pit metabolizes fossil fuels as a food source. Note that the Permian Basin where the Pit is located ihas [[FridgeHorror ''massive'' oil deposits.]]

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: A camping brochure advises hikers to take up anyone they meet on their trails on their invitation, whether it be for a meal or a "psychosexual ritual."

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Flesh Pit had an untested failsafe contingency where thousands of liters of muscle toxin would be used to sedate the Pit if it started experiencing massive muscle contractions. [[spoiler:When activated in 2007, it had the complete opposite effect, causing the Flesh Pit to ''crush'' most of the park from muscle spasms and vomit digestive acid over everything in a 100 mile radius, and ultimately resulting in the deaths of over 750 people.]]

* NoOSHACompliance: The official report

''Mystery Flesh Pit National Park'' is a [[WorldBuilding worldbuilding project]] created by [[{{Website/Reddit}} Redditor]] [[https://www.reddit.com/user/StrangeVehicles/ Trevor [="StrangeVehicles"=] Roberts.]] It revolves around the titular Mystery Flesh Pit (''Immanis Colosseus'', aka the Permian Basin Superorganism), an ancient and [[{{Kaiju}} indescribably gigantic organism]] living underneath [[EverythingIsBigInTexas the Permian Basin region of West Texas]], and a lucrative tourist attraction sanctioned by the American government... [[GoneHorriblyWrong until 2007, that is.]]

* NightmareFetishist: Religious pilgrims engaging in "psychosexual rituals" within and ''with'' the Flesh Pit are common enough to merit mention in back-country hiking pamphlets.

* SwallowedWhole: Entering the Flesh Pit is, essentially, climbing down the organism's throat. A number of substructures within the Flesh Pit also pose this risk, and visitors are warned to stay on marked trails.

''Mystery Flesh Pit National Park'' is a [[WorldBuilding worldbuilding project]] created by [[{{Website/Reddit}} Redditor]] [[https://www.reddit.com/user/StrangeVehicles/ Trevor [="StrangeVehicles"=] Roberts.]] It revolves around the titular Mystery Flesh Pit (''Immanis Colosseus'', aka the Permian Basin Superorganism), an ancient and [[{{Kaiju}} indescribably gigantic organism]] living underneath [[EverythingIsBigInTexas the Permian Basin region of West Texas]], and a lucrative tourist attraction sanctioned by the American government... [[GoneHorriblyWrong until 2007.]]

* {{Kaiju}}: The Pit may not a conventional example on account of being stuck in a giant hole in the ground, but[[spoiler: the the official incident report claims that it ''can'' move, and nearly got free during the 2007 disaster. Anodyne's successors are now [[SealedEvilInACan working to prevent it from happening again]].]]

* {{Kaiju}}: The Pit may not a conventional example on account of being stuck in a giant hole in the ground, [[spoiler:but the the official incident report claims that it ''can'' move, and nearly got free during the 2007 disaster. Anodyne's successors are now [[SealedEvilInACan working to prevent it from happening again]].]]

* {{Kaiju}}: The Pit itself. While not a conventional example on account of being stuck in a giant hole in the ground, [[spoiler:but the the official incident report claims that it ''can'' move, and nearly got free during the 2007 disaster. Anodyne's successors are now [[SealedEvilInACan working to prevent it from happening again]].]]

''Mystery Flesh Pit National Park'' is a [[WorldBuilding worldbuilding project]] created by [[{{Website/Reddit}} Redditor]] [[https://www.reddit.com/user/StrangeVehicles/ Trevor [="StrangeVehicles"=] Roberts.]] It revolves around the titular Mystery Flesh Pit (''Immanis Colosseus'', aka the Permian Basin Superorganism), an [[{{Kaiju}} indescribably gigantic organism]] living underneath [[EverythingIsBigInTexas the Permian Basin region of West Texas]].

* BizarreAlienBiology: The Pit. It seems to lack any sort of symmetry or even an overall body plan and has what are essentially ''biological hot springs'' inside it (to say nothing about what the [[FantasticDrug "water"]] [[FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct can do]]), but perhaps its strangest features are the "Gift Gardens" - air sacs that inexplicably contain exact replicas of items that visitors to the park had previously misplaced. And that's not even mentioning the [[OurMonstersAreWeird creatures]] that [[GeniusLoci live in the thing]].

''Mystery Flesh Pit National Park'' is a [[WorldBuilding worldbuilding project]] created by [[{{Website/Reddit}} Redditor]] [[https://www.reddit.com/user/StrangeVehicles/ Trevor [="StrangeVehicles"=] Roberts.]] It revolves around the titular Mystery Flesh Pit (''Immanis Colosseus'', aka the Permian Basin Superorganism), an [[{{Kaiju}} indescribably gigantic organism]] living underneath [[DeepSouth the Permian Basin in West Texas]].

* IncompetenceInc: Anodyne, if the CGR's incident report is to be believed. The 2007 incident that got the park shut down was seeminly caused primarily by lack of maintenance on water pump. An ''emergency'' water pump.

* NoodleIncident: The 2007 disaster was originally this, with the only information being vague references to improper maintenance by Anodyne and a response to a Website/Tumblr ask mentioning "unseasonably heavy rains" and "under-lubricated pump bearings" as causing the incident. This all changed in June 2020 when [=StrangeVehicles posted=] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FleshPitNationalPark/comments/hi678l/2007_mystery_flesh_pit_disaster_investigation/ this]] official report detailing ''exactly'' what happened that day.

* NoodleIncident: The 2007 disaster was originally this, with the only information being vague references to improper maintenance by Anodyne and a response to a Website/Tumblr ask mentioning "unseasonably heavy rains" and "under-lubricated pump bearings" as causing the incident. This all changed in June 2020 when StrangeVehicles posted [[https://www.reddit.com/r/FleshPitNationalPark/comments/hi678l/2007_mystery_flesh_pit_disaster_investigation/ this]] official report detailing ''exactly'' what happened that day.