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| - The origins of the bioluminescent wood mites are not entirely known. In 1994, FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder suggested that the insects could have spawned from ancient insect larvae or eggs of a species otherwise extinct, thousands or perhaps even millions of years old, and had lain dormant since then within a specific Douglas fir tree after having been deposited during a period of volcanic activity. Mulder had earlier postulated at least two theories that had been deemed unlikely. In 1934, a WPA crew from the Schiff-Immergut Lumber Company vanished without a trace from an area in Olympic National Forest. None of these men were ever found or heard from again. It was later believed, however, that they had been killed by the wood mites. In 1994, a team of thirty loggers similarly disappeared when radio communication with the men was cut off. The loggers seemed aware of the threat that the wood mites posed to them. It was ultimately believed that all thirty of these men, like the WPA crew before them, had been victims of the wood mites. Loggers Dyer and Perkins certainly had a terrifying encounter with the wood mites and it is likely that they both perished due to the insects. Doug Spinney, a so-called "monkeywrencher", later suggested the possibility that the mites had been unleashed when the loggers had cut down the Douglas fir tree in which the insects had been lying dormant. Spinney also claimed to have witnessed the death of his friend, Steven Teague, right after the Douglas fir tree had been cut down and that the team of thirty loggers had disappeared about the same time. An attempt to investigate the disappearance of the loggers was made when two officials working for the Federal Forest Service were sent into the forest, but all contact with them was also lost. The recent disappearances were subsequently investigated by a group that consisted of Larry Moore, who works for the Federal Forest Service, Steve Humphreys, head of security for Schiff-Immergut Lumber Company, and FBI Special Agent Dana Scully and Agent Fox Mulder. While stranded in Olympic National Forest, the group was joined by Doug Spinney and discovered the insects. Every member of the group encountered the mites and the insects killed Humphreys. Moore, Mulder and Scully were attacked by the mites but survived long enough to be rescued by a sanatory group wearing clean, white suits that took the three survivors to a High Containment Facility in Winthrop, Washington. Additionally, Spinney had four friends elsewhere in the forest who also died. It is uncertain whether Spinney himself survived his encounter with the insects, as he ran into the forest during the incident and did not appear again. He was not in the same High Containment Facility where Mulder, Scully and Moore were taken. It was only after the three survivors were rescued that the sanatory team identified the biological hazard as a bioluminescent form of insect. While they were still to determine the epithet of the insect, a member of the team told Mulder that the US government had initiated eradication procedures and were determined to succeed, using a combination of controlled burns and pesticides.
- Wood Mite can be found in Terokkar Forest [[:File:|[, ]]]. When a Treant is slain in the area while you have the quest File:Neutral 15.png [65] The Infested Protectors, these wood mites will exit and attack those responsible.
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