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A strange, hand-made automaton found in a hidden backroom of the Church of the Benevolent Sound in Claremont, Ohio. Discovered by two teenage urbex explorers in 1986, both claimed to have heard it sing in their presence. While both claim that its sound was “like nothing else I’ve ever heard”, both suffered from extreme insomnia, difficulty concentrating and a desperate need to go back to the clergyman and hear it sing again. As of this writing the location of the machine is unknown.
~ Trevor Henderson, explaining The Singing Clergyman's origin.

Template:Cryptid Infobox 4.0.2The Singing Clergyman is an enigmatic robotic entity created by Trevor Henderson.

Appearance[]

The Singing Clergyman depicts an odd, hand-made and unusual humanoid automaton composed of a plethora of black wires crammed together, dripping a strange black liquid of unknown nature. The most visible wires are those that compose the entity's neck. The Singing Clergyman's neck is an unusually tall, erect pole of mixed black wires, sometimes shown coated in teal-colored rusty metal, and starting from the entity's torso, which is concealed within white church robes that are sometimes visible with thin decorative green patterns[1] painted on the sleeves and top.

The Singing Clergyman's neck is shown to be broken and jarred, as it is comprised of differently oriented connected joints, for example, in the Patron Saint artwork of the being[2], the majority of the automaton's neck is erect and facing upwards, but the upper segment orients downwards, diagonally. Anyhow, the neck is terminally connected to a beige/white-colored head strongly resembling a human head, with a wide-open, agape mouth that shows a circular speaker inside, if one looks closely. The Singing Clergyman's head appears to be incomplete, as any section of the head above its nose is not present.

The rest of The Singing Clergyman's body is also concealed under church robes, so we can't see much of it at the moment aside from the neck, head and hands, which are all oddly humanoid in terms of design and - at least for the hands - on a textural level, too. However, a drawing[3] of The Singing Clergyman made by artist Luke Baker showcases it transporting itself with a robotic, mechanical mess of spider-like legs showing under The Clergyman's robes. Trevor quote-retweeted[4] this complimenting the artwork, and adding to that "And a sneak peek under his robes…" indicating that this might be canon, although no direct confirmation was provided.

Behavior[]

The Singing Clergyman does not have much lore to it at the moment, however, the captions of the original post[5] and this one[6] are sufficient to tell us a lot about the creature. Upon examination of the quotes, what can be deduced is that The Singing Clergyman is an unfinished, man-made automaton that dates all the way back to 1954, as that's when the entity was constructed by one Robert Lowhill-Gaunt.

This mysterious creator, along with his family, disappeared a month after taking a family photo with the nearly-complete Clergyman. An eerie part of the caption states that Robert was "waiting for a final message “from the aether” before he could add “god’s eyes” and finish his creation." Trevor hasn't provided further context on this origin, but has implied that the whole family's disappearance was the final message.[7]

Although the entity is essentially lacking several important elements for it to be fully formed, it seems to function quite naturally, as discovered by two teenage urbex explorers all the way back in 1986, as they found it within a hidden backroom of The Church of The Benevolent Sound in Claremont, Ohio, it does make sense why the automaton has most of its body concealed with seemingly worn church robes and has "clergyman" in its name, as the entity was first discovered within the aforementioned church.

Both of the explorers heard The Singing Clergyman's chanting in their presence, presumably holy chanting. While the exact form and style of this singing remains unknown, they had both claimed that its sound was "like nothing else I've ever heard", which gives us a hint that The Singing Clergyman sings in a sort of comforting and beautiful voice, despite being an incomplete, neglected project. However, despite the nature of The Clergyman's sound, it has unpleasant side effects, considering what's to come.

After the discovery, the teenagers had both suffered from extreme insomnia, for one, consistent with a difficulty concentrating and "a desperate need to go back to the clergyman and hear it sing again". It is very likely that anyone who has encountered The Singing Clergyman before experiences these side-effects, and it is unknown if these are the only status effects induced by The Clergyman. As of the time of the caption's writing, The Singing Clergyman's current location is unknown, implying that it may have left the Church in some way.

It would seem unnaturally surprising for a seemingly regular, if not a bit advanced, robot to be able to sing beautifully and induce strange status effects that manipulate listeners' minds in various ways, however, when a Twitter user stated that they doubt The Singing Clergyman is a machine, Trevor unexpectedly replied saying that it may partly be a machine[8], this might explain everything strange about its nature, including the origin, which, paired with this statement, heavily implied that The Singing Clergyman is something divine and otherworldly, as Mr. Lowhill-Gaunt was waiting for a "message" before he could add "god's" eyes.

Abilities[]

Aside from The Singing Clergyman's strangely efficient functionality for an incomplete automaton, and its robotic physiology, as mentioned before, the entity has an unusual voice, not fully explained, but as stated by the teenage urbex explorers in 1986, The Singing Clergyman's voice is like nothing else they have ever heard beforehand, even passing the limits to be capable of inducing unpleasant status effects for an unknown period of time, including concentration difficulties and extreme insomnia. The voice is also mentally manipulative enough to be capable of giving listeners a desperate need to come back to hear the clergyman's chanting again.

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Trivia[]

  • Theoretically, Siren Head would be able to broadcast parts of The Singing Clergyman's songs.[9]
  • In a bit of meta trivia, although the entity is fairly old and not very well-known, the attention and positive reception towards The Singing Clergyman made Trevor do more artwork with it later.
  • The Singing Clergyman might probably be a Patron Saint. Despite the fact that the subjects it represents, if it represents any, have not been mentioned, its third artwork depicts it in the same style as all other Patron Saint artworks Trevor made, and with the halo symbol behind it.
  • The Singing Clergyman's head design is based off[10] a video showcasing a Japanese utterance robot with a human voice[11].
  • It, along with The Angel, ??? Nugget, Man In Slices, Chattering Teeth, The Bio-Suit Animal, Remain Indoors, The Class, The Moon Worshipers and The Shadow were all listed under the "Inscrutable" tier of Trevor's tier list[12].

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