The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test subjects.
Obližnji laboratorij naziva Hawkins National Laboratory prividno se bavi znanstvenim istraživanjem na području energetike, ali u tajnosti izvodi eksperimente povezane s paranormalnim i nadnaravnim pojavama uključujući i testove koje provodi nad ljudima.