What were they researching in the thing?
Matthew Barrera
Updated on April 15, 2026
Furthermore, what are they researching in the thing?
U.S. Outpost #31 is a U.S. Antarctic research center which first appears in the 1982 film The Thing and is subsequently featured in the 2002 video-game of the same name and two Dark Horse comic-books - The Thing from Another World and The Thing from Another World: Questionable Research.
Furthermore, was Childs infected in the thing? Childs and the others begin to suspect MacReady is infected with the Thing when a scrap of torn shirt containing his name tag is found at the camp, and locked him outside in a severe blizzard. If a human MacReady died outside in the storm, he only feels that he would just be wrong.
Herein, what is the Norwegian guy saying in the thing?
KOM DERE VEKK, IDIOTER!" In idiomatic English, this may be translated: "Get the hell away! It's not a dog, it's some sort of thing! It's imitating a dog, it isn't real! GET AWAY, YOU IDIOTS!"
Did nauls die in the thing?
In the comic book The Thing from Another World, Nauls' charred corpse is shown amongst the destroyed Outpost 31, found by R.J. MacReady, suggesting he died in the explosion, and was not shown to have been assimilated. His remains were then burned out of fear they could've been infected.