In the Pokémon franchise, Haunter is a Pokémon that evolves from Gastly and can evolve into Gengar through trading [7]. It is depicted as a purple, floating head with disembodied hands and a terrifying Pokédex history [7, 17]:
: Rumors in the Pokémon world suggest that a victim licked by a Haunter will "wither to death day by day" [17]. Haunter
: The story follows writer Robert Blake, who becomes obsessed with a desolate, shuttered church in Providence, Rhode Island [21]. Upon exploring it, he accidentally summons an ancient, three-lobed, burning-eyed entity—a mask of the deity Nyarlathotep—that exists only in darkness [19, 21]. In the Pokémon franchise, Haunter is a Pokémon