
However, when activating the machine, it exploded, killing several scientists after a Gate was partially opened before it closed. By June 28, 1984, Soviet scientists invented a machine that was capable of tearing through time and space that could open a Gate to the Upside Down. The word about the Upside Down spread to Russia where the Soviets decided to access their own way to the dimension.
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Despite these attempts, the Gate eventually grew to an enormous size, extending far beneath the lab and forming a series of tunnels. In an attempt to keep the growth under control, they began to periodically burn the vines and tendrils extending from the Gate.

Meanwhile, the lab continued to study the still open Gate and the Upside Down, placing a probe-like machine within the dimension, presumably to gather data. After finding out about his episodes, Joyce began taking Will to the lab where he'd be looked over by Owens.

Sam Owens taking over as Head of Operations. He began to see visions of the Upside Down temporarily flicker into existence around him.īy 1984, the Hawkins Lab staff was changed from its previous workers, with Dr. However, Will's time in the Upside Down had severely affected him. One month later, everything had seemingly returned to normal in Hawkins. Eleven later escaped the Upside Down by enlarging a portal to the real world. However, it was revealed that she was actually transported back to the Upside Down. After Will was resuscitated, the three returned to their home dimension, presumably back through the Gate.Īt Hawkins Middle School, Eleven used all her remaining strength to disintegrate the Demogorgon to protect Mike, Dustin and Lucas, and vanished away. Hopper and Joyce later entered the Upside Down via the Gate, eventually finding Will attached to a tendril extending down his throat, which they immediately removed. The Demogorgon eventually found him inside Castle Byers and took him to the library. On one occasion Will found a temporary portal in the wall, briefly talking to his mother directly through it before it resealed. During that time, he attempted to communicate with his mother after he realized he could manipulate electricity in his home dimension. She realized it was dangerous to stay in the dimension, quickly leaving before the Monster could find her.Īlthough Will Byers was taken into the Upside Down by the Demogorgon, he managed to evade capture for several days. Nancy Wheeler enters the Upside Down through a portal.Īt one point, Nancy Wheeler entered the Upside Down through a temporary portal in the base of a tree. Around the same time, Hawkins Lab began investigating the dimension and discovering exactly what it contained. The Demogorgon moved through dimensions by creating temporary wounds in the fabric of time and space: It began harvesting the bodies of humans and animals, storing them in the Upside Down version of the public library. Amidst the chaos, Eleven escaped from the lab, using the escape route One showed her four years ago, and the Demogorgon set foot in the human world and proceeded to attack its first victims.
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In the moment contact was established, a gate between the two dimensions cracked open in the wall of the tank room, causing panic and confusion among the scientists. At Brenner's request, Eleven made contact with the Demogorgon while it fed off a large, yellow egg.

While Eleven eavesdropped on a Russian spy, from within the Void, she accidentally encountered the Demogorgon. Brenner sought to use this power to spy on enemy Russians. She could observe people in different physical locations while in this frame of mind. Brenner: she was regularly immersed in a deep psychic state via sensory deprivation tank. The horrible memory of the day was repressed deep into Eleven's subconscious, and was recovered years later.Īfter the massacre and One's banishment, Eleven became sole focus of the studies of Dr. Rather than die, One became part of the new dimension. Rather than simply kill him however, Eleven projected his body into an alternate dimension, the Upside Down. On September 8, 1979, while attempting to escape with an orderly, Eleven was tricked into freeing One, the first experimented psychic of the tests and was forced to defend herself against his psychic attacks. One of the children, codename Eleven, seemed to dwarf the abilities of the others, such as Six.

In the Hawkins National Laboratory, young children possessing powerful psychic abilities were regularly given lessons, rewarding them for progress and strength. According to Dustin, it's likely the Upside Down has existed for thousands, if not millions of years. However, its existence is heavily implied to be linked to the Mind Flayer. Exactly how and why it came into existence, is unclear. The history of the Upside Down remains a mystery.
