[It looks dead. Rotting, decomposing, diseased... and though that should give it the appearance of being infirm, it increases the fear factor substantially. This isn't a rational predator with a logical reason for pursuing him, it's a possessed corpse that wants to destroy him just for existing.

And then it's moving, it's lurching forward. L squeezes his eyes shut, hoping that it's quick, hoping that whatever happens, he doesn't have enough time to wish for death.]