Em Quem Vai Lá? o alienígena é telepático e aprende muito do que os humanos ao seu redor sabem. É claro que, na história original, a base norueguesa e a coisa de cachorro não aparecem. No entanto, se a criatura no filme tiver as mesmas habilidades telepáticas que a da novela, ela poderia facilmente ter aprendido lendo as mentes dos noruegueses onde a base americana estava localizada. (Embora os dois outposts não estejam em contato, eles estão cientes um do outro.)
A passagem chave identificando a criatura como telepática.
Rhine, a propósito, foi um verdadeiro cientista que afirmou ter demonstrado telepatia em vários experimentos.Barclay shook his head. "I didn't care to listen much. You can if you want to. But I gathered that the blasted idiot had all the dreams McReady had, and a few more. He slept beside the thing when we stopped on the trail coming in from Secondary Magnetic, remember. He dreamt the thing was alive, and dreamt more details. And -- damn his soul -- knew it wasn't all dream, or had reason to. He knew it had telepathic powers that were stirring vaguely, and that it could not only read minds, but project thoughts. They weren't dreams, you see. They were stray thoughts that thing was broadcasting, the way Blair's broadcasting his thoughts now -- a sort of telepathic muttering in its sleep. That's why he knew so much about its powers. I guess you and I, Doc, weren't so sensitive -- if you want to believe in telepathy."
"I have to," Copper sighted. "Dr. Rhine of Duke University has shown that it exist, shown that some are much more sensitive than others."
Os humanos levam em conta a capacidade de leitura de mentes da coisa enquanto planejam maneiras de combatê-la.
"Say, couldn't Norris or Van give Connant some kind of a test? If the thing is brighter than men, it might know more physics than Connant should, and they'd catch it out," Barclay suggested.
Copper shook his head wearily. "Not if it reads minds. You can't plan a trap for it. Van suggested that last night. He hoped it would answer some of the questions of physics he'd like to know answers to."