Denizen

The Denizen of the Forest is an enemy added in Black Ops II, appearing (so far) only in the Tranzit map. It only spawns in the fog between locations, and does not yield any points for being killed. Killing a Denizen does not drop a power up either.

The Denizens have low health, and can be killed before they leap on a player. It is unknown whether their health scales with the level like normal zombies. If a Denizen leaps on a player, they will inflict damage until killed. They can be killed be either another player shooting or by hitting the melee button. A player with a Denizen mounted on them can still walk and evade zombies.



Behaviour
If a player steps out into the dust between bus stops, a Denizen will emerge from the ground, and start shrieking. They do not have an infinite range to leap on a player, and will attempt to run after the player before getting in range to jump on them. It has been noted that a Denizen will run back into the dust if the player returns to the clear air around the bus stops.