WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.870 --> 00:00:02.740 A face screams in terrible agony. 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:06.470 In the darkness, you can’t quite make out the shape of its body. 00:00:06.470 --> 00:00:12.150 But it doesn’t look human - It’s large and square, almost boxy. 00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:18.220 Two things you should know: This is a fate worse than death, and it isn’t the only 00:00:18.220 --> 00:00:19.220 one. 00:00:19.220 --> 00:00:22.040 It's a busy, but ordinary day in Hangzhou HONG-JOE, China. 00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:26.290 People are rushing to and from work, going to school, going for walks, buying a hot meal 00:00:26.290 --> 00:00:27.640 and a cup of tea. 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:32.340 But for one young police officer, this is a monumental day. 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:36.700 He has been assigned the biggest case of his career, and he grips the stack of files with 00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:40.750 sweaty, trembling hands as he considers the weight of this moment. 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corporate downsizing. 00:03:17.069 --> 00:03:20.629 No one from his police department has bothered to look into this angle, assuming that it 00:03:20.629 --> 00:03:24.709 will lead to more dead leads, but the young officer can't shake the feeling that there 00:03:24.709 --> 00:03:28.880 is important information waiting for him in that abandoned office building. 00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:33.330 So, after finishing up his lunch, and dabbing the nervous sweat from his brow with a handkerchief 00:03:33.330 --> 00:03:37.700 from his pocket, he sets off toward the old office building in hopes of cracking the case 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:39.250 wide open. 00:03:39.250 --> 00:03:42.730 As he makes the trip, he considers some other possible theories. 00:03:42.730 --> 00:03:46.920 Maybe the missing employees skipped town, overwhelmed and depressed from their unexpected 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:48.080 job loss. 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:51.310 But would they really let their families worry like this? 00:03:51.310 --> 00:03:55.750 Some of them have wives, husbands, children, all of whom would notice their absence and 00:03:55.750 --> 00:03:57.010 assume the worst. 00:03:57.010 --> 00:04:01.140 No, this isn't a simple case of a group of colleagues all vanishing to blow off steam 00:04:01.140 --> 00:04:03.220 in another city somewhere. 00:04:03.220 --> 00:04:06.319 Something bad happened, he can just feel it. 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:10.200 Maybe they uncovered corporate secrets, and someone decided to silence them before they 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:11.200 could blow the whistle! 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:15.440 But then again, what sort of secrets would be worth killing for at a printer company? 00:04:15.440 --> 00:04:19.350 It feels worthless trying to guess, trying to fill in the gaps in his knowledge with 00:04:19.350 --> 00:04:21.200 wild speculation. 00:04:21.200 --> 00:04:25.389 The only way to find out is to examine the building for himself, and see if he can find 00:04:25.389 --> 00:04:29.440 any clues at all that lead him to the whereabouts of the missing six. 00:04:29.440 --> 00:04:33.280 When the young officer reaches the building, he finds the door padlocked shut. 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:37.230 Luckily, he prepared for this, and brought some industrial-strength bolt cutters that 00:04:37.230 --> 00:04:40.470 snap the lock into pieces with very little effort. 00:04:40.470 --> 00:04:42.130 Why lock up the building like this? 00:04:42.130 --> 00:04:44.730 There can't be anything valuable left inside. 00:04:44.730 --> 00:04:48.890 To prevent squatters, most likely, he assures himself, brushing off the sense of dread creeping 00:04:48.890 --> 00:04:52.780 up his spine as he walks inside. 00:04:52.780 --> 00:04:58.290 As he crosses the threshold of the empty office, the first thing he notices is the smell. 00:04:58.290 --> 00:05:02.940 It reeks of sulfur and bleach, and a whiff of something electrical that stings the inside 00:05:02.940 --> 00:05:05.410 of his nostrils with each breath. 00:05:05.410 --> 00:05:07.759 New possibilities turn over in his mind. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:11.780 Perhaps some sort of deadly workplace accident claimed the lives of the missing, when they 00:05:11.780 --> 00:05:15.220 came back in to collect their belongings and clear out the building. 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:19.500 Before he can decide if that theory holds any water, his thoughts are interrupted by 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:22.810 a piercing scream, coming from a nearby room. 00:05:22.810 --> 00:05:24.200 The officer isn't alone here. 00:05:24.200 --> 00:05:28.750 There is someone in the building with him, and they sound like they're in trouble. 00:05:28.750 --> 00:05:32.340 The officer grabs the taser from his holster, and runs toward the sound. 00:05:32.340 --> 00:05:36.280 He skids to a stop, nearly knocking over a water cooler, when he reaches the source of 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:37.440 the screaming. 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:41.530 There is a man, hanging from the wall, screaming over and over again. 00:05:41.530 --> 00:05:43.471 The officer can barely process what he is seeing. 00:05:43.471 --> 00:05:49.280 The man is covered in machinery, all whirring and clicking as it works. 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:55.090 Next to him, a printer is printing sheet after sheet of paper, and all the while, the man 00:05:55.090 --> 00:05:56.090 screams. 00:05:56.090 --> 00:05:58.729 The officer recognizes the man's face from one of the files. 00:05:58.729 --> 00:06:00.340 This is one of the missing employees! 00:06:00.340 --> 00:06:04.660 He can't determine what is causing the man such distress, and he tries to ask the man 00:06:04.660 --> 00:06:10.290 what happened to him, but the man just continues to scream, eyes wide open and wild, rolling 00:06:10.290 --> 00:06:14.220 around in their sockets, unfocused and unseeing. 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:18.320 The officer grabs the man, attempting to remove him from the wall, but he won't budge. 00:06:18.320 --> 00:06:23.320 It's as if his body is wired into the wall itself, and the harder the officer tugs, the 00:06:23.320 --> 00:06:26.979 more it appears as if the man's flesh will begin to tear away. 00:06:26.979 --> 00:06:29.889 The officer stops, turning his attention to the machinery. 00:06:29.889 --> 00:06:33.820 Perhaps if he unplugs it, he will be able to remove the man more easily. 00:06:33.820 --> 00:06:37.820 He starts with the printer, and as he reaches for its plug, he gets a closer look at the 00:06:37.820 --> 00:06:40.160 paper it continues to spit out. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:45.320 It doesn't look like any paper he's ever seen, and, unable to help himself, he reaches out 00:06:45.320 --> 00:06:46.440 to touch it. 00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:51.060 It's warm, soft, pliable, and nauseatingly familiar. 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:52.440 It isn't paper at all. 00:06:52.440 --> 00:06:53.639 It's skin. 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:58.870 In that moment, all of the officer's training falls out of his mind, replaced with blind 00:06:58.870 --> 00:06:59.870 terror. 00:06:59.870 --> 00:07:03.319 He runs from the building as fast as he can, all the way back to the police station, where 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.910 he tearfully informs his captain about what he found. 00:07:06.910 --> 00:07:09.759 This is no longer a police matter, his captain tells him. 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.539 They need to escalate this to a specialized organization. 00:07:12.539 --> 00:07:18.280 The young officer is sent home, placed on psychiatric leave, and the next day the SCP 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:23.610 Foundation investigates the building it will come to refer to as SCP-2535. 00:07:23.610 --> 00:07:29.509 SCP-2535 is a former two-story Hewlett-Packard branch office building in the Xiaoshan ZSHYAO-SHAN 00:07:29.509 --> 00:07:31.169 district of Hangzhou, China. 00:07:31.169 --> 00:07:35.410 The building's anomalous nature is characterized by the presence of a detailed network of electrical 00:07:35.410 --> 00:07:38.260 and biological components of unknown origins. 00:07:38.260 --> 00:07:42.620 The walls of the building's entire first story are covered with sixty-three thousand, five 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:48.750 hundred and twelve USB 2.0 standard A sockets, placed in a grid pattern made up of 20 cm 00:07:48.750 --> 00:07:49.860 semi-regular intervals. 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:53.120 Each of these sockets is connected to wires running through the walls. 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.040 But these are no ordinary wires. 00:07:56.040 --> 00:08:00.790 They consist of a woven mixture of copper strands, and human optic nerve tissue, all 00:08:00.790 --> 00:08:03.039 wrapped in a layer of keratin. 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:07.150 In spite of the inclusion of organic material in their structure, the wires have not shown 00:08:07.150 --> 00:08:13.289 any signs of decay or deterioration since the Foundation discovered SCP-2535. 00:08:13.289 --> 00:08:18.790 This curious, off-putting mix of the technological and the biological persists throughout the 00:08:18.790 --> 00:08:23.180 location, and only gets stranger as one moves deeper into the building. 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:27.539 If one were to follow the path of these wires, going against their better judgment and the 00:08:27.539 --> 00:08:31.789 scream of their most primal instincts, they would find that the wires lead to a room on 00:08:31.789 --> 00:08:33.469 the building's second floor. 00:08:33.469 --> 00:08:38.380 The room is currently inaccessible, but is thought to have once been the server room. 00:08:38.380 --> 00:08:42.589 Whatever is blocking the door is large enough that it cannot be budged, and non-intrusive 00:08:42.589 --> 00:08:46.209 imaging has determined that it is some sort of biological mass. 00:08:46.209 --> 00:08:50.530 The inside of the former server room, like the wires that lead there, emits heat at a 00:08:50.530 --> 00:08:54.769 consistent temperature of 47.6 degrees Celsius. 00:08:54.769 --> 00:08:58.170 Foundation personnel who approach the room have reported a persistent smell of sulfur 00:08:58.170 --> 00:09:03.440 and ozone coming from inside, as well as the loud sound of a running printer. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:11.060 317 of the USB socket and power outlets in SCP-2535 are connected to HP-brand USB 2.0-compatible 00:09:11.060 --> 00:09:12.100 devices. 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:17.019 Of these devices, twenty have displayed anomalous, potentially ectoentropic functions. 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:19.640 But what exactly does that mean? 00:09:19.640 --> 00:09:20.779 Allow me to elaborate. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:23.350 Just remember, you asked for this. 00:09:23.350 --> 00:09:26.870 Don't blame me if you aren't able to stomach the details. 00:09:26.870 --> 00:09:31.570 There are five former employees of the Hewlett-Packard Hangzhou HONG-JOE branch still located inside 00:09:31.570 --> 00:09:33.760 of SCP-2535. 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:38.589 These employees are in an anomalous sort of status, requiring no sleep, food, or water 00:09:38.589 --> 00:09:41.790 in spite of their continued, seemingly endless, consciousness. 00:09:41.790 --> 00:09:47.130 Since the building's discovery in April of 2013, they have not changed in any way, or 00:09:47.130 --> 00:09:49.670 at least not in any visible way. 00:09:49.670 --> 00:09:54.329 All attempts to remove these former employees from their...let's call them "predicaments", 00:09:54.329 --> 00:09:56.430 have proven unsuccessful. 00:09:56.430 --> 00:10:01.560 Allow me to discard any euphemism and explain just what exactly became of these unfortunate 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:02.560 workers. 00:10:02.560 --> 00:10:06.330 First, there is Guo Go-ah Pingping, the former branch manager. 00:10:06.330 --> 00:10:09.700 He can be found in the bathroom near the receptionist's desk on the first floor. 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:15.380 Guo's head has been forced into the feed tray of a DP Deskjet 1112 printer, which is plugged 00:10:15.380 --> 00:10:17.079 into the wall. 00:10:17.079 --> 00:10:21.040 This is troubling for a number of reasons, one of which is that the internal dimensions 00:10:21.040 --> 00:10:25.340 of this particular Deskjet model's feed tray are not large enough to accommodate a human 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:29.730 head, and its components are not strong enough to crush a human skull into a shape that would 00:10:29.730 --> 00:10:30.730 fit. 00:10:30.730 --> 00:10:34.380 Nonetheless, Guo's Go-ah’s head is firmly lodged into the feed tray. 00:10:34.380 --> 00:10:38.529 One would assume this would have killed him, but his body continues to move, kicking and 00:10:38.529 --> 00:10:40.380 thrashing about as if he is in pain. 00:10:40.380 --> 00:10:41.380 If he is actually experiencing pain, or if his muscles are simply operating on residual 00:10:41.380 --> 00:10:42.380 electrical impulses, remains to be seen. 00:10:42.380 --> 00:10:43.380 As there is no way to interview Guo Go-ah, given his head's presence inside of the printer 00:10:43.380 --> 00:10:44.380 feed tray, it is unlikely that we will ever know for sure. 00:10:44.380 --> 00:10:45.910 The former assistant branch manager, James Gu Yongun yawn-GUN, is located in the employee 00:10:45.910 --> 00:10:48.290 pantry on the building's second floor. 00:10:48.290 --> 00:10:53.320 His body is attached to the wall in a vertical position, held there via ninety-two 20-inch 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:56.260 USB 2.0 M-M cables. 00:10:56.260 --> 00:11:01.440 Five additional cables have been used to secure the actuating unit of an HP Deskjet 2540 All-In-One 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:04.050 printer to Gu's lower jaw. 00:11:04.050 --> 00:11:09.100 The arm of the actuating unit is also attached to a single HP 10 Original Ink Cartridge in 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:10.750 the color Black. 00:11:10.750 --> 00:11:15.820 This ink cartridge is attached into Gu's throat at a continuous rate of one stroke per second, 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:19.930 and, in defiance of the known properties of ordinary ink cartridges, has yet to run out 00:11:19.930 --> 00:11:22.120 of ink in the years since its discovery. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.140 Gu appears to be partially conscious, but is unable to communicate intelligibly when 00:11:26.140 --> 00:11:27.370 addressed. 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:31.660 The former human resources department head, Angel Li Huimin HWAY-MIN, is still in her 00:11:31.660 --> 00:11:33.420 former office on the second floor. 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:38.550 Though she no longer performs the duties of her old position, she is still, in a sense, 00:11:38.550 --> 00:11:39.550 in human resources. 00:11:39.550 --> 00:11:42.140 Or rather, is a human resource. 00:11:42.140 --> 00:11:47.260 I apologize, sometimes I have to make a joke to cope with the dark subject matter at hand. 00:11:47.260 --> 00:11:49.730 But Angel's fate is no laughing matter. 00:11:49.730 --> 00:11:54.110 Like Gu, she is attached to the wall via a series of USB cables. 00:11:54.110 --> 00:11:58.670 There is an additional cable, one of unspecified length, inserted into her lower abdomen, which 00:11:58.670 --> 00:12:02.260 is slightly distended as though filled with a foreign object. 00:12:02.260 --> 00:12:06.620 Though a proper analysis has not yet been conducted, the variety of sounds and motions 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:11.589 originating from the area seem to indicate that there is a fully-operational HP USB SIngle 00:12:11.589 --> 00:12:14.930 Station Thermal Receipt Printer lodged near her small intestine. 00:12:14.930 --> 00:12:19.090 As a consequence of this, a never-ending stream of thermal receipt paper is pouring from Angel's 00:12:19.090 --> 00:12:22.900 mouth at all times, causing her considerable pain and distress. 00:12:22.900 --> 00:12:27.589 Wang Liang Lee-YONG, the former head of the IT department, is permanently placed near 00:12:27.589 --> 00:12:29.730 the water cooler on the first floor. 00:12:29.730 --> 00:12:35.370 Like the others, he is bound to the wall by several USB cables, thirty-seven to be exact. 00:12:35.370 --> 00:12:40.690 There are twelve HP Scanjet 200 scanners pressed against his body, all switched on and running 00:12:40.690 --> 00:12:42.300 at all times. 00:12:42.300 --> 00:12:46.830 Next to him, an HP Deskjet 1112 printer is attached to the wall and constantly printing 00:12:46.830 --> 00:12:49.920 out sheets of...something. 00:12:49.920 --> 00:12:55.149 A closer inspection reveals that it is not paper, but rather sheets of skin. 00:12:55.149 --> 00:12:59.850 He is conscious, but no successful interview with Wang has been conducted, due to his nearly 00:12:59.850 --> 00:13:02.790 constant, wordless screams of agony. 00:13:02.790 --> 00:13:08.010 The fifth human subject found in SCP-2535 is Chen Youpeng, who once worked as a trainee 00:13:08.010 --> 00:13:09.060 technical writer. 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:13.269 Now, he spends his days in the branch manager's office on the second floor of the building. 00:13:13.269 --> 00:13:18.320 His body has been wedged into the paper tray and backup paper tray of an HP Laserjet Pro 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.400 500 multi-function printer, which has been plugged into the wall via a standard power 00:13:22.400 --> 00:13:26.389 cable, and a 3-feet USB 2.0 M-M cable. 00:13:26.389 --> 00:13:30.079 His head sticks out of an aperture, cut into the side of the printer. 00:13:30.079 --> 00:13:34.829 The printer itself functions normally, printing copies of the HP standard print quality diagnostic 00:13:34.829 --> 00:13:40.029 page and the HP Laserjet 500 technical repair manual, alternating between the two. 00:13:40.029 --> 00:13:45.100 Since SCP-2535's discovery, it has not run out of either paper or ink. 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:49.829 Chen himself is unconscious, and shows signs of severe blood loss that, under ordinary 00:13:49.829 --> 00:13:53.149 circumstances, likely would have resulted in death by now. 00:13:53.149 --> 00:13:57.750 During a preliminary inspection of the building, one Foundation operative discovered a Canon 00:13:57.750 --> 00:14:02.399 Pixma E480 printer in the first floor janitor's closet. 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:06.580 This printer was dented and heavily corroded, most likely from the application of liquid 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:10.390 bleach, and was also covered with human teeth marks. 00:14:10.390 --> 00:14:14.899 It has spent the most recent several years attempting to print a 91-page document, but 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:19.900 has been unsuccessful due to an apparent jam in its paper tray and feed mechanism. 00:14:19.900 --> 00:14:24.290 The seams of the printer occasionally ooze human blood, which DNA testing has matched 00:14:24.290 --> 00:14:29.450 to Yan Shaoxia, former creative consultant of the Hangzhou branch. 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:34.350 SCP-2535 must be sealed away from the public, under the guise of health and safety concerns. 00:14:34.350 --> 00:14:38.930 At least two agents are to be stationed in a nearby building at all times for the purposes 00:14:38.930 --> 00:14:40.750 of observation. 00:14:40.750 --> 00:14:44.990 Wherever possible, the inside of SCP-2535 must be soundproofed. 00:14:44.990 --> 00:14:49.600 All material generated by the building's anomalies must be collected and disposed of on a daily 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:50.699 basis. 00:14:50.699 --> 00:14:56.390 So far, these containment measures have been sufficient to keep civilians away from SCP-2535. 00:14:56.390 --> 00:15:01.029 As far as the friends and family of the missing employees know, their loved ones were never 00:15:01.029 --> 00:15:02.079 found. 00:15:02.079 --> 00:15:06.519 It's better that they think of them as lost, or dead, rather than learn what truly became 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.890 of them. 00:15:07.890 --> 00:15:13.280 As I was poring over the file for SCP-2535, something curious caught my attention. 00:15:13.280 --> 00:15:17.389 This is not the only anomaly cataloged by the SCP Foundation concerning a branch of 00:15:17.389 --> 00:15:19.160 the Hewlett-Packard corporation. 00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:24.360 I considered leaving well enough alone, but I've never been particularly good at that. 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:28.589 When another path presents itself to me, no matter how dark or foreboding it may seem, 00:15:28.589 --> 00:15:31.600 I cannot resist the urge to see where it will lead. 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.480 In this case, the path led me to SCP-2211. 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:41.620 SCP-2211 was a collection of four anomalies discovered in the Shanghai offices of Hewlett-Packard. 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:44.820 Notice that I said "was" rather than "is." 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.860 More on that later. 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:49.970 First, allow me to describe the nature of each anomaly. 00:15:49.970 --> 00:15:57.680 SCP-2211-1 is a 932 MB video file titled simply, "longsmile.wmv." 00:15:57.680 --> 00:16:01.139 When played, the video depicts a pair of lips on the right edge of the screen. 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:06.209 The lips hold a closed-mouth smile for a moment, then open to reveal teeth. 00:16:06.209 --> 00:16:11.110 At this point in the video, the camera pans to the right, revealing more and more teeth, 00:16:11.110 --> 00:16:12.620 seemingly forever. 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:16.950 Though the length of the video file is listed as 55 seconds, testing revealed that the file 00:16:16.950 --> 00:16:22.639 will continue to play, revealing endless, maddening rows of teeth for more than 150 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.060 straight hours. 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:27.839 It will possibly run even longer than that, but testing was through before that could 00:16:27.839 --> 00:16:28.839 be seen. 00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:31.269 The video has no audio track. 00:16:31.269 --> 00:16:36.779 When longsmile.wmv is played for longer than 59 minutes and 20 seconds, the device used 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:41.519 to play it will begin to secrete a small amount of human saliva. 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:46.509 A sample of saliva was collected for DNA testing, but the results were inconclusive, and did 00:16:46.509 --> 00:16:50.440 not match any known human being on record. 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:59.480 SCP-2211-2 is a 2.0 MB audio file entitled "eyee(79).wav." 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:04.400 Each playthrough of the audio file is different, but tends to contain bursts of modulated static 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:09.709 that go on for 2-10 seconds before being cut off for around 0.3 seconds of silence at a 00:17:09.709 --> 00:17:10.709 time. 00:17:10.709 --> 00:17:15.370 Like longsmile, this file can play for a seemingly infinite amount of time, in spite of its listed 00:17:15.370 --> 00:17:17.839 length of 3 minutes and 3 seconds. 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:23.480 When SCP-2211-2 is played for longer than 59 minutes and 20 seconds, the device will 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:28.329 begin to secrete a clear fluid, identified as a mixture of water and sodium chloride, 00:17:28.329 --> 00:17:33.020 amino acids, glutathione, ascorbic acid, and human collagen fibers. 00:17:33.020 --> 00:17:37.610 Essentially, the device will begin to leak human tears. 00:17:37.610 --> 00:17:42.230 SCP-2211-3 is a 599 KB file titled "耳.exe." 00:17:42.230 --> 00:17:48.390 ARE.EXE When this file is run on a computer, it uses up a great deal of memory, causing 00:17:48.390 --> 00:17:52.280 the device to overheat and its built-in fans to speed up. 00:17:52.280 --> 00:17:56.230 In spite of the overheating, and any damage it might cause, the computer will continue 00:17:56.230 --> 00:17:59.030 to run until disconnected from its power source. 00:17:59.030 --> 00:18:03.630 When the file is run for longer than 59 minutes and 20 seconds, air coming through the built-in 00:18:03.630 --> 00:18:08.580 fans will begin to emit a strong smell of earwax, though no physical traces of earwax 00:18:08.580 --> 00:18:10.700 have been found. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:15.070 SCP-2211-4 is a USB adapter-powered coffee reheater. 00:18:15.070 --> 00:18:19.289 When it is plugged into the USB port of a computer, any liquid placed into the container 00:18:19.289 --> 00:18:24.030 will be heated to approximately 65 degrees Celsius, and will also transform into human 00:18:24.030 --> 00:18:27.039 mucus at a rate of 1 ml/minute. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.030 This effect is the same whether or not the computer is on. 00:18:30.030 --> 00:18:37.020 DNA analysis of the mucus revealed that it is a match with the saliva produced by SCP-2211-1. 00:18:37.020 --> 00:18:41.100 All of this would have been bizarre enough, a series of files and devices that produce 00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:47.140 human biological material and are seemingly all connected, but something else happened. 00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:51.320 All instances of SCP-2211 were kept in a pair of containment lockers. 00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:55.790 However, on June 10, 2014, this containment was breached. 00:18:55.790 --> 00:18:59.310 I have included a surveillance log transcript that captured the incident. 00:18:59.310 --> 00:19:01.500 It occurred as follows: 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:06.530 "Sound of banging metal detected near 2nd floor of Wing B. Door of small item containment 00:19:06.530 --> 00:19:12.660 locker DAD-2838 is heavily deformed outwards, and has experienced a heavy impact from its 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:13.660 inside. 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:17.400 The sound of banging metal persists for the next 3 minutes as the door of containment 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.910 locker DAD-2838 begins to burst outwards. 00:19:21.910 --> 00:19:26.070 Security teams are deployed to cordon off the area and manage the situation. 00:19:26.070 --> 00:19:31.520 Containment locker DAD-2838 is fully breached from the inside when a segmented humanoid 00:19:31.520 --> 00:19:36.690 arm emerges, extending to reveal numerous joints along its length. 00:19:36.690 --> 00:19:40.380 Security teams begin opening fire on the arm, to little effect. 00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:44.720 While the video feed shows that the arm terminates in a seven-fingered hand, personnel present 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:50.240 on the scene reported a number of fingers ranging from five to "approximately thirty". 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:55.520 The arm repeatedly strikes, and breaches, the containment locker containing SCP-2211-4, 00:19:55.520 --> 00:19:59.580 approximately 5m from containment locker DAD-2838. 00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:06.940 It subsequently reaches for SCP-2211-4 and pulls it back into containment locker DAD-2838. 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.820 No further activity detected. 00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:11.559 Arm presumed to have dematerialised." 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:15.500 Following this incident, the containment locker was examined, but no traces of the many-fingered 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.520 arm were found inside. 00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:24.190 Further examination of the locker's contents revealed that SCP-2211-1, 2, and 3 had vanished 00:20:24.190 --> 00:20:25.810 from their storage media. 00:20:25.810 --> 00:20:28.179 The files were gone. 00:20:28.179 --> 00:20:33.140 SCP-2211-4, when tested, no longer displayed any anomalous properties. 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:38.330 It was just an ordinary coffee heater, though no staff wanted to use it to heat their coffee, 00:20:38.330 --> 00:20:40.510 no matter how many times it was washed. 00:20:40.510 --> 00:20:47.380 Head researcher Min declared SCP-2211 Uncontained on August 10, 2014. 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:49.659 But there was one more unusual finding. 00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:55.840 The USB drive that once contained SCP-2211-1 was not empty. 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:58.560 There was an untitled text file on the drive. 00:20:58.560 --> 00:21:09.470 When opened, it simply read: "got my my nose" followed by an unusual text emoticon- ::oo)). 00:21:09.470 --> 00:21:14.100 As a man of science, one who has devoted my life to exploring the unexplained and seeking 00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:18.549 answers to questions that most are afraid to even ask, nothing troubles me quite like 00:21:18.549 --> 00:21:20.690 a mystery left unsolved. 00:21:20.690 --> 00:21:26.299 But the tales of these Chinese Hewlett-Packard offices are composed almost entirely of disturbing 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:31.900 mysteries, of frayed wires and broken printers, of survivors that cannot tell their stories, 00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:34.570 and messages we will never get to read. 00:21:34.570 --> 00:21:37.160 What happened after that Hangzhou HONG-JOE branch closed? 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:39.789 Was it connected to the findings at the Shanghai branch? 00:21:39.789 --> 00:21:44.570 Did that mysterious arm grab hold of the Hangzhou HONG-JOE team, contorting their bodies into 00:21:44.570 --> 00:21:49.460 unrecognizable shapes and forcing them to meld with the products they once sold? 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:54.210 Or was it once an employee, too, broken down into spare parts and trapped as files and 00:21:54.210 --> 00:21:55.680 desk-top beverage warmers? 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:57.630 I can't be certain. 00:21:57.630 --> 00:22:01.100 But I do know this: I'm throwing out my printer. 00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:03.909 I think I'll just write my notes by hand from now on. 00:22:03.909 --> 00:22:10.409 I won't necessarily suggest you do the same, but...do be careful while handling the machinery. 00:22:10.409 --> 00:22:12.020 Treat it with respect. 00:22:12.020 --> 00:22:16.940 After all, you never know if that printer was once as human as you or me. 00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:20.580 Check out the Dr. Bob Patreon and become a junior researcher today! 00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:24.580 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-2128 The Liars Cradle.