WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.090 “Watch this!” the teenage boy says before jumping his skateboard up onto the stair railing. 00:00:06.090 --> 00:00:10.490 His friends watch in amazement as he deftly guides his board down the long rail. 00:00:10.490 --> 00:00:15.620 They hoot and holler in support until suddenly, the boy seems to lose his balance. 00:00:15.620 --> 00:00:19.179 He falls from the rail and tumbles down the stairs of the large parking garage where they 00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:21.800 had been practicing their skateboarding tricks. 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:25.599 The boy hits the ground hard at the end of the stairs and all of his friends go quiet. 00:00:25.599 --> 00:00:30.259 The boy is stunned but eventually he opens his eyes and stands up, but none of his friends 00:00:30.259 --> 00:00:32.480 can do anything except stare. 00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:38.070 “Oh no oh no oh no” the boy says as he looks down at his arm, which is now bent at 00:00:38.070 --> 00:00:41.530 a ninety degree angle in a spot where no joint should exist. 00:00:41.530 --> 00:00:46.350 The children watching all begin to scream, and one, unsure of what else to do, turns 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:47.350 and runs. 00:00:47.350 --> 00:00:48.350 “What do I do? 00:00:48.350 --> 00:00:49.350 What do I do?” 00:00:49.350 --> 00:00:51.910 the boy with the broken arm says to no one and everyone. 00:00:51.910 --> 00:00:56.100 Luckily, one of the group quickly collects herself and steps forward to take control 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:57.100 of the situation. 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:00.170 “Come on,” she says, “we’re getting you to the hospital.” 00:01:00.170 --> 00:01:04.650 The girl puts her arm around him on his non-damaged side and helps him to the street, where they 00:01:04.650 --> 00:01:06.460 have a stroke of good luck. 00:01:06.460 --> 00:01:09.020 Parked just a block away, is an ambulance. 00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:12.840 “Hey!” the girl cries out, waving towards the ambulance. 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:16.649 The paramedics inside must have seen her because the ambulance’s lights immediately come 00:01:16.649 --> 00:01:19.299 on and it drives the short distance to them. 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:22.920 The ambulance stops and two paramedics quickly exit the vehicle. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.640 The paramedics don’t even need to ask what happened, they can obviously see from the 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:30.850 unnatural angle of the boy’s arm that he needs immediate medical attention, and they 00:01:30.850 --> 00:01:33.610 quickly place him into the back of the ambulance. 00:01:33.610 --> 00:01:37.570 The girl begins to pull herself into the back as well, but is quite forcefully shoved back 00:01:37.570 --> 00:01:38.570 into the street. 00:01:38.570 --> 00:01:41.909 “Patients only,” is the sole response from the paramedic who pushed her before he 00:01:41.909 --> 00:01:43.740 slams the door shut. 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:47.359 The girl gets a brief look at her friend’s frightened face through the back window as 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.709 the ambulance speeds away. 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:53.220 Several days later, the children are sitting outside of the same parking structure, but 00:01:53.220 --> 00:01:58.039 none of them are in any mood to skate, all they can think about is their missing friend. 00:01:58.039 --> 00:02:01.929 Neither the boy’s parents, nor the police, have any idea what happened to him or where 00:02:01.929 --> 00:02:02.929 he went. 00:02:02.929 --> 00:02:07.460 There’s no records at any of the local hospitals of him ever being brought there, nor does 00:02:07.460 --> 00:02:11.940 there seem to be any evidence of this particular ambulance having existed at all. 00:02:11.940 --> 00:02:15.450 No one even seems to believe the children that he got into an ambulance, the whole story 00:02:15.450 --> 00:02:17.819 just seems too far-fetched and outlandish. 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:20.860 But the children know what they saw. 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:25.299 As they discuss the events for the hundredth or perhaps thousandth time, one of the smallest 00:02:25.299 --> 00:02:27.439 of the group suddenly stands up and points. 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:28.920 “There it is!” 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:32.700 The rest of the group looks in the direction he’s motioning and sees the same thing, 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:34.780 it’s the ambulance. 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:38.510 None of them know what to do as the vehicle flies past them, this time with no lights 00:02:38.510 --> 00:02:42.450 on, and comes to a stop a block away from where they first spotted it. 00:02:42.450 --> 00:02:46.120 They watch as the two paramedics exit the vehicle and go around to the back. 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:49.849 It’s hard to see from this distance, but it looks as though they took something out 00:02:49.849 --> 00:02:53.700 of the rear of the ambulance, something that requires both of them to lift, before dropping 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:56.500 it on the sidewalk behind some trash cans. 00:02:56.500 --> 00:03:00.690 The children watch as the paramedics get back into the ambulance and drive away, disappearing 00:03:00.690 --> 00:03:02.760 just as quickly as they appeared. 00:03:02.760 --> 00:03:06.830 After a moment of shock, they all in unison begin running to the place where the ambulance 00:03:06.830 --> 00:03:07.830 stopped. 00:03:07.830 --> 00:03:11.040 They come to a skidding halt just in front of the trash cans. 00:03:11.040 --> 00:03:15.441 None of them can do anything except stare until they all break out into screams, one 00:03:15.441 --> 00:03:18.709 of the children turning and immediately running away. 00:03:18.709 --> 00:03:23.599 And they have good reason to scream, because in front of them, is their friend. 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.530 His arm is no longer broken, appearing to have been somehow repaired in just a matter 00:03:27.530 --> 00:03:32.109 of days, but it is also no longer attached to his shoulder. 00:03:32.109 --> 00:03:37.109 The boy opens his eyes as his friends scream and looks down to see that his arms and legs 00:03:37.109 --> 00:03:42.019 have been reattached at a new angle, jutting out from his back, leaving him standing on 00:03:42.019 --> 00:03:47.470 all fours, his face staring up at the sky like some kind of twisted animal. 00:03:47.470 --> 00:03:51.459 What happened to this young man was tragic, but he wasn’t the first victim of this strange 00:03:51.459 --> 00:03:55.709 malicious anomaly, and unfortunately, neither would he be the last. 00:03:55.709 --> 00:04:00.359 Because this was SCP-4419… also known as… 00:04:00.359 --> 00:04:02.409 The Butcher's Chariot. 00:04:02.409 --> 00:04:07.299 SCP-4419 appears to be a seemingly normal vehicle, which resembles a standard ambulance, 00:04:07.299 --> 00:04:11.030 though the exact make and model varies between manifestations. 00:04:11.030 --> 00:04:15.250 This anomalous ambulance will appear spontaneously in locations where a medical emergency of 00:04:15.250 --> 00:04:17.650 some kind is about to take place. 00:04:17.650 --> 00:04:23.840 Just how SCP-4419 is able to predict where and when these events will take place is unknown, 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:27.960 nor is it understood how it always takes the form of an ambulance that resembles one appropriate 00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:29.890 to the local area. 00:04:29.890 --> 00:04:34.060 Once the medical event has occurred, whether that be a minor injury like a sprain or something 00:04:34.060 --> 00:04:40.620 more serious gunshot wound, SCP-4419 will quickly approach the injured individual. 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:44.870 Two individuals which have a humanoid appearance and are dressed in paramedic uniforms that 00:04:44.870 --> 00:04:49.590 are, just like the ambulance, always appropriate to the location, will exit the ambulance. 00:04:49.590 --> 00:04:53.500 They will then secure the victim, using a stretcher if need be, and place them in the 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:55.460 back of the ambulance. 00:04:55.460 --> 00:05:00.530 While the individuals who emerge from SCP-4419 will, for the most part, act as though they 00:05:00.530 --> 00:05:04.720 are normal medical professionals, they will strongly resist any attempt to either impede 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:08.840 them in their quest to secure the injured person, as well as prevent anyone else except 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:14.330 for their target from getting into the back of the SCP-4419 ambulance, up to and including 00:05:14.330 --> 00:05:17.000 the use of extreme physical force. 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:20.639 As soon as the the paramedic appearing individuals have managed to secure the victim in the back 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.150 of the ambulance, it will then quickly leave the area at a high rate of speed, and research 00:05:25.150 --> 00:05:31.669 has shown that as soon as it is out of observation, SCP-4419 will demanifest, along with whoever 00:05:31.669 --> 00:05:32.669 is inside. 00:05:32.669 --> 00:05:37.940 But this isn’t the end of what this anomaly has in store for its victim. 00:05:37.940 --> 00:05:43.699 Between two and seven days later, the SCP-4419 ambulance will suddenly reappear at the same 00:05:43.699 --> 00:05:45.669 area where it picked up its victim. 00:05:45.669 --> 00:05:49.880 The same individuals will exit the ambulance, and leave the victim somewhere nearby before 00:05:49.880 --> 00:05:53.259 getting back in the vehicle and leaving the scene once again. 00:05:53.259 --> 00:05:57.610 The victim who is left behind, will always have suffered what can only be described as 00:05:57.610 --> 00:06:00.039 invasive bodily modifications. 00:06:00.039 --> 00:06:03.789 Their injuries are so extreme that in most cases they should have resulted in the death 00:06:03.789 --> 00:06:08.449 of the victim, and yet they will always somehow still be alive. 00:06:08.449 --> 00:06:12.449 While the exact form of modification will vary from victim to victim, there does appear 00:06:12.449 --> 00:06:17.319 to be some correlation between the original medical emergency and the resulting procedure, 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:22.660 and the SCP Foundation has documented a number of encounters with SCP-4419 stretching all 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.770 the way back to the early 1980s. 00:06:25.770 --> 00:06:30.169 Some notable examples include one from 1983 in which a pedestrian who was crossing the 00:06:30.169 --> 00:06:34.660 street was struck by an automobile, resulting in them breaking their leg. 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:39.300 SCP-4419 was on site and quickly helped the man into the back of the ambulance. 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:43.169 When he was returned several days later, all of his limbs had been reattached in such a 00:06:43.169 --> 00:06:46.710 way that they were protruding from the front of his torso. 00:06:46.710 --> 00:06:53.190 In another which occurred in 1994, a man suffered a broken jaw in a fight outside of a bar. 00:06:53.190 --> 00:06:58.039 To no surprise, SCP-4419 was on hand and took the man away for treatment. 00:06:58.039 --> 00:07:03.270 When he was next seen, his jaw had been permanently forced open, and a glass window had been installed 00:07:03.270 --> 00:07:07.180 in the back of his throat, which permitted direct viewing of his heart, which had also 00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:09.759 been moved to the back of the throat. 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:14.180 Unfortunately there was no way to reverse this procedure, and the man had to be euthanized. 00:07:14.180 --> 00:07:18.789 In 2003, a husband and wife were in a car accident where they each sustained multiple 00:07:18.789 --> 00:07:20.120 broken bones. 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:25.140 When SCP-4419 dropped them back off, the two had been fused together at the back, and any 00:07:25.140 --> 00:07:29.009 bones that were broken in the crash had been removed completely. 00:07:29.009 --> 00:07:34.820 When an elderly gentleman had a heart attack in 2006, he was picked up by SCP-4419 and 00:07:34.820 --> 00:07:39.530 returned with eleven new, non functioning hearts grafted inside of his body. 00:07:39.530 --> 00:07:43.129 Attempts were made to remove these additional hearts through surgery, but unfortunately 00:07:43.129 --> 00:07:45.280 the man did not survive the procedure. 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:51.170 In 2008, a structure fire resulted in nineteen people suffering extreme burns. 00:07:51.170 --> 00:07:55.949 Seven more injuries came when a crowd attempted to stop the SCP-4419 paramedics from placing 00:07:55.949 --> 00:08:00.069 all of the victims in the back of the ambulance, but they were unsuccessful in preventing them 00:08:00.069 --> 00:08:01.520 from leaving the scene with them. 00:08:01.520 --> 00:08:06.920 When the group of victims was finally returned, it was as a single organism, a large solitary 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.919 mass which twitches and shivers when physical contact is applied. 00:08:10.919 --> 00:08:14.919 No method for euthanizing this organism has been able to be found, and currently they 00:08:14.919 --> 00:08:18.310 are stored inside of a tank at Site-31. 00:08:18.310 --> 00:08:24.139 In perhaps the strangest sighting of SCP-4419, a US private was wounded while on patrol in 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:29.100 Afghanistan and a military medical evacuation vehicle arrived to evacuate him. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:32.930 Suspicious about the vehicle’s sudden appearance and the forceful conduct of the medical staff, 00:08:32.930 --> 00:08:36.320 the private’s fellow soldiers ended up opening fire on the vehicle. 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:40.530 They reported seeing a viscous black fluid leaking from the vehicle's surface, but they 00:08:40.530 --> 00:08:43.450 were unable to stop it from taking the injured private. 00:08:43.450 --> 00:08:48.399 In a deviation from its normal behavior, the victim was not returned to the same place, 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:51.530 and instead, appeared in the barracks the next day. 00:08:51.530 --> 00:08:56.130 The victim had been broken down into a thin paste and was spread across the walls. 00:08:56.130 --> 00:09:00.000 Agents were dispatched to secure what was left of the man, and they reported finding 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.570 a still intact eyeball that dilated when they approached. 00:09:03.570 --> 00:09:07.640 The collected viscera has been labeled as “remains” and placed in storage, but it 00:09:07.640 --> 00:09:10.730 is currently unknown whether or not the victim has truly expired. 00:09:10.730 --> 00:09:17.200 Due to the danger SCP-4419 presents to anyone who suffers an injury, as well as its ability 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:21.730 to appear virtually anywhere on the planet, it has been classified as Keter. 00:09:21.730 --> 00:09:25.300 Containment efforts at this point are largely focused on maintaining information control 00:09:25.300 --> 00:09:30.450 and post-manifestation cleanup, as opposed to any attempts at physical confinement. 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:35.790 Anyone who witnesses an SCP-4419 manifestation is to be administered amnestics, and victims 00:09:35.790 --> 00:09:39.200 are to be treated in order to restore them to their original physical state as much as 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:43.720 possible or euthanized when no viable medical treatments are available, with a cover story 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.920 constructed in order to explain their death. 00:09:46.920 --> 00:09:52.640 SCP-4419 is one of the most cruel and sadistic anomalies in the SCP Foundation’s database, 00:09:52.640 --> 00:09:56.910 ranking right up there with the SCP-106 the Old Man. 00:09:56.910 --> 00:10:01.310 Hopefully one day we will find a means to contain this brutal so-called medical vehicle, 00:10:01.310 --> 00:10:06.029 but until then, be careful if you suffer an injury and an ambulance is suddenly on hand, 00:10:06.029 --> 00:10:09.030 you might come back changed in ways you never thought possible. 00:10:09.030 --> 00:10:15.621 Now go and watch another entry from the files of Dr. Bob, like SCP-4666, the Yule Man, for 00:10:15.621 --> 00:10:18.890 another anomaly that seems to delight in the suffering of others. 00:10:18.890 --> 00:10:23.010 And make sure you subscribe and turn on notifications, so you don’t miss a single anomaly, as we 00:10:23.010 --> 00:10:26.939 delve further and further into the SCP Foundation’s classified archives.