 Good afternoon Foundation staff. This is level 4 researcher Theron Sherman and today's broadcast illustrates one of the age-old problems We're always facing in our containment duties. We're talking about SCP-5535 It's level 1 classified containment class Euclid, disruption class dark, risk class caution Why do we have so many of these now? Special containment procedures SCP-5535 is kept in the standard humanoid containment chamber at site 17 A guard must be posted in the adjoined observation room in case SCP-5535 attempts to harm itself SCP-5535's left arm has been encased in a specialized container which prevents it from moving This container is to be removed once per week to prevent muscle atrophy in the arm This can only be done by the current researcher assigned to SCP-5535 and a guard must be present during the removal Description SCP-5535 Previously known as Mateo Vélez is a Hispanic male born on July 5th, 1986 Who suffers from an anomalous version of alien hand syndrome? The subject completely lacks control over its left arm which is actively hostile toward the main body as well as any surrounding individuals despite not having sustained any damage to the corpus callusum the posterior parietal cortex The supplementary motor area or the anterior cingulate cortex, which is usually the cause of AHS history SCP-5535 was arrested for the murder of its wife in the attempted murder of its child on July 13, 2016 The subject claimed that it lost control over its left hand, which had then choked its wife to death against its will SCP-5535 was released by the police and delivered to a hospital It was further detained by the foundation after it's anomalous brain chemistry was discovered by the hospital following containment SCP-5535 claimed that it had been possessed by some sort of incorporeal entity that took control of its arm Incident 5535.1 During a weekly removal of the container constricting SCP-5535's arm instead of attempting to assault nearby personnel as usual The hand mimicked the act of writing in hopes of uncovering more about the anomaly. The hand was provided with pen and paper It is to be noted that this seemed to aggravate SCP-5535 Who was extremely vocal about his objections and had to be restrained the note written by the hand has been attached below First of all, I apologize for trying to hurt you people before you stopped me from moving So I thought you were with him now. I have noted that he is imprisoned as well. So I know that that's not the case This man is not who he says he is. He is an imposter and a body snatcher. I am the real Mateo Velez. I do not know what he is, but it's not human. I assure you of that It came to me and forced itself into my mind It tried to overwrite me or erase me or something, but it didn't succeed not fully I was forced to watch through my own eyes as this bastard killed my beloved with my hands But when he put his hands on my daughter, I knew I couldn't let him I managed to take control of the part of the brain that controls his hand and I used it to stop him I've been clinging on ever since Please help me if you can. I can feel myself fading and I don't know how much longer I can hold on You must help me to get rid of this fake You must erase his consciousness out of my brains and return control of what belongs to me back Help me. Please help me Afterward After the previous message was delivered the affected arm fell dormant and has been considerably more docile than before Only occasionally attempting to harm the body Considering the contents of the message the container is to be removed thrice weekly and communications with the armor to be upheld in order to Determine the exact nature of the anomaly SCP-5535 has been vocal about his objections toward this development claiming the other consciousness to be lying research continues Oh boy, he's the body snatcher. No, he's the body snatcher. No shoot you don't shoot you We've all been there am I right? Alright staff that ends our broadcast for the day use your foundation encrypted YouTube account to like comment and subscribe And hit the bell and support our broadcast at patreon.com site 42