CCTV Anomalies – Camera Monitor Guide

CCTV Anomalies – Camera Monitor Guide

CCTV anomalies are only visible on the security camera monitors in your office. They cannot be seen by looking at the patient in person or on the polaroid photo. You must actively watch the camera feeds — particularly the waiting room camera, which is the most important monitor.

The CCTV check is the third and final step of the anomaly screening protocol.

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Why the Waiting Room Camera Matters

The waiting room camera is your primary surveillance feed. Most CCTV anomalies manifest on this camera because it covers the area where patients sit before being called in. Check it frequently — a quick glance between patient visits is often enough to catch anomalies.

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Quick Reference Table

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Detailed Breakdown

1. Censored / JPEG Eyes

The patient's eyes on the camera feed appear pixelated, blurred, or covered by a censor block — like a redacted document or a heavily compressed JPEG.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Detection tip: The censor block is immediately obvious. If the patient's eye area looks blurred or pixelated while the rest of the image is clear, it's an anomaly.
• Common mistake: Confusing normal CCTV compression with this anomaly. Censored Eyes are localized to the eye area only.

2. Unnatural Body / Limb Stretching

The patient's body on camera appears distorted — limbs may be stretched too long, bent at impossible angles, or the overall body proportions look wrong.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Detection tip: If the patient's silhouette looks wrong — too long, too thin, or with limbs going the wrong direction — it's this anomaly.

3. Hollow Face (CCTV)

The patient on camera has empty black holes for eyes, similar to the in-person Hollow Face anomaly but viewed through the grainy CCTV feed.

• Difficulty: Hard
• Detection tip: This is harder to spot on CCTV than in person due to lower image quality. Look carefully at the patient's face on the monitor — if you see dark voids where eyes should be, it's an anomaly.

4. Staring At Camera

The patient on the CCTV feed is looking directly at the camera, maintaining unbroken eye contact with the lens. Normal patients do not look at security cameras.

• Difficulty: Medium
• Detection tip: If you feel like the patient on screen is staring back at you, they probably are. This one has an instinctive "wrongness" to it.

5. Void Bodies / Shadow Patient

The camera shows a completely dark silhouette or shadowy figure instead of a normal patient. The figure may be entirely black, semi-transparent, or made of shadow.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Detection tip: A dark, shadow-like form sitting where a patient should be is immediately suspicious. No normal patient appears as a silhouette.

6. Skinwalker (CCTV)

The patient on the CCTV feed moves erratically or mimics unnatural behavior — sudden movements, jerky motions, or behavior that doesn't match a normal waiting patient.

• Difficulty: Medium
• Detection tip: Watch for movement that seems "off." A Skinwalker on CCTV may shift position suddenly, move in ways a normal patient wouldn't, or display uncanny animations.

7. Mismatched Ears/Eyes (CCTV)

The patient's ears or eyes on the CCTV feed do not match what you observed during the in-person appearance check.

• Difficulty: Very Hard
• Detection tip: This is the hardest CCTV anomaly to detect because it requires you to remember specific details from the in-person inspection and compare them against the low-quality camera feed. Take notes mentally during the appearance check.
• Common mistake: Skipping the in-person check, making it impossible to detect this anomaly.

8. Twitching (CCTV)

The patient's limbs jerk and spasm on the camera feed, similar to the in-person Twitching anomaly but viewed through CCTV.

• Difficulty: Hard
• Detection tip: CCTV footage is grainy, so subtle twitching can be hard to see. Watch the patient's limbs for any rhythmic or irregular movement over a few seconds.

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Detection Strategy

Recommended Workflow

1. Complete the in-person appearance check (Step 1 of screening protocol).
2. Inspect the polaroid photo (Step 2 of screening protocol).
3. Check the CCTV monitors, starting with the waiting room camera.
4. Scan for Easy anomalies first — Censored Eyes, Unnatural Body, Void Bodies.
5. Watch each patient for a few seconds — look for Staring At Camera, Skinwalker movement, Twitching.
6. Compare CCTV appearance to your in-person memory — check for Mismatched features and Hollow Face.
7. If anything is wrong on any camera, close the shutter.

Pro Tips

• Make CCTV checking a habit. Glance at the waiting room camera between every patient interaction.
• Don't rush the Very Hard anomaly. Mismatched Ears/Eyes on CCTV requires deliberate comparison — it's okay to take a few extra seconds.
• Low resolution is your enemy. If you're unsure about something on CCTV, lean on the side of caution and close the shutter.

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Common Mistakes

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Sources: Community wiki research, in-game testing, IGN/TechWiser/Eurogamer CCTV anomaly breakdowns.