VHS Cassette Tape

The VHS Cassette Tape is an Altered Item contained by the FBC in the Oldest House.
==Summary==
A VHS (Video Home System) tape cassette. Item will not eject from the television player used at the time its altered status became evident. The VHS plays footage of Ahti (Entity A-001) cleaning a floor and dancing. This footage renders individuals incapable of movement, speech, or thought while the television screen is within view. This effect is estimated to last indefinitely, though the most time spent in this state by a test subject is 21 hours. Individuals only recollect hearing strange music during their entranced state. Footage plays on a constant loop even when the television is not connected to a power source.
Even when the television and its footage are contained within an enclosed cell with no window, agents in proximity have been driven to open and enter the cell by the item's entrancing nature.
This item's creation is the source of much research and debate. It was a product of the Bureau's first attempts to film Ahti during Operation Shallow Tide. An agent was able to conceal themselves in an area frequented by him, at which point they began filming. The agent reported that the video camera showed no signs of disturbance during the filming.
Later, when reviewing the footage, the research staff became mesmerized by its altered effect. Measures were taken and altered evaluation began. Never before have Bureau personnel been so closely involved in the creation of an Altered Item. The experiment was quickly replicated, though not with the same results. The footage was simply useless in every subsequent attempt. This event spawned a great debate as to whether Altered Items are created by paranatural entities, intentionally or otherwise. Similar experiments were prohibited soon after, as the creation of altered materials was deemed an action the Bureau should not engage in.
==Containment Procedure==
The following procedures for containment for the item in the Oldest House:
* Item has proven impossible to fully contain when in proximity of human beings.
* Item is to be sent to [REDACTED] in the [REDACTED] of the Oldest House in order to prevent any future access.
==References==
Category:Altered Items