Leech Man

The Leech Zombie is a human corpse infested with leeches infected with the tyrant virus. The only known Leech Zombie haunted the Raccoon General Hospital during the Raccoon City outbreak.

Background
During the Raccoon City outbreak, a vast amount of leeches within and around the Raccoon General Hospital became infected with "t". Along with increasing their size, aggressiveness, and giving them a collective consciousness, the virus imbued them with another insidious method of infection: the ability to infest and control a human. The leeches swarm over a human in vast numbers, attach themselves to every orifice and exposed section above the knee, suck the victim of all their blood, and, through some unknown means, presumably by manipulating the victim's nervous system, take complete control of the body as a host. This entity is the Leech Zombie.

The Hive
It is unknown how many Leech Zombies there had ever been, though there had been at least two. At the time that a small group of survivors entered the Hospital to obtain medicine and healing items, at least one existed. Although the identity of this Leech Man is not confirmed, it most likely was Dr. Scott, as his body can be found sucked dry and covered with leech bites. Although the survivors briefly encountered this Leech Man, it was only for a short amount of time.

Hursh, a doctor at the hospital, received a mysterious wound that is seen bandaged. The blood attracted the Leech Zombie, which forced its way into the room Hursh and the survivors were in. Though Hursh attempted to escape, he lost his balance climbing over a trolley and was caught by the monster.

It is unknown how exactly he became a Leech Zombie, as the survivors in the room didn't see exactly what transpired when he was attacked, but nevertheless, he became the new Leech Zombie and resumed the hunt for blood. This can be proved by the bandaged hand on the Leech Zombie seen above. He continued to haunt and chase the survivors through the ventilation system as they remained in the Hospital. Eventually, the Leech Zombie met its demise when it was tricked into entering the Fixed Temperature Laboratory. While one of the survivors distracted and baited the Leech Zombie with a blood pack, they turned the temperature setting to high. The resulting high temperature killed every single leech covering Hursh's body, effectively ending his reign of terror.

Though there were many bodies for the numerous leeches to use as viable hosts as a replacement for Hursh, no more were made. It is possible that, with the death of the Giant Leech, the leeches were unable to continue to survive. If so, production of Leech Zombies would cease completely.

If one of your allies died during this mission, possibly before or definitely after the first leech zombie is killed, after a short amount of time, a cutscene is shown where a mass of leeches converge on the body, creating a new leech zombie, that cannot be killed by the fixed temperature room, to emerge and resume chasing you.

Characteristics
The Leech Zombie was a horrific and disgusting creation. His insatiable hunger for blood, a consequence of the leeches controlling him, was his sole driving force. If a bloodied prey was within the company of healthy prey, he would ignore them and focus solely on the wounded one. As well, if large amounts of blood were present in the form of a blood pack, the Leech Zombie would lap it up until every drop was gone. The Leech Man used the ventilation system to move throughout the rooms, and would enter through a vent cover in the ceiling. The leeches formed an invincible shield around the host, making it impossible for physical damage to do anything but temporarily weaken it. Also, gunfire was extremely ineffective, doing less damage to it than a tackle. Though it was essentially just a cadaver with leeches, the Leech zombie was significantly stronger as any normal zombie.

Leech zombies should not be confused with the Mimicry Marcus, which are individual masses of leeches who assume a humanoid shape.