Witch

The Witch is one of the Special Infected and the only one to display an initially passive response to presence of the Survivors. She is also the only non-playable Special Infected.

The Witch is highly sensitive to light and the close presence of uninfected humans. Shining a flashlight on a Witch or approaching too closely will "startle" her and trigger an attack. Hitting her with any damage has the same result. She is completely unresponsive to Infected and the passage of nearby bullets.

When alert to the presence of an uninfected human or flashlight, she will look in the human's direction and make a low warning growl: this signals an incipient attack. If the human backs off, switches the light off or moves quickly out of her presence, she will soon settle back into a passive state. But if the threat persists, she will launch an attack directed at the human who "startled" her at great speed, singling out the person who provoked the attack. She is able to incapacitate her victim instantly whereupon she frenziedly slashes that person with her clawed hands, only stopping if either she or the victim dies.

If she is still alive after killing her victim, she will run off sobbing out of sight. She will also display this behavior if her attack is frustrated (e.g. the victim is able to outrun her).

Killing a Witch is not always required, since players can often sneak around her or wait until she wanders away from their intended path. However, if she is immobile because it is dark and it is not possible to go around her (i.e. she spawns in a narrow hallway), the only option is to work out a plan to kill her.

Appearance
A Witch's physique is that of an extremely thin young woman with pale skin, shoulder-length platinum-blonde hair, sunken red eyes and a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth. She is only clad in the remains of a tattered white tank top and a pair of white panties, and like most Special Infected she does not wear any shoes. Her most distinctive features are the twelve-inch-long, bloodstained claws her fingers have grown into. Her knees and feet are stained with dirt and blood. Oddly, the Witch in the games is portrayed as flat-chested, while in "The Sacrifice" comic they have considerably larger breasts.