SCP-3008
A perfectly normal, regular old IKEA
There are things that are horrific because they are inexplicably alien to us.
Such as eldritch creatures from other planets or dimensions
Then there are things that are horrific because they take something familiar or ordinary,
and distort it into something nightmarish.
Such as being murdered in a park
The SCP universe, of course, contains both of these concepts, both the alien and the familiar
But there are also plenty of things that blur that line. Such as SCP-3008, an infinite IKEA store
For those that have been inside one of these large, twisting buildings, the idea of being lost in one is something that isn't that far-fetched
But making the space infinitely large puts this concept on another level
There are of course other anomalous things at work in SCP 3008, but let's go through this report one step at a time
SCP-3008 is an IKEA branded building
Currently owned by the Foundation, and all roads leading to or passing by the location have been redirected
No one is allowed to enter the building without permission by the senior researcher
Any human seen leaving the building are to be detained and debriefed, and any other entities leaving the building are to be immediately terminated
The first anomalous effect occurs when someone enters SCP-3008 and moves out of sight of the entrance doors
The subject will find themselves seamlessly moved to an alternate dimension
often without them realizing
This dimension contains the infinite IKEA space, so far calculated to be at least ten square kilometers
But at the least far greater than could be contained in the 3008 building
Entering the 3008 building through any entrance other than the front, or breaking through the exterior walls,
Will enter into the normal IKEA interior
at times consistent with the normal opening and closing times of an IKEA store, the overhead lighting will turn on and off,
creating a sort of day/night cycle
While there are a number of exits located in the dimension,
They move around seemingly randomly, and it's believed that these exits can move even while being watched by an individual
SCP-3008 contains an unknown number of humans that entered the alternate dimension before the foundation managed to contain the building, and
have so far have been unable to escape or be rescued
additionally, SCP-3008 contains a large number of anomalous humanoids dressed as IKEA employees, and
possessing no facial features
These entities have exaggerated and inconsistent bodily proportions
Being too short or too tall. And during the day cycles of SCP-3008,
They wander through the environment
unresponsive to questions.
At night, however, they will act extremely hostile to any humans in SCP-3008
Attacking them will say in variations of, "the store is now closed. Please exit the building."
So far, 14 individuals have escaped SCP-3008, and one instance of these humanoids has come out chasing a human
the individual was killed by the entity before security managed to terminate it, and the man was carrying an IKEA branded journal,
the contents of which I will summarize
This individual, whom I'll refer to as subject, spent over six months inside of SCP-3008,
before finally dying outside of the structure
subject began writing in the journal two days after entering the alternate dimension alone, and
Spent the first couple days searching the area around where he entered, in hopes of finding the exit
Although he did not succeed in finding an exit, he did find a cafeteria where he ate some fresh and warm meatballs
Despite there being no one in sight who could have cooked them
Subject slept on a bed both nights, and managed to not encounter any of the humanoid entities during his first two days
After waking up on his third day,
He began walking in as straight a direction as possible for three hours, before climbing a ladder and discovering the space is seemingly infinite
Additionally, subject noticed a person in the distance and walked to them only to discover that it was one of the humanoid entities
Standing seven feet tall, with long arms, short legs, and no facial features
The entity ignored the subject and so he moved, on spending the night on a pile of bunched up tablecloths
Subject continued walking through the store for another few days, passing by countless copies of identical book shelves
But on his sixth night, he was attacked by two of the humanoids
He fled in a sprint away from them, and found a makeshift city
Lit up with floodlights, and surrounded by walls made from shelving and beds
The human occupants of the city opened the walls to let the subject in, and the humanoids eventually lost interest and wandered off
This town contained over 50 people, and was called exchange, due to the exchange and return sign hanging above it
During the day cycle, people go out to search the store for food
water, and other necessities. And at night, everyone stays in the city to avoid the humanoids
Apparently at certain times, the shelves and cafeterias restock in some way, but food and water still have to be rationed
the subject learns that there are an unknown number of other cities in the store some, with more people and some with less and
Some people have been stuck in the store for years
the concept of finding an exit and leaving is merely a rumor to most trapped inside, and
Plenty of them have given up trying entirely
Subject spends a large remainder of his time in SCP-3008 at exchange
Building a rapport with the other inhabitants, and going on daily foraging trips with them
he finds a wooden tower miles away that reaches the ceiling, and
also finds a telephone, but a voice on the other end merely spoke random words continually.
At some point, exchange was attacked by a group of twenty or thirty humanoids who attempted to tear down the makeshift walls with their hands
Subject learns that this happens regularly, and they have crafted what weapons they can to fend off the humanoids
The humanoids don't seem to bleed, but go down easily enough
Although the townspeople have to move the bodies away from the city, as the dead seemed to attract more entities
The humanoid seemed to be entirely composed of skin, or a skin like substance
With no muscles, bones, or organs, at least when they are dead
Eventually, a dozen people arrive at exchange, who reveal that they are survivors from another town named trolleys
The town was ripped apart by the humanoids, which left roughly a hundred dead
people continued to trickle in to exchange
Newcomers to SCP-3008, and the humanoids continued to attack the town once or twice a week
Subject reports seeing a quad-copter fly past, which lines up with the Foundation's first drone tests into SCP-3008
but other people in exchange recall seeing a quad-copter fly past months prior
After having a discussion with other people in exchange
Subject learns that some of the other people possess severely different knowledge of the outside world
Including no knowledge of the International Space Station, or the Statue of Liberty, and believing a different person to be the prime minister
This strongly suggests SCP 3008 pulls people from multiple parallel dimensions
Which would explain why so many people could go missing in an IKEA
Six months after arriving in SCP-3008
Subject is keeping up the same routine in exchange, with occasional visits from other towns, but the attacks from the humanoids have grown worse
At a certain point, the attacks occur nearly every night
Before finally, exchange's wall is destroyed in an attack, and the townspeople move on in hopes of reaching another city called checkouts
it's believed that during this Exodus, subject got separated from the group while they are being chased by humanoid, and found an exit
As mentioned before, the humanoid managed to chase the subject through the exit and kill him
SCP-3008 is not a tale of horrific monsters or mind-warping terrors,
But it is an entertaining example of the sheer strangeness of the SCP universe
SCP-3008 likely won't keep you up at night with feverish nightmares
But the combination of familiar reality and inexplicable mystery
Makes this one among the most interesting of SCPs