- The SCP Foundation is the stuff of nightmares.
SCP stands for secure, contain, protect.
It's a database of supposed creatures
and other paranormal entities which are so dangerous
that they have to be locked away from the rest of the world.
These entities are not to be taken lightly
and if they should ever see the light of day,
it would mean the end of everything for all of us.
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These are the 10 most frightening SCP stories.
Number 10 is SCP-978, the Polaroid Camera.
SCP-978 is so dangerous that it is only to be handled
by security personnel at a secret facility.
At first glance, this SCP anomaly looks
like an old Polaroid camera.
Like any Polaroid, you simply point it at your subject,
take a picture, and it instantly produces
a physical photograph.
But what makes SCP-978 so dangerous, however,
is that the pictures it takes reveal an ugly truth,
the person's deepest, darkest desires at that moment.
Some of the personnel who have had their photographs taken
with the SCP-978 have had such disturbing desires
that they have been put on indefinite leave.
One such photo was of a doctor holding a kitten.
The resulting photo showed that the doctor
had twisted, murderous intentions deep within.
When asked about the photo, the doctor stated categorically
"I would never do that to a kitten."
Number nine is SCP-173, the Sculpture.
SCP-173 is the most famous SCP creature of all time.
It's strange contorted body has appeared in video games
and other media, though you would not want to meet
the Sculpture as it's commonly known in real life.
This strange entity does nothing when in view,
but if you take your eyes off of it
for the briefest of moments,
that's when the true terror begins.
Blink or look away and when your gaze
returns to the creature, it will have moved closer to you.
Security personnel at an SCP facility have discovered this
at their own peril.
Looking away a handful of times has resulted in several
guards losing their lives, a terrified moment
where their screams are suddenly silenced
by a loud bone-shattering snap.
Its origin is unknown but some believe the sculpture
to be a predatory creature from another dimension.
Number eight is SCP-096, Humanoid.
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Referred to by some as the Humanoid or the Shy Guy,
this SCP creature is so dangerous that it's housed
in an airtight steel cube with no video surveillance inside.
The Humanoid measures 2.3 meters in height
with no pigmentation of skin or any body hair.
It's jaw can open four times the normal width
of an average human's and its eyes are white.
Its arms are out of proportion with the rest of its frame,
reaching out 1.5 meters from the body.
The reason for there being no video surveillance
is that this creature detests being watched.
If someone even looks at a photograph of it,
it will break out of its containment and run at speeds
of 35 kilometers an hour until it finds
the person and ends them.
Nothing can stop this process, so once it's contained,
SCP-096 is left alone in the dark with no one watching.
Number seven is SCP-1782, Tabula Rasa.
The Tabula Rasa is one of the strangest
SCP anomalies on record.
Rather than being a creature or an object with terrifying
properties, the Tabula Rasa is in fact a room.
But a room with a dark purpose.
Should you enter it, it will show you
twisted scenes beyond imagination.
No one is quite sure how it works,
but there appears to be other people living
tormented lives inside of the room.
Every three days, the interior changes,
complete with furnishings and sometimes
an occupant will be found in there.
In some instances, these occupants have momentarily
walked out of the room only to return there
of their own free will,
despite the terrors it holds for them.
In one instance, researchers sent a radio controlled camera
into the hole in one of the walls.
Inside, the video footage showed a strange creature
with its head and limbs moving around inside.
Number six is SCP-106, the Old Man.
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The Old Man as he has been labeled by researchers
at an SCP facility is one of the most terrifying
entities on record.
He's so dangerous that no physical interaction
with him is currently allowed.
This SCP creature appears like an elderly man
whose body is slowly degenerating.
He sits still like a statue in his containment area
only to be then become far more agile
when another person enters the room.
The Old Man is capable of climbing up walls
and can suspend himself from the ceiling,
upside down, like a spider.
When he touches a person, he attempts to pull them
into his own pocket dimension.
This process results in the corrosive qualities
of the Old Man's skin spreading to his victim.
Researchers are terrified of him escaping containment
as he can pass through many solid objects
when he locks onto someone and needs to feed.
Number five is SCP-1548, the Hateful Star.
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The vast majority of SCP entities are objects under study
are small and localized in nature.
However, SCP-1548, also known as the Hateful Star,
is capable of terror on a cosmic scale.
Most SCPs can be contained at least for a while
but the hateful star is a juggernaut no one can survive.
It was discovered by an astronomer in the 1970's
and radio waves were detected coming from it.
Those radio waves were interpreted as morse code messages.
When deciphered, the messages convey that not only was
the star sentient and self-aware, but that it hated
the universe and wanted to destroy all life within it.
The super massive star is now moving itself
towards our solar system at speed to consume
all the planets, our own sun,
and everyone on Earth with its fire.
Number four is SCP-1983, the Farmhouse.
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While SCP protocol seek to contain entities,
some anomalies seek to contain human beings themselves.
SCP-1983 is often referred to as the Farmhouse.
It appears as a normal farmhouse, but should anyone be
unlucky enough to enter it, this appearance soon changes.
Once inside the farmhouse with the outside door closed,
there's no escape.
You're confronted by a maze of passageways and rooms.
Turning around and opening the front door from the inside
only presents more of this labyrinth to the victim.
Worse still, the hallways and rooms are bathed in shadow
and inside those shadows, something lives.
These creatures are made of shadow
and seek to consume any humans trapped in the maze.
Should you be caught by one of these creatures,
what is left of you is placed in a room
at the heart of the maze alongside the remnants
of other victims.
Number three is SCP-1875, the Chess Automaton.
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SCP-1875 is easily one of the most terrifying objects
described in the SCP stories.
Throughout the Victorian era,
inventors tried to create automatons.
These were forerunners to modern day robots
which can perform tasks using clockwork algorithms
and in some cases steam.
SCP-1875 is a Chess Automaton
which sits at a mechanical chessboard.
It plays chess to a grandmaster standard.
This takes on new dark meaning when one realizes
that parts of the automaton are made
from the designer's own family.
The automaton appears to be conscious
and has communicated with the outside world
by hacking into wireless signals.
It then sends emails to its victims.
When those emails are read, the victims are taken over
by an incurable madness, brought about
by an attached picture which shows
the faces of the inventor's family.
Number two is SCP-478, Teeth.
Many of us have a fear of going to the dentist.
But SCP-478 takes this fear and ramps it up to 11.
These tiny entities appear like darkly colored moths,
fluttering through the air.
They do not seem to require food or oxygen.
What they do require are the mouths of human beings.
While people sleep, these tiny creatures
climb into the mouth and attach themselves
to the soft palette in the upper nasal cavity.
There they burrow in and begin to grow rows of new teeth.
Soon these teeth spread throughout the mouth
until they cover the gums.
Then the teeth will begin growing throughout the body.
In this SCP entry, it is possible to survive this onslaught
but only at the beginning of the process.
The tiny creatures can be removed surgically
but should they escape, they will simply fly
throughout the night and infect other individuals.
And number one is SCP-3998, the Wicker Witch.
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SCP-3998 is contained within a highly advanced
holding locker which is fireproof.
Known as the Wicker Witch, SCP-3998 was once a woman
from the 17th century who appears to have been
the victim of a witch trial.
After this, a scarecrow appeared which was held together
by wicker, nails, and wire.
Many believe this scarecrow and the Wicker Witch
are one and the same.
At night, the scarecrow ignites itself in flames
and spews liquid from its mouth.
Needless to say anyone who comes in contact
with the scarecrow has a nasty fate in store for them.
To counter this, the Wicker Witch is contained
so that no oxygen is present around her
in an attempt to stop the flames from growing.
But should the slightest crack appear in her prison,
the Witch's wrath will extend outward
as a burning scarecrow screaming and coming for us all.
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