Imagine a creature that simply by looking at it - meant that your death would be impending,
swift and unstoppable.
Well - if you know anything about the SCP Foundation - the mysterious fictional organisation,
made up of thousands of incredibly talented science-horror writers from across the planet
- then you’ll know that they’re in no shortage of terrifying, anomalous monsters
waiting patiently to tear you limb from limb.
Well - sounds like a pretty good premise for The Monster Files, right?
What’s going on horror fans - and once again welcome back to The Monster Files - right
here on Top 5 Scary Videos - a brand new series where we curiously meander our way through
horror fictions horrifying bestiary.
As always - I’ll be your humble host Jack Finch - as we bravely take a peek at the Top
5 Scary SCP-096 Facts.
Roll the clip.
Or - actually - no.
Don’t.
It’s probably for the best.
For those of you that don’t know - the SCP Foundation is an absolutely massive web-based
collaborative fiction project - centred around a fictional organisation, lurking in the shadows
of human civilization, protecting it from some of the most insanely violent entities
that violate natural law and threaten our universe - catalogued and referred to as SCP’s
- or more colloquially - skips.
It began on the paranormal x/ board of 4chan - sometime in 2007 - but since then, has expanded
to over 5000 separate items, as well as uncountable supporting source material and additional
notations.
If you’ve got a few hours to kill - I’d recommend diving in, because once you’re
hooked - you’re hooked.
Well, let’s take a look at one of it’s most terrifying creatures, shall we?
Kicking off at Number 5 - We Can’t Look At It
And this is probably the most important facet of SCP-096 - so we better get it out of the
way before we go any further.
Don’t ever look at SCP-096.
If you do - it’s coming to get ya.
Yeah - you might think, so why are you showing photos of this thing all the way through this
video?
Well - my answer would be, it’s just fiction - right?
Surely everything will be - fine.
If not - I’m incredibly sorry.
Before we even describe the physical attributes of this creature - it’s important to note
that whenever someone views SCP-096’s face - well, in short - it’ll likely be the last
thing you ever see.
Whether it be directly - via video recording - hell, even a photograph of it - SCP-096
will enter a stage of considerable emotional distress - begin screaming, crying - and babbling
incoherently.
After several minutes after the initial viewing, SCP-096 will snap out of it’s emotional
rage and begin running to the person that viewed it.
Irregardless of any of its other terrifying features - this one is the most fear inducing.
It harkens back to the gothic ideal of inevitable dread - an unstoppable force that is already
decided, and once the wheels are in motion, there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
Coming in at Number 4 - It’s Pretty Body Conscious
And - well, that’s a polite way to put it.
As the record states - SCP-096 is a humanoid creature that measures approximately 2.38
meters in height.
It shows very little muscle mass - with most of the Foundation’s analysis pointing towards
mild malnutrition.
Its arms are grossly out of proportion with the rest of its body - with an approximate
length of 1.5 meters each.
Its skin is wholly devoid of pigmentation - with zero sign of any body hair.
Essentially, picture either Gollum or the subterranean creatures from The Descent - stick
some extra long arms on them and give them body dysmorphia - and you get the terrifying
visage of SCP-096.
Not only that - but its jaw can open to four times the normal size of an average human.
Remember that scene from The Taking of Deborah Logan?
Yeah.
You know the one - exactly like that.
However, its other facial features seem to remain similar to that of an average human
- with one exception - it’s eyes - which are completely devoid of pigmentation.
The Foundation has no idea whether this guy is blind or not - as it shows no signs of
any higher brain function, and isn’t even considered to be sapient - which makes it
that much more terrifying.
Fear becomes palatable when we understand motivation - but without it?
That’s a whole different beast.
Next up at Number 3 - It’s Under Lock and Key … For Now.
In the world of the SCP Foundation - it’s anomalous entities have several levels of
classification.
Safe SCP’s are pretty self explanatory - they’re easily and safely contained, shut it away
and don’t worry.
Then there’s Keter class - which means that the Foundation can’t contain such an entity
- because it’s power is beyond scope and understanding.
Then there’s Euclid - which is where SCP-096 falls - which means that it can be contained
- but not indefinitely - because it’s unpredictable.
SCP-096 is contained in an airtight steel cube at all times - with zero acceptions.
Put it this way - if this thing was your dog - you wouldn’t be taking it for a walk.
Ever.
Eh - bad example, but you get the picture.
Weekly checks for any cracks or holes are mandatory - and it’s cube is under constant
external surveillance.
There is absolutely no video surveillance or optical tools of any kind inside the cell
- under any circumstances - and security personnel use pre-installed pressure sensors and laser
detectors to check the shy guy is still in there.
I mean - for me - the most awesome part of the SCP Foundation is the detail and lengths
that these documents go to to outline just how dangerous these entities are - and SCP-096
is up there with the most terrifying.
Swinging in at Number 2 - It's Unstoppable
Yeah - and this is the bit that you were waiting for, right?
It doesn’t really matter the set up - we want to know the outcome.
And like the majority of entities in the SCP Foundation - the outcome is very rarely good.
Once someone has seen SCP-096’s face - it proceeds to move towards them.
And nothing - not even the most complex of materials - can stop it.
It literally tears out of its containment unit - breaks through concrete walls - anything,
to get to its target.
Documented speeds have varied from 35 to over 200 kilometers per hour - and it will literally
rampage across the planet to get to its target.
And when it gets there?
Well - it brutally and violently kills you - and then eats you.
Done.
And it has a one hundred percent kill rate.
Zero cases throughout the Foundation’s records have ended in survival.
It sees you - you’re dead, fact.
Once it’s chowed down it will sit down for several minutes, compose itself and become
docile again - where it will began to slowly pace back towards its natural habitat.
Which, is unknown - thankfully.
I mean - would you even want to know?
And finally, at our Number 1 spot - The Foundation Wants It Dead
Pretty much more than anything, but it can’t really seem to kill it without everything
going terribly wrong.
Hell - it’s not even known whether SCP-096 can be damaged by conventional means, and
in an Incident Log - the skip survives over a thousand .50 caliber rifle rounds - as well
as an ANTI TANK missile - tearing chunks out of its body - but it just carried on.
Move over Jason Voorhees - cos this guy is a whole new level.
It’s suspected that it’s skeleton is the truly indestructible part of its body - and
it simply regenerates its organic tissue after being damaged.
Not good - not good at all.
The thing that the Foundation fears the most - is a chain reaction.
Picture this, SCP-096 gets out - it’s making its way across a vast distance to find its
target, but on the way - a family see it running across the road.
Oops, see ya.
Next a news helicopter notices it running across a field.
It’s broadcast on Live Primetime News.
Thousands of people see it live.
Uh - oh.
Yeah, you can see where I’m going with this one.
In a mass chain reaction event - SCP-096 would be like Santa Claus making sure his list is
checked and fully up to date.
It wouldn’t be good horror fans, it wouldn’t be good at all - and in that case, let’s
thank our lucky stars that this horrifying monster is fictional.
-- Or is it?
Well - there we have it horror fans, thanks for sticking around for this SCP based episode
of The Monster Files.
Before we depart, let’s take a look at some of the most creative things you’ve had to
say over the past few days.
Desoto Fischer says - This video series is really good, and I’m always eagerly awaiting
more.
Would it be of interest to make an entry on the Final Destination series, maybe, please?
Well Desoto, that was very politely put.
Personally - I absolutely loved the Final Destination series, even when it got a little
bit draining towards the later films.
We’ll see what we can do.
SCP-096 is kind of like that, no, right?
It’s coming to get ya.
Next up - Ultraviolence simply says - good video.
Well, cheers buddy - and good username, my old droog - I hope you’ve enjoyed this horrorshow.
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