Hello Internet - and welcome back to the most inquisitive channel on YouTube - Life’s
Biggest Questions, the place where we can’t help but keep our eyes open when faced with
a relentless neck-snapping machine.
What’s going on guys - as always I’ll be your host Jack Finch - as we boot up the
archives once again, demonstrate our authority as an O5 official - and curiously ask the
question, What If SCP-173 Was Real?
Roll the clip.
Fun fact - actually - because many people commonly think that SCP-173 was ripped off
from Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels - first aired on the 9th June 2007 - but in fact,
SCP-173 was the first ever skip created on the x boards of 4chan - and predated Doctor
Who’s episode by several months.
In fact - it spawned the entire SCP canon, and is the reason that we’re even here,
discussing the possibilities of a terrifying fictional scenario and the consequences of
a containment breach.
Coincidence?
Well - I’m not entirely sure, but the Blink episode actually gave us quite a credible
insight into our hypothetical scenario.
So let’s learn a thing or two.
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So - what exactly is SCP-173, you may ask.
Is it a hulking space beast summoned through a keyhole?
Is it an indestructible hateful lizard that just can’t die?
Well, no.
It’s a statue - really - but sometimes, the fear of the uncanny is far more terrifying
than you think.
SCP-173 is an Euclid class object of unknown origin - and is interestingly classified,
as usually - a skip of such destructive hostility would be Keter class - but the difference
here is the ease of its containment.
It’s a relatively easy to deal with Euclid class object and shut away within its containment
procedures.
Or is it?
173 is a statue like object constructed from concrete and rebar, with traces of Krylon
brand spray paint.
In other words - it wouldn’t look out of place in a graffiti exhibition.
SCP-173 is animate and extremely hostile, despite appearances that may indicate otherwise.
The object cannot move while within a direct light of sight - and thusly, line of sight
must not be broken at any time with the object.
This is incredibly The foundation’s containment procedure is actually pretty straightforward
- and is essentially, seal it in a box and hope for the best.
The object is reported to attack by snapping the neck at the base of the skull, or - in
more rare circumstances - by means of strangulation.
In the event of an attack - personnel are to observe Class 4 Hazardous Object Containment
procedures.
SCP-173 regularly secretes a strange, reddish brown substance in the area around it - which
is commonly believed to be a combination of feces and blood.
The origin of these materials are unknown - but, by orders of the foundation - the enclosure
must be cleaned on a bi-weekly basis to keep the reddish brown substance from building
up.
It is a commonly held belief in the foundation that this substance are the beginnings of
a second spawn of SCP-173 - in an intentional attempt to replicate itself.
Personnel who are assigned to the container on a cleaning duty are instructed to alert
one another before blinking, in an effort to constantly maintain a field of vision and
thus negate the skips line of attack.
But - well, actually - we’re lying to you, dear listeners.
Because special containment procedures for SCP-173 aren’t as straightforward as we
initially described.
In fact - as recent revised entries have shown - an XK end of the world scenario has already
been brought about via the unknown actions of SCP-173.
Remember that strange, reddish brown substance that we spoke about?
Well - in one initial instance, SCP-173 appeared to multiply itself - producing two identical
copies, resulting in the deaths of two D-Class personnel.
After being moved to separate cells, a second multiplication event occurred - creating 4
copies of itself, labelled SCP-173 1 through 4, and the object being reclassified as Keter.
Of course - this resulted in a further security breach - as an event like this was unprecedented
in the Foundation’s history - creating at least 61 copies of itself and eventually leading
to over half a million civilian deaths across North America.
This resulted in a mass media panic - with hundreds of thousands of sightings alongside
unprecedented pieces of evidence of the foundations existence.
Major television news outlets had obtained clear video evidence of SCP-173 killing civilians,
which led to the media providing instructions for avoiding an instant death.
It is commonly theorised that SCP-173 utilised a hive-mind - an intelligence that exponentially
scales with the number of nearby copies.
After the first copy had been created, the skip was twice as smart - and on and on they
went.
It is believed that their ultimate target was the O5 Council, in a presumed takeover
plot for domination of the Earth.
Well - of course - I think I’ve already said too much, but remember - SCP-173 is a
problem that has not been fully dealt with.
The Beacons are Lit.
Unfortunately folks, that’s all we’ve got time for in today’s SCP-based video
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