While putting today’s script together, I noticed a bit of a running theme.
Totally accidental, to be honest, but I’ll make the connections like a real literary
pro. A lot of SCP’s are objects, or animals,
or totally unbelievable anomalies. These are scary because we can’t understand
them, or don’t see anything we can relate to within them. Fear of the unknown, right?
However, the SCPs we’ll discuss today are all more human that one would like to believe.
When you see a glimmer of humanity inside of a monster, it makes it even more terrifying,
more tragic. Think about Nina from FullMetal Alchemist.
Or the episode of Doctor Who with the kid in the gas mask calling for his mummy.
The uncanny valley is real, and it gets worse when we see reflections of ourselves in the
monsters we’re running from. Today’s SCP monsters all have a human element
to them, whether it's something trying to learn and grow to replace humans, or has human
tendencies like a love of art, they all hit a little too close to home.
Hello horror heads, and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube: Top5ScaryVideos.
I’m your horror host, Keegan Hughes, and today we’re taking on the latest in our
long-running SCP series, TOP 5 SCP MONSTERS THAT CAN NEVER ESCAPE - PART 9.
Put on your helmet, and take a good long look in the mirror, because we’re getting weird
today. Before we get started, make sure to give this
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Wicked, let’s get going.
NUMBER FIVE: SCP-1770 Ever tried to re-align your bike chain after
it came loose? Not a lot of fun, right? And those things
can cause some damage if you’re not careful! Well, this is an entire animate mass of steel
chains. Usually, it takes the form of a human.
In fact, it has human level intelligence, with speech and movement capabilities.
However, if left on its own, it will not move, nor will it initiate conversation.
It is capable of attacking people, and turning them into sculptures similar to itself.
At one point, it would establish hideouts in major population zones, and covertly pull
folks into its grasp. Nowadays, it just hangs out.
If it were to attack someone, the process would involve four steps.
One: it chokes the victim to death using chains removed from its body.
Two: it will insert chains into the victim via the skin, eyes, nose, and mouth.
Three: it begins to replace the victim’s flesh with chains, and shape them into a new
form. Usually the form is humanoid, but on rare
occasions they will form complex series of knots instead.
Four: all of the victim’s flesh is now knots. Yikes, imagine a bunch of chains sliding into
your nostrils, through your sinuses. Actually, don’t imagine that, sorry for
putting that image out there. Don’t worry too much though, like I said
before; this thing just doesn’t seem to want to pervert the human form anymore.
Apparently it used to see the transformations as an artistic outlet, but no longer has the
drive to do it. If you show 1770 a piece of art that doesn’t
showcase humans, it will interact with you. If you show it one with humans, it will enter
a depressive, apathetic state, and lie down in the corner for a few days.
Huh, a tortured artist who creates tortuous art.
NUMBER FOUR: SCP-983 This one touches on two common fears: growing
old, and singing along to your own birthday song.
Yeah, we’ve all been there, what the hell do you do when everyone is singing happy birthday
to you? Smile and nod? Lock eyes with someone? Moving on, 983 is a vintage mechanical monkey,
that looks like its from some time around the 1940’s.
It’s dressed in a ringmaster’s vest, and holds a brass bell and a striking rod.
Under most circumstances, this little primate is harmless.
But, if someone touches it during the 24 hour period coinciding with the day of their birth,
the anomalous effects manifest. Once the birthday celebrator touches the monkey,
it will do a backflip and sing a simple song: RING A DING DING DING ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY.
Hopefully I got the tune right. It will sing this little ditty every three
to four seconds, pausing to ring the bell. Every time it sings the song, the newly-matured
individual will appear to age by one year. This will continue until the person sings
along correctly, or dies. Yup! This little monkey will sing you to death.
Good luck. It’s not fully understood how the sing-a-long
works, or how to guarantee the desired result. But, if you do manage to fulfil the requirements,
the monkey will triumphantly declare BIRTHDAY and stop ringing and singing.
Then, a single gumdrop-style candy will be produced from the bell.
Depending on how you sang, the candy will be a different colour.
A perfect singalong will produce a crystal clear candy with luminescent properties.
A near-perfect one will produce a clear one, without the sheen.
If you eat this candy, it will restore the years you had lost during the process, and
if the shinier one is consumed it may even restore some extra life!
Forget fountains, we found the mechanical monkey of youth!
If the person is unable to sing their part correctly, they will eventually die, and the
monkey will produce a black candy. Do not eat the black candy. No, not even if
you like licorice.
NUMBER THREE: SCP-2690 I’m gonna do my best to explain this one,
but it is quite odd. This is an unidentified object that initiates
an LK-Class species transmutation event, classified SERAPHIM-1390.
Anyone who undergoes this event is to be classified as 2690-A.
What exactly happens is up for debate, but it seems that folks who come in contact with
it are transformed into something awful. Terrible beings that believe that they’re
angels, and that other people need to undergo the process as well.
It’s so beautiful, they say, we need more people to understand!
2690-A specimens have been left to their own devices, to study 2690 itself.
They came up with their own containment procedures, and description.
It reads: Touch It. Read It. Please, adore It. We need so many more. We stay here, where
It was interred, until It takes flight. Somehow that seems a little different than
standard containment. PLEASE COME TOUCH THIS THING, IT’S BEAUTIFUL.
Yeah, I’m gonna keep my distance. The report also describes this SCP:
It could speak once. It needs us, or sorrow consumes It, but O! how bright! O! wings unfurl
over your face and your feet and your chest in light of It. O! Such glorious luster! It
illuminates flesh until It has enough. But, worry not! Love is inside of you. This is
how we were meant to be. To learn that It was always in us is our greatest gift. To
keep It to ourselves is sin. We all can fly, if we try hard enough.
Getting major cult vibes for sure, but hey, if they think it's so great, why not give
it a try, right?
NUMBER TWO: SCP-3994 Normal Human People.
Like Mark Zuckerberg, or Alex Jones. Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if they
turned out to be alien shell-covered goo. 3994 is a collective designation for a cluster
of extraterrestrial entities. They develop and inhabit outer shells that
look like humans, and will mimic the appearance of a preexisting individual if there is one
nearby. If there isn’t a human nearby, it will still
form a shell based on approximate knowledge. Which, again, could be the inception of Zuckerberg.
Don’t kill me. The shells are meant to act as disguises to
hide the inner, gooey form of 3994, but often fail to perform as intended.
Plenty of these weirdos have deformities like twisted appendages and disproportionate skeletal
structure. If a goop ever exists outside a shell, it
lacks any form or structure, and can sometimes be as tall as 560 centimeters.
Over time, these Normal Human People have learned to copy speech patterns, dialects,
and languages of those they are exposed to. At first they weren’t able to string together
proper sentences, but now they are matching the language proficiency of Foundation personnel.
It appears that they are able to communicate via telepathy with other instances, creating
a sort of hivemind complex. This means that they can learn without being
directly exposed to humans. For this reason, the Foundation has deemed
it necessary to teach the things false information about humanity to make uncovering instances
easier. This doesn’t seem to be working so well,
though, as a recent containment breach has made it very clear that they are already seeing
through the ruse. They aren’t damageable by conventional means,
often requiring the use of flames or acid to destroy them.
They could very well take over the top of the food chain.
NUMBER ONE: SCP-3456 Basically the four centaurs of the apocalypse.
Except there’s more than four of them. And the world hasn’t ended yet.
These SCPs resemble horses, sort of. Their size and form say horse, but the lack
of hair, translucent skin, and human torsos fused to their backs say otherwise.
Oh and the human torsos have huge armspans, sharpened digits instead of fingers, and a
nose-hold that emits screams at over 110 decibels. So we’ve got a decidedly weird creature
on our hands. They materialize near war zones, terror attacks,
and natural disasters, as if they are drawn to human suffering.
Anyone who lays eyes on an instance of 3456 can expect to be stalked for the rest of their
days, which is nice. The horrible horses will capture a great number
of subjects before disappearing entirely. It is unknown what happens after.
In addition to all of these terrifying details, it should also be noted that some instances
have been reported to be over 30m tall, and that they are impervious to conventional weapons.
Ah, good. Well, no sense worrying over something we can’t stop then!
One little saving grace does exist though: they’re unable to cross bodies of fresh
water. Why this is the case, nobody knows, but we
can all be glad that there’s one way to avoid them!
Although, there’s less fresh water than ever, so we’ll see how long we can make
that work. OUTRO
Goodness gracious, those are some wicked creatures. Did you see anything you recognized?
What human traits would you never want to see in a monster?
Make sure you let me know down in the comments! Speaking of comments, let’s have a look
at some of your more visceral ones from TOP 5 SCARIEST REDACTED SCP MONSTERS:
Robert the Dude says “The scariest redacted SCP has to be REDACTED, this thing gave me
nightmares for DATA EXPUNGED. Pitt Symbiotic says “Top secret he says…
And now we all know… What have you done?” I’ve informed the public! Use the info while
you still can! Jeanna Beckman says “Whenever you guys talk
about SCPs I think of Jumba’s experiments from Lilo and Stitch”
That’s a great comparison! Jumba is like a Foundation researcher, giving each entity
numeric titles, and everyone else just decides to give them pet names and run around having
fun. Bendy 20 asks “Why isn’t Lucy on this
list?” She’s too well-known to be redacted, her
cognitohazardous qualities are just too powerful. Flamingo Fan says “Hi”
Hey! That’s all the time we have for today! Thanks
for watching, and I’ll see you next time!