Ahhh!
The Seven Seas.
Has there ever been anything more apt than a captain and his ship, a crew of salty-sea
dogs, a hull filled to the brim with grog - a hope, and a dream?
That grandiose feeling of endeavour as they sail their way across the deep blue - sea
salt clinging to their hair in all it’s romantic glory.
Our culture has had a vast and expansive relationship with boats and water - and legends of some
of the most notorious nautical figures in history have held a special place in our hearts
for ad infinitum.
One of those, then - you may well already know.
The Flying Dutchman - and it’s captain, Davy Jones.
But - as is always the case - that mysterious place known only as the SCP Foundation - has
a few things to say about this particular sea shanty.
Hello internet - what’s going on, and once again welcome back to the most inquisitive
channel on YouTube - Life’s Biggest Questions.
As per usual, I’ll be your disembodied floating voice Jack Finch - as today, we curiously
ask the question - What If SCP-2846 Was Real?
For the curious amongst you, that clip was from Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's
End.
Of course it was, because as you all know - this is a video about one of the most legendary
seafaring vessels to have ever sailed our oceans - caught in an ever-eternal battle
between one of the deep blue sea’s most legendary leviathans.
But - eh, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, because first we have to sketch out exactly
what’s going down with this particular entry in the Foundation’s archives - because there’s
a lot to get through.
As the record states - collectively speaking, SCP-2846 refers to an incredibly specific
set of phenomenon that occurs within the Gulf-Atlantic region of the Atlantic Ocean.
It’s split into 916 specific entities, but if that seems overwhelming - don’t worry,
because it will all make a little more sense soon.
The primary components of this aquatic phenomenon are two parts.
SCP-2846-A - and SCP-2846-B. The A component is a massive, aquatic octopoid entity - that
is currently estimated to be between 955 and 990 meters in length.
The entity in question is known to appear from its deep watery domain during storms
within the Gulf-Atlantic - that will then attack civilian vessels - specifically targeting
cruise liners or merchant ships - and as it appears, it has a particular taste for civilians.
And yes - guys.
That’s because - you guessed it.
SCP-2846-A - is in fact - the hafgufa - the lyngbakr - the sea-mist, heather-backed monstrosity
of both Scandinavian and Salty Sea Dog Legend - as first depicted in the Old Icelandic saga,
Orvar-Oddr - The Kraken!
Despite it’s historical significance - the first recorded appearance of 2846-A by a Foundation
personnel came in 1905 - when the then Admiral Reginald Von Allen sighted a creature at least
three-times the size of his vessel, rising from the depths of the sea with a whale wrapped
within it’s long tangle of tentacles.
Yup.
Sounds like our guy the Kraken to me.
But in this particular entry, our Leviathan Friend has a little bit more of a - relationship,
shall we say, with another notorious nautical namesake.
As the record also states, SCP-2846-B is a large seafaring vessel that appears during
any and every Kraken event.
The vessel now appears to be a Pennsylvania-Class Super-Dreadnought Battleship, a model that
was commissioned as part of the US Naval Force through 1919 up until 1946.
Although we’ll get onto it more later - this battleship was proudly gifted to SCP-2846-B
by the Foundation as a means to an end.
Essentially, any time the Kraken emerges from the water - so too does the battleship - and
will engage the creature in a skirmish to the death - where the two become locked in
combat until the Kraken is sufficiently crippled or otherwise incapacitated - after which both
entities will submerge until the next appearance event.
According to eyewitnesses, the battleship appears hazy in any video or photographs,
because that’s of course how things usually happen when you’re dealing with anomalous
phenomenon - and individuals have described it as being vaporous in appearance.
Also, it fires green flames - because, why not?
But the really - really interesting component to this particular anomalous entity, doesn’t
necessarily come with the ship itself - but instead - the crew that pilots it, and it’s
lead by no other - than Captain David Thomas Jones, of His Majesty’s Royal Navy - who
may, or may not be the legendary Davy Jones - the murky mediator of the deep blue sea.
In the Foundation’s case, this entity is referred to as SCP-2846-B1 - and all of his
915 crew members have their own SCP designation - because why not, right?
They’re immortal sailors caught in eternal combat with a Kraken - it’s safe to say
that they’ve pretty much earned it by this point.
And here is where our hypothetical notion disseminates itself across the halls of historical
legend, because this particular sea tale already *is* rooted deep in our culture.
In fact - perhaps out of most entries in the canon of the SCP Foundation, SCP-2846 may
just well have the best foothold in reality.
It’s just that in this case, it’s had a little bit of a face lift - to bring it
up to the 21st century - and instead of canons, gunpowder and sails - The Flying Dutchman
has a Dreadnought Battleship with artillery batteries, sonar - and more depth charges
than you can sink a Kraken with.
The reason being - that Davy Jones’ eternal battle against the Tentacle Titan, is much
more important than just a romantically bloody gunpowder showdown out in the deep dark blue
- because as the Foundation have found out to devastating consequence, the Kraken - isn’t
alone.
It has friends, and they’re locked deep beneath the ocean bed - and SCP-2846-A wants
nothing more than to free them all so the deep ones can take over our planet and gobble
us all up with their tentacles.
Probably anyway.
Yeah.
I told you there was quite a bit to this one.
See, the thing is - SCP-2846 plays fast and loose with folklore - but in this case, it
resonates on a whole new level.
The legend of Davy Jones's Locker being the immortal resting place for sailors who’ve
lost their souls at sea, allegorically speaking - has been an incredibly prolific euphemism
for drowning or shipwrecks.
It’s been a way to commemorate the tradition of countless lives lost to the ocean.
But if this anomalous instance was real, and those brave, immortal souls did indeed end
up on the deck of The Flying Dutchman - facelift and all - with Captain Jones himself at the
helm - locked in battle with the Kraken in an effort to save all of humanity - then I
think the romanticism of the oceans just got turned up to its maximum.
The one thing keeping a lid on the end of the world *is* The Flying Dutchman - and the
vast majority of the planet has no idea the factor that it plays in their continued survival.
We know next to nothing about our own oceans - never mind the potential monstrosities lurking
deep within its murky depths - and we don’t really seem to be willing or even able to
figure out exactly what’s going on down there.
If that’s the case, then perhaps The Flying Dutchman isn’t the hero that Planet Earth
deserves - but most definitely the one it needs right now.
Well - there we have it - our roundabout play-by-play for the anomalous properties of SCP-2846 and
the whole Dead Man’s Chest that comes with it.
What did you guys think?
Do you see it some other way?
Or do you just have some interesting insights to add?
Please, do what you do best - and let us know your thoughts down in the comment section
below.
Before we depart from today’s video though - let’s first take a quick look at some
of your more resounding remarks from over the past few days.
Timothy Reaves says --
It’s not octopuses, it’s octopi.
-- Well, Timothy Reaves - yes, you’re kind of right.
In fact, both are correct - and technically speaking - so is Octopodes.
It’s debatable whether the word Octopus has its roots as a Latin word or a Greek word
- so because of that, you can say whatever you want.
I hope that’s cleared the air, Tim.
Thanks.
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