While the fictional SCP Foundation is one of the most innovative and creative new concepts
of horror, the reason that we’re really captivated by it’s all encompassing canon
is so we can cover our eyes and slightly squint when things go terribly, terribly wrong.
And well - when you’ve got an entire organisation full of thousands and thousands of some of
the most, powerful and terrifying anomalous creatures in existence - you’re kind of
asking for it.
Because a containment breach is just another day, another dime for the SCP Foundation.
Hello horror fans - what’s going on - and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube
- Top 5 Scary Videos.
As per usual, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch - as today, we curiously take a look
at the Top 5 SCP Containment Breaches.
Roll the clip.
For the curious amongst you, that clip was from 2012’s Men In Black 3 - featuring Jemaine
Clement as Boris The Animal - because, well - Jemaine Clement is awesome.
That’s why.
Kicking off at Number 5 - Site-120
A Containment breach in the fantastically written short story, Until Death - which exclusively
features the terrifying SCP-106 - AKA - The Old Man - the horrifying creature that crawls
through walls in it’s own mucus-filled pocket dimension, hunting and stalking its prey so
it can consume them into its void.
The thing is - pretty much any event surrounding SCP-106 has been classed as a devastating
Containment Breach - and the Foundation are kind of sick and tired with having to deal
with it - you can’t exactly contain this nightmarish slug - it hunts on its own accord.
Well - the events of Until Death flip that whole thing on its head - and then some.
Usually, 106 has a propensity to hunt young humanoids between the age group of 10 and
25 - but in this instance, The Old Man had someone else on the menu.
For those of you that haven’t read it - we’ll leave a link in the comment box down below
- but essentially, Until Death details an aging female Foundation researcher working
late at night at Site-120 - and, well - 106 kind of wants to meet back up with his void-ridden-wife,
Anna.
It’s pretty gross.
And horrifying.
But also really sad.
Next up at Number 4 - Incident-096-1-A
And although it was a devastating incident, it was also a pretty ingenious means to an
end - and potentially resulted in the actual extermination of SCP-096 - AKA The Shy Guy.
If you don’t know anything about 096 - make sure to check out our Monster Files video,
where we go through the basics of this terrifying anomalous entity.
For the most part, 1-A is just a great read - and a demonstration of why the Foundation’s
documentary style is so compelling - but what it does, is essentially tells the story of
Dr. Dan - and his master plan to get the Foundation’s O5 Council to finally recognise the true impending
danger that 096 poses.
The thing is, because 096 is triggered by an individual viewing it - either consciously
or unconsciously - Dr. Dan was aware that The Shy Guy could potentially result in an
XK-Class Extinction event - with the entire world exposed to the image of 096 - and thus
triggering a literal hungry-hippo hodown of death and destruction.
So - Dr. Dan conspired to sabotage one of 096’s many containment breaches - resulting
in an event that killed numerous civilians - to finally prove how much danger it posed
to the unwitting public.
People died - but it kind of worked - and so Dr. Dan’s punishment was to be the one
to kill SCP-096 himself.
I wonder if he looked it in the eye when he pulled the trigger?
Coming in at Number 3 - SCP-1337
Recently we were asked the question, which SCP would make the best horror film - and,
well - SCP-1337 is a pretty terrifying contender.
Originally, SCP-1337 was a relatively harmless ghost - classed safe as a Level 2 Humanoid
Apparition - in the form of a young woman named Mary Talish, who was abducted, ritually
tortured and murdered on May 19th, 1952 - in Muncie, Indiana.
On the 19th day of every month, SCP-1337 would walk along the road where she was killed - flag
down any passing car - and asked to be taken back to its home, which turned out to be a
gravestone - where it would disappear.
Turned out - during one devastating incident - an arrogant Foundation Doctor tasked with
leading 1337’s research - decided it would be a good idea to destroy her gravestone,
thinking that it would lead to him being promoted.
Well, during this particular containment breach - what it actually did - was serve to turn
a harmless, Safe Class Entity - into a Euclid - free roaming, actively aggressive corporeal
wraith - that the Foundation is now absolutely terrified of.
So much so, that it actively hunted down the offending Doctor - gouged out their eye sockets
- and ripped out their heart.
Yah.
Swinging in at Number 2 - SCP-1730
Phew - now, if you’ve got a spare several hours - then the access file for SCP-1730
is definitely a worthy, horrifying read - although, there are many oftentimes confusing, moving
parts.
When they’re fully realised though - 1730 is one of the most compelling yet skin-crawling
demonstrations of what happens when things go really, really wrong within the Foundation.
Or - well, an alternate reality version of The Foundation.
Yeah, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
The basic components of 1730 - are that its a Foundation compound known as Site-13 - originally
located near Nome, Alaska.
The actual origin of exactly what it was containing is otherwise unknown, due to the fact that
the sites leading director, Elliott Emerson - was actually disposing of many of it’s
anomalous humanoid entities into some weird body pit - that incinerated them and turned
their remains into a mass, gelatinous liquid anomaly.
Of course - in one of the most disturbing containment breaches in the Foundation’s
alternate reality history - this terrifying liquid ooze infected the whole of Site-13
- and so it was sealed away, doors locked - no one can ever go in, let’s just erm
- lets hope it holds.
Although SCP-1730 kind of gives us more questions than answers - it’s still utterly terrifying
nonetheless.
And finally - coming in at our Number 1 spot - Incident 239-B
Holy moly - where do we even begin?
Now - don’t get me wrong, the reason that the SCP Foundation is so damn captivating
is because of the intricacies of its content, which - oftentimes, spans an absolutely colossal
amount of work.
This one in particular, Incident-239-B - features so many renowned characters and entities that
it’s one hell of a season finale.
Essentially - there are several research professors in the Foundation’s influence, Dr. Gears
- Dr. Kondraki - the curious Dr. Bright - and Dr. Clef - who, may - or may not be Satan
- or the Snake at the Garden of Eden - or just some kind of reality bending anomalous
trickster.
Well, essentially - in the events of Incident 239-B - Dr. Clef had a bone to pick with SCP-239
- also known as The Witch Child - a reality bending entity that may or may not be the
creator of the universe as we know it, the Judeo-Christian god - or both rolled into
one.
Dr. Clef saw the anomalous powers of 239 as the greatest threat to existence, and so breached
the Foundation himself in one of the most destructive and calamitous events in Foundation
history.
Honestly, the events of Incident 239-B are so damn insane that it’s difficult to keep
your head - but it proves to be perhaps the most eventful Containment Breaches on record.
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