The SCP foundation is an organization dedicated
to protecting humanity from the supernatural, whether it's dark gods, cursed objects, or
killer creatures. But today, there's been a containment breach,
and the fate of the entire world is at stake. To ensure you’ll survive, you'll have to
arm yourselves with knowledge – Thankfully, we’ve got you covered, with the lowdown
on ten of the scariest monsters that the foundation has to offer. We’ll start on what you might call the mild
end of the spectrum, and end with pure, unfiltered nightmare fuel. Beware, and be ready. It’s time to face your darkest fears. 10. SCP-169: The Leviathan
Thallasophobia, or fear of deep water, is one of the most common fears out there, which
is why we're starting our countdown with SCP-169. SCP-169 is described as a massive marine arthropod,
so large in size that no structure on earth is capable of containing it. It measures between 2000 and 8000 kilometres
in length – that’s almost 5000 miles. It’s so large that it was originally thought
to be an archipelago of islands. While its exact location is difficult to track,
it's believed to be somewhere in the Southern Atlantic, off the coast of South America. This SCP is also unfathomably old, having
been around since at least the pre-Cambrian era. It's currently unknown if the creature is
capable of reproduction, and little is known about its feeding habits. According to researchers, it's likely that
the creature is dormant, which is a terrifying prospect when you consider how much damage
a creature of this enormous size could cause if it woke up. Even in its dormant state, it causes small
earthquakes and tiny alterations to the Earth's rotation, so we wouldn't want to be around
to find out what would happen if it started really swimming around. Worse still, since it's an arthropod, there's
a chance that it would be able to breathe on land, though its size might prevent it
from ever fully rising up from the depths. If you don't live near the coast, you can
count yourself safe from SCP-169. However, this next one could appear anywhere,
and what's worse, you could end up just like him if you aren't careful where you hang out. 9. SCP-3663: The Tunnel Monster
SCP-3663 was once a boy, between the ages of 8 and 12 who, while playing in some disused
sewer tunnels with a friend, made a cardboard monster costume for himself that he was then
unable to remove. Over time the costume fully fused with his
body, to the point that even his bones, muscles and organs are now constructed entirely of
fabric, tape, and other common craft materials. SCP-3663 teleports from place to place seemingly
at random, manifesting in any tunnels or tunnel-like structures, and grabbing any nearby people,
transporting them with him to the next location. When asked about the motives behind his actions,
the SCP responded by saying “The tunnel monster captures people. That's me, I'm the tunnel monster. I capture people and take them into the tunnels
where I live. It's what I do, I have to do it.” He then began crying, finally saying “I
don't want to play anymore”. While this SCP doesn't cause any harm to his
victims outside of a feeling of intense fear upon physical contact, the real horror comes
from the fact that the SCP foundation has yet to discover what caused the boy to become
fused to his homemade costume or what led to his mental degradation, meaning that this
horrible fate could potentially happen again to any unsuspecting child who decides to play
in abandoned tunnels. If that isn't existentially terrifying enough
for you, just wait, because the worst is yet to come. This next SCP causes changes that are even
deadlier and more unbelievable, and it might be in your house right now. 8. SCP-426: I Am A Toaster
I am SCP-426, and I am an ordinary toaster. Confused about why I'm talking about this
SCP in the first person? Well, any humans attempting to describe this
anomaly are unconsciously compelled to only refer to me in the first person. There seems to be no way to avoid doing this,
and the more time humans spend around me, the compulsion to refer to me in the first
person evolves into a genuine belief that they themselves are also toasters. Though this might sound ridiculous at first,
the effect quickly takes a turn for the deadly. I was originally discovered by the foundation
when members of the family who first owned me were found dead in their home. The wife had died from electrocution after
putting her tongue into an electrical socket, in an attempt to plug herself into the wall,
while her mother had swallowed so much bread that her stomach ruptured. According to the foundation, the harmful effects
start to manifest after about 2 months of continuously being in my presence, and I am
functionally identical to any ordinary toaster that you might find in a store, so if you
were thinking of buying a toaster, maybe it'd be wise to avoid it and just use the oven. But if you think I’m scary, just wait until
you hear what’s next… 7. SCP-072: The Shadow Under The Bed
If you've ever woken up in the middle of the night with your feet sticking over the edge
of your bed, you'll be rightfully terrified of this next SCP. SCP-072 is a shadowy, translucent creature
resembling an elongated human hand with sharpened fingertips. It attaches itself like a parasite to the
shadows under beds, and multiple instances of SCP-072 can occur in any beds within a
10-metre vicinity of the original. During the day, SCP-072 is inert, but once
a human has laid on the bed, this SCP waits until the person is asleep and entering REM
sleep. If the person's foot is hanging over the side
of the bed, SCP-072 will begin tapping on the foot until the person awakes. Once awake, they will be frozen in a state
of sleep paralysis, helpless to do anything as the entity uses the tips of its fingers
to slowly and meticulously slice off small pieces of flesh from their feet. People who have experienced this say they
were fully aware of the pain that SCP-072 was causing them, despite the fact that they
were unable to move. When an instance of SCP-072 is found in a
building, the bed the entity is attached to must be destroyed as soon as possible, as
well as all other beds in the radius of infection. Instances of SCP-072 can be easily destroyed
and detained, but when the SCP is a fixed location, like our next SCP, that can be a
little trickier. And a lot deadlier. 6. SCP-354: The Red Pool
According to foundation records, this next SCP was discovered by survivors of a plane
crash somewhere in Northern Canada. The SCP has since been closed off and is being
constantly monitored by a dedicated team to ensure nobody and nothing gets in or out of
the containment area. However, this SCP isn't dangerous in and of
itself - it's what comes out of it that you have to worry about. SCP-354 is a pond full of a deep red liquid
that resembles, but is not, fresh blood. It has no banks, rather, the liquid congeals
around the edges and gradually becomes more solid until it completely blends with the
soil around it. If the pond has a bottom, it has yet to be
found. Periodically, hostile, monstrous entities
will emerge from the pond - past instances have included a giant bat, a bear-sized animal
with spines like an echidna, and a humanoid reptilian creature. If that isn't bad enough, many people at the
research site built to contain the pond believe that it's sentient, and has been growing in
size in response to the foundation's containment efforts. As terrifying as the idea of a sentient lake
full of monsters might be, all you have to do to avoid that one is stay out of Northern
Canada. This next SCP could be in the same town as
you right now, and you wouldn't know until it was too late. 5. SCP-2086: The Living Bus
Have you ever found yourself on the wrong bus? It can be a pretty stressful situation. But imagine if the bus you got on was not
only going the wrong way, but actually luring you to its lair in order to feed you to its
children? That's exactly what happens to the victims
of SCP-2086 - a species of giant insect that, in their adult form, are indistinguishable
from an ordinary city bus. SCP-2086 nests in junkyards, building nests
from old scrap metal for their children, who are much smaller and haven't yet developed
their bus-like features. While SCP-2086 can fly using huge wings that
fold up to form the 'roof' of the bus, their usual mode of locomotion is rolling along
city streets, picking up human passengers. Once the adult SCP-2086 has collected enough
victims, it will release a noxious gas into its body cavity, knocking them out, at which
point its young will drag the unconscious bodies out and consume them by sucking out
their insides through hair-like filaments. If that's not gross enough for you, the drained
husks of SCP-2086's victims are then fused to the inside of the creature's body and preserved
with naturally occurring chemicals, serving as decoy bus drivers. But even this will still seem like a pleasant
commute compared to the victims of our next horrifying monster… 4. SCP-049: The Plague Doctor
SCP-049 is a creature that resembles a medieval plague doctor, but instead of healing patients,
this creature has been known to cause what could be described as a fate worse than death. SCP-049 is humanoid, and while it looks like
someone in a plague doctor costume, tests have concluded that the cloak, hat and mask
are all parts of the creature's body. It can communicate in multiple languages,
and has stated its main goal to rid the world of 'pestilence'. Nobody is clear on what that means, but the
SCP will get extremely agitated and aggressive if it encounters anyone it deems as infected
with pestilence. Anyone this creature touches will die immediately,
and autopsies have been inconclusive on the cause of death. If, after killing a person, SCP-049 decides
that the pestilence hasn't been cured, it will conduct surgery using a variety of strange
tools. Once the surgery is complete, the 'patient'
will often rise from the dead as a mindless zombie. At this point, SCP-049 will deem them to be
cured. 3. SCP-087: The Staircase
Imagine the deepest, darkest basement you can think of, now imagine it goes on forever. That's essentially the core of what SCP-087
is. This SCP is a staircase located somewhere
on a university campus, that is so dark and so deep that even a 75-watt bulb can only
illuminate a couple of steps at a time. The staircase has no end, extending far below
what both the layout of the building and the geography of the area around it should allow. When walking down the staircase, individuals
will at some point begin hearing a child's voice calling up to them from about 200 meters
below. No matter how far they descend, however, the
child's voice never gets any closer, and no child has ever been seen. What has been seen, however, is a disembodied,
white face, with no pupils, mouth, or nostrils that appears behind people who try to descend
the staircase. This face known as SCP-087-1 is not the source
of the child voices, but in some cases, it has been recorded chasing SCP foundation D-class
personnel up and down the staircase. We don't know exactly what happens when the
face catches you, but we're pretty sure we don't want to know. Almost no one who runs into SCP-087-1 has
returned back to the top of the staircase, and those that did were left in terrible states
that might even be worse than death. 2. SCP-1076: The Only Child
Humans have a natural drive to care for their young, and that compassion is part of what
has allowed us to thrive as a species. What makes SCP-1076 so scary is that it seems
to be a creature specifically evolved to exploit that very instinct. SCP-1076 is a race of creatures that resemble
dishevelled, homeless human children between the ages of 3 and 6, dressed in rags and covered
in dirt. These creatures are mute, and initially only
appear to parents who are walking alone. Once the adult spots the child, they will
be overcome with a desire to protect it and will immediately take it home. Once SCP-1076 has been taken in, the adult,
as well as any spouse or additional caregiver in the household, will become obsessed with
them to the point that their own biological children experience severe neglect. Even if child services are called, they will
ignore the children as well and focus all their attention on SCP-1076. As time goes on, the adults of the household
will begin to neglect their own needs as well, meaning that an SCP-1076 encounter usually
ends in the adult who took the creature in dying from exhaustion, dehydration, or starvation. In cases where the adults are separated from
SCP-1076 they will become extremely violent in an attempt to get back to their 'baby'. To make things even more disturbing, if two
SCP-1076s are ever placed in close proximity to each other, they will viciously attack
each other on sight, biting, scratching and beating each other until one or both SCPs
are dead. And now, after surviving this carousel of
horrors, we have the most terrifying of all… 1. SCP-096: The Shy Guy
We'd love to show you a picture of what SCP-096 looks like, but if we did, we'd be essentially
sentencing you to death. Even seeing a part of this SCP's face can
spell doom. SCP-096 is a hairless, humanoid entity, about
7ft in height, who behaves in an animalistic manner and shows no signs of intelligence
or sapience. While usually it's docile in temperament,
and content to either sit or pace in its containment cell, if anyone is unlucky to see its face,
it will go on the warpath. The SCP becomes agitated, flying into a blind
rage until it has tracked down and killed whoever caught a glimpse of it. No amount of distance can save you, either-
the effect still works through photo and video, and no matter where you are, SCP-096 has an
innate sense of your location. When it's tracking someone down, nothing can
stop it. Its top speed hasn't been recorded, and it's
able to run through tanks and can even continue moving when its torso has been pulverised
with bullet holes. The only thing that can stop SCP-096's rampage
once it starts is for it to kill anyone and everyone who's looked at its face. See? We told you it was horrifying… If you're hungry for more creepy creatures,
check out “You vs The Rake” and “Russian Sleep Experiment Explained.”
