duty. You have no idea what the damn thing is capable 
of besides what jacked up information the field techies 
can scrape up, and you're lucky if they even tell you the 
whole story. They told us to "bag and tag." Didn't tell us 
jackshit about not looking at the damn thing. 


Dr. : Could you describe the mission, please? 


Capt. : Yeah, sorry. We had two choppers, one 
with my team and one on backup with Zulu 9-B and Dr. 

. We spotted the target about two clicks north of our 
patrol path. I'm guessing he wasn't facing our direction, 
else he would have taken us out then and there. 


Dr. : Your report says SCP-096 didn't react to the 
cold? It was - °C. 


Capt. : Actually, it was - . And yes, it was butt 
naked and didn't so much as shiver. Anyway, we landed, 
approached the target, and Corporal got ready to bag 
it. That's when Dr. called. | turned to answer it, and 
that's what saved me. The target must have turned and 
my whole squad saw it. 


Dr. : That's when SCP-096 entered an agitated 
emotional state? 


Capt. : Yep. [Interviewed now pauses for a second 
before continuing] Sorry. Got the willies for a second. 


Dr. _: That's all right. 


Capt. : Yeah. Well, | never saw its face. My squad 
did, and they paid for it up the ass. 


Dr. : Could you describe it a little more, please? 


Capt. : [Pauses] Yeah, yeah. It started screaming 
at us, and crying. Not animal roaring though, sounded 
exactly like a person. Really fucking creepy. [Pauses 
again] We started firing when it picked up Corporal and 
ripped off his leg. God, he was screaming for our help... 


fuckin 'A... anyway, we were blowing chunks out of the 
target, round after round. Didn't do jackshit. | almost lost 
it when it started [DATA EXPUNGED] him. 


Dr. : That's when you ordered the use of an [Papers 
are heard moving] AT-4 HEDT launcher? 


Capt. : An anti-tank gun. Started carrying it ever 
since SCP- got loose. I've seen those tear through 
tanks like tissue paper. Did the same thing to the target. 


Dr. : There was significant damage to SCP-096? 


Capt. : It didn't even fucking flinch. It kept tearing 
apart my squad, but with half of its torso gone. [He draws 
a large half-circle across his torso] 


Dr. : But it was taking damage? 


Capt. : If it was, it wasn't showing it. It must have 

lost all its organs, all its blood, but it didn't acknowledge 
any of it. Its bone structure wasn't hurt at all, though. It 

kept tearing my squad apart. 


Dr. :Sono actual structural damage. How many 
rounds would you say were fired at SCP-096? 


Capt. : At the least? A thousand. Our door gunner 
kept his GAU-19 on it for at least twenty seconds. 
Twenty fucking seconds. That's six hundred .50 caliber 
rounds pumped into the thing. Might as well been spitting 
at it. 


Dr. : This is when Zulu 9-B arrived? 


Capt. : Yeah, and my squad was gone. Zulu 9-B 
managed to get the bag over its head, and it just sat 
down. We got it into the chopper and got it here. | don't 
know how | never saw its face. Maybe God or Buddha or 
whoever thought | should live. The jackass. 


Dr. : We have obtained an artist's depiction of 
SCP-096's face. Would you like to view it? 


Capt. : [Pauses] You know, after hearing that 
thing's screams, and the screams of my men, | don't 
think | want to put a face to what | heard. No. Just... no. 


Dr. : All right, | believe we are done here. Thank you, 
Captain. 


[Chairs are heard moving, and footsteps leave the room. 
Captain (Ret.) is confirmed to have left Interview 
Room 22.] 


Dr. :Letthis be on record that | am formally requesting 
SCP-096 be terminated as soon as possible. 


<End log> 
« SCP-095 | SCP-096 | SCP-097 » 


Document #096-1 


Documentation #096-1, of Experiment 096-1 


Experiment 096-1 is headed by Dr. Dan. Purpose is to test 
SCP-096’s abilities while obtaining complete physical description of 
SCP-096. 


D-9031 is a 32-year-old convicted felon and former tattoo artist. 
D-9031 is placed inside Bathysphere 303-A, which is then lowered 
in the Tonga Trench off the coast of New Zealand. Position is 
approximately km from SCP-096’s temporary containment cell at 
Site . The following was recorded via video surveillance inside 
Bathysphere 303-A, between it and Dr. Dan’s control site on the 
New Zealand mainland. 


Bathysphere 303-A reaches final depth of 10,800 meters. 
D-9031: It’s stopped. What now? 

Dr. Dan: Do you feel fine? No sickness, anything? 
D-9031: My ears hurt. 


Dr. Dan: That should be expected. Now, on your left should be a 
steel container. Open it, and there will be a manila folder holding 
several photographs. Open it and describe the first photograph, 
please. 


D-9031 complies. The camera is located so the photograph cannot 
be seen. 


D-9031: Nothing. It's an empty cell. 


Dr. Dan: Thank you. Please set this photograph face down in the 
receptacle to your right and look at the next photograph. 


D-9031: It’s the same cell, but there’s a... foot in it, | think. 


Dr. Dan: Describe it, please. 
D-9031: Uh... it’s pale and bony. Sorta creepy, actually. 


Dr. Dan: Place the photograph in the receptacle, face down, and 
look at the next one. 


D-9031: Ok... [pause] Oh shit! 

Dr. Dan: Describe the photograph. 

D-9031: It’s a... | don’t know, some creepy-ass person. 
Dr. Dan: Describe the photograph, please. 


D-9031: Hell, man! He’s pale, has white eyes, and somethin’ fucked 
up is happenin’ with his mouth. What the hell is this thing? 


At this point, approximately 13:32 standard time, Dr. Dan and 
Experiment Control is notified that SCP-096 has breached 
containment. The fastest path to SCP-096-1 has been cleared of 
civilians and other image-capturing devices, and SCP-096 is now 
being tracked by satellites via tracking collar. 


Dr. Dan: On your right, there should be another steel container. 
Open it. 


SCP-096-1: It’s a pad of paper and a pencil. 
Dr. Dan: Yes. Please draw a sketch of the photograph you saw. 


SCP-096-1 mumbles an expletive and spends the next twenty 
minutes drawing a sketch of the photograph. At the time of 
completion, SCP-096 is confirmed tobe km away from 
SCP-096-1. 


SCP-096-1: I’m done. 


Dr. Dan: Good. Place the drawing in the receptacle on your left and 
close the door. 


SCP-096-1 complies and the sketch leaves Bathysphere 303-A in a 


watertight buoyancy container. The other photographs are then 
incinerated in the onboard incinerator. 


SCP-096-1: What now? 
Dr. Dan: Please stand by. 


Forty minutes pass. SCP-096 is now confirmed to be at 
SCP-096-1’s position and is diving. Transponder signal ends at 
9,339 meters as pressure goes beyond the device’s operational 
limits. The camera shows the bathysphere shaking slightly. From 
SCP-096-1’s reaction, it is assumed SCP-096 is on the hull and is 
visible through the viewport. 


SCP-096-1: Oh fuck! Shitshitshit! What the fuck is that?! 


Video and audio feed is cut as the hull of Bathysphere 303-A is 
breached. SCP-096 is recovered by surface recovery team 
Foxtrot-303-A without incident. Sketch of SCP-096 is also 
recovered, and a quick test confirms no hostile reaction from 
SCP-096. 


Sketch is sent to Experiment Control on New Zealand while 
SCP-096 is moved to permanent containment. 


Incident 096-1-A 


“So containment has been attained?” 

“Yes, doctor.” 

“Let me see the security footage.” 
<Begin log> 


A large steel cube is shown in the middle of a research 
lab, which is teeming with a dozen or so researchers. In 
view of the camera is a control booth, displaying 
readings from the various sensors inside the cube. 


[Fast-forward one minute, thirty-two seconds] 


The control booth operator leans forward, alerted to the 
various readings on the sensors. Approximately five 
seconds later, a steel wall on the containment cube 
receives a sizable dent bending outward. The dent 
becomes larger before breaking. SCP-096 is seen 
bending the steel away, frantically trying to escape. 
Emergency plates drop on the cube as a containment 
breach is sounded. 


[The security tape has SCP-096’s face blurred out as per 
containment protocol] 


Two security teams enter the room as SCP-096 breaks 
out of containment. Live rounds and tranquilizer darts are 
fired to no visible effect. Approximately 90% of 
researchers and security personnel have directly viewed 
SCP-096’s face, and a Code Lima is declared. The room 
and surrounding areas are sealed and flushed with - 
class nerve agent. 


Approximately two minutes later SCP-096 breaches 
Research Site and travels km/h through the outside 
desert, traveling 

<End log> 


“Echo Romeo-Actual was assigned to immediate containment 
breach. When we realized just how big a breach we were dealing 
with, we were completely overwhelmed. Funny, how even the best 
and brightest minds in the world can be so unprepared.” 


“So you are saying it is your own fault?” 


“Absolutely not. This was a new discovery in SCP-096’s behavior. 
We had no way to know, and we are lucky it did not turn into an XK.” 


<Begin log> 
HelmCAM footage from ER-A 5 


[Footage from inside a UH-60 shows SCP-096 on the 
desert floor, moving at considerable speed.] 


ER-A 1: This is Echo Romeo-Actual. We have visual of 
the target! -Unintelligible- ...at [DATA EXPUNGED] knots 
and increasing! 


ER-A 1 listens to the radio as orders (identified as 
coming from Dr. Dan) are relayed. SCP-096 can be seen 
slowly gaining speed. 


ER-A 1 motions off camera. ER-A 3 appears, holding a 
modified XM500 anti-materiel rifle. Two shots are fired; 
the first misses and the second hits SCP-096 in the 
lower leg. SCP-096 stumbles but recovers. Speed 
change is insignificant. 


ER-A 1: -Unintelligible- ...peat no effect on target! 


ER-A 1 motions to ER-A 3 again. ER-A 3 fires three 
more shots; the first two miss, and the third hits SCP-096 
in the head. SCP-096 falls, skids, and rolls several times, 
reducing its speed minimally. SCP-096 rolls to its feet 


and continues unabated. 


Camera pans up to see eight V-22 Ospreys (belonging to 
MTF Tau-1) flying overhead and past the helicopters on 
the same outbound vector as SCP-096. Camera cuts 
out. 


< End log> 
<Begin Log> 
Video interview log 096-1-A 


[Dr. Oleksei appears very calm, determined, and 
answers all questions slowly and deliberately.] 


Interviewer: Where were you exactly at the time of 
breach? 


Dr. Oleksei: On break, getting a cup of coffee. It was 
pure luck | wasn’t caught in the containment area. 


Interviewer: Describe your actions directly after the 
containment breach. 


Dr. Oleksei: | sent Echo Romeo-Actual after SCP-096 
and alerted Dr. Dan to the situation. We then set upon 
the task of locating SCP-096-1. Once the general 
direction of SCP-096 was determined, | sent Mobile Task 
Force Tau-1 ahead to evacuate civilian population 
centers in SCP-096’s path. All according to containment 
protocol. 


<End log> 
< Begin log> 
Video interview log 096-1-B 


[Dr. Daniel sits patiently. On the table in front of him 
in is what looks to be a set of modified night vision 


goggles. | 


Interviewer: For the record, where were you exactly 
during SCP-096’s containment breach? 


Dr. Dan: In the [DATA EXPUNGED] Mountain Range, 
trying to find more information on SCP-096’s origins. It 
was a quick research expedition, so | left Dr. Oleksei in 
charge of containment. He is competent enough, if a 
bit... eager, and has proved himself in the past. This is 
all confirmed by the various related paperwork, so don’t 
go thinking- 


Interviewer: It was just for the record, doctor. Now, 
knowing that SCP-096 is immune to all known forms of 
damage while in an enraged state, why would you order 
the sniper attacks from the emergency response team? 


Dr. Dan: Why not? If there was a chance to slow down 
SCP-096 and give MTF-Tau-1 more time, then we had to 
try it. It put ER-A in no danger and the choppers were in 
danger of being outrun anyway. Honestly, ER-A could do 
little else to help or harm the situation. 


Interviewer: | see. Now, could you explain this? 
[Interviewer motions to the goggles lying on the table] 


Dr. Dan: Yes. This is Project SCRAMBLE, an eyepiece 
we assigned to ER-A and MTF-Tau-1, designed by Dr. 
Oleksei and myself specifically for SCP-096. It carries a 
small microprocessor which constantly analyzes the 
viewing field for the facial features of SCP-096. Facial 
recognition software inside instantly identifies them, 
scrambling the image into an unrecognizable mess 
before the light reaches the human eye. It’s quite 
ingenious, really. 


Interviewer: And expensive. 


Dr. Dan: Very. Which is why it’s such a shame it didn't 
work. 


< End log> 
< Begin log> 


Audio transcript between MTF Tau-1 and modified 
EG-3 Sentry AWACS, callsign “Big Brother” 


MTF-T-1: Ospreys in the air, moving [DATA 
EXPUNGED] at [DATA EXPUNGED]. Awaiting vector. 


Big Brother: Electronics online, cruising altitude 
reached. Uploading program SCRAMBLE to all camera 
systems... cameras online. Big Brother is now watching. 


MTF-T-1: What outbound vector is the target currently 
heading? 


Big Brother: Target is currently westbound... traveling 
on... shit. Yeah, he’s on the I-40. | think he just flipped a 
semi. Um, outbound vector is... [DATA EXPUNGED] 
degrees by [DATA EXPUNGED]. Next town on this 
vector is... [DATA EXPUNGED]. I’d say a couple 
hundred kilometers. Shit... MTF, we’re suggesting Echo 
Romeo begin evacuating the I-40. | don’t know how 
many cars the target has wrecked. 


MTF-T-1: Hold one. That’s a negative, Big Brother. ER-A 
is reporting that the target is outrunning their choppers. 
They can’t get ahead of him. 


Big Brother: Then get them to stop the motorists on the 
other lane... | don’t know how many people have seen 
this thing’s face. 


<End log> 


“The first three elements of Tau-1 succeeded in gathering the 
townsfolk in the first three towns without incident. SCP-096-1 was 
confirmed to not be in any of these when SCP-096 ran through each 
in turn without stopping. However, a video log in MTF-Tau shows 
SCP-096-1 being identified in the town of [DATA EXPUNGED], and 
the ensuing incident.” 


“Show it.” 
< Begin log> 


HelmCAM footage from Element 4 of MTF-Tau-1, in 
the town of [DATA EXPUNGED] 


Most of the townspeople are gathered in the square, all 
blindfolded. Helicopters sweep the town. Indistinct orders 
are heard over loudspeakers from both the helicopters 
and ground personnel. 


MTF-T-1 (Over TauCOM radio and loudspeakers): 
The target is entering proximity zone! All units activate 
SCRAMBLE gear and begin crowd control procedures! 
All civilians are not to move from their spot or remove 
their blindfolds! If you move or touch your blindfold you 
will be shot! | repeat, all civilians are- [Orders are 
drowned out by a loud shriek coming from outside the 
camera's view] 


Approximately two kilometers away, SCP-096 is seen to 
be coming over the crest of the hills. It tries to slow down 
on the descent but trips and tumbles down at high 
speed, crashing through several houses before regaining 
its footing almost without delay. 


Unknown voice over loudspeakers: [Unintelligible]... 
Civilians are not to move! You will be shot! | repe... 
[Unintelligible] 


Several shots are heard, none of which are directed at 
SCP-096. SCP-096 stops for one second before running 
into the crowd of townsfolk, throwing many aside and 
trampling more. More shots are heard as the crowd 
begins dispersing, the loudspeakers unintelligible under 
the vocalizations of SCP-096. SCP-096 locates 
SCP-096-1, a middle-aged man, and the camera views 
SCP-096 grabbing him before it is hit by a fleeing 
townsperson and is dislocated from the helmet. 


< End log> 
< Begin log> 
Video interview log 096-1-C