SCP-008

SCP-008 ("Zombie Plague") is a complex prion that is both infectious and lethal, capable of reanimating infected individuals.
==History==
===Discovery===
During World War II, dormant G2 sites with SCP-008 were disturbed, causing small outbreaks across the Eastern Front. The most severe outbreak was during the Battle of Stalingrad, according to the Soviet Union. Additionally, the SS Ahnenerbe Obskurakorps utilized ceramic bombs filled with SCP-008-1 rats. These special bombs were utilized in the armament of the Haunebu.Entry Page: 6829
The SCP Foundation believed the prion to be either extraterrestrial or man-made, given that such a powerful disease would have disrupted much of the Earth's ecosystem. In 1959, the Foundation and the Soviet Union collaborated to locate G2 sites and eliminate 008. The Foundation remains unsure whether modern Russia still has samples of 008 and currently prohibits public research on 008 or discoveries that could lead to its synthesis.
===Test 914-0103===
Dr. Grangan experimented with SCP-914 on five human cadavers in an unknown year of the 21st century. Though the Rough, Coarse, and 1:1 results were satisfactory, the Fine setting produced a cadaver infected with SCP-008, which was promptly incinerated.Experiment Log 914
===SCP-052===
On 6 February 2010, █████ ████████, a Level 4 supervisor with the SCP Federation of 2124, emerged from SCP-052 and was transported to Site-21. The SCP Foundation would contain him because his presence in the real world posed a risk to normalcy. During interrogation, ███████ referred to the Great Zombie Plague of 2092, which was caused by an SCP-008 outbreak.Entry Page: 052
===SCP-1025===
The test log for SCP-1025, particularly the note concerning D-1025-28, mentioned that the book may contain several infectious SCPs. One of the SCPs mentioned was SCP-008, alongside SCP-217 and SCP-742.Entry Page: 1025
===Containment Breach===
In 2012, Chaos Insurgency attacks severely damaged several SCP Foundation sites, including a G2 site. As a result, 008 samples were taken to a Foundation facility known as the Modular Site, which was designed by Insurgency infiltrators Dr. George Maynard and Agent Skinner. For unknown reasons, it was converted into an airborne strain.
During the breach, a scientist in the Medical Bay became infected with 008. D-9341 may have encountered the scientist, 008's chamber, or both; it is unclear whether he did, given his "respawning" abilities as a result of the Spiral Gestalt phenomenon. It's also possible that D-9341 became infected with 008, eventually turning and devouring a researcher. He would then be eliminated by MTF Epsilon-11 "Nine-Tailed Fox"; however, D-9341 would respawn, knowing what would happen if he became infected. 008 was eventually contained when MTF Epsilon-11 recaptured the Modular Site, eliminating 008's airborne strain and returning the samples to the G2 sites.SCP: Containment Breach
===SCP-6829 recovery ===
During the recovery of the Haunebu, later classified as SCP-6829-A, the rat bombs were discovered within the craft. The 008-1 rat specimens that could be recovered were promptly incinerated.
===Possible futures===
====2092====
The Great Zombie Plague of 2092 occurred, of which SCP Federation Level 4 supervisor █████ ████████ survived.
==Alternate realities==
===Wasteland===
Following the nuclear apocalypse, 008 was released from its cell and infected many people on Earth. Over the next 300 years, an Army of the Dead was formed from those infected with SCP-008. Though it lacked a leader, it was regarded as one of the numerous factions vying for control of Earth's shattered husk.Wasteland
===U-2238===
In U-2238, during the GOC-Foundation War, the SCP Foundation used SCP-008 as a biological weapon against the United Nations Global Occult Coalition. This was revealed by Dr. Everett Mann in the 2000 documentary How They Hid In The Darkness.Entry Page: 2238
=== Aces and Eights===
SCP-008 was active in U-A&8s and ravaged the western United States during the Wild West period. At some point, the Doctor came across a Native American village infected with 008. Amid the chaos, the Doctor discovered a small family living in a tipi, including a young boy. She tried to save them from the infection, but the presence of US soldiers on the other side of the camp forced her to mercifully kill the parents and flee with their son.
Years later, Dr. Crow contacted the Doctor, informing her of a mining village infected with a similar plague. They discovered that the village boy, who was now an asymptomatic carrier, was responsible for infecting their water supply. The two fought the man; despite Crow's injuries, they were able to injure and drive the carrier away.An Explosive Shout Cracks the Great Empty Sky
==Attributes==
SCP-008 is a complex prion that has a 100% lethality and infectiousness rating. It is a blood-borne prion that spreads through bodily fluids and has no inherent ability to become airborne or waterborne. SCP-008 infection causes a wide range of symptoms: 
*As 008 progresses, a high fever develops, along with severe dementia.
*A coma will occur within 20 hours of the onset of symptoms and 12 hours after dementia has developed. This typically results in the victim's death (referred to as SCP-008-1).
* Sporadic cellular necrosis, similar to gangrene, occurs. Surviving tissue becomes extremely resistant, and muscles can withstand far more than before infection.
*Red blood cells increase their oxygen storage capacity by orders of magnitude, resulting in increased strength, endurance, and slower blood flow.
*For several hours after organ failure, the muscular and nervous systems remain unaffected.
*Metabolism plummets, allowing survival without food for more than a decade.
* Blood viscosity increases dramatically, causing deep tissue damage to bleed slowly rather than quickly.
*Excessive brain necrosis severely damages the rationality of a 008-1 instance.
*Victims are only able to perform basic tasks due to severe neurological damage. They also move quickly toward humans when they detect them, attempting to consume them when contact is made.
*Killing an instance of 008-1 necessitates severe head trauma.
Even in advanced stages, SCP-500 has been shown to completely cure SCP-008-1 cases.Entry Page: 008
In the U-A&8s universe, asymptomatic carriers exist for SCP-008. Two of these carriers are an unnamed Native American man and the Doctor.
==Containment procedures ==
Being deemed a Class V extreme biological hazard, samples of SCP-008 are stored at SCP Foundation-held G2 sites. Irradiation and incineration methods are used in containment breach protocols, especially when military or political action is required, power fails, or there is an eight-hour communication gap between any G2 site and its operatives. The quarantine period for anyone leaving a G2 facility is four months.
==Trivia==
==Gallery==
==Meta==
===Appearances===
*Entry Page: 008 - 25 Jul 2008
*Experiment Log 914 - Part I - 11 Sep 2008
*Wasteland - 1 Feb 2010
*Entry Page: 052 - 9 Nov 2010
*Entry Page: 1025 - 15 Nov 2011
*SCP: Containment Breach - 15 Apr 2012
*Entry Page: 2238 - 17 Jan 2017
*An Explosive Shout Cracks the Great Empty Sky - 26 Sep 2018
*Entry Page: 6829 - 6 Dec 2023
==References==
Category:Illnesses
Category:SCPs
Category:Euclid