Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-5999 - This Is Where I Died

[@TheExploringSeries]

NOTE: I recommend not scrolling past this comment to avoid spoilers until after you've finished.

[@amaribeltran4176]

Thank you! Also love listening to you during my lunch. Love your reading.

[@frankestor9947]

You should pin this

[@dreamman5588]

Thank you

[@dreamman5588]

@NothingExotic saame

[@gc6096]

ok thanks

[@DiggySmash]

This reminds me of that old Sesame Street book “There is a Monster at the End of This Book.” If I remember correctly it was about Grover learning there was a monster at the end of the book and trying to prevent the reader from finishing it because he’s afraid of the monster. At the end we learn Grover was the monster and Grover laughs because he was worried over nothing. Very cute, very wholesome.

[@precentvm8455]

That’s actually a great connection, I remember having that book as a kid too and it’s funny for it to share a base concept with something so dark

[@raultrashlord4404]

the monster was YOOOOUUUU

[@fucker9002]

Omg i love that book

[@jengleheimerschmitt7941]

That book was scary.

[@babyblue_22]

Omg I LOOOOOOOVED that book as a kid....such vivid childhood memories of it 🥰

[@davidcoffin5601]

Honestly if the fictional foundation managed to literally meta kill me, I wouldn't even be mad, I'd be impressed. Like 10/10 fiction, would die-again.

[@Not_Lilly42]

High key, but that would leave so many question about fictional texts. Like what if we're in one.

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

David Coffin I think it could kill someone given the beast somehow got stronger, the reader had a weak heart or severe stress, or in alternative universes it did kill the readers

[@IapitusMcHeimer]

@@Not_Lilly42 I recommend reading A Voice Behind Me for more on that

[@embercoral]

My biggest question is what would happen if one of the characters was a self-insert. Would both the author and their fictional avatar die? Or would the fictional self survive because they are still in our media (much like certain SCP entries)? Or would being in our media even matter at that point?

[@AngelRaivan8579-xh4fr]

Credit where its due, right.

[@onyxreaper8378]

Imagine if SCP-6000 is called "This Is Where I Live" and the SCP is just a letter to the Foundation with the words "Try again next time"

[@betabee1221]

Yes please

[@emperorta2]

No, thank you.

[@e.v4892]

"I lived, bitch."

[@maeveheart7464]

E. V *breaks down door*

[@jdbinch2829]

That's not how the SCP submissions are organized. Each set of 1000 SCPs (000-999, 2000-2999 etc.) is its own "series" and new submissions can be any available number within the most recent series. A new series cannot be started until the entirety of the newest one is filled with entries. SCP 5000-5999 is series VI (6) and to my knowledge is still incomplete. Whenever series VII (7) begins, The 6000th slot is available to any member of the site who wants to put their submission in it. But that might not matter since SCP's have to be about anomalies (and you can't have the same anomaly in different entries) and something like that would be more of a tale. And they also have to have more depth, not just a letter with a single sentence that requires context from another SCP.

[@HeyItsJustMaxi]

Reader: _Reaches the end of the article_ Foundation: *YOU FOOL, YOU FELL FOR IT! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!!*

[@koraegi]

NOONE HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFLECTED IT

[@gaeriefire2762]

profile picture checks out, ms. fighters

[@Spike2276]

No fighter has ever escaped it

[@devoAC]

Us readers who haven't died: *HINJAKU HINJAKU!*

[@dylanperea4448]

Yes.

[@nazibutterfly]

"A video, which I will now play for you." *Which you will now WHAT*

[@Lead1121]

Yeah no no

[@Ergand]

So glad that I just listen to these at work

[@soyboy8934]

@@Ergand same, it passes the time so damn quick

[@grapes5672]

Me, attempting to fall asleep to this: hey waiT WHAT NO DON'T *FUCKING DO IT*

[@f.p.2010]

@@grapes5672 WHY would you want to fall asleep to highly complex literature

[@Hexra_]

"but it kinda freaks me out so let's move on" Me: *still tabbed out after the first creepy doll image* "aight"

[@antirav3294]

The second one made avoid eye contact with the video😂

[@araulen4820]

As soon as I heard that it freaked him out I felt so many chills. He's never said that about anything in the videos I've watched so far.

[@W0lfgan9]

the chain sounds had turned on when I saw it so I was just traumatized the rest of the time reading through

[@the_redpyro4906]

I had to sit on a different tab during the doll part. Those pictures got a bit unsettling. Everything else was fine. Even the door creak since there wasn't a real door near me.

[@Leinks173]

So true! Bruh I kept hiding my phone screen, and looking away cause of that. Creepy monster? Aight. Dolls that look like they’re watching you through the phone, NOPE.

[@bennitori4]

"It kinda freaks me out so lets move on." not sure why, but that break in professionalism was very funny. You're usually so neutral and unbiased, and it was just odd and amusing to hear you voice slightly urgent fear in anything.

[@jamesnorman9160]

Lol, he's not the only one. I looked at that image on the SCP website and was just like 'the fuck?' for minutes. Uncanny valley comes to mind.

[@Karl-ui6oe]

that image is haunting and creepy as fuck

[@xcritic9671]

@@jamesnorman9160 link please.

[@abdoul5176]

What image?

[@dsagent]

Someone describe the image to me please. I suffer from sleep paralysis and Don't need anymore nightmares.

[@paulcampbell3208]

"Someone took the L key from the typewriter" Lmao someone took the L

[@jongyon7192p]

on her forehead

[@shum8104]

the foundation did

[@flamingscorchingred3129]

Mao O Wait they took my. Key

[@slevinchannel7589]

This might be the Most random and therefore most badly written SCP-Story I've ever heard. Am i the only one who noticed that most of these Sentences are just random Sentences? It's not listing anything or whatever, the Writer clearly just put words together!! People, this is basically a Scam!

[@All_Mighty672]

Slevin Channel you do understand that’s the point right?

[@Site_42]

As one of the folks involved in creating this SCP (in a minor way), I appreciate the work you put into this video.

[@sushantrathore3230]

May I know how?

[@fonztorres]

@@sushantrathore3230 Apparently not...

[@sushantrathore3230]

@@fonztorres yup, apparently not

[@commentcrusader3809]

Lol his small part : “Running spell check on the script after completion”

[@sushantrathore3230]

@@gavinb1936 lol

[@joelhaggis5054]

*Describes multiple horrific scenes in detail.* "Anyway this picture of a mannequin scares me so let's move on"

[@maurice7002]

it’s pretty fucking creepy dude

[@o5-1-formerlycalvinlucien60]

@@maurice7002 i do not want to see that mannequin even again

[@julymonarchy7341]

Timestamp?

[@BlueTable-t6k]

That had to be part of the scp that was so out of the ordinary from maang it looped back to scaring me 😂

[@emmettbrown3463]

oh its a mannequin thank god

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Don't you guys just hate it when you died Like man it's really annoying

[@Nelo_Wolf]

True true

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

I hate it especially when your angsty-ass son starts worshiping literal demons and kills you.

[@doctordarkness100]

I don't know man I plan on living forever.

[@TheLonelyCasual9368]

I hate it when some assholes decide to re-summon me from hell n shit. Like, dude I'm busy. Summon someone else.

[@GnosticAtheist]

I actually remember my death. I assume it was a dream. oR WaS iT? dumdum

[@sammieslaterjr.8982]

What if you wanted to go to heaven But God said "it kinda freaks me out, so let's move on"

[@GaussianEntity]

At least God didn't say "This is where I died."

[@sammieslaterjr.8982]

@@GaussianEntity SCP-343 Object class: Neutralised

[@slevinchannel7589]

What?

[@geekjokes8458]

@@sammieslaterjr.8982 good, he killed Beck

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@sammieslaterjr.8982 if only he could be neutralized.

[@ninjafreak2718]

So we all "died" on this article. Therefore, this is where we died. Genius.

[@JohnsDough1918]

So this is what Bernie Sanders meant with "Not Me, Us".

[@nadirmuhammad9357]

Well we are akin to gods in a meta sense so they cant harm us no to mention gheir wirld would stagnate if they succeeded

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Heyman Heyguys Bern it down ! #BERNIE2020

[@zaifir8119]

We didn't die. We will continue to torment them by making their reality more and more dangerous with our ideas. They tried to stop us, but it was not a success. It was supposed to be where we died though.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@cezarcatalin1406 Hell yeah.

[@Itsprincesweets]

Foundation: *releases memetic kill agent* Me: _did you really think that killing me would make me die?_

[@turtlexd4297]

anos?

[@ReikoAyanamiCh]

"What a fool you are, I'm a god. How can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence, how could you be so naive?"

[@junebug73642]

i love how he shows us the video, and THEN is like "this was intended to kill the reader." like thanks dude my murdered remains are very happy to know that will remember this information for when i reincarnate

[@Choppytehbear1337]

"I'll just watch this new video before I go to bed." _Sees video length_ "Oh."

[@stockingsstuffer6302]

I just did the same thing :(

[@hanliu3707]

did it anyway... had some weird dream...

[@violatorut2003]

It was worth it. I really enjoyed this one. Then again, I have a bias for/against this one, I have a phobia when it comes to dolls lol. Especially when I am home alone. It’s a strange feeling. It’s being stuck in limbo or something. Knowing that you are alone with an inanimate object yet feeling like you aren’t alone. Sorry for rambling, dolls give me the willies.

[@danchase7454]

At this point, it's not the horror keeping me awake but just the video lengths.

[@clicheusername7182]

@@danchase7454 Truly the greatest horror.

[@Ray-xq3cx]

Imagine coming up with such an elaborate scheme to trick the authors into unleashing an advanced memetic kill agent on themselves only for the memetic kill agent to not work.

[@U.F.O]

What do you think the reason for that would be, lore-wise? Maybe our reality just follows different rules rendering such kill agents useless?

[@embercoral]

​@@U.F.O I'm thinking it's because the foundation members in charge just couldn't match the level of fictional writing required to do any real damage in our reality...whatever that level might be. Maybe they should've gotten a reality bender or two to help out somehow, idk.

[@StellaStarfall]

embercoral Should’ve called Clef.

[@AnUnfortunatePotato]

Phendarix Don’t you mean *plays an A major chord on a ukulele *?

[@aniusers]

@@U.F.O true, it seems that anomalies in their multiverse are null in ours.

[@orrusfellin5150]

SCP Foundation: We have designed a weapon to kill our creators. The Exploring Series: Oh, that's cute, please more.

[@ZackShark1]

I made it 70 likes ;)

[@ricardohoang8452]

Uriel: Bruh I should better leave the Gate!

[@BankerPaul]

"Maybe the Foundation's great, killer creepypasta didn't work out so well for them this time, but if they keep working at it, perhaps the next one will do it," he said cheerfully.

[@smergthedargon8974]

For those wondering, here's a list of the video games included during the Prodigy, Priest, King section: 21:50 - Silent Hill 2 22:48 - Alien: Isolation 23:44 - Bloodborne 24:40 - The Evil Within 25:35 - SOMA 26:30 - Amnesia: The Dark Descent 27:26 - Slender 28:21 - The Evil Within 2 29:16 - Dead by Daylight 30:12 - Clock Tower 31:08 - Dead Space 32:04 - P.T. 32:59 - Outlast 33:55 - Fatal Frame 2 34:49 - Resident Evil 2 Remake

[@_RedRightHand_]

not the hero we deserve, but the hero we needed

[@captaincluckers8686]

Aww, you beat me to it. Well done and thanks!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Good taste in games and artwork, TES.

[@elusivedesert8530]

49:28 just putting this here so i can get back to where i was

[@RaptorTJC_001]

Hey I got Alien Isolation in Epic Games

[@magnusarsmagna5896]

This is where I died... Over there is where Jim died... On the next aisle over there, Dr. Bright's 67624th body died...

[@marcopohl4875]

67624th? must have been a while ago

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Those are rookie numbers. You got to pump them up. - Phil from Groundhog day

[@thesalvager3020]

Oh 343, he went through that many in only 2 months? We keep telling him we don't have enough D-Class to sustain this!!

[@SoundDarkness13]

Wait, that’s Jim’s body? Man we used to hang out all the time. Oh, and there’s Martha, near the middle of the lake.

[@Silverwind87]

Let me ask you this: Who's more dead?

[@AltTabbackspace]

Foundation: This'll definitely kill them now! Everyone: *Oh you* *Audience laugh track*

[@anarchyandempires5452]

Monster attempting to spawn.....Spawn failure monster died because the higher reality people were so fucking ugly.

[@jackpollard550]

Cue laugh track. Seinfeld BADUMDUMDUMDOODOODOO ensues. Foundation curses, and goes back to the drawing board.

[@StephenDelRosario777]

Monster got covid-19 and died.

[@DangerZone200]

(Monsters graphics card was not strong enough for our world it overheated and died)

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@StephenDelRosario777 LMAO

[@wartrix6046]

I honestly really enjoyed this one and the explanation, finding out that you're a fictional universe and then trying to kill your creators is a very "Foundationey" thing to do.

[@e.v4892]

Meanwhile with 5500 that's exactly what happens. Except it backfires spectacularly and the known multiverse starts breaking down. In that SCP when an author is killed, universes with their work are destroyed. Also, when authors die they often die in methods relating to their most well known work. The SCP then turns into a choose-your-own-adventure hunt for a rogue entity out trying to kill the Authors. Multiple endings and answers to who the killer is exist. I'd recommend reading the declass on r/SCPDeclassified.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

I guess they figured if they could kill the source of the anomalies and horrors in their universe, then everything would finally get better for them and everyone in their universe.

[@e.v4892]

@@namelessguy5491 Not really. The SCP the author makes doesn't kill them, it's the phenomenon of SCP 5500 that does it (the killer). Again, the post on r/SCPDeclassified explains it far better than I could.

[@Rex-fm3vj]

Lame. I really don't like meta-stories where fctionals "know" they fictional.

[@DivineOrange]

R ex same

[@whoot813]

Wow, I kinda feel bad that their whole attempt at killing me failed after so much effort, yet I am flattered they thought I was worth it.

[@TheMrMister]

The most ironic part of this whole meta narrative is that their plan was conceived entirely by one of the writers they want to kill, thus making the whole plan pointless to begin with.

[@twentysecondnomad8177]

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ cotton ergo sum

[@TheSkyGuy77]

@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ it exists in a lower dimension and therefore cannot affect ours without destroying both. In short, if a fictional character were able to cross that dimensional barrier, they would destroy our reality and theirs.

[@tamaninesauc]

@@twentysecondnomad8177 cotton … huh? that autocorrect

[@erndeche1475]

@@TheSkyGuy77 They'd have zero chance of destroying our reality. IF they managed anything at all, it would be to influence or kill their creator-god, AKA the single person in our reality responsible for, and thus most-linked-to and most "touchable" to them.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@erndeche1475 And, as pointed out, destroy themselves in the process.

[@guiltygearalonecompl]

“...but it freaks me out, so let’s move on.” You read some chilling and horrific stuff on the regular, but hearing you say that freaked me right the hell out. Anything that spooks you...yeah, NOPEing right out of that!

[@19raven]

Ikr. I was tabbed out and I was too afraid to switch back

[@Lead1121]

It’s not something I’m glad I saw

[@bluelandyaandgreenlandya1788]

@@Lead1121 Honestly, not too scary just an uncanny valley thing, which i guess by nature is unsettling to basically all humans

[@kylegoerlitz9174]

@@bluelandyaandgreenlandya1788 what is uncanny valley?

[@kylegoerlitz9174]

Curiosity is a gift, but also a curse. On the one hand I don't want to see it because it might disturb me, but I'm also tormented by my compulsion to learn.

[@spagandhi]

* Music stops* Yep that’s me, I’m dead You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation, and where I died, well..

[@donkface8509]

It all started... *During the bite of 87*

[@undyingfaith9897]

87*

[@donkface8509]

@@undyingfaith9897 thanks bro

[@ImTheNihil]

@@undyingfaith9897 87**

[@cooldude2722]

It all started when the Foundation noticed something about their database...

[@RaptorZefier]

World war one trench with a tunnel in enemy territory... If this is a memetic kill agent I wonder where the Foundation got *that* one from? **Stares over at Old Man.**

[@BxRob927]

The BBQ sauce is what kills people

[@Mcaark]

“How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?”

[@federalcasemaker]

@@Mcaark *beats up Old Man in hazmat suit with Narancia and Abbachio*

[@derfliegendetempler]

Franklin Joseph The IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?

[@ricardohoang8452]

106: Bruh again!

[@riverfoster7404]

I feel called out by the fact that the Foundation’s method for making the ultimately engaging SCP to kill as many users as possible is by smashing as many horror tropes together as possible with no restraint or artfulness to it, and it absolutely would have worked on me.

[@myiachanmagicalgirl]

The story about the Lambs in the small town almost drove me away cuz I couldn't stand the writing style, I literally just skipped ahead in the audio, that must be why I survived xD

[@LastAmericanHero911]

Dude I was actually so hooked by the Prodigy Priest King bit

[@pao2725]

Everybody gangsta till the reality below us tries to terminate us.

[@J0hnB09]

An impossible thing for them.

[@makor9510]

@@J0hnB09 True we're like Azathoth in this case. Can't really kill a higher dimensional being and even if by some weird twist you pull it off. You would just end up destroying yourself.

[@danhelsting6308]

Maybe not kill all of us. just one. - Somewhere out there, a single aspiring writer has died of a heart attack.

[@fantisysans5696]

@@danhelsting6308 o god they made god bleed

[@trythrusting9980]

@@danhelsting6308 And in turn the death of the writer killed a multiple potential universes/lives. A huge W for us

[@sanstheskeleton8104]

This SCP summed up in a nutshell: *Omae wa mou shindeiru*

[@David-ro9cb]

*drnsiejajdiaijdajofs *

[@miningking5958]

Sans The Skeleton nani?

[@partyboat123]

watatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatataaaaaaa-scp5000

[@slevinchannel7589]

That's one of the Most Random Stories I've ever heard. Everything and anything is so Random. And therefore Boring.

[@slevinchannel7589]

No. his SCP in a nutshell: Something happened somewhere. And this repeats a THOUSAND TIMES! What the heck?

[@bobertjohnson4459]

This article is like none other on the SCP wiki, and I say that with the utmost certainty. It can be taken so many different ways, and they’re all so good. I do have to say, TES, no matter how much love your videos, there was no way you were going to get the full effect of this article by voice alone. Reading through it the first-hell, even the second time, when the formatting was all set up-was something special. One of my favorite details that you missed: each of the sections of the article are written by a pre-existing Foundation staff member with connections to the idea of the universe being fictional. 7. Written by S Andrew Swann, creator of “The Database” proposal for 001, and the first to discover the fictional aspects of the SCP universe. 6. Written by Researcher Talloran, the star of SCP-3999, and the first to combat the one of the entities who write their world. 5. Written by Dr. Panagiotopolous, who has something to do with the Pataphysics department. Their motto is “killing our gods.” 4. Written by Director Menard, another core member of the Pataphysics department. 3. Written by Researcher Smalls, the focus of the documentation for SCP-3309. 3309, for the record, is an expansion on the concept of things in the SCP database being deleted from existence, shown as a article deletion notice. 2. Written by I. H. Pickman, the focus of the “Story of Your Life” 001 proposal. Essentially, it’s an expansion of Swann’s proposal, with some more details and clichés. 1. Written by the Containment Staff for SCP-5000 hey wait a minute that’s not right

[@aniusers]

so.. we took over? *mission failed.. we'll get em' next time*

[@theevilloafers5235]

Hmmmmmmmm

[@camelofsiberia962]

Sooo they failed anyways lol

[@rettwilliams1646]

I forgot about researcher talloran but damn was this article meta

[@ricardohoang8452]

Pietro Wilson is laughing in his grave

[@TheArchetypes]

Damn dude I legitimately fell asleep listening to this and woke up in sleep paralysis and can't tell what was the real scp and what I was hallucinating

[@sorio99]

I mean, that’s what happens when you fall asleep to a description of an SCP.

[@winterdragon275]

I love it when that happens! *please end my suffering*

[@xjwithazero8915]

Burnout losers

[@iPeanutJelly]

i love sleeping while listening to SCP stories

[@notDinsss]

Same, actually did just today, fell asleep to youtube with buds on and woke up to 50:29 I woke up eyes wide open lads.

[@uraniumbolt7594]

18 year old experiencing an uncharacteristic severe depressive episode which is relieved by the embrace of his father very relatable

[@KodySmithson]

Foundation: “Lets kill the writers of our universe.” Us: *Writes about them trying to kill us but they fail Foundation “Oh wait...”

[@someguy4405]

Honestly what did they think would happen

[@barraki6706]

Didn't you read Animal Man? This kind of crap is doomed from the start.

[@KodySmithson]

Barraki670 “The game was rigged from the start...”

[@embercoral]

Maybe it would've been more effective if it was either written much better...or much worse. Either direction would attract more readers.

[@redjirachi1]

Not even the most powerful characters in fiction can so much lay a scratch on those that actually exist, we simply humor their attempts. They lack free will, they lack agency, they lack existence and they are non-sentient

[@skolaskellofkells432]

Dude, last Friday my brother and I read this article together. It was the end of a 4 hour session in which I explained and introduced the SCP universe to him. This article gave us a real scare. And I love the fact that you covered it. Keep up the good shit, love your work

[@diaride4231]

I read half of it. I was so scared at reading the article until i saw the women faces came out of the screen. I suddenly quit reading it after that.

[@Mikron20]

@@diaride4231 came out of the screen?

[@diaride4231]

@@Mikron20 jumpscare . That's where i stopped reading. Cause i assumed there would be more.

[@diaride4231]

@Ricky Reynaldi NO! WHATEVER HAPPENED, I WILL NOT CLICKED THIS LINK!! NEVERRR!!!

[@MarcusVipsaniusAgrippaLXIII]

“Throw the weird thing in a box” lol literally spit out my food. Very funny

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa I know right?! Especially with the facts that’s technically what they do!

[@demigodgamez]

That's exactly what they did to SCP-682.

[@silver1340]

That's literally what they do to the weird thing that isn't a sphere. They used it to reset timlines or something like that... what was I talking about again?

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Silver You mean 055 and 579?

[@silver1340]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Yes, 579 and... the other thing... excuse me, what is 055? Does it even exist?

[@morganpriest7726]

Ghost to his ghost friends: As you can see here I died at this very location! His ghost friends: :0

[@reluctant4611]

I wanna be ur friend, comedy :)

[@ToaTPM]

I was kind of underwhelmed by the explanation at first, but after I thought about it for a while, I thought of a new way of seeing it. TES gets close to saying it in the video, but to me the ultimate idea is that... YOU are SCP-5999. You, the reader, are what is being contained

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

SCP readers reading 5999 to the end: *Guess I'll die*

[@Raiden8tor]

Wait this just got uploaded for me, how did you comment 2 days ago?

[@nathanr7710]

@@Raiden8tor Patreon supporter early access.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

@@Raiden8tor I have the power of *[REDACTED]* and anime on my side

[@slavcity406]

Lmaoooo

[@duo496]

What will happen when all fragments combine?

[@imshook3933]

IM LISTENING THIS AT 3AM AND WHEN I PICKED UP MY PHONE TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH TIME WAS LEFT I SEE THAT HORRID DOLL FACE THAT SHOWS UP AT 38:00 THIS IS WHERE I DIED

[@AnUnfortunatePotato]

This is where you died? *_chuckles_*

[@patrickgo2394]

Dude are you alive? Can you reply here?

[@imshook3933]

@@patrickgo2394 No, I died.

[@hans1]

I was sleeping when the demonic scream at the end came up.. woke up terrified at 3am too lmfao. Such a nice SCP, I wish I could forget to go through it all over again...

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@imshook3933 Guess your wifi down there is good lol

[@QueueKyoo]

I normally sleep to these videos, so when I was peacefully drifting off to sleep and hear a Super loud tiny shriek clip at like 50:30 I was scared shitless lmao

[@XxJaJ]

Same, I was right at the point where I'm semi-lucid and whatever I'm listening to usually has a chance of slipping into my dreams. Then that happened, now I am... awake.

[@futuristicattackhelicopter4602]

*H E A R T A T T A C K*

[@pailhorsegaming6762]

Thank you for the heads up friend

[@missingindy]

Thanks for the heads up man!!!!

[@FffffffffffffffffffffffffffffL]

Jacksax DUDE THIS HAPPENS TO ME TOO when I drift off listening to The Exploring Series. I dreamt I was running from something unknown through dark, crowded buildings while familiar faces in the crowd harassed me. I've nearly never had scary dreams in my life until I started doing this :(

[@Nono-hk3is]

I guess the SCP author read Grover from Sesame Street's book called, "There's a Monster at the End of this Book" as a kid.

[@FishSticker]

Nostalgia my dude

[@teldd1194]

"Players are cornering and repeatedly killing the monster for easy xp" "A little girl is found in fetal position in the corner of her room, shaking and crying" Oh. Oh no. OH NO.

[@niko_8208]

Oh fuck oh god oh fuck oh god oh fuck oh

[@keremgulbin9142]

I don't get it.

[@niko_8208]

@@keremgulbin9142 people corner the monster and killed it over and over for easy exp. Girl is found in a corner in her room, shaking and crying. Put it together.

[@bracerkum69420]

@@niko_8208 Bro I still don't get it

[@niko_8208]

@@bracerkum69420 Really?

[@mathewberger3042]

That explanation was bad ass. I always wanted something like that in the scp universe

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

You mean the Foundation finding out that their universe is basically a horror fiction series that multiple authors can contribute to?

[@gammakay521]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Isn't that one of the 0001 proposals?

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Eric Luu Yes, yes it is

[@thewerdna]

Yes it is. This seems to be a direct sequel to that...this is their attempt to kill us

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

TheWerdna But I still can’t believe they’d resort to killing off the ones who created their universe.

[@kieranmclaughlin264]

When he died. He left behind, a collection of other people's skulls. He failed to leave his own. When he died.

[@sixth_shinx6016]

When he died They found a message etched into his spine That said when he died an endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh And the blood would make the seas run red

[@genbab6989]

What's that from?

[@conner3548]

He died as he lived...a failure. Same tho.

[@owingseven]

@@genbab6989 When he died. It's a song from Lemon Demon. The same artist responsible for the ultimate showdown of ultimate history.

[@dillonlandry592]

Kieran Mclaughlin thank you for the blessed lemon demon comment

[@JTtheMid]

I really appreciate what you do, TES. Taking lore and info from a variety of sources and telling it in an easily understandable and peaceful way that makes for great bed time stories. Your videos have become a part of my life now

[@Levyathyn]

Aside from a fantastic meta narrative (and I love a good meta narrative) it's really cool to see Lovecraftian level horror pushed into more traditional religious space. It's not something you get too often.

[@matthewsandifer8835]

I LOVE this SCP its so interesting to think that the foundation is trying to kill the readers but they can't because everything they do even creating this is the will of the writers

[@jzapien1377]

D-class: h h hello Doll: hello D-class: OK LET ME OUT NOW Doll: *giggles* D-class: LET ME OUT

[@cryw1092]

Staff: Ok. *Lets out doll*

[@DeathlyQuietVA]

D class: hears response. "Nope"...

[@6.coloured.pictures]

I would like this but you are at 69 likes and I shan’t disrupt something so beautiful

[@Ci1antr0]

I'd have started that shitshow of an encounter begging for my life.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Shut up. This is what you get for stealing a pack of bubblegum

[@aslightlymiffedjude]

Me: Alright, time to head to bed. TES: Hey, have an hour long video.

[@slavcity406]

For fucking real 😂😂😂

[@FallenRingbearer]

saaaame lol

[@Persequimur_Umbras]

Maybe play the video at 2x speed?

[@dhmc45]

*Revision 0:* "Inform the appropriate personnel that our containment of SCP-5000 is complete. Protocol ██-███-█████ tentatively initiated. Godspeed, gentlemen. See you on the other side." This thing *right here,* is the ultimate "hold up" moment for meta. Honestly, the only way we could go deeper is if we put messages in the file comments. (Which is what I did, -but who cares about me,- you know) I kind of liked this one more than "Why?", due to the mad task of multimedia present in it. I'm still disappointed that my entry didn't come close to winning the contest, but at least I got to see some more meta shit.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Davey Mikystache Though it did make it confusing at first, I agree with you that this was a fascinating article. Also what kind are article did you write?

[@dhmc45]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 Well, I wrote 5536, though it was quite divisive (mostly about the length and the coloured text). Thankfully, 2 of the BSR members gave some pretty detailed advices on how to improve it, so I'm currently in the process of polishing it up.

[@conner3548]

@@dhmc45 Very well done, I'll inform the O5 that this SCP is properly contained... be sure to contact security if you need any assistance of containment...Also I lost a sandwich while I was there, it was a turkey sub and if anyone could find it, I'd appreciate it. -Sincerely, Dr. Conners (Head of the Interdimensional research division)

[@gmalamat1393]

||d||

[@ourguild8053]

I think this would have been better 5000 than "Why?" which should have been 5682. Still, fun reads. Checking out yours next.

[@ffjj3964]

Foundation: warning you MUST not read on. I repeat you SHOULD not continue reading. Reader: Okay. Foundation: Goddamn!

[@clovisursa497]

"It kind of freaks me out so let's move on" Same, bro. Same.

[@fotnite_]

Did this man just say ALL 7 CANDLES ARE LIT? alright this scp is already incredibly gamer I have to watch this now

[@blackjack7654]

Why what does all seven candles are lit mean

[@fotnite_]

@@blackjack7654 Watch the video to find out...

[@grilledleeks6514]

I swear echo changed gender a couple times

[@tuttuti123]

Echo is just a player character that someone controls and apparently that someone changes the gender quite often lol

[@mattbeste6627]

@@tuttuti123 Maybe Echo has no gender at all, is a hermaphrodite, or changes gender when the player switches controls to the opposite gender, assuming the're taking turns.

[@Silverwind87]

Gender fluid.

[@formula2233]

@@Silverwind87 type that shit in the coffee machine

[@derfliegendetempler]

How about gender gaseous? Is that the way to type it? I dunno.

[@ODBHero1]

"I don't really have a quote here for you, but I hope you enjoyed the video!" - The Exploring Series

[@JanbluTheDerg]

Props to Trei for somehow managing to survive contact with the anomaly of the game up until the very end, I like to think they survived to live to an old age. This SCP initially scared me because it detailed events that were clearly, somehow, connected, but kept happening in ways that it seemed, the foundation could not contain. The body was buried, but then the town because an anomaly by itself. The witnesses bodies are burned, but their screams become heard in other places. This Is Where I Died is written in more and more places. Trei is never found, their copy of the game never retrieved, hell, a copy of the game is found in a WW1 trench, long before it should have existed! Cindy straight up leaves the foundation, people keep mysteriously dying. The more you read, the less the anomaly is contained (clever, since we are releasing it), and that was frightening. And then the end part, where a figure attempts to enter our reality, smiling. It is terrifying. This is the first time in my entire memory that reading something has caused me great fear. Kudos to the writer (ahem, sorry, the 05 council) for that. Though, a great shame for them that our reality has a tad more stable physics engine.

[@joshelliott1826]

The whole "chains are being broken. You must keep reading" thing gave a bit of the ending away. Not the huge reveal, but enough that I wasn't totally blind sided

[@Amphibian42]

Thank you for apologizing for the images, as it would have otherwise both troubled and inconvenienced me greatly.

[@dangerouscolors]

im SOO grateful for this coz im too stupid to figure out 5999 on my own LMAO

[@xBINARYGODx]

Usually, you can find someone posting a link to an explication in the comments to the SCP.

[@modelvp2405]

Me: **up at 3 am severely needing sleep for tomorrow** The Exploring Series: **posts a 1 hour long video** Me knowing I’ll have to get up in 3 hours: yeah, I think I’ve got time

[@jaxhanicak6458]

Yeah same

[@Fulgrim2]

We can sleep when we’re dead.

[@skylerrutherford9870]

I'm sure you regret that now lol

[@chromium3707]

2am here

[@goronguy10]

Fool revealing your time zone expect a visit soon

[@trendrekt8363]

Demon: Starts reciting the Lord's Prayer backwards McNeil: Cool party trick m8

[@krullachief669]

"We then have a picture labeled 'item recovered within the chamber' but it kinda freaks me out so lets move on." Aw shit, that's probably one of the creepier parts of this video so far.

[@Zomboinie]

"Who wants to upload SCP video at 3 in the morning?" TheExploringSeries: Oh boy, 3am!

[@crassinula]

It was at 1am for me lol

[@lightbringer899]

patrick reference lol

[@crassinula]

Why did i listen to this at 2am im actually terrified oh my god

[@ragnor_2514]

the doll part came up at 5am and i almost punched my screen fuck that

[@crassinula]

@@ragnor_2514 the videogame part scared me so goddamn bad oh my god. And basically every single death. When he showed the video, i had to look away and take off my headphones i was WAY to scared already

[@mud_rocker]

@@ragnor_2514 holy crap ikr! that freaking doll face scared me to hell and back!

[@taylzerozero2576]

been having non stop chills for 20 fucking minutes

[@victorjun2421]

It's 2am here as well and my entire house is dead quiet, and it's completely dark. Safe to say, i won't sleep tonight. Especially thanks to that last candle.

[@benjaminskytoker1155]

Thanks man ive been having heart problems and its been real hard to sleep at night but your videos help with the anxiety and pain. Keep it up

[@XeranDereth]

HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS HELP WITH ANXIETY?

[@red_menace1829]

@@XeranDereth lmao exactly. Well I mean these videos are calming to me too sometimes but some do get my heart running faster lol.

[@exploringninja]

@@XeranDereth it does

[@benjaminskytoker1155]

@@XeranDereth trust me this soothes my soul

[@mackenziedillon295]

Who the hell just knows what amniotic fluid smells like?!!

[@Wired_User]

Midwives, OB/GYN staff, and if it smells like period than every human who has had periods or sniffed a vagina during a period. Honestly it’s a really distinctive smell. You cannot mistake it for anything else.

[@creedfizari2019]

@@Wired_User I mean shit you right

[@klystron2010]

Mate you were swimming in it for nine months, how do you not remember?

[@cadens.308]

Foundation Personnel

[@LovecraftsFear]

Once you smell it, you just know.

[@shadyjeff6100]

"But it kind of freaks me out, so let's move on." Can we all just acknowledge how significant that is in the context of this channel? Like.... fuck.

[@JonborgVA]

that moment when the ad is on point with the video, (chrome book ad where multiple people are saying "Im dying.")

[@Sara3346]

You. Got lucky, I only got dumb ones like Imperial Motion or something for chobani oat.

[@andreipintea9333]

This was awesome! The explanation by the end, the Foundation just being salty and trying to creepypasta us into oblivion had me in tears, I was laughing so hard. I really wish that the wiki gets a hold of this and makes an entry about you, TES! Something along the lines of "The Narrator".

[@ghostievee8134]

This used to be called “seven” during the contest

[@PixlPixel]

"It never happened. It's fiction. It's a total fabrication. This one was invented by a writer. It never happened."

[@connor48880]

God now I want a Jonathan Frakes SCP

[@SixArmedSweater]

A lot of folks seem to miss that the exorcism is inverted. She’s not the possessed one, she’s being “exorcised” by demons who are tormenting her for not being able to save the rest of Pentacle.

[@loki3275]

The country song has to be "Its 5 o'clock somewhere" lol.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

POUR me sumthin tall and strong, Make it a hurricane 'Fore I go insane. It's only half past 12, but I don't care. It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

[@rickwitt7373]

Almost heeaaaven.. west virginiiaaaaaa!

[@glorbojibbins2485]

Lol yes

[@connor48880]

I need to compile all instances of numbers in this video. Hold on.

[@rickwitt7373]

@@connor48880 get iiiiiit, I believe in you fellow nerd

[@asimpletrashgoblin8109]

So. The MTF with the callsign “D” is the first to die. Hmmm.....

[@arizun8160]

Epsilon was the first to die Epsilon is the first to dissappear Epsilon was found in advanced stages of decay Epsilon is the 5th letter keeping to the 5 theme

[@connor48880]

Technically speaking, it can be said that Charlie died first, since they disappeared first and were already dead by the time they are found

[@perchipy7900]

I still don't know how to feel about these more story-driven writing styles. While they are obviously well-written and conveys valuable information to keep the SCP headcannon in general going, I miss SCPs that are self-contained, without long logs, stories, and cross-references. It is a bit like 'power-creep' where once you have one SCP that's unfairly packed with a story-worth of information, all the other simple SCPs loses their appeal in comparison, and future authors' hands are 'forced' to comply to this new level of information and length.

[@TheExploringSeries]

Well, for one I just tend to focus on those types as they make for longer videos. And two, the big contest entries are just more likely to have authors go all out in length and complexity.

[@perchipy7900]

​@@TheExploringSeries Reasonable. I am not saying I don't enjoy these longer, more complex and story-driven SCPs -- That would be lying, I love these. It's just when I read these SCPs I am constantly reminded flipping through pages and reading metal trees that grows strange things and omni-potent medicines and leviathans. Those left me with a feeling of 'WOW that's strange, I wonder what's up with the next one.' Obviously both have their own merits. P.S. thank you so much for your works, I mainly listen your exploration podcasts on the go. It's been some time now since I started listening, and it is enjoyable all the way.

[@klauswinchester306]

DONT LISTEN TO THIS GUY AND PERCOPHONE PERCOLATER WHATEVER THE B;LOODY HELL THAT HANDLE IS UP THERE JUST BECAUSE U HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A 5 YR OLD DONT SCREW THE REST OF US WHO LOVE THE LONG ONE MR.EXPLORING SERIES YOU ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST!!!!!

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

Except there are still plenty of self-contained ones. They don't need to be explored though, because they are short, sweet, and self-contained. How can you not see the inherent logical flaw in what you said?

[@ElPINGAS9000]

@@klauswinchester306 what the fuck is wrong with you, thats a completely legitimate opinion. the original SCPs were short, snappy and mysterious, so its okay if someone likes that style over this one. control yourself.

[@Georgefloydthesneedster]

Holy shit that twist with Swanns Proposal is just....... fucking amazing. I would have never thought of that, with us thinking its all connected and shit. One of the best SCPs imo from now on

[@tonyhart904]

"Her parents usher her back into her house..." [picture of Xenomorph heading into lab, from Alien Isolation] I love you. Never change.

[@ZeroGaming-el7yt]

I have to cover tonight’s overnight, and THANK GOD you just uploaded another video on SCP! I just went through the 3 moons initiative, the SCP WHY, and the bone orchard! Your videos are top notch, thanks again!

[@mothsolotl]

When you prefaced that the explanation might not be satisfactory, I was a little worried. I'm glad that my concerns were not actualized -- that's a dope explanation.

[@kal6957]

50:38 for those who have already read the article and just want the explanation.

[@araulen4820]

Bastard

[@saltypyrotato]

Thank you so much, I didn't have the stomach for the video.

[@nicolasdick7776]

for a moment there i thought that was the timestamp to the memetic agent

[@heeff]

This is great horror. Every sound now makes me scared

[@thatfighterguy5846]

That child at 4:19 is remarkably calm given his circumstances.

[@SixArmedSweater]

His aunt’s just being silly.

[@pokeguru23]

One thing I would like to mention is one of the people who worked on this is a KZbinr called The Voulgun. I would assume most people watching this knows about this channel but if you don't he reads articles from the SCP site.

[@Mcaark]

Oh, did he make the final monster? Dude is getting good with his 3D modeling.

[@pokeguru23]

@@Mcaark Not sure. On the result page for SCP-500 he's credited plus I first heard about this one from a post he made.

[@britishcig5462]

I gotta stop listening to these when im walking home alone at night from work...

[@ninjaface598]

Why? They aren't creepy or anything

[@warpotato8700]

this scp is now one of my favorites. super intriguing and the explanation just made it more interesting

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

"It'll kill you!" "Yeah, shame... Got an audio copy to make sure?"

[@spectre908]

I'm not sure if you just un-privated this video or not, but i couldn't find it for the longest time. This is my favorite video of yours so thank you regardless!

[@vladde8ori]

*Listens to this alone in the apartment at night. Recognizes the picture at 8:18 as my home city of Baia Mare... ...(chuckles) I'm in danger...*

[@rooke01]

I would love to see this SCP evolve into a concept of some writers taken vengeance by writing up tales.

[@bienwest7849]

Ah yes 11:30 and finding a one hour video of SCP Not like I gotta sleep for that chem test

[@Liletter]

Bien West, this is my exact situation, except I have a math exam ha-ha.

[@tsriketwm7274]

Even before when I watched a very abridged video about SCP-5999, i was kinda freaked out. And with this video, with the music and visuals accompanying a detailed dive into the file, I’m definitely spooked. I am impressed by the author’s (or authors’) ability to write such an intricate article, but at the same time I hate it

[@awednosebag7704]

i thoroughly enjoyed this video, it was spooky, and i had no trouble picturing the scenes. i ended up spooped to leave rooms and stuff for a bit.

[@Wired_User]

This is goddamn amazing! Of course the foundation would do something like this. They can’t accept someone else having a single ounce of control. Also, this whole article was incredibly well written and well done (especially with all the multimedia stuff)

[@wrigglenight93]

What a weird thing to take away from this

[@Wired_User]

@@wrigglenight93 What’s weird about that?

[@wrigglenight93]

@@Wired_User The Foundation's reaction to their circumstances in the Database canon is pretty much entirely sensible. "They can't even stand to give up an ounce of control" is a weird take away from someone reacting poorly to the knowledge that neither they nor anyone else has *any* control.

[@Wired_User]

@@wrigglenight93 Nah, it’s pretty extreme to me. The Foundation is all about desperately clinging to control. Which, sure, that is necessary 99% of the time, but look at how they reacted to Corbinic, or how they reacted here. Finding out that there are incomprehensible beings above you that control reality-gods, for all intents and purposes-and then attempting to kill them as if they’re an anomaly? Not just a regular anomaly either, but the extremely rare variety that the Foundation decides needs to be neutralized? Nah, this is them freaking out and trying to keep everything in their control and ruining it in the process. But if you take away something else from the SCP that’s fine too. ^^

[@colinkillian9265]

@@Wired_User Or another way to look at it, imagine living in a world where creatures outside your control, can will up horrifying and debilitating threats to your very existence. Often because they find creating such horror amusing, little more than creating stories to amuse themselves with no consequences for their lives at all..Would you then not want them destroyed? For the council this would be an effort to prevent their worlds destruction and the abject horror their worlds innocent people are subject too..

[@cloudcamo7412]

The Exploring series uploads in the dead of night Ah shit here we go again

[@klauswinchester306]

OVER AN HOUR! IM GETTING THAT WARM FUZZY FEELIN

[@JohnnyBravo1977]

"I will play the video now" is where i freaking jumped from my bed to turn on the lights and pause the YT video

[@madisonbray95]

36:00 I noticed some parallels to the Hanged King in part 4, such as the nooses attached to the hanging bodies extending farther than can be seen.