SCP-2376 - The Crow's Revenge

[@Dr.C.Shadow]

"They're not alive and not dangerous" The scarecrows from the Japanese folk lore: and we took that personal.

[@IvyDoggins]

Zardy's Maze characters:🎶What🎶 about🎶meeeee?🎶

[@Babbleplay]

@@IvyDoggins Dungeons and Dragons as well has multiple scarecrow monsters; some undead, others animated by spellcasters.

[@rainbowg9803]

also Fiddlesticks

[@Dr.C.Shadow]

They all join the chat!

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@Dr.C.Shadow Oh no!

[@UndeadMozelle]

God, the idea of your muscles locking up and being rendered immobile, just to have your loved one come home and throw you out in the garbage, completely ignoring your pleas and not even regarding you as a person... Honestly one of the most upsetting SCPs to really think about. Yikes.

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I like sharing your disease-based SCP stories with my friends in medical school

[@electricbull1663]

what are you training to be

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

@@electricbull1663 Oh, I'm going to veterinary school, but many of my friends are in medical schools

[@electricbull1663]

@@ThrillSeeker3524 that’s so cool my sister wants to be a vet

[@herashr]

Sounds fun!

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

@@electricbull1663 Nice

[@The_Juggalo_Joker]

The real question though, do SCP-2376-1 instances perceive each other as scarecrows or humans?

[@TrueLadyEvilChan]

Probably as scarecrows, considering getting thrown into the trash

[@Mo_Mauve]

@@TrueLadyEvilChan "Why did they put me in the trash with those scarecrows, & why are the scarecrows teleporting when I blink" - all the infected people in the trash.

[@RavenFilms]

That was my dads first question when I told him this story

[@Zurround]

When they were in the trash compactor they were screaming and both looked human. How weird would it be if they could all see and hear each other as people and had to form their own separate society to function as a group?

[@Disconnect731]

I would just like to say thanks to scp explained for releasing a video around this time. I love scp so much and a new video comes out after school ends which makes me anticipate the day's end.

[@Babbleplay]

I feel the same way; I subscribe to multiple SCP channels, but even if multiple come out same day, I try to space them out when viewing, so as to not run out of cool anomalous content all at once.

[@alexthekiddo10]

I know that people aren't being perceived as moving or doing anything unless you look away, but I'm confused on how some people didn't manage to just run off or escape when someone was trying carry them off. It seems like they're still able to move unless I missed something.

[@Adalon-]

Probably physically weak from the fact they're suffering normal tetanus symptoms

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

@@Adalon- Maybe

[@jamstheshapeshifter]

@@Adalon- Nah, even then, there's no way NONE of them would have been able to I've seen some stubborn MFs with stuff like that

[@githon1541]

Basically, your perception of them only updates once you blink or look away. They can, and will, move but you don't see the movement so they seemingly teleport while you're not looking at them.

[@githon1541]

They might not be able to move if they're grabbed because touch is a type of observation.

[@m_winewood]

The prolonged screaming is always some of the funniest stuff in these videos

[@babyalexis3445]

Thanks for helping me during school, quarantine, and other places!

[@Ishtarru]

You kind of softened it. According to the article, the first known instance of SCP-2376-1 was eight years old.

[@cicelypatterson3927]

and if it was me, i definitely would've gotten from trying to feed a crow or something

[@zardyfoolhardy5191]

Scarecrows get around

[@vivianperry4237]

Oh no...that poor kid...

[@mutecryptid]

The animation quality has been increasing lately, ya love to see it

[@mattmeyer99]

SCP Explained: we have some evil crows here. Crow Rick: nope didnt do it.

[@heretotroll1813]

Is this supposed to be funny?

[@Ghostingkoi]

@@heretotroll1813 Figure it out by yourself Albert Einstein

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

@@Ghostingkoi I guessing it supposed to be funny.

[@Hat.]

Me: sees a scp explained video: CLICK IT! nice job scp explained team

[@cd8048]

Tetanus is caused by Bacteria though! Great video, but I wonder if this error is in the scp wiki too, weird how smth simple can sometimes get through the cracks EDIT: 12:48 mentions it

[@Mo_Mauve]

They also said that SCP-2376-1 instances' movement can't be perceived while being looked at, but they can still move, & than in every part of the video other than early in the video, they didn't move while being looked at. They said that you have to intentionally close your eyes to see any movement & that you can't see their movement in videos, but if they could still move while being looked at & it just wouldn't be perceived, then automatic blinking would be enough to make their movement visable, & they could make their movement visable on videos by simply making every other frame a black screen. An easy fix would be to simply say that they can't move while being looked at. The part about having to close your eyes every 5 minutes & see if they type anything would still make sense because close your eyes is vague, so the amount of time is only limited by context, so in this case it could mean anything from 1 second to 30 seconds, & 30 seconds is probably enough time for a SCP-2376-1 instance type something.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

This SCP is actually really interesting and creative. It basically puts you in the perspective of a crow looking at a scarecrow but the other way around. Instead of seeing a humanlike figure that only moves when you aren't looking, it's instead an inaminate figure. Crows basically said "ok you know what? See what it's like in my shoes for once"

[@NinjaCman1]

"The Foundation doesn't kill people if at all avoidable." D-Class: "Are we a joke to you?" Day 288 of asking the O5 Council to use SCP-1968 to create a universe in which 682 doesn't exist.

[@TheQwertt]

They should do that

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

Maybe they already did just they don’t live in that world

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Have fun when 682 decides to manifest an avatar in that universe considering ya know 682s true form is a beyond outer outerversal being and one of the scarlet Kings children

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Keep the Scarecrow from Batman learning of this SCP.

[@shadowsa2b]

"The foundation doesnt kill people if at all avoidable" In a recent video, they killed a D-class woman for becoming too attached to a ventriloquist dummy that makes everyone sad...

[@MouseGoat]

yes and? you must understand: The foundation doesn't kill P e o p l e if at all avoidable :)

[@shadowsa2b]

@@MouseGoat so she had to die for making friends with an anomoly? How is that unavoidable? And she was definitely people

[@ReksNuadiah]

Don't forget that with the many different writers for the Foundation's entries, their levels of ruthlessness is bound to vary dramatically. Some will have them as fairly reasonable, while for others they practically stride the line between stupidity and insanity. I've personally learned to just chalk it up as: "If all entries are canon, and so is parallel universes - then the stories where the Foundation does incomprehensibly stupid things are in those universes where things are just far less fortunate for everyone."

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Befriending anomalies is a big no no Unless it's an scp like 999 or 343 It's best no one bonds with the scps unless it's staff Otherwise you could end up with the scp trying to use the d class to escape There's a reason the teen cthulhu constantly has guard rotations it's existence alone makes people worship it and want to free it

[@pandapounce]

@@ReksNuadiah Headcanon accepted.

[@RavenFilms]

I’m most curious of how the weight of the individual is perceived, by the observer, to be so much lighter than they actually are.

[@Walker_96365]

1:45 this brings up a point I have been questioning for a while. Anomalies are anomalies because they defy our laws of physics in some way but what if our laws are just wrong? We used to believe that the Sun revolves around Earth but that was changed due to scientific advancement. That begs the question: If the laws of physics changed in the future, could that cause some anomalies to be re classified as normal?

[@Master_E444]

Anomalies that are understood due to breakthroughs in scientific studies and research are designated as Explained. There was a dice that was believed to cause D&D based hallucinations but really it was lined with standard hallucinogens. There was also a rock that emitted radiation in high quantities, later identified as a simple radioactive element. There are likely many more things that were considered anomalous until recent advancements in our understanding

[@arlenfreeman3439]

@@Master_E444 And part of the Foundation's mission is to find out how these anomalies do or do not violate science. If they can figure out how and why it works, they can quietly and gradually slip a few "discoveries" on the nature of the universe to the public without breaking the veil.

[@starmanexe7721]

I read about this SCP some time ago and boy, was I surprised by this video lol. Keep up the good work!

[@TheWhiteGoblin]

Im curious if temporarily killing victims would remove the scarecrow effect. Either result would be interesting at least

[@LordDoom10]

Interesting how the virus swapped out the scarecrows for mannequins.

[@PanthereaLeonis]

Obviously the scarecrow/mannequin part is based on factors in the environment, if an urban outbreak causes observers to see the patients as mannequins and a rural strain causes scarecrows. At least the patient care is the same for both.

[@Jack-kz4nb]

Very good video as always!

[@nightmare348]

I thought being turned into a scarecrow would be bad, but being perceived as one sounds even worse.

[@eligrimm7862]

I'm from Iowa and I can honestly say I have never once seen a scarecrow in any field

[@PoliceTelephoneBox]

Only at crafts fairs and occasionally people's gardens. Though you do see them at Halloween as well.

[@fro5235]

the MTFs have a lot of strange names among them, but i have to grant some real appreciation for the Maz-Hatters.

[@hangzaphace]

First minute and 30 seconds showed me that there are things in real life that can 'cause as many suffering as a keter class abnormality

[@SigmaFlare420]

Do multiple infected see each other as scarecrows too? It would be terrifying to be so alone...

[@Babbleplay]

Wait... if the person is still moving, even if the viewer can;t see it, how did the ones in the hospital get grabbed, picked up, and carried away, much less the one nailed to a house?

[@NycmanTheNicestOfMen]

Remember that it said it's a strain of Tetanus? So the symptoms of Tetanus such as muscle spasms, loss of mobility, fever and weakness is the reason why you can't move as mentioned in stage 1 at 8:14

[@justacanofapples8885]

@@NycmanTheNicestOfMen but its also stated that the effects can be alliviated meaning that a "healthy" victim that can move is basiclly like the one scp that breaks your neck when you blink (if they are murderous)

[@Dont14-r4k]

@@justacanofapples8885 maybe that is part of the anomaly, the moment you are touched by someone that isn't infected, you are rendered motionless. Also people blink all the time, therefore you can get an image of where the scarecrow may be at, grab it, and throw it out. Even if the person tries to escape, they wont since the person has them around there arms and as long as they do that, the scare crow will be in there hands. That is the part that is anomalous which is why one cannot explain it very well so it makes there are gigantic holes in the explanation, and why I'm struggling I explain what is happening.

[@Bluedragon-sr2wz]

Love how your thumbnail has the girl slowly being eaten by the scarcrow

[@Metalchemist2]

Missing the bigger picture here. This could infect some taskforce and they'd become the best at spying and keeping watch on several anomalies without their knowledge. how would shy guy react to seeing a scarecrow? test on d class first but could be a work around. Never know if those who had been cured of all but anomalous effects could safely go into areas that no other humans would feasibly be able to go into simply due to the fact that they are no longer conveyed as humans, they are inanimate scarecrows.

[@arlenfreeman3439]

Shy Guy knows if a concious entity saw it face, *period.*

[@Metalchemist2]

@@arlenfreeman3439 Not if it doesn't technically have eyes, but that does potentially nullify the scarecrow effect on them yes.

[@ffjj3964]

Wouldn’t it make sense to have a automatic camera take pictures of the victims every 10 Seconds or something? Video might not work causes it always looking. Yet rapid imagines should work?

[@DreadEnder]

5:36 imagine if 173 was a diseased human and it was communicable

[@CiaranHoyt]

Peanut popping in real quick made me laugh.

[@techtipsordeath3020]

fun fact tetanus is actually found primarily in dirt. Rust has nouthing to do with it. Only reason rusty objects tend to have a higher rate of causing tetanus is that they usually are found on the ground on or mixed in dirt. The rust is just a side effect of being in wet dirt.

[@Zurround]

Finally, the old horror movie DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW has some serious competition for creepiest scarecrow story.

[@11clocky]

I'm confused by the contents of this episode. It's just 18 minutes of scarecrows sitting around.

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

Yeah, I mean, there’s literally just a bunch of scarecrows. What’s the scp?

[@zardyfoolhardy5191]

We are interesting

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

@@zardyfoolhardy5191 for the first five minutes yeah,

[@Dr.C.Shadow]

Ah, here we got a virus that turns you in a scarecrow. What comes next? A virus that lets you become a toy or a plushy?

[@TatsugiriTheFeesh]

Actually yes

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

There is such an anomaly, and it’s called SCP-6210 (Plushie Plague).

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

That might happened

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

@@Nameless-ln5mr So we got a virus makes people think you are scarecrow and also virus turns you into a plushy. What next a virus turns you into a video game character or something else.

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

What?

[@skcusefil666]

gotta say as someone who has lymphedema/elephantitis its nice seeing a show bring it up lol

[@martianpudding9522]

Wouldn't filming them show a moving scarecrow because every frame is essentially a new photo?

[@cd8048]

Is it effects perception then I would guess not You would probably see them as a still scarecrow from the moment you look at the screen, so two people would see different poses!

[@StoryTimeFlix]

Great SCP story!!! 👍🏽

[@XenonARK]

You should make a video covering SCP-801 it would be interesting in this animation style.

[@thehippie3610]

The fact that the muscle turning into bones over time ISN'T anomaly tells me that we are in fact, a nightmare universe to some other, "normal" one.

[@isaiahmattson9209]

You should do 008 soon and great job

[@TheScarletSlayer]

Hey what if we added a strobe light or just started blinking alot. Unless it has to be a 5 minute delay couldn't we see every other part of the scarecrows movement if we constantly see it in and out of view

[@PoliceTelephoneBox]

Agreed, plus they should try film cameras instead of digital cameras. Or you might need more of a time lapse effect, but likely you'd be able to see the "scarecrow" moving in what appeared to be stop motion.

[@firelordprometheus6345]

Nobody moving these "scarecrows" thought, "damn this is a heavy ass scarecrow."

[@emocrab7545]

"The foundation doesn't kill people if at all avoidable" D-Class: 🤨

[@Automaton_unit]

🧐

[@theunknown1637]

I live in a small town . . . a corn field is my neighbor . . . and I live in Iowa. What could possibly go wrong?

[@Dreamy1894]

This reminds me of Super Mario RPG when you get inflicted with the Scarecrow condition.

[@actionhero2328]

“The Foundation doesn’t kill people if at all avoidable.” *Stares in D-Class personnel anger*

[@HylianPhoenix]

I'm now imagining a version that causes the patient to be perceived as a decorative Halloween skeleton... There's a lot of ways to "modify" those when decorating......

[@Black_Wolf_Videos]

How to get people to dislike a video staring SCP explained. Include sounds of mastication.

[@oliverstack7055]

Now I have another reason to wear a mask here in Chicagoland.

[@beanz3844]

Which type of Do u like more 1. Physical/dangerous 2. Sickness/nobody 3. Safe 4. Euclid

[@abadlydrawnimageofthelorax8997]

What does this mean, By physical/dangerous did you mean keter, if not why the safe and Euclid Is the nobody in category 2 talking about Nobody, the unknown anomalous man, or someone else

[@beanz3844]

@@abadlydrawnimageofthelorax8997 i meant no-body meaning like no physical body my bad and 1 on is likes SCP-96 but the 3 is like that orange sludge and yh keter my bad

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video.

[@thatguybrody4819]

So if you gave the scarecrow person a hammer or gun and told them to make holes everywhere would the damage be visible in real time or would it also have delays?

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Probably delayed.

[@thatguybrody4819]

@@silverhawkscape2677 I'm just imagining they cut a hole under the person and they are just floating there.

[@cicelypatterson3927]

not nearly enough experiments with this anomaly

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Cool video!

[@orangeinkius7257]

how exactly are scarecrow people getting nailed up and thrown in dumpsters and stuff? I thought they could still move just fine it was just hard for people to perceive, hell it should have been near impossible to catch them you'd basically be interacting with their after image at best

[@arlenfreeman3439]

Perhaps you should actually read what the symptoms of tetanus are.

[@Scp-682-]

Please do a video about scp 008 you have mentioned it in so many video’s please can you do it

[@javier8968]

could you do SCP 008 next, I would love to see it unfold!!

[@gregorianeg5311]

I Read Cow's revenge and thought about mad cow disease straight away

[@gamingpirate2566]

I have to say a battle I would like to see is the zombie plague vs the clockwork virus

[@JoyWheeler1981]

Some rare diseases were mentioned in the intro, Vrollik (sp?) syndrome wasn't mentioned, that one being commonly more known as brittle bone disease

[@valacius]

I know a lot of people don't really listen to the music being played behind the voice acting, but I can hear one track that sounds very similar to the tune "somebody come get her, she's dancing like a..." You get the picture.

[@Just_your_adverage_dragon]

This is why they need to tell people about it so we know to be careful about scare cross

[@uberbeeg]

The Foundation doesn't kill people if avoidable ( D class excluded lol ).

[@SonGokuisawesome]

What about using a Scranton reality anchor to counteract the scarecrow effect?

[@arlenfreeman3439]

SRAs don't work that way.

[@nobodyknowsforsure]

*crow shrouded in shadow in an interview* "Yeah I did it! I got tired of those farmers stopping me from having corn, if I had to suffer so will they!"

[@colinbrown3170]

But does it affect humanoid anomiles or human related mammals infected with tetanus already?

[@thepopemichael]

I've got a rare genetic disease that turns my bone marrow into tumors. My vastly weakened bone break as I move. It's extremely similar to the disease mentioned here, where your muscle fibers turn to bone. Only for me, it's my marrow turning into tumors.

[@roneyandrade6287]

Dang, I hope you're living your best life dude

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

are you okay?

[@thepopemichael]

Thank you for the well wishes. I'm okay, for the most part. Living my life as best as I can with the tools that I have available. It's just really painful most of the time.

[@madnessofmortals]

There goes my already-minute trust of crows.

[@josephswan7254]

You know what… I’ll take your word for it. I don’t need to see what these diseases look like.

[@leonhardschnagl1762]

What if the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz wasn't a scarecrow, but actually an instance of 2376?

[@arctic227]

Once a cure is found, this could be great for bank robberies

[@zardyfoolhardy5191]

Your ideas temp me

[@brettrace]

Mal0 vs 173, do it. Mal0 is always watchin...but may be its not necessarily watching you?

[@stephanhart1802]

Couldn't you put the instances in the same space?? Could they see and interact with them?

[@doriyanpetkov8510]

Very good video, very informative

[@growingoaks]

0:50 John Bender, in “The Breakfast Club”, said “Ever seen a man with elephantiasis of the nuts?” 😂

[@Archernut91]

I would ask 343 if he has any ideas, or plague doctor as a last resort

[@shayoko6]

what if 682 got the scarecrow virus?

[@XIIthehangedmanXII]

Wait, if stage 2 victims can move but they can't be observed then doesn't that mean that if you try to grab a scarecrow you won't touch anything unless they didn't move? Or are they like pulled into the scarecrow's position if smbd grabs them???

[@pineapplesarescary9847]

Maybe they can’t move a lot? Or the people just can’t feel the victim’s touch

[@bensimpkins6581]

How do 2376-1 instances get caught. If they appear stationary but are infact still moving wouldn't a person see them where they were and not where they are???

[@justheretowatch1733]

13:20 Small correction. The dialog refers to crows as mammals.

[@slayitha]

I swear, if this turns you into a scarecrow...

[@zardyfoolhardy5191]

Don't worry it didn't turn me into one

[@gorgeousfreeman1318]

This feels like an infomercial for newcomers to the foundation

[@mustange69]

So they also lose the ability to write and would the infected also not be able to perceive others infected as scarecrows or as people too?

[@zeratul____1228]

So if the only way to percieve them as human is for them to die, what happens if you stop a victims heart then restart it?

[@azraazazel9080]

Here's some food for thought: "What if" the origin of this virus is what has infected SCP-173 the moving statue? Could be unrelated, but at the same time could fill in some holes such as SCP-187's reaction when seeing the statue

[@wisemysticaltree7074]

I was thinking that scp-2376 is the origin of scp-847 a living mannequin who hates woman and turns them into mannequin which it uses for spare body parts

[@kaedynnewberry4515]

What would happen if Dr. Bright got this disease, and after death, to be put on a new body? Would the disease persist? Would it be "cured?"

[@Tfd839]

Question: The people can move when being watched just can’t be perceived moving if I got it right. So why don’t the people ever move while being watched. Why did the husband let his wife nail him to a post? Why did the infected doctors let the other doctors put them in the trash? If u have an answer I will greatly appreciate it.

[@kibathelilboy3946]

They can't really move a lot, they said the side effects is like tetanus so they can't move that well at all, not walking around at leats

[@Tfd839]

@@kibathelilboy3946 that explains a little but if someone is dragging you and getting ready to pin you to a stake wouldn’t they move a little or at least try they still have some movement correct? But thank you that did help a lot.

[@kibathelilboy3946]

@@Tfd839 Yeah, they would try to wiggle at least. My only question about this scp is that even tho they can't feel their movements and screams, still how can they get them up and drag them? Like they must weight a LOT more than a scarecrow hahahah

[@Tfd839]

@@kibathelilboy3946 thank u and scps will have plot holes and you can just say that is also anomalous. Anyways have a great day.

[@legeul]

@@kibathelilboy3946 My assumption would be since the virus changes people's preception of the victims, the people picking up the victims would precieve them as weighting the same as a real scarecrow.

[@shadowsa2b]

What if a camera does indeed capture a victim as a human with a rash and spasms, but onlookers percieve even such images as a scarecrow, even though its not?

[@saintakins187]

Another Resident Evil inspired SCP.

[@vapertainment5313]

First of all Clostridium tetani is a bacteria, and it causes symptoms by producing toxins(which they correct later in the video, sorta.) However much like botulism there are medical uses for those toxins. And it is still absolutely fascinating the think a bacteria or virus could become memetic.

[@chriswilliam7282]

This reminds me of a Round the Twist episode.

[@suwanpeng]

i love this channel!

[@UnnamedEmperor]

I think the true reason to tune into your videos asap is that the thumbnail always gets changed

[@chelseaadams5454]

People: Let's use it on 682! Me: Aaand now we have an indestructible scarecrow that murders people. What did you think was going to happen?

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

6:20 “The Foundation doesn’t kill people if at all avoidable.” Um… Define “avoidable”, because I think we have vastly different interpretations.

[@samnieuwenhuis5555]

Maybe they mean civilians?

[@Dont14-r4k]

Avoidable as in using the least amount of people possible. If they have to use people, they will.

[@amberkat8147]

Or people, because they clearly don't consider D-class as people in that case.

[@MouseGoat]

@@amberkat8147 Of chose not D-Class = Death row Criminals n_n

[@PoliceTelephoneBox]

Proposal for new Mobile Task Force Sigma-20 "Rag Dolls": Comprised of instances of SCP-2376-1 who have made a recovery to full mobility and are no longer contagious. MTF Sigma-20 would be able to undertake a variety of missions virtually undetected. Given the inability of non-anomalous humans, most anomalous humans, and some humanoid entities (continued cross testing needed) to perceive movement from instances of SCP-2376-1, along with Foundation covert ops training, MTF Sigma-20 members would be highly effective in infiltration and covert combat. Individual members would mostly need to work solo due to them being unable to perceive one another, though various methods of communication and tactics have been proposed. Viability testing of the concept is currently awaiting O5 review.

[@SouthofSalvation]

If the subject dies and the body come back visually. Then you attempt to revive the person and say its successful.... does the virus reactivate?