SCP-049 The Plague Doctor - Everything You Need to Know

SCP-049 is a humanoid entity which bears the appearance of a plague doctor. While SCP-049 appears to be wearing the thick robes and the ceramic mask indicative of that profession, the garments instead seem to have grown out of SCP-049's body over time. SCP 049 will become hostile with individuals it sees as being affected by the Pestilence, often having to be restrained should it encounter such. If left unchecked, SCP049 will generally attempt to kill any such individual.
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[@zander4038]

This man can talk about how paint dries and I’ll listen

[@CJ_Welch]

Agreed

[@PaleSpiderQueen]

Lmao same

[@gren8296]

Same here

[@ApplePi3.1415]

scp-6969420 the never drying paint is a keter class object….

[@asagadam550]

@@ApplePi3.1415 the anomalous object is currently located at Site-19 of the SCP Foundation....

[@furrykitty2859]

The reason they cant decipher his writing is because hes a doctor. Surprising that the foundation hasnt figured that out yet.

[@jakobmerrithew4733]

yea i agree besides it looks like fuckin russian cursive

[@fatlacesthedon]

@Negahban *O5-GOD* like... Do you grasp the concept of a joke?

[@minhducnguyen9276]

@@jakobmerrithew4733 If he's writing in French and managed to make it look like Russian you know he's a proper doctor.

[@rosechan449]

@@minhducnguyen9276 one that necromances with a Mary Poppins bag, but still a doctor.

[@themanoffate]

Reminds me of the time i was talking to my friend from medschool and when I made a joke about their handwriting he said that even he doesn't know what he writes

[@meggreen4058]

What’s tragic about scp-049 is that he truly believes he’s serving the greater good, that he’s a savior to the infected, a savior to world from the pestilence. He’s the hero of his own story, not a villain. And because of that he can’t be dissuaded, or reasoned with, or convinced to stop; he’ll die first. All his butchering, mutilation, and killing is mercy in his eyes, it’s the cure. He’ll save the world from the pestilence, whether they want it or not.

[@gaybitgaming4444]

But it's real

[@Ysumbruh0]

To him it’s basically like a doctor trying to cure a patient that’s showing resistance

[@enderreaper5332]

The thing is we can not say if this is true or not so maybe he is the hero we need it may be necessary to look that way because no one is sure about this whether he is a hero or villain no one knows

[@cursedhfy3558]

Honestly if he would tell the foundation what the damn pestilence was, they might very well help him.

[@SamuraiBlade_]

When we needed him the most, he vanished.

[@HuneeBruh]

I love how at 8:54 the researcher goes to shake 049s hand, but then pulls back when he realizes. Little details like that make me love this channel even more

[@gerku670]

He almost commit suicide

[@necromancer147]

yeah, I laughed lol

[@TheYellowTuxedo]

Caught that too

[@SilverVolo]

Dude went way back lol

[@woodenbabu6018]

Then what we'll do

[@sarahjamesinasarah6423]

The most fascinating thing about 049 to me is the fact that he’s completely intelligent and aware of what he’s doing, but he seems to be oblivious to how horrifying what he does is to everyone else, or is amused by it, yet somehow without any malice, like how a child enjoys seeing someone with their butt on fire screaming and panicking. He’s a man of science at his core, and morals, or at least _our_ morals, and _our_ standards of “normalcy” and nature simply aren’t a part of the science he practices.

[@gulliblegerman]

Well he is a medieval doctor so..

[@sarahjamesinasarah6423]

@@gulliblegerman”….Ohhhhhh.”

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

The perfect scientist - progress at any cost. Devoid of morality and ethics to slow down his work

[@kaleighmarchand2047]

Does that make him sadistic

[@endstoneninja3845]

@@kaleighmarchand2047 no cuz he just wants to help I guess

[@shadow0.o945]

To me is sad how after killing Dr. Hamm, the felt mournful about his death and regretted killing him. Even the stone cold killer seems to regret killing a fellow doctor and friend, and seeing the built up trust between him and the SCP foundation crumble so quickly.

[@Uay778]

we learned about this in medieval history, the 4 humors was this theory about how different humors, that being blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm could change a persons personality and how they felt health wise and if they were sick they had an imbalance of humors.

[@megsmith8476]

I thought this comment was coming to an insightful point about 049... But alas

[@Uay778]

@@megsmith8476 oh sorry thats my bad, but i mean it most likely means that 049 could still be using medieval methods of medical science and not modern ones, not realizing they were dubbed obsolete by todays doctors

[@SPYROSTSABOURIS]

If I could ask the doctor 1 question, it would be: "what will happen if the pestilence isn't treated?"

[@lovecraftslovechild]

If his robes are part of his body, doesn't that mean 049 has been parading around nude this whole time?

[@LordDoom10]

Yes.

[@14AMRURU]

WHAT

[@greywolf9783]

@@14AMRURU XD

[@adamarmer2187]

Essentially yeah

[@ThatGuy-me8wb]

TRUE scholars are too busy practicing science to bother with trivial matters like clothes.

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I love this SCP for how complex he is

[@Tab1300]

I like how in a scp article they hint that 049 is from alagata (the realm that the hanged king is from) and is really disliked by his fellow scholars there. The hint was when an agent ran into a plague doctor in the yellow lord's realm she asked if "the cure they have is most effective" the doctor paused and said "I hope you haven't met the same individual I'm thinking about" I'm paraphrasing but that was basically what was said. For those wondering it's the scp called inevitable.

[@allistairhock9825]

He is inevitable

[@Hey-tl8vb]

Yes, that's right, but he wasn't a Plague Doctor, he was a Wandsman. Still what you say is true

[@Hey-tl8vb]

I was just reading that story recently, so here's a summary (if you can call it that) of that part: The creature had taken the investigator into the darkness, finally when she could visualize something she saw a man dressed in robes of all colors and a beak mask. The criature said: "I heard your racket in the street, deduced you were not a local, and thought it prudent to warn you that you walk into a plague zone." Hearing the word "Plague" come out of the creature's beak, She replied: "Sure. I'm gonna trust you about plagues. I'll bet you've got a cure that's most effective, too?" The creature shrieked and brought its hand to its face in outrage: "From where, might I inquire, did you collect that vile turn of phrase?" The investigator replied carefully. "We've had… experience, with someone like you. Where I'm from." The avian creature replied in a loud voice:" Not very like me at all. If we're speaking of the same individual, I deeply regret your misfortune. That one arose from, and occupies, a place of great dishonour. We do not speak of him." Yes, the investigator confused him, apparently the doctor is quite infamous among the Wandsman.

[@krrsantan6775]

Scp 049 is like a doctor who graduated from googling all symptoms.

[@FavoriteClown]

Facts

[@MinMin4theWinWin]

8:54 I love how the guy was about to shake hands with the doctor only to go back on it because they remembered what would happen xD

[@CowgirlWorld]

I’m starting to believe this “pestilence” SCP-049 is talking about is *FEAR* in us humans. 😕

[@paisleesheppard5629]

My best bets are A general sense of Disillusionment Regret Guilt Cynism Nihilism Self-doubt Existential dread Unease That weird unexplained sense of impending doom you sometimes get. (Btw. Sometimes related to heart conditions! Which is super weird and interesting.) .... yeah basically what the medieval doctor's considered an imbalance in the humours, also known as 'melancholy'. The word melancholy refers more to emotion than to cholic, like it used to then. For real, SCP-049 and I would get along 😂😂😂

[@someturkishguy8638]

@@paisleesheppard5629 i think its related to SCP-5000, and the pestilence is human hope, and some people have theorized that it's the human brain, which in lore would be an alien thing. If you know how to read, you cannot read something without reading it in your head first. And some say this is why you argue with yourself or talk to yourself in your head.

[@Rin-qj7zt]

@@paisleesheppard5629 no. the one thing all those have in common: pain. the cause of all pain. the invisible parasite that feeds on all humans, and when freed from it's grasp, no longer feel pain. it's the very thing that keeps human souls attatched to their bodies after death, feeling everything for eternity even as your body is atomized and spread through the world.

[@paisleesheppard5629]

@@Rin-qj7zt there are people who's pain receptors don't receive neurotransmitters correctly, would they be immune to the pestilence following that logic?

[@paisleesheppard5629]

@@someturkishguy8638 ha, I've been calling my brain my own little parasite since I got a depression 😂 since it knows we should be doing productive things to make us feel better in the long run, but it keeps dishing out psychological tricks to make me feel tired, headache, hungry etc in an attempt to prevent me from doing the dreaded productive thing. Plus. Entirely out of my control, my brain can just decide that a piece of information is not important enough to be stored in long term memory 😊

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

The Doctor really is a chill dude.

[@MayumiErin]

Yeah

[@xo0ox508]

Yeah a chill dude someone can hang out with until he just touches you

[@Ittlibawbisb]

This guy is the best scp 1. He doesn’t mean to hurt anyone and Is trying to be nice, and he’s very polite 2. He’s smart 3. I remember he removed the rage part of an apes brain.

[@omega3857]

Why not ask scp 049 what the pestilence is while masquerading as a medical student, this way he may be willing to explain to someone who cant possibly know

[@greywolf9783]

That was what I was thinking

[@ThatGuy-me8wb]

I believe I heard in another video that, when asked, he starts getting agitated and is never able to give an answer that humans can comprehend.

[@jondw]

it is less so an issue of willingness from my understanding and more an issue of ability. he'd love for them to be able to help him and their understanding would help that but he doesn't know how to put it in a way that they would understand

[@paisleesheppard5629]

SCP-049 has an extra sense for the pestilence. I don't think he's able to put that sense into comprehensible words for scientists. Maybe a philosopher or someone in quantum physics with medical knowledge. A psychiatrist who minored in those fields. Someone who doesn't bat an eye at receiving hours worth of vague concepts and taking it at face value. Idk. Personally I would love to spend an afternoon with this SCP. Bring on the waiver. 😂

[@-DarkAvenger-]

Scp 049 can't explain the pestilence like how you can't explain sight to a blind person, it's not possible.

[@gandhigamez7204]

I believe that the “Pestilence” is actually an emotion something like Hatred and Self Involvment.

[@xNephilimxXx]

What prompted this theory?

[@gandhigamez7204]

I think of this theory because of Kidnapped by Scp-049 the man who was kidnapped was very involved in his self and could be hateful

[@jaegermonster9549]

Maybe The Real Pestilence Is The Friends We Made Along The Way.

[@tacosformenow1175]

Fear

[@gandhigamez7204]

@@tacosformenow1175 I doubt It is fear because if SCP-682 has the pestilence what could it’s fear be?

[@Maximara]

The one thing that doesn't come up is what does SCP-049 thinks of modern medicine - germ theory and the like. Does he dismiss it or has anyone even tried to explain it to him?

[@paisleesheppard5629]

Would love to know his thoughts about covid and how idiotic some ppl reacted to it.

[@SStarlight9614]

@@paisleesheppard5629 like buying toilet paper when we got the original lockdown like they said it was going to cause you to be stuck to the toilet or something 😂

[@anonymousanonymous5857]

@@paisleesheppard5629 go back to plebbit

[@sharplily]

@@paisleesheppard5629 he would've touch of death'd himself after learning about vaccines and then promptly being presented with antivaxxers

[@vaporwingfauxmcloud1190]

I think 049 is adorable... He's got no knowledge of what he's doing being unethical but I think he's always innocent because he always wants to help

[@TheAHuman]

There are a few SCPs I would love to have a discussion with. 049, 343, (I forget which number the immortal Hitler is), and maybe even 682.

[@dreadlord2466]

Yeah, it would be pretty therapeutic to kick Hitler's ass

[@judesemo]

Ok but if 343 is omniscient, couldnt they ask him what the pestilence is?

[@paisleesheppard5629]

@@judesemo all God said was 'pffff the poor germophobic soul' so... 🤷‍♀️

[@emetanti]

The Immortal Hitler is basically just a mindbroken vegetable, not much to chat there.

[@randomearthling140]

I think the immortal Hitler is SCP-2430

[@snowpysnowbell]

He's always been my favorite SCP besides SCP-999

[@3Dboneprinting]

Who doesnt like scp 999

[@WeltYangReal]

​@@3DboneprintingI mean I like him, but he's not in my top 10. 049 is my favorite overall.

[@cclockwize]

Here's a theory: The pestilence is what causes humans to be able to die, 049 is the only one without it, which is why he is immortal.

[@catsandfriends5918]

I've actually had that thought myself.

[@Superhen-du9ni]

It could also be greed or want because in the billionaire story the people killed are rich and greedy.

[@sbeveloaf1120]

@@Wayne_Wheeler there is no canon

[@zioncristwell6201]

Nope

[@OODLESMCBOODELS]

if that's the case then why does he kill certain people and not everyone

[@KurdistanLazo]

I have theory 2 theories of what the “pestilence” is that that the pestilence is death itself, or greed, hatred, anger that causes world wars and world hunger

[@gaybitgaming4444]

No its a God look into scp 5000 the invincible armor or the day scp console attacked

[@mothman5114]

"let's not get ahead of us, students" these videos really do feel like some kinda onboarding process for the foundation

[@Fr1endly7]

682 won’t die because he bought limited edition plot armor Change my mind

[@DragonDislikesApes]

nah he got that main character plot armor

[@_alux_689]

Does anyone else wonder if 049 can turn off his "touch of death?" Because I can just imagine him trying to rope a bunch of researchers into a game of "high-five roulette" to the amusement and horror of literally everyone in the facility.

[@sugarcrystal9390]

No Dr Bright would be the one organizing it

[@gheata_playz874]

9:03 so unrecognizable that his clothes even changed

[@MissThavel_LanguageTeacher10]

😂 yeah...

[@JanusKastin]

I'm not sure the Pestilence is actually a thing, since whenever it's brought up, 049 gets all cryptic and evasive. It might just be a rationalization to let 049 think of himself as a good guy while doing what he really wants to do: dissect and reanimate corpses.

[@drippylad3973]

It could me he's just making an immortality operation

[@mykaruest3620]

I'm wondering if mortality is the pestilence tbh...

[@perfyirebutfrog328]

I love these vids they help me get into the lore so much better

[@ICantThinkOfAUsername]

I am curious why the scp foundation didn’t send in D-class personel as ”medical students” that the plague doctor would be supposed to teach. That way they’ve could’ve learned more about the pestillance and the cure.

[@dragonborn4405]

Gotta love the freshblook for 049, model quality improved considerably

[@palathaxx]

“A glob of malignant spit in the eye of God” is the most metal sentence I’ve ever heard.

[@Pyotiru]

Amazins video as always! I love how complex the Plague Doctor is! There can be so many ways to observe his obsession with the pestilence.

[@jamesthegamer7488]

I can't wait for my own SCP to be finished.

[@renukaverma4142]

Really!? What SCP is it?

[@savagenature1244]

@@renukaverma4142 scp 10k

[@tell-me-a-story-]

He doesn't have violence in his heart, and it's not easy on his conchience. Many scp stories reveil that he doesn't like that he kills people. Often it's an accident, and when it's not, he thinks it a terrible, sad sacrifice to get rid of the pestilence, and he regrets it. This show itself shows that many times.

[@norscout3031]

I miss the videos of new SCPs, not just rehashing ones we've already seen

[@zomkino]

Seems like such a chill SCP when compared, but in games it's like 049 : DIE AND JOIN MY ARMY

[@LordMaximuss]

I really appreciate the longer videos, thank you for all of the hard work.

[@Christinatelci]

This man(the owner of this video) can talk about death and I'll be all ears like- his voice is so soothing

[@user-bv7ol4cd4l]

Everything about this video was enjoyable, loved it a lot. Also I love the thumbnail

[@gc6096]

In the Spanish branch of the Scp foundation there’s a tale of Scp-049 was in Herman’s Fuller of the Disquieting.

[@alienslovepizza4539]

I don't know why but I think I've watched so many SCP-049 Videos that now I love him more than I used to. Like if someone makes fun of him, I feel like standing up for him.

[@stuffedbrains]

I love the detail of a researcher going in for a handshake with 049 and jumping back, realizing why he shouldn’t.

[@stuffedbrains]

8:52

[@wYoshiIdkTvTBreadIsAGod]

Even though that incident happened, in the doctor's mind, he is doing all of that for a greater good and that in fact, for him, all he is doing is help others of a sickness that is fully real in his view of the world- And others pretty much can't convince him otherwise. He has good intentions, he seems to genuinely worry about the existence of the pestilence and is cooperative to the foundation, but he just lacks the proper behavior to express these intentions of helping that he has

[@jpandelross1865]

i think the pestilence is the entity from scp 5000-why that is most likely the reason he stays vague about it because when people find out they practically go insane

[@czerky1091]

props to whoever drew the thumbnail,it looks awesome!

[@Godsmash-2022]

This video is just perfect as always amazing work

[@rtm117]

the pestilence is fear because the foundation researchers are fearless, they largely dont have pestilence but cuz dr. hamm was fearful of something that session, he got the pestilence

[@Kieranhc]

I wonder how he would respond to encountering a person unaffected by his touch.

[@zerodragonsaiyen3268]

8:53 he was so close to death that day 😂

[@raynaldiyudhistira4851]

I love how Hunter's SCP-049's voice is George Takei from Red Alert 3

[@rxanime535]

What I would love to see is someone make an SCP file on 049 where he goes to a medical school and becomes a professor.

[@alplayz8351]

I think that the “pestilence “ is cataract Because - most people have it - it is undetectable until old age - he is similar to medieval plague doctors who went as far to think blood letting was a cure so killing and bringing them back from the dead would be considered medical treatment for medieval Europe

[@jaegermonster9549]

Thank you. Boring and unimaginative. The two traits I look for in works of fiction.

[@bongoh2607]

I liked how that poor D-class blah-blah-ed all the way up till the second he died, that certainly made me laugh

[@elfflix2569]

049 will always be my favorite scp, mainly because the video that introduced me to scp's in general was (if i remember correctly) a live action interview with the plague doctor. I don't remember anything past this, but if someone knows what im video im talking about that'd be cool

[@Jayraven.]

Is it Tats tops videos?

[@dumbstuffmask9736]

The place doctor is a rolocoster of emotions

[@crashbash05hagmain36]

if he were real i would love to talk to him about his research he seems nice to talk too.

[@Schwannengesang]

hunter's french accent and voice of scp 049 is just.... spectacular!

[@osiris-7606]

Hunter's narration is slowly becoming more better than Morgan Freeman for me.

[@pearadiss]

6:29 "ah yes, stick" "ow" * begins to scream profanities at 049 *

[@MissThavel_LanguageTeacher10]

10 year old me be like:

[@Jimmy-tb9pe]

Try giving him a person, not infected, to become his apprentice. This way we could learn more about the Pestilence

[@9751matt]

"He's an extremely well traveled man." (Me having flashbacks to that obscure old cassette song *I'm a well traveled bear, and I've been everywhere* )

[@jesus75033]

another amazing video :D

[@Hao-spirit]

I think the pestilence is rejecting the idea that there is a pestilence which actually makes the plague doctor anxious. As long as everybody believe him he considers them as fellow scientists

[@YMD165]

The fact that the scp foundation is afraid of the plague doctor poking someone’s eye out with a stick is oddly hilarious

[@chemreal]

oh crap he has a stick we better fear him now

[@mercedeshernandez4492]

Nice video

[@RuraIsntGlichy]

The main questions left standing for me is.. Was the pledge doctor born this way? Was he ever human at all? When he was a child, was he normal but slowly grew up interested in this sorta science? Does he remember his past? Could someone ask him about it?

[@namelessentity1167]

Not exactly scientific but it is logical to a degree

[@namelessentity1167]

Perhaps if when erased the doctor's mind and Dupree taught them the essence of a physician then one might be able to understand better

[@zahanavez3776]

The humors where actually a medieval scientific belief

[@namelessentity1167]

@@zahanavez3776 that isn't really science and not even medieval that is ancient Roman medical beliefs the Middle Ages were also called the Dark Ages because the church's downright abolished science

[@monke3719]

Man I’ve been being driven insane by this question according to scp lore the plague doctors cloak and mask are part of his body if this is the case is he just nude then!?

[@jaegermonster9549]

Yes.

[@sodiumfluoridel]

😳

[@megatronyeets]

Naked doctor, sounds like Johnny Sins 💀

[@zohairshohail564]

Love ur videos

[@theking1553]

I aways listen to this man’s voice before I sleep

[@geardog24]

7:46 Who the hell sleeps standing up?

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

I dunno, probably a SCP

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

Also Flamingos

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

*FLAMINGO SCP!*

[@RICH1FLOYD]

My most favorite SCP ever.

[@meganpardoe8918]

This SCP probably doesn’t want to hurt people but heal them instead, he is literally a plague doctor

[@ducc4444]

Man I loved this, I love the doc anyway but mix that with this channel

[@compendiumphenomicinquiry9438]

SCP 5243 is really hard to cover Wich is the reason there is no video about it i mean it got almost 300 rating Wich is enough to make a video about but it not simple tho *SCP 5243 the breach that keeps on breaching*

[@DaeganBro]

Fell asleep listening to this dude, so calming

[@CAMK1216]

this is good and entertaining

[@Rahhelthethird]

I wonder if the Plague Doctor can read the Voynich manuscript or if it was created by him. The part about his notes being unreadable by code breakers really reminds me of the manuscript.

[@thedukesrule]

Wooo another scp 049 video

[@Dtakius]

Nice vid

[@madsnipergodonxbox9559]

I loveeeeeee these so much

[@soroushmohammadi3436]

Very cool

[@santosdavidmontesandrade6864]

Dude I love this video

[@Phoenix-JS66]

Definitely my favourite SCP

[@forgetfuldullahan5468]

So my question is, what happens if we asked him to find the genetic signature for his pestilence? Just give him the equipment he needs to do it, plenty of tissue samples, and ask him to isolate it. What would he show to try and prove the pestilence existence? Shouldn't be hard to convince him to use more modern techniques, if cleft can get him into the infinite Ikea, he can figure this one out.

[@SPEEDFAN4LIFE]

When he does SCP-049’s voice, it is so soothing

[@mohammadnadeem6223]

I! LOVE THESE VIDS

[@endstoneninja3845]

Those zombies are nightmare fuel. It just shows us what this SCP is capable of. He could disfigure us into horrible things if he was in the mood.

[@bubblesrizzoli]

Aww yeah love these video's

[@maskedbaconator]

I remember u having only about 10k now u have 1m+ subs

[@redwatch07]

everything you need to know about 049. epic

[@noahadams2464]

You should explain about scp 117 the complete multitool next.

[@joshuapineda8708]

Judging from what I’ve seen so far both with this and his interactions with the weeping man, I’m guessing “the pestilence” is death by natural decay and his goal is to conquer death for any and all life forms. His goal appears to be a sort of perfect necromancy which revives anyone, soul and all.

[@KaydonFuller]

This is easily my favorite scp

[@BreakerInc]

That thumbnail rocks, wish I could find a full size version.

[@Copdkdd]

One of my fav SCPs on this series. Lol how he play the game follow the the object in stead of the stick he hit him well played doctor 049u sure showed him he is a savage one 😂😂😂🤝 6:33😂😂 Now jokes aside this SCP can start a zombie apocalypse in a nature wey with No prob he can end the world or not stopped in time

[@StenchSniffer]

Seems like a chill dude

[@EssentialNPC]

I feel like someone or something once convinced the Doctor of the Pestilence and its effects. The Doctor might not actually know what it is, but he does not question it.