Substation 9 - Creepypasta

A user on a forum describes their job maintaining substations spread over miles of remote forest - all sitting above a massive network tunnels, flooded basements, and even a mine. Elements of urbex, workplace horror, and mystery!
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[@mosterchife6045]

A gmod map based off of this would be awesome. A huge, partially flooded tunnel system, maybe with some spooky easter eggs

[@TheLibrarianYT]

I was thinking about trying it!

[@JorjEade]

Abandoned Metro was kind of like this

[@thathotsaucekid]

Sir curity camira

[@slamsun6969]

@@TheLibrarianYT please do

[@CrazyRandoGaming]

not gunna lie i though it was a vr game or gmod for a bit before i realized it wasn't

[@kerosenecowboy5684]

god i wish there was a name for this specific type of horror so i could find more of it. subterranean horror? industrial horror? subterranean industrial horror? just really submechanophobia-inducing. absolutely fascinating stuff.

[@FlakonFraggs]

Honest to God the most terrifying creepypasta I've heard in many years. Subtle, very believable and grounded, with just a tiny hint of the supernatural, and extremely tense. That final video had me in a seat gripping agony of anticipation.

[@MrMcFish219]

For real man, I love it.

[@nathanh.5373]

I actually live in a very post-industrial region of France, where there were a lot of mines and steelworks, and back then they indeed demolished surface buildings leaving basements and tunnels intact. I've spent hours exploring these tunnels, usualy just some completly empty old cable tunnels, but sometimes some old machines are still intact. No horror story though. Too bad I can't show pictures here. Oh and yeah, always carry two flashlights when doing this kind of stuff

[@snapdragon8723]

honestly I would carry four flashlights if possible. and some other useful items, if I could carry it as well.

[@welporajackwelp4899]

record it, it'll be nice to watch

[@aynersolderingworks7009]

Dans le Nord? Je suis aller une fois pour visiter une "fausse mine” en 1ere, sur la route il y avait beaucoup de bâtiments abandonnés, j’ai toujours voulu explorer mais bon

[@PraxicDragon]

Could you upload them to somewhere like imgur and post the link?

[@snake_eater1963]

this is what creepypastas were always meant to be. Real dread, not the spooky ghost, but the real cold sweat of not knowing if what you see is reality

[@MrMcFish219]

Oh my god, I just realized in the final video, you can hear the old-timey music playing at one part. Really creepy, especially when it just abruptly cuts out at 32:16. Jesus, this creepypasta really gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[@RadiantMantra]

Imagine how scared future historians would be exploring this when even us, a hundred years from having built this (tops) won't scope out these tunnels

[@Icyangel10]

This is really interesting, for me it's probably up there with the "I'm a search & rescue officer for the US forest service" series & "Confessions of a deep sea diver". They're pretty different considering both stories confess all the strange/paranormal stuff out front while this one feels more realistic & leaves you wondering if it's coincidental mundane or if something really is going on in a way that hides any unnatural stuff. I think it's probably cause I've found myself enjoying series were someone is telling you stuff about their jobs that happens to involve a lot of strangeness they know shouldn't be talked about outside of people that already know I hope there's more to this eventually

[@MyDogDoingStuffIG]

Okay.

[@mosterchife6045]

I also thought "Up there with 'I'm a search and rescue officer for the US forest service'" too lol. I haven't heard of Confessions of a Deep Sea Diver though, I'll have to give that one a read/watch.

[@Icyangel10]

@@mosterchife6045 It's interesting, so far I only know of two parts. The post that started it & supposedly a story he got from his ex-teammates about an incident after he was gone.

[@ScatterBrain783]

The story accompanied by clips of these genuinely terrifying locations and excellent narration had my hairs stand on end. The pacing and the fact that nothing of real danger is ever shown makes this an excellent execution of true horror that few movies and games with an actual budget manage to pull off....well done!

[@Auxbrained]

oh my god. the ending where he found the staircase and the entrance to the old mine. chills all the way down my spine

[@generatoralignmentdevalue]

The footage really makes this one feel unique and high-effort.

[@JorjEade]

I've been watching these videos for years and this is the first time I've felt genuine discomfort.. the final few minutes were almost unbearable. Been a long time since I've felt a sense of dread like that. Creepy but definitely not comfy. Incredible video 👍

[@MyDogDoingStuffIG]

That’s cool, *boob* . What an interesting pick for a username.

[@masterinfinity]

This story is originally from the SCP Wiki, specifically under the Parawatch hub. I read it fairly soon after it originally released, and it was creepy in a way that I had had a hard time finding in other places, and it's a large part of the reason that I consider Parawatch one of my favorite groups of interest. Edit:I'm really glad to have an audio version of it. It feels a little weird to call it just a Creepypasta, but to be fair Parawatch was kind of made as an excuse to put Creepypastas into the Wiki so I guess it's still fits.

[@walter8025]

Likely the best creepypasta ever made. It’s not cheep like the others. It contains nothing supernatural or gory. It completely relys on the setting and atmosphere to build the horror and it works so well.

[@arbitrary2868]

So this is an interesting one. The forum in question this is from is the Parawatch website, a companion piece to SCP that is from the viewpoint of everyday paranormal enthusiasts. So technically, this is a Librarian SCP reading, which is awesome. Heres hoping he reads Barns from Nowhere, another interesting piece from Parawatch.

[@TheRogueWolf]

I'm not really sure which was creepier: When I heard the music, or when I heard the music _stop._

[@flugruger25]

When somebody tells me to bring 2 flashlights i bring 5 and a bag full of chemlights

[@snapdragon8723]

honestly, same minus the chemlights, whatever those are.

[@MyDogDoingStuffIG]

@@snapdragon8723 Y’know those glow in the dark lights that you snap? Yeah, those.

[@MyDogDoingStuffIG]

Bioluminescent light sticks.

[@thinginground5179]

@@MyDogDoingStuffIG I used to eat those

[@falloutgamer347]

@@Buttsmcgee069 safety glock with a flashlight attachment

[@Gear_Snack]

Fascinating, this creepypasta feels particularly subtle with most the horror coming from the uncomfortable surroundings. My closest experience to this would be a heavily controlled salt mine tour. And while it was truly dark and threw off your sense of time. The air was sterile and the tunnels wide with only a bit of trash from the old miners' time. This space in this creepy pasta is the creepiest aspects of underground spaces. Having toxic air, unhygienic surfaces, claustrophobic rooms yet grand scale. The real risk of drowning or getting lost, ruined industrial equipment, and isolation makes that no ghost or SCP is really required to make this place haunted in atmosphere.

[@NathanDavisVideos]

Did anybody see those what appear to be white glowing eyes in "John's" last photo when he found his way to the old mine? That was pure nightmare fuel! Especially towards the end with that old time music playing in what I can assume is the lower section of Substation 9.

[@SkvelaPolevka]

Yeah I also noticed. However during the final exploration video there was nothing like that present there so "John" really took photo of.. something.

[@ZeyTheDaemon]

Man, this one was really unnerving. I like how it doesn't just show a big scary monster at any point, instead mostly implying something is down there that may or may not be a person (the eyes), but is probably not human. The fact that there are environmental hazards shows that there are way more real-life dangers down there than whatever may be lurking down there, too. Really sent chills down my spine tbh. That ending, too! It was just someone walking down a hall and yet it somehow managed to be the most tense thing.

[@dividewalker5673]

"Carry two flashlights" I would carry four - one in my hand, one on my hat, one mounted on my shotgun, and one mounted on my pistol. Goes for any form of caving or urbex. Not gonna find out.

[@Im.A1ex]

Sitting at 35:03 and I can’t bring myself to click play again. So creeped out. Amazing story and reading! Time for me to not sleep tonight! :D

[@americanv5107]

Awesome story, I love the idea of the endless tunnels underneath the ground that even though it’s just 4 or 5 feet under, the tunnels never end. Also this kinda reminds me of the basement in Outlast

[@imperialdoesathing1599]

Originally posted on the SCP wiki, and written by TheGreatHippo.

[@SourGummiWyrm69]

which skip was it attached to?

[@imperialdoesathing1599]

@@SourGummiWyrm69 it’s a stand-alone tale, but in universe it was posted on the Parawatch forms a Group of Interest which is pretty much a paranormal forum

[@AiRsTrIkExXzZ]

This channel gives me some weird vibes(not bad ones). Every video I’ve seen makes the eerie maps/games immersive for the viewer. There’s not background music or loud talking of many people. It’s just the librarian and the game with few sounds being heard. That makes these videos way better for what’s being shown :)

[@shinyrayquaza9]

his stuff is as he describes creepy and comfy, very cool content you shpuld watch his stuff

[@DiabolicalSituation]

When you describe how thin the hallway was from the Macey State tunnel I never thought it would had been that thin.

[@piligrim4258]

Yeah that's kinda these repetative nightmares about the endless, collapsing technikas tonnels which purpose is unrecognizable these days, dimmly lit with dirty pink light that you will never see outside of your dream, and a pursuit. constant rush from something native to the tonnels, something out of rusted metal and concrete and this story really made me flashback to these disturbing dreams I had a dozens of times last year

[@funnybunny954]

Bro, that was terrifying recognizing all the pictures that John took at the end

[@TheLateLordKardok]

Watching the recordings and seeing the images, I can just smell the wet concrete and rusted metal. Excellent atmosphere.

[@justafriendlycryptid]

It feels working in such a place would benefit a Headlamp of any kind.

[@leadlime29]

This is still, by far, my favorite creepypasta you've narrated. I've come back to watch it again several times at this point.

[@thegreathippo]

Hello! I'm the author of this -- this is really cool, but could I ask that the description include a link to the original work?

[@TheLibrarianYT]

Done. And thanks for a great story!

[@riga_tony]

You made this?? This was Good!! Like REALLY good!! I really wish you could make a follow up to this!! It was perfect!

[@TheVibes101]

Incredible work! I would love to see a second part for this story.

[@mycelium_moss]

oh boy, seems like my long lost obsession with these types of audio horror stories is re-ignited in the past content like this was absolutely everywhere, gosh i miss those days edit: and the video additions are SO COOL, i'm on edge the whole time

[@mrviking2mcall212]

There are these 3 classic GMod maps called Insomnia, Paranoia and Hypnophobia, which are all trippy exploration/combat maps. You should give them a go!

[@shinyrayquaza9]

I've played hypnophopia, there were a few parts where I was unsure how to proceed but cool map

[@snowy9587]

Read a comment about this story, dunno if it was on the post or here, but a question was posed as to what "John" encountered, and the OP's answer was genuinely chilling, something like "The miners are still down there"

[@wellociraptor5169]

This was awesome. I would love if you read out the dates at which the protagonist posted, because I play videogames while listening to your videos, but I get how that would break the pacing or atmosphere. Anyways, thanks for your content. I absolutely adore you.

[@leadlime29]

this is one of my favorite videos you've done; the story combined with the video invokes all of my fears combined with the characters' morbid curiosity

[@mudnarchist]

Yo I love stories like this. You do an excellent job with narration.

[@wawawuu1514]

Very nice. I'm reminded of Blair Witch Project by both the narrative structure, especially the ending (that's not a spoiler, the ending is different from Blair Witch Project one's, just also similar in a way), and the low-key, naturalistic horror. I also liked how everything weird or possibly supernatural had an alternative, mundane explanation, I'm a sucker for those kinds of stories (e.g. True Detective).

[@taco570]

Ngl, the tension was so high that the ad that came up at the end of the video made me jump. Scared the hecc outta me.

[@benjaminmaher8896]

You have such a good narrator voice, I love it.

[@coolnaruto56]

hey just wanted to say i only recently discovered your content and Ive been binging it nonstop. Thanks for the work ya do

[@gooseflinger8114]

I love your readings. These and the reddit stories you do are so soothing, you have a gift.

[@thathotsaucekid]

Would pay 20$ or more for a horror game based on this im not kidding! Love it.

[@berkhimself]

Once in my dream: I was a young man and we were 6 people. We were hanging out and we came across an abandoned building, started to look inside of it and found a shelter door handle on the floor, climbed down and seperated to groups of two to investigate around. I found the dorm and found guns, ammo boxes, axes in the cabinets. And as soon as i saw there were lots of people sleeping i tried to run away and warn my friend but someone caught me. He was creepy tall mutated buff humanoid creature and trying to figure out if i was one of them. Then suddenly my friend came to save me and axed him. Then we heard a gun shot and loud footsteps far away. The third group told us that one of us was shot, they barely escaped and the other one was missing as we met in the exit trying to get out. And my friend was pulled down on the ladders and i left him (didn't even tried to save him). It was like Outlast kind of experience

[@bigbluecat4224]

I aint readin all that

[@tutui3038]

make it into a short horror game

[@jeterf3649]

Man u have such cool nightmare and yet my nightmares are about getting chased by a angry mob of British people

[@mayoplayingwumbologistmd4389]

​@@bigbluecat4224 your loss

[@joesmamaofficial]

​@@bigbluecat4224 I am reading allat

[@Korra228]

Aw man, it ended exactly when I started getting really into it

[@Gordon1990]

I think it’s awesome that in the pictures you can see what looks like eyes and in the video at the end the eyes aren’t there like what the camera saw in picture mode or whatever wasn’t caught in video

[@diskoBonez]

I need the Librarian to narrate more pastas

[@H0llowKnight]

Wow, this was great.

[@stoplight2554]

the teddy bear at the end feels like a deliberate INFRA reference

[@TheVibes101]

I love your readings! Wonderful source of inspiration for my horror writing. ❤️

[@lordgabe]

Hearing the rumored music at the end really gave me chills…

[@sammy_wills]

Imagine walking down here and just hearing one, single, solitary splash of a footstep in the room behind you...

[@scary5455]

Is nobody gonna talk about the music at 32:07

[@bludival666]

this looks uncannily like a dream i had once with a bernard's door situation of going into my old house and finding deep ass tunnels with machinery and furnishings

[@basimaziz]

Absolutely loved this~.

[@themagic8ball]

I just LOVE these Creepypasta videos

[@arbitrary2868]

27:12 Just realized that the people who want Substation #9 drained is probably the SCP Foundation, GOC or UIU. They are known in universe to have plants who will tip them off in case of an anomaly showing up.

[@Gibbycot]

Hmmm, i wonder what number you are.. hope you remember hohoho merry christmas!

[@zakethekid1333]

I am once again asking for a SOMA commentary

[@HHH-HHH]

Spiders at 21:16

[@mudnarchist]

I think those are locusts.

[@Cevowo]

As soon as I heard that John had a phone I immediately realized that he wasn't lost because he ran out of flashlight battery, he had a phone, and that phone still had battery.

[@group2gaming]

Love the addition of the timestamp before each post. Also, there's something about /x/ stories that just seem so... real. They've got just enough plausible deniability where it could be true, up until something crazy happens. You don't get that from reddit.

[@group2gaming]

(It's not /x/ but you get the gist)

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

This story was uploaded to Parawatch, not /x/.

[@group2gaming]

@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 I know. I replied to myself saying that

[@TheElectricCheeseProductions22]

imagine a game about this job in a similar spirit to VoTV. Where you do your job with strange happening around. Would love to see you play a game like that

[@ariwatsonartsandstorys2599]

This was very interesting if librarian reads this I hope he dose more creepypastas like this

[@Chaesoo_Hyunlix]

hi :) Love your vids!

[@MannOhneSchuhe_]

Heyo, love your videos! Can you try out Deppart Prototype? Doesn’t really have any lore and like the name suggests its just a short prototype buuut it is really really good and scary ;). Would love to see you play it!

[@sammy_wills]

26:17 This. This right here made my heart sink.

[@Captain_Echo]

These workers are better than 80% of society, not afraid of the unknown, willing to explore what they might fear badly.

[@datrtzhush3734]

"it wasn't john's" *dread*

[@HeavyWeponsGuy]

This is by far the most creepy creepypasta yet as this feels like it could actually happen (or has happend idk if this is fake or not)

[@dcozombieloverr7115]

always love your vids bookman :)

[@MapleBeeSticky]

everything about this would've been way more believable if not for the moment where the flashlight wasn't turned over to investigators.

[@shockwaveplays6563]

the best KZbin horror reading

[@Xathian]

So first it's the old timers who are conveying this warning about always carrying two flashlights to the new guys, a clear indication of a known standard for a long time but then later the given reasoning for two flashlights is a worker recently enough that the storyteller himself knew the guy. These stories always have inconsistencies

[@SolarDolphin]

The way i see it is that the old timers recommend it but he gave a recent example of why it is recommended

[@shockwaveplays6563]

It’s not an inconsistency. The old timers have higher positions where they would train new workers so when a new worker is getting trained they mention the two flashlight thing.

[@CollinDuplissis]

Play Return to Bloody Nights plz. Nice vid!

[@TheRealNightMode]

Ending left my heart racing

[@K3TAL]

okay that ending was unnerving, but did i missed something there? or it's really just a path that missing person took?

[@snowy9587]

OP mightve gone there down to the mine and disappeared too, but then how was the video uploaded? He mightve just stopped there and turned back, either refusing to follow up (wouldnt blame him) or being forced to stay quiet about it by his company

[@K3TAL]

@@snowy9587 i've forgot about that all and now even my comment doesnt make sense for me

[@0_dearghealach_083]

I'm reminded of an episode of the Documentary Q... With the couple who got lost in a mountain cave.

[@Tharmin.124]

Imagine if they just set up a huge pumping/water treatment plant and used it to pump out the sub basements while selling drinking water lmao The substations are nearby so there's no lack of electricity access after all

[@cmasl1237]

Saw notification. Start watch

[@aarosundvall]

Reminds me of the network of tunnels under the local shutdown papermill.

[@TheMightyKite]

Hey Librarian great amazing news! (That you may or may not already know) *Alan Wake 2 is comming!!!, and the character you play isn’t Alan which is actually awesome because he could be narrating while your wandering within the depth of the shadows….

[@chadthunderlord5830]

Great story! Reminded me about story named "my job" or "моя работа", its on russian but it was creepy enough to get me

[@shagrat6686]

Hey what , a cliffhanger really? Ayy

[@Lookerman]

I’d want to bring a flashlight with 100 Kilo + lumen in a place like that. Realistically, 10 Kilo Lumen but definitely something capable of emitting enough to light the whole place. Like a cave and the deep ocean, you’d see black as deep coloured as pitch going in there.

[@MaxHo-eg2hx]

Expecally when it just stops randomly

[@TheOneAndAlways]

please tell me you're going to make a map like this.

[@idiotnoob9629]

I liked this story but for me there’s just a hint of supernatural missing, something creepy to really tie everything together. Great narration though ✌️

[@PapiJonk]

Not related to this specific video, But can I ask for your PC specs? I was trying to run RP_Southside after watching your VR video on it, and couldnt get pas 20fps. I have an I7 8700k and a 3060

[@deltainfinium869]

Why- Why is that a cliffhanger, that's so unsatisfying.. No part 2?

[@thinginground5179]

day one of asking if anyone has seen my invisible pet budgie

[@MrMcFish219]

Is THAT what I stepped on?

[@thinginground5179]

@@MrMcFish219 noo :( you didnt

[@MrMcFish219]

@@thinginground5179 Sorry pal :/

[@thinginground5179]

@@MrMcFish219 i dont believe you.. you didnt step on it

[@MrMcFish219]

@@thinginground5179 Preeetty sure I did. I checked a few times. I remember touching something that wasn't there.

[@jackcouch8322]

Day 4 of asking for the forest and the scriptwelder games on this channel

[@Mae.Matter]

"day" three of asking for night in the woods Love your content :)

[@Россиянин-ъ4е]

Oh shit, nitw would be very interesting to watch

[@falloutgamer347]

Oh that would be wonderful, its such a unique game

[@Россиянин-ъ4е]

@@falloutgamer347 with a very sad dev story

[@Blackout-beatz]

26:15 defo eyes at the end of the collapsed tunnel

[@Blackout-beatz]

I also just released, you stole this vid from another channel that made it 2years ago😂😂

[@KenTails]

It's kinda like a live-action Infra!

[@YourFavoriteSpriteCan]

The look of the place reminds me of the X-18 lab from Stalker

[@meatbug8611]

Jesus after watching that video i feel uneasy not to say that i am a fear less grizeld army veteran but its very hard for me to get scared

[@huice_box]

Sounds like something that would be in the stalker games

[@chatpilefan]

I enjoyed

[@gator6764]

What is the song that plays at the end it sounds familiar

[@jackanderson5090]

This comment doesn’t really have anything to do with this video but I thought this game would be perfect pick for you to potentially play! “Spooky’s jump-scare mansion” was made by Akuma Kira! The same guy who made lost in vivo! Despite its name having jump-scare in it, it succeeds in creating the scare factor from atmosphere and not jump-scares alone. It’s more of an interactive thriller which I’m sure you would enjoy based on your content! I do intact know that you have indeed played this. However the HD version not only has a better atmosphere but also improved gameplay as well! “Plus specimens are more terrifying too” I Hope you take this into consideration librarian! Have a good day!

[@jackanderson5090]

Please ignore this comment haha. I made this late at night and I only realized halfway through that you had already played it. Sorry and have a good day!