Video summary
SCP-022 is classified as a Euclid-class object and functions as a morgue located in the basement of a hospital in Great Britain, which began exhibiting anomalous properties in November 1980. Following reports of strange activity, the Foundation quarantined the facility and installed a reinforced vault door to seal it off, as previous containment measures failed during incident 022-827. The primary anomaly involves random drawers within the morgue opening to reveal cadavers that animate after approximately six minutes; these entities are designated as SCP-022-1. These reanimated corpses do not breathe, eat, or sleep, produce no heat, and possess an unknown energy source that sustains them indefinitely until they decompose or are destroyed.
The physical characteristics of SCP-022-1 instances present unique challenges for containment and neutralization. While they appear to be fully human cadavers with no abnormal organs or chemicals upon analysis after expiration, they exhibit superhuman strength estimated at approximately 500 Newtons greater than a normal human body. Furthermore, standard methods of termination are ineffective; severing limbs or destroying the head does not stop the animation, as the largest remaining mass retains the anomalous properties. The only confirmed method to permanently terminate an instance is complete tissue destruction. Additionally, any non-human matter introduced into the morgue disappears shortly after passing through the door and reappears above ground in a pile of rusted and decomposed debris exactly 183 seconds later, whereas humans who enter are integrated into the facility rather than being ejected.
Communication with SCP-022-1 instances is possible if they retain a functioning mouth, tongue, and trachea, though interviews often reveal severe psychological distress and identity confusion. In documented cases, entities have claimed to be different people from their original identities, such as an Asian male who insisted he was not the body in the drawer or a missing test subject demanding to be restored to their former self. These instances typically become hysterical upon animation and require physical restraint by multiple agents due to their enhanced strength before they can be calmed for questioning. Once left alone, the entities eventually expire and return to the state of normal cadavers, a process that takes between two days and three weeks depending on the rate of decomposition.
The investigation into SCP-022 continues with ongoing research into how stolen bodies are transferred from morgues across the country to this specific location and what powers the unknown energy source sustaining these entities. A request has been submitted to create a new entrance by removing part of the south wall, though it remains pending approval. Despite the strict protocols in place, including automated incineration systems for any instance that leaves the vault, the facility remains a dangerous anomaly where human identity is lost and matter is seemingly consumed or altered in ways that defy conventional physics. The Foundation maintains that under no circumstances should living humans enter the morgue except for specific Class 4 personnel testing purposes, highlighting the extreme risk posed by this elusive and forceful entity.
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Item number:
SCP-022
Object class: Euclid
Special containment procedures:
A vault door has been installed
following incident 022-827
to seal SCP-022.
It is to remain locked at all times
with the sole exception being the
appearance of an instance of SCP-022-1.
The original door to SCP-022 was
destroyed during incident 022-827
with attempts at replacement being met
with failure.
Security cameras have been installed to
monitor for instances of SCP-022-1.
Any event that an instance of SCP-022-1
appears,
automated systems should incinerate the
moment it leaves SCP-022.
At this point, the vault door may be
unlocked to admit cleanup crews.
Should the automated systems fail to
destroy the instance of SCP-022-1,
response teams are cleared to enter and
neutralize it.
Under no circumstances may any living
human enter SCP-022
except as the order of Class 4 personnel
for testing purposes.
Class 4 personnel may also order
instances of SCP-022-1
to be captured and held. However, they
may not be removed from SCP-022
container facilities.
Description:
SCP-022
is a morgue in the basement of
hospital in Great Britain.
Until 1980,
there were no reported anomalous
occurrences within the morgue.
Reports of strange activity were first
received in November of 1980.
The area was soon quarantined by the
foundation
with an official story being released
that the entire building had been
condemned.
The reason for the sudden manifestation
of its strange properties remains under
investigation.
Periodically,
a random drawer within the morgue will
open to reveal a cadaver under a cover
sheet.
After approximately 6 minutes open, the
cadaver will animate and attempt to
leave the morgue.
At this point, the cadaver is given the
designation SCP-022-1.
In some cases, the cadaver will be too
damaged or decomposed to successfully
exit SCP-022
or even rise from the table it lies on.
In this case, SCP-022-1
will typically struggle and twitch on
the table until expiration occurs.
Should an instance of SCP-022-1
expire while remaining on the table,
the table slides back into the drawer
which then shuts.
Reports indicate that the scent of burnt
tissue is evident immediately following
such an event.
The energy source that sustains
instances of SCP-022-1
is currently unknown.
Instances do not breathe, eat, or sleep
and their bodies produce no heat.
Analyses of SCP-022-1
following expiration has discovered no
abnormal organs or chemicals present.
They appear to be fully human cadavers.
Instances also possess physical strength
that exceeds that of normal humans.
Though direct testing has proven
problematic, researchers estimate the
strength increase to be approximately
500 Newtons, 112 pounds of lifting
force, greater than what one would
expect of a human body sharing a similar
condition.
Analysis is underway to determine if
this effect is connected to the unknown
power source
or if it is an entirely separate
phenomenon.
When body parts are severed from
SCP-022-1,
the portion with the greatest mass
retains the effects.
All other pieces become inert.
Destruction of the head or brain does
not neutralize SCP-022-1.
Instead, the lower torso and limbs
remain animate.
Complete tissue destruction appears to
be the only method to successfully
terminate the instances of SCP-022-1.
Left alone,
instances of SCP-022-1
will simply expire.
All motion ceases,
and they appear to become normal
cadavers again.
The amount of time this takes depends on
how damaged the body is and the rate of
decomposition. It could take anywhere
between 2 days and 3 weeks.
Investigation has revealed that the
bodies acting as SCP-022-1
match the description of cadavers
reported to have been stolen from
morgues across the country.
The mechanism for this transfer is
currently being researched.
Adding any new matter to SCP-022
has thus far proved impossible.
Any object that enters SCP-022
disappears shortly after passing through
the door,
leaving no trace.
This includes inanimate objects and
biological specimens.
See Addendum 022-001
and 022-002.
So long as an instance of SCP-022-1
possesses a functioning mouth, tongue,
and trachea,
It is able to communicate fully with
researchers.
See interview log 022-751
for details.
Addendum 022-001
A request has been submitted to create a
new entrance to SCP-022
by removing a portion of the south wall.
Request pending approval.
Addendum 022-002
A pile of matter was discovered on the
floor of the room directly above
SCP-022.
It appeared to contain all matter that
had been sent in the SCP-022
with the exception of humans.
All materials appeared broken and worn
down.
Metallic components were covered in
large amounts of rust
with all biological parts being in
various stages of decomposition.
Testing revealed that the time between
inserting an object into SCP-022
and it reappearing above to be precisely
183 seconds.
Humans who enter, however, do not appear
in said pile.
Instead,
humans appear to become integrated into
the morgue
and may later animate as instances of
SCP-022-1.
Interview log 022-751
Each of the following interviews begin
in much the same way.
The instance of SCP-022-1
will typically be hysterical until
Foundation personnel able to calm or
restrain them.
These portions have been omitted.
Date
March
1980
Interviewee
SCP-022-1-2
Interviewer Dr.
Note
SCP-022-1-2
will the second instance of SCP-022-1
that the foundation discovered.
The first having been destroyed on site
by foundation agents.
SCP-022-1-2
had the body of an Asian male
approximately 54 years old.
Its chest had been stitched up,
evidence of an autopsy.
Begin log.
Doctor
Please identify yourself.
SCP-022-1-2
My
My name is John.
What?
What the hell is going on?
That's what we're trying to figure out,
John.
How did you get to this state?
I
I don't know.
I was driving my car coming home from
Never mind. I was driving and I crashed.
Then what happened? Nothing. I woke up
here. Please, this has to be
So, you remember being in a car accident
then woke up here in the morgue.
Do you have any idea how you got here?
I didn't get here. Don't you get it?
This isn't me. I'm not me.
What do you mean you aren't you?
At this point, SCP-022-1-2
became severely agitated and had to be
physically restrained.
This required six agents
due to the strength increase associated
with instances of SCP-022-1.
Eventually, SCP-022-1-2
was calmed and the interview proceeded.
Now,
would you please explain what you meant?
This is not me.
I saw my reflection in the steel.
I'm not some old Asian [ __ ] This isn't
me.
End log.
Following the last statement,
SCP-022-1-2
began to smash its head against the
wall.
Once further restrained,
it began to scream unintelligibly for
several hours before falling silent.
It continued to struggle, though
apparently unable to speak
for additional 6 days until it finally
ceased motion.
During this time, it continued
decomposing at a natural rate.
An examination of the body following
this interview was unable to determine a
cause of death
as many of the internal organs had been
removed.
The only injury that did not appear to
be a result of a previous surgery or
autopsy were the damaged trachea.
Date: March
1980
Interviewee:
SCP-022-1-5
Interviewer: Dr.
Note:
SCP-022-1-5
animated shortly after D-5619
was sent into SCP-022
and subsequently disappeared.
SCP-022-1-5
had the body of approximately
12-year-old female
missing its right arm and a large
portion of its torso.
Following the incident with SCP-022-1-3,
all instances of SCP-022-1
are physically restrained before being
introduced to valuable personnel
with SCP-022-1-5
being no exception.
Begin log.
Dr.
Please state your name.
What did you bastards do to me?
Please state your name.
What the [ __ ] did you do to me?
We have done nothing to you. Now, please
state your name.
You know who I [ __ ] am.
Refresh my memory then, please.
I'm the guinea pig you just [ __ ] up.
Don't tell me you forgot me, Dr.
[ __ ]
Are you D-5619?
In the flesh. For your information,
jackass, my name is
Now, change me back, you son of a [ __ ]
Change me [ __ ] back.
End log.
At this point, Dr.
asked SCP-022-1-5
several questions to verify its
identity.
Though its identity was confirmed to be
that of D-5619,
no further useful information was gained
from SCP-022-1-5.
It was kept in a holding cell until
expiring 2 days later.
After 3 weeks, the body of D-5619
animated as SCP-022-1-7.
In a brief interview with SCP-022-1-7,
it claimed to be an 89-year-old female.